Selenon Rising Volume 1
Sekai Project and Fastermind Games have announced that visual novel Selenon Rising Episode 1 is now available on Steam.  In celebration of the games launch it will be available at 10% off the normal $5.99 price. This Sci-Fi noir visual novel features four episodes that combine into a novel length experience with an “epic” story.
For more about the game, and the companies behind it, check out the full press release below.

PRESS RELEASE


“Selenon Rising” Now Available on Steam from Sekai Project and Fastermind Games
Episodic Sci-Fi noir visual novel turns players into psychic detectives working to keep a mysterious alien race from destroying Earth

LOS ANGELES – April 29, 2016 – Sekai Project, a publisher and licenser of Japanese new media and electronic entertainment, in partnership with Fastermind Games, is thrilled to announce that the Episode 1 of the Sci-Fi noir visual novel,Selenon Rising is now available on Steam for Windows, Mac, and Linux.To help celebrate the release of Selenon Rising Episode 1, the game will be 10% off its normal price of $5.99 for the first week: http://store.steampowered.com/app/358760/

Hundreds of years have passed since Earth lost the war against the Selenon, a terrifying alien race living on the dark side of the Moon. Now, the Bureau of Human Protection presides over the last vestiges of the human race. The Selenon have kept one city intact, but mercilessly enforce a single law – any advanced technology must be collected and destroyed.

Violet is an agent of SPECTRA, and one of the City’s few psychics – humans who were granted the powers of the Selenon. She and her partner, Blue, have been given a new assignment – find the culprit of a murder that could be linked to the New Moon Resistance, a group of freedom fighters who wish to stop the Selenon at any cost. It seems clear-cut, but things are never that easy as their investigation leads deep into a web of secrets that may reveal humanity’s ultimate fate. Violet must uncover these secrets before it is too late.

Developed by Fastermind Games, Selenon Rising Episode 1 quickly sets the stage and fills it with mystery, murder, lies, and suspects. As SPECTRA agent Violet, players will need to visit and interact with crime scenes, collect clues, and use their psychic powers to interrogate and read the emotions of their suspects. Players will also have to tread a careful path as the choices they make in-game can see them aligned as a strict “Law” abiding agent, a “Neutral” agent up for negotiations, or a lone wolf agent of “Chaos.” Ultimately, the choices made and the alignment assigned will have an outcome on how the story concludes. Has humanity’s fate already been sealed by the Selenon? Will Violet and Blue be able to stop the New Moon Resistance from sparking another war with the Selenon? The answers to these questions and more begin with Selenon Rising Episode 1.

Key Features:

  • An epic story – 4 episodes combine into a novel-length story featuring mystery, love, aliens, conspiracies, and Sci-Fi action all set in the distant retro-future.
  • Moral choices change the player’s alignment and guide the story towards a number of possible endings.
  • A detailed Dossier featuring unlockable articles on the characters, world, and technology allow players to learn all about the world of Selenon Rising.
  • Interactive crime scenes and interrogations – use honed detective skills and psychic abilities to track down key evidence and interrogate potential suspects by reading their emotions.
  • Original soundtrack – completely original soundtrack featuring perfectly themed noir-style tunes.
  • Steam Achievements and Trading Cards.
  • Unlockable extras!

Watch the trailer for Selenon Rising: https://youtu.be/OYhC09gInCY
Visit the official website: http://www.selenonrising.com/
Purchase Selenon Rising on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/358760/

About Fastermind Games
Fastermind Games was founded in 2010 to develop story-based adventure games. The studio creates anime-inspired adventure games with unique and compelling settings that cannot be found in any other adventure game or visual novel.

About Sekai Project
Sekai Project is a Los Angeles-based publishing, licensing, and localization company. Comprised of a diverse enterprising group of industry professionals, Sekai Project is focused on bringing new media, games, and pop culture from Asia to the western world. Founded in 2013, the company continues to improve upon the way in which fans can connect with creators through the creative use of marketing, crowdfunding, and social media. www.sekaiproject.com

Crystal Colwell
What's up everyone? Crystal here! I spend my time writing up the news for you all and keeping us all up to date with incoming game info from Japan. I do a little bit of everything else around here, too. :) Happy Reading!