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* ADayInTheLimelight: Late into the game, we actually get a scene told from [[spoiler:Rui's]] perspective (though Yama doesn't appear), shortly before [[spoiler:she is kidnapped by the murderer.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Late into the game, we actually get a scene told from [[spoiler:Rui's]] perspective (though Yama doesn't appear), shortly before [[spoiler:she is kidnapped by the murderer.]]]] Later, all 4 heroine prologues play out like this.
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** Yahiko spends most of the game as a blissfully ignorant fool and playboy, much to the amusement and mockery of his friends, but as the game progresses it becomes apparent that [[spoiler:this personality is a front, as he runs a club for troubled students, and has parents who don't pay much attention to him]] as demonstrated by the information digging game. [[spoiler: Not to mention that the people close to him are getting killed off one by one, making it harder for him to front.]]
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On December 11th, 2019, the development team announced that the Lucid9 Heroine Prologues have been completed and will be released on Steam on December 15th, 2019.
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On December 11th, 2019, the development team announced that the Lucid9 [=Lucid9=] Heroine Prologues have been completed and will be released on Steam on December 15th, 2019.
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A fully voiced version of Inciting Incident is also in development. It was originally planned for a 2017 release, but was delayed several times due to numerous difficulties in casting and resources. The update is currently scheduled for a tentative release of late 2018.
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A fully voiced version of Inciting Incident is also in development. It was originally planned for a 2017 release, but was delayed several times due to numerous difficulties in casting and resources. The update is currently scheduled for a tentative release of late 2018.
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On December 11th, 2019, the development team announced that the Lucid9 Heroine Prologues have been completed and will be released on Steam on December 15th, 2019.
On December 11th, 2019, the development team announced that the Lucid9 Heroine Prologues have been completed and will be released on Steam on December 15th, 2019.
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** Another one forms between the lazy and cynical Yama and the motivated and hard-working Elizabeth over the course of the game. Despite initially being at odds with each other. It turns out that Elizabeth sees a lot of potential in Yama, and is mainly annoyed by his lack of motivation causing that potential to go to waste. Following Elizabeth revealing this to Yama, as well as the two revealing their HiddenDepths, their bickering becomes much more friendly and teasing like.
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** Another one forms between the lazy and cynical Yama and the motivated and hard-working Elizabeth over the course of the game. Despite initially being at odds with each other. It other, it turns out that Elizabeth sees a lot of potential in Yama, and is mainly annoyed by his lack of motivation causing that potential to go to waste. Following Elizabeth revealing this to Yama, as well as the two revealing their HiddenDepths, their bickering becomes much more friendly and teasing like.like, to the point where Yama becomes comfortable enough to have a heart-to-heart with her about his feelings for Rui at the end of Inciting Incident.
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* OddFriendship:
** Yahiko and Misaki. Despite them just meeting each other on the second day of the game, they bond almost instantly over their mutual love for internet pop culture, technology, and Gover Mecher.
** Another one forms between the lazy and cynical Yama and the motivated and hard-working Elizabeth over the course of the game. Despite initially being at odds with each other. It turns out that Elizabeth sees a lot of potential in Yama, and is mainly annoyed by his lack of motivation causing that potential to go to waste. Following Elizabeth revealing this to Yama, as well as the two revealing their HiddenDepths, their bickering becomes much more friendly and teasing like.
** Yahiko and Misaki. Despite them just meeting each other on the second day of the game, they bond almost instantly over their mutual love for internet pop culture, technology, and Gover Mecher.
** Another one forms between the lazy and cynical Yama and the motivated and hard-working Elizabeth over the course of the game. Despite initially being at odds with each other. It turns out that Elizabeth sees a lot of potential in Yama, and is mainly annoyed by his lack of motivation causing that potential to go to waste. Following Elizabeth revealing this to Yama, as well as the two revealing their HiddenDepths, their bickering becomes much more friendly and teasing like.
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* GenreShift: Inciting Incident starts out largely as a light hearted high school SliceOfLife RomanticComedy with only a few dark moments. Past the halfway point however, it starts to transition to a DarkerAndEdgier murder mystery bordering on PsychologicalHorror. The narrative goes back to a more lighthearted tone after [[spoiler: Yama's encounter with the killer,]] only to come crashing back down again when [[spoiler: Yama's discovers that Rui and her parents have been murdered.]]
