"Black & White Lite" delivers a streamlined visual novel experience, free of battle chess elements and focused solely on story. Players observe memories from twelve main characters while communicating with a mysterious girl in a dystopian black-and-white world. The game explores conflicting camps-the orderly White Church with insect-possessed priests, and the free-spirited Black Cinder Crow featuring revived historical figures-centered on the theme that opposing justice defines the narrative.
This indie RPG adventure boasts over 250,000 words of text, nearly 100 characters, and more than 400 CGs or story maps, including branch plots for each lead rendered in comic-like style. Optimized animations bring select art to life alongside top-tier domestic sound design from composers like Lin Fangzhou and dubbing by talents such as Hanser. It suits players seeking pure plot and character depth without combat.
"Black & White•plot exclusive version" is the derivation version of the "Black & White"——the second game released by ZeroCreation after "Lay a Beauty to Rest: Dark Peach Blossom Spring".
And it will be Free Release！
"Black & White•plot exclusive version" removed all battle chess parts from the game. We re edit and arrange the plot flow according to a more reasonable structure. Now the game type is visual novel. This version aims to provide the smoothest gaming experience for players who only want to experience game stories and character storylines!
It is like a painting with symmetrical composition, presenting a dystopian world of black and white.
The debut battle chess version of this game is an attempt by our studio to improve gameplay. Although this attempt has been proven to have many shortcomings and is difficult to complete due to a large worldview, we have some confidence in the audio and visual experience, character portrayal, and worldview design. We would like to present it separately to everyone after a year. Welcome to experience the game and provide your opinions.
"Black & White" has more than 250,000 words of game text.
This is a "not dystopian" dystopian story.
Players will observe the memories of the twelve main characters as they are observing, and continue to communicate with the mysterious girl.
- "The opposite of justice is not evil, but another kind of justice."
This sentence is the most crucial theme of "Black & White".
In the world of Black & White, you can trust the White Church camp that symbolizes order, fairness, and