“I never wanna be born human again, ever.”

Discouraged Workers is an indie kinetic novel produced by YGGDRASIL STUDIO. The game is the fifth in the Project DW series. It supports both English and Korean, and is available for PC(Win/Mac/Linux/SteamOS), Mobile(iOS/Android/BlackBerry), OUYA and PS Vita.

Discouraged Workers is a satirical story based on the popular Korean soap operas-styled plot. It compares Ga-Yeon’s bleak everyday life to the dark side of youth.

A hospital coordinator, Ga-Yeon, fell in love with a doctor at the hospital she was working in and they had an affair even though the doctor was a married man. But when the director found out, she was fired. For over a year she tried to find another job, but her mental uneasiness eventually made her give up and she became a recluse.

A year later, in the spring of 2013, her younger sister, Hye-Na, and her first love Yun-Woo come to her. A story about the dark side of today’s youth and pretty serious everyday life happening around Ga-Yeon.

Description

• The game is actually not a game, but a kinetic novel.
• The episode is adult content. Children, Seniors or Pregnant, Feeble-Minded Person are not allowed to play this game.
• The game will be moved on mostly through Ga-Yeon’s point of view and the Archives will be also helpful for you to understand the whole play.
• You don’t need to be directly involved in the game – just watch, read, listen, and feel it.
• However sometimes, you may be required to do something to collect some records or scenes.
• Discouraged Workers is played automatically. You can toggle this function.

Features

• A Korean-based densely-plotted story with the gloomy theme.
• The short but intense 135 minutes, with the real soap opera-like directing.
• The cartoon-style sprites & CGs, and backgrounds based on retouched real pictures.
• 60+ archives and hidden records that you could get from unique objects.
• 30+ Steam Achievements.
• Powerful data compression technology applied!

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP x86 / Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard x86 / Linux x86 / SteamOS
CPU: Pentium 4 1.66Ghz
RAM: 128MB
HDD: 35.7MB / 34.2MB / 37.6MB (V0.8.78)
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
Resolution: Wide Screen -Optimized with FHD
Graphic Card: DirectX compatible card
Sound Card: DirectX compatible card

Mobile System Requirements

OS: Android 2.3.3(Gingerbread) / iOS 6.0(10A403) / BlackBerry 10
RAM: 128MB
SD Card: 34.2MB / 61.1MB / 36.1MB (V0.8.78)
Resolution: Wide Screen -Optimized with HD
OpenGL: OpenGL ES 2.0

Can I Play the DEMO?

I’m sorry. It is Korean only. Current English demo, is used my bad English. So I can’t be released.

What I Need

  • We need to be aware of “discouraged workers”. It is serious.
  • So for your better understanding, I need better translation.
  • I’ve wanted to introduce you to my work, and I also prepared a memorable thing for you with a small present.

Hope you like it.

I want to Greenlit on Steam Greenlight. Need your voting.

What U Get

• If this crowdfunding succeeds, the heroine of the Prject DW, Choi Ga-Yeon, can live together with you in this world.
• Your donation will enable us to make a mutual relationship, and hopefully this may last until we are alive on this earth.
• You can access to my other creations. This project will not end here.
• You can get a digital or physical game and my gift, my story.
• After playing the game, you may feel something.

Risks & Challenges

• The production of 『Discouraged Workers』 has been already processed over V0.8.78

• I’m proceeding this project with the former Manhwa Artist and English Translator, and both of us are a breadwinner of each family. We are respectively working in each their home, and i trying the crowdfunding because of pretty much burden on translation and production cost.

• Project DW is planned in seven episodes. Each genre’s: Life Simulation, Dating Simulation, Visual Novel, Side-scrolling Bit’em up, Kinetic Novel, Time Management, Kinetic Novel(EX).

• Development planned is as : 5th-EX-2nd-3rd-1st-6th-4th.

• Although this crowdfunding project succeeds, i will never stop.

• Anyway, even if this crowdfunding ends in failure, i will launch the game as only Korean.

Currently I’m doing two crowdfundings for different purposes; one is this which is intended to present you an English game, and the other is Tumblbug(Korean platform) to have a pre-censorship under the game content rating system in Korea which is very anachronistic and unreasonable.

I trying to Greenlit on Steam Greenlight. I think this project would be make a synergy.

Gift Simple Views

Concept Book: 40Page, Full color, Included game desciption and archives.

Creation Diary: Full color, Included game description and archives, development diary, key codes(Ren’Py), game arts.

Exceed Goals

$6,500– Project succeeds! The game will be released in English! Thank you!

$8,000– Add one Hard Rock Song are included in the OST! It also English!

$10,000– Add Japanese translation!

$15,000– Add Chinese and German translation!

$18,000– Next all sequels is will be applying the E-Mote! It means working for in-game animation!

$20,000– Add Full Voice support in English!

$30,000– Add Full Voice support in Chinese and Japanese! If i possible, also support in German!

Other Ways You Can Help

I trying to Greenlit on Steam Greenlight. If you vote for Discouraged Workers, I will list your name on the Game Credits-Supporters. Please send me(arisae@indiegame.kr) your screenshot.

You can support me through the IndieGoGo sharing tool. So if you want to share the project, please let me know your information.

Another way to support us is your Facebook Like, Twitter Follow, and Sharing for YGGDRASIL STUDIO. Also it will be highly appreciated if you post your content with a hashtag #KNDW.

Need More Information?

You can check my progress on Website, GitHub, Wiki, Facebook, Twitter.