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* VillainOpeningScene: The game starts with a scene of the (at that point faceless) murderer violently butchering an unfortunate Academy student and being contacted by his unnamed employer, before transitioning to Yama's usual school antics.
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* VillainOpeningScene: The game starts with a scene of the (at that point faceless) murderer violently butchering carving up an unfortunate Academy student and being contacted by his unnamed employer, before transitioning to Yama's usual school antics.
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* VillainOpeningScene: The game starts with a scene of the (at that point faceless) murderer violently butchering an unfortunate Academy student and being contacted by his unnamed employer, before transitioning to Yama's usual school antics.
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* TabletopRPG: In Inciting Incident's good ending, the eight main heroes play one to celebrate [[spoiler: Yama and Rui being discharged from the hospital]] with Airi as the GameMaster, who puts the story into an English Steampunk setting. Courtesy of Yahiko, they play using specially designed AugmentedReality glasses as opposed to pen and paper.
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** As a side effect, unlike common routes in most visual novels, which are fairly short and mainly used to introduce the player to the world and its characters, Inciting Incident has its own story arc relating to the overall plot and is significantly longer as a result, with the heroine routes and true routes expanding upon the overarching story and answering unanswered questions created in Inciting Incident.
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** As a side effect, unlike common routes in most visual novels, which are fairly short and mainly used to introduce the player to the world and its characters, Inciting Incident has its own story arc relating to the overall plot and is significantly longer as a result, with the heroine routes and true routes expanding upon the overarching story and answering unanswered questions created already introduced in Inciting Incident.
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* EpisodicGame: A visual novel variant. The game is being released in three different "episodes", consisting of the common route, heroine routes, and true route respectively. However, due to new chapters acting as free updates to the base game, players will need to complete them in chronological order.
** As a side effect, unlike common routes in most visual novels, which are fairly short and mainly used to introduce the player to the world and its characters, Inciting Incident has its own story arc relating to the overall plot and is significantly longer as a result, with the heroine routes and true routes expanding upon the overarching story and answering unanswered questions created in Inciting Incident.
** As a side effect, unlike common routes in most visual novels, which are fairly short and mainly used to introduce the player to the world and its characters, Inciting Incident has its own story arc relating to the overall plot and is significantly longer as a result, with the heroine routes and true routes expanding upon the overarching story and answering unanswered questions created in Inciting Incident.
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** Shoji jumps in front of a train a few days after his girlfriend is murdered.
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** Shoji [[spoiler:Shoji]] jumps in front of a train a few days after his [[spoiler:his girlfriend is murdered.]]
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** [[spoiler:Yahiko is personally connected to the victims, and a lot of evidence points to him being the culprit. But it's not him either. In fact, it's revealed the true culprit was trying to break Yahiko emotionally by murdering classmates he's connected with, though why he did this remains unanswered besides wanting something from the Ikari family.]]
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** [[spoiler:Yahiko is personally connected to the victims, and a lot of evidence points to him being the culprit. But it's not him either. In fact, it's revealed the true culprit was trying to break Yahiko emotionally by murdering classmates he's connected with, though why he did this remains unanswered besides wanting something from the Ikari family.family why he did this remains unanswered thus far.]]
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** [[spoiler:Yahiko is personally connected to the victims, and a lot of evidence points to him being the culprit. But it's not him either. In fact, it's revealed the true culprit was trying to break Yahiko emotionally by murdering classmates he's connected with, though why he did this remains unanswered besides a hatred for the Ikari family.]]
