Skin Deep - Aellure

Content Warnings

This game may contain the following:
Body Dysmorphia, Depictions of blood, Sexually Suggestive, Comic Mischief, Drug Reference, Crude Humor, Strong Language, Violence, Strobing and Flashing Lights.

Game Notes

This demo represents the 1st of 3 Acts as part of our 2024 Spooktober Game Jam submission. If you like what you see, stay tuned  in our dev logs for the rest of the story coming later after the month of October. We'll be finalizing Acts 2 and 3 with the rest of the heart-stopping  Lovecraftian story. We'll be updating this with new hand-drawn characters and scenes along with the rest of our voice acting dialogue talents! 

How to Play

To play the best experience, please download and unzip the game from the "Download" button at the bottom of this page. In the root folder, left-click and drag the "index.html" file to one of the following opened Web Browsers:
Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Edge

"Are you tired of struggling with your weight? Are you suffering from dry skin?"
"Aellure is the solution you need."

“Skin Deep” is a Lovecraftian Visual Novel for the SPOOKTOBER VN 2024 based on cosmetics and beauty standards.

You play as Alex in this Spooktober 2024 visual-novel game jam. She is looking for her friend Heather, who has disappeared after amassing a debt and obsessively hounding everyone about cosmetics from "Aellure."

Find yourself immersed in the thrilling mystery. A large cast of well-developed professional voice acted characters, gorgeous vibrant HD art, unique premise, and deep engaging semi-linear narrative about the deep dark secrets of the beauty world await you. 

Will you finally unveil the culprits behind the disappearances? Or will you too be cast into the otherworldly abyss? 

MEET OUR CURRENT AND
UPCOMING VOICE ACTORS!

Lead Producer:

Darrias Campbell - instagram.com/darriasart

Voice Actors (Role - Voice Actor):

VA Coordinator - Kiera Rhodes - x.com/KRhodesVA
Narrator - Thomas Barker - linktr.ee/thomasva
Commercial VO - Nell Bell - x.com/foreverserf
Alex - SJ Harris -  sjharris.ju.mp
Lily - Fae Cordae-Young - x.com/FaeBee4
Sales Rep - Kiera Rhodes - x.com/KRhodesVA
Boss - Ari Eagle - x.com/breadman_va
Sheriff Thompson - Terrance Addison - x.com/Cinderkin
Ranter - Nyima Green - x.com/NyimaGreenVA
Heather - Kiera Rhodes - x.com/KRhodesVA
Manager - SJ Harris - sjharris.ju.mp
Bartender - James Hart - x.com/JamesHartVA
Actress 1 "Kacey" - Lauren Kong - laurenkong.carrd.co
Actress 2 "Lin" - Misele Hoang - twitter.com/MiseleHoang
Employee - Gavin Concepcion - x.com/gconcepvo

Developers:

Lead Twine Editor - YDN
Macro Scripts - Darrias Campbell - instagram.com/darriasart

Game Designers:

Daniel Meliá
Cryptic Scenery
Dan Cohen
Juniper Nest
TurtleBox 
Wesley Adams - wescg.net
YDN

Script Writers/Editors: 

Daniel Meliá
Darrias Campbell - instagram.com/darriasart
Dan Cohen
Juniper Nest
Kiera Rhodes - x.com/KRhodesVA
Nell Bell - x.com/foreverserf
Piramite Hearts - piramite-hearts.carrd.co
xiolette - x.com/e_art13
YDN

Artists: 

Concept Artist - Lauren Briedenbaugh - credocross.com
Concept Artist - Kiera Rhodes - x.com/KRhodesVA
Concept Artist - Piramite Hearts - piramite-hearts.carrd.co
Color BGs - Lauren Briedenbaugh - credocross.com
Character Artist - Darrias Campbell - instagram.com/darriasart
Character Artist - Kiera Rhodes - x.com/KRhodesVA
Character Artist - xiolette -  x.om/e_art13
Outfit Design - erky meow
Environment Artist - Travis Bolek - instagram.com/travisbolek
Product Branding - Piramite Hearts - piramite-hearts.carrd.co
UI - Piramite Hearts - piramite-hearts.carrd.co
Video Commercials - Nell Bell - x.com/foreverserf
Video Commercials - Darrias Campbell - instagram.com/darriasart

SFX:

junipernest
Kiera Rhodes - x.com/KRhodesVA
Commercials - Nell Bell - x.com/foreverserf

Music:

TurtleBox - turtlebox.bandcamp.com

External Source Material:

Game Engine - Twinery - twinery.org
Stock Images & Video - Pexels - pexels.com
SFXs - Epidemic Sound - epidemicsound.com
Audio Editing - Audacity -  audacityteam.org
Music Editing - Bitwig Studio - bitwig.com
Fonts - Spread Beauty & Angelia Beauty - dafont.com
Gif Animation - PhotoMosh - photomosh.com
Gif Animation - GifGun2 - aescripts.com/gifgun
Video Editing - Movavi Software - movavi.com
Video Editing - Adobe After Effect - adobe.com/products/aftereffects