Release Date: 2024-06-23
Developer: Open Late Games Itch – Developer Site – JAST USA
Censored: No
Version: 2.0
OS: Windows, Linux, Mac
Language: English
VNDB: Speakeasy
Length: 35 Hours
Overview:
Forced into an arranged marriage, Cora West rebels against the norms of her class and runs away, intent on forging her own path in life. But she quickly finds herself falling directly into the laps of some of the city’s most notorious citizens. What Cora encounters outside the iron gates and manicured lawns of the West Estate in Prohibition-era Los Angeles is a bright, exciting, and equally dangerous city pulsing to the beat of jazz music and drowning in the illegal liquor of the most decadent underground clubs around. Vincent Harlowe’s speakeasy is beyond her wildest dreams–and sometimes even her worst nightmares. Direct her actions and determine whether she will make it out with her heart intact or lose herself in the glamor and excess.
Speakeasy is a story-rich otome visual novel with a female protagonist. Each route contains several erotic scenes with fully uncensored accompanying CGs. Within the game is a common route and six possible romance routes: four routes with single male love interests, one sapphic love interest, and one polyamorous route with two male love interests. All routes are unlocked at the start of the game and there is no requirement to complete certain routes to unlock others. Routes may be played in any order, but it’s recommended to play Vincent Harlowe last. The game has 19 possible ends and approximately 35 hours of gameplay to collect all possible scenes, endings, and CGs. The main character can be customized with four different skin tone selections (appearing in CGs and in the on-screen sprites), and the name can be customized.
v2.0
The port from Unity to Ren’py for Speakeasy is coming along really well. All the core items that ensure the game plays smoothly are complete, and now we’re down to the finer details like sprite placement, scene transitions, and sound effects. This is the most time-intensive phase and one of the most critical to get right because it’ll be what defines the player experience.
Here’s a look at the progress and some of the new features.
TEXT BOX & NAVIGATION
The new text box features a handy array of tools and navigational items. Quick access items include: screenshot tool, a button that hides the text box, auto forward, skip, back, menu, save, load, and settings. Watch the above gif to see some of these features in action.
MAIN MENU
The main menu has been redesigned, but still contains the same features as the original game that allows players to navigate directly to starting a new game, continuing a save file, viewing the CG gallery, adjusting settings, or exiting the game. But now there’s a bonus Momo hanging around.
CG GALLERY
The CG Gallery has also received a new look! The gallery is now sorted into pages, and each love interest receives their own page. There are placeholders for each image, so players will know if they’ve collected all CGs or still have some to find within the game. Also, there’s a new toggle that allows players to turn on/off the sexual content, for safe viewing when needed. Playing in SFW mode will still skip over the R18 CGs and will not add them to the gallery.
SEXUAL CONTENT ON/OFF
The screen that appears at the start when a player selects “NEW GAME” has received a handsome redesign featuring Milo and Vincent. After making a selection, there’s a pop-up that allows players to confirm that they’ve made the choice they were intending to.
There are lots of new, exciting features to look forward to in V2.0. But one of the best parts is that the game size has shrunk down to a fraction of what it used to be, meaning less space required on hard drives and better performance. And just a reminder, anyone who has previously purchased the game or received a key through Kickstarter for itch.io or Steam will have access to the new version. But since this is a brand new build on a different game engine, save files will not transfer over.
We’re hard at work and will have a new update soon!
Win: KRAKENFILES – MEGA – MIXDROP – WDHO – WORKUPLOAD
Linux (1.2): FILESFM – MEGA – MIXDROP – PIXELDRAIN – UPLOADHAVEN
Mac (1.2): FILESFM – MEGA – MIXDROP – PIXELDRAIN – UPLOADHAVEN