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** [[spoiler:Yahiko is personally connected to the victims, and a lot of evidence points to him being the culprit. But it's not him either. In fact, it's revealed the true culprit was trying to break Yahiko emotionally by murdering classmates he's connected with, though why he did this remains unanswered besides a hatred for wanting something from the Ikari family.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Late into the game, we actually get a scene told from [[spoiler:Rui's]] perspective, shortly before [[spoiler:she is kidnapped by the murderer.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Late into the game, we actually get a scene told from [[spoiler:Rui's]] perspective, perspective (though Yama doesn't appear), shortly before [[spoiler:she is kidnapped by the murderer.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Late into the game, we actually get a scene told from [[spoiler:Rui's] perspective, shortly before [[spoiler:she is kidnapped by the murderer.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Late into the game, we actually get a scene told from [[spoiler:Rui's] [[spoiler:Rui's]] perspective, shortly before [[spoiler:she is kidnapped by the murderer.]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Airi is suspected by her classmates of being the culprit, but she's not. Yama experiences "lapses" and thinks he might be murdering people during his "lapses". He isn't. Yahiko is personally connected to the victims, and a lot of evidence points to him being the culprit. But it's not him either.]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Airi is Throughout Inciting Incident, [[spoiler:three different characters are falsely suspected by her classmates of being the culprit, when the true murderer is someone else entirely]]
** [[spoiler:Airi is used as a scapegoat for the murders by her classmates due to her mysterious and aloof nature, butshe's not. Yama quickly shoots this possibility down due to lack of concrete evidence.]]
** [[spoiler:Yama himself experiences"lapses" and memory lapses as a result of the trauma from his sister's death. He thinks he might be undergoing a split personality change and murdering people during his "lapses". He isn't. Yahiko these lapses, but he's ultimately able to prove himself wrong.]]
** [[spoiler:Yahiko is personally connected to the victims, and a lot of evidence points to him being the culprit. But it's not him either. In fact, it's revealed the true culprit was trying to break Yahiko emotionally by murdering classmates he's connected with, though why he did this remains unanswered besides a hatred for the Ikari family.]]
** [[spoiler:Airi is used as a scapegoat for the murders by her classmates due to her mysterious and aloof nature, but
** [[spoiler:Yama himself experiences
** [[spoiler:Yahiko is personally connected to the victims, and a lot of evidence points to him being the culprit. But it's not him either. In fact, it's revealed the true culprit was trying to break Yahiko emotionally by murdering classmates he's connected with, though why he did this remains unanswered besides a hatred for the Ikari family.]]
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* TheAce: Masato and Elizabeth are the top students in the school academically, and ''[[AcademicAthlete Masato is a track athlete on top of that.[]''
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* TheAce: Masato and Elizabeth are the top students in the school academically, and ''[[AcademicAthlete Masato is a track athlete on top of that.[]'']]''
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* TheAce: Masato and Elizabeth are the top students in the school academically, and ''[AcademicAthlete Masato is a track athlete on top of that.]''
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* TheAce: Masato and Elizabeth are the top students in the school academically, and ''[AcademicAthlete ''[[AcademicAthlete Masato is a track athlete on top of that.]''[]''
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* TheAce: Masato and Elizabeth are the top students in the school academically, and Masato is a track athlete on top of that.
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* TheAce: Masato and Elizabeth are the top students in the school academically, and ''[AcademicAthlete Masato is a track athlete on top of that.]''
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Yama Ishimoto is a cynical high school student who would like nothing more than to breeze through life without any drama. After a string of student murders in his home city of Isamu, however, Yama finds himself slowly dragged into a world of intrigue and danger.
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Yama Ishimoto is a cynical high school student who would like nothing more than to breeze through life without any drama. After a string of student murders disappearances in his home city of Isamu, however, Yama finds himself slowly dragged into a world of intrigue and danger.
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* TheMatchmaker: Akira tries to play matchmaker to Yama and Rui.
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* TheMatchmaker: Akira tries to play matchmaker to Yama and Rui. However, it's all but stated in several scenes that ''[[MatchmakerCrush she too has a crush on Yama.]]''
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''[=Lucid9=]'' is a freeware mystery VisualNovel developed by Fallen Snow Studios using UsefulNotes/RenPy. It is being released as three separate parts and is currently a work in progress.
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''[=Lucid9=]'' is a freeware mystery VisualNovel developed by Fallen Snow Studios using UsefulNotes/RenPy. It is being released as in three separate parts chapters and is currently a work in progress.
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The first chapter, Inciting Incident, was released on April 14th 2016, and consists of the entirety of the common route. The second chapter, which splits off into the different heroine routes and ''[[TimeSkip takes place 3 years after the events of Inciting Incident,]]'' is currently in development, but no release date has been announced as of yet. The third chapter, corresponding a True Route, has also been planned for future release.
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The first chapter, Inciting Incident, was released on April 14th 2016, and consists of the entirety of the common route. The second chapter, which splits off into the different heroine routes and ''[[TimeSkip takes place 3 years after the events of Inciting Incident,]]'' is currently in development, but no release date has been announced as of yet. The third chapter, corresponding to a True Route, has also been planned for future release.
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The first chapter, Inciting Incident, consisting of the entirety of the common route, was released on April 14th 2016. The second chapter, which splits off into the different heroine routes and ''[[TimeSkip takes place 3 years after the events of Inciting Incident,]]'' is currently in development, but no release date has been announced as of yet. The third chapter, corresponding a True Route, has also been planned for future release.
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The first chapter, Inciting Incident, consisting was released on April 14th 2016, and consists of the entirety of the common route, was released on April 14th 2016.route. The second chapter, which splits off into the different heroine routes and ''[[TimeSkip takes place 3 years after the events of Inciting Incident,]]'' is currently in development, but no release date has been announced as of yet. The third chapter, corresponding a True Route, has also been planned for future release.
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The first chapter, Inciting Incident, consisting of the entirety of the common route, was released on April 14th 2016. The second chapter, which splits off into the different heroine routes and takes place 3 years after the events of Inciting Incident, is currently in development, but no release date has been announced as of yet. The third chapter, corresponding a True Route, has also been planned for future release.
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The first chapter, Inciting Incident, consisting of the entirety of the common route, was released on April 14th 2016. The second chapter, which splits off into the different heroine routes and ''[[TimeSkip takes place 3 years after the events of Inciting Incident, Incident,]]'' is currently in development, but no release date has been announced as of yet. The third chapter, corresponding a True Route, has also been planned for future release.
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''[=Lucid9=]'' is a freeware mystery VisualNovel developed by Fallen Snow Studios using UsefulNotes/RenPy. The first chapter, Inciting Incident, consists of the entirety of the common route.
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''[=Lucid9=]'' is a freeware mystery VisualNovel developed by Fallen Snow Studios using UsefulNotes/RenPy. The first chapter, Inciting Incident, consists of the entirety of the common route.
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The first chapter, Inciting Incident, consisting of the entirety of the common route, was released on April 14th 2016. The second chapter, which splits off into the different heroine routes and takes place 3 years after the events of Inciting Incident, is currently in development, but no release date has been announced as of yet. The third chapter, corresponding a True Route, has also been planned for future release.
A fully voiced version of Inciting Incident is also in development. It was originally planned for a 2017 release, but was delayed several times due to numerous difficulties in casting and resources. The update is currently scheduled for a tentative release of late 2018.
A fully voiced version of Inciting Incident is also in development. It was originally planned for a 2017 release, but was delayed several times due to numerous difficulties in casting and resources. The update is currently scheduled for a tentative release of late 2018.
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:In the bad endings, Yama loses it and just kills the hostages, so Ryouta claims that he and Yama aren't so different, and that Yama has the same taste for bloodshed and could use Ryouta's help. But it turns out that they are indeed different, as Yama doesn't want bloodshed, he wants ''revenge'', so he kills Ryouta and then thinks about turning his rage onto the rest of humanity, because Yama wants to kill people out of hatred, not out of being an "artiste" like Ryouta.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:In the bad endings, Yama loses it and just kills the hostages, so Ryouta the culprit claims that he and Yama aren't so different, and that Yama has the same taste for bloodshed and could use Ryouta's the culprit's help. But it turns out that they are indeed different, as Yama doesn't want bloodshed, he wants ''revenge'', so he kills Ryouta the culprit and then thinks about turning his rage onto the rest of humanity, because Yama wants to kill people out of hatred, not out of being an "artiste" like Ryouta.the culprit.]]
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* NoodleIncident: As Yama muses after the incident is over, [[spoiler:we still don't really know ''why'' the culprit committed all these murders, as the culprit's answers are very vague. We know that the culprit despises modern skyscrapers since at least the pyramids and terra cotta army leave people in awe, the culprit sees himself as disciplining the world, he wants something from Yahiko Ikari's family, and the culprit compares himself to an Aztec god whose favor the city must earn by appeasing him with blood, but none of this really explains what his ''specific'' reason was for his crimes.]]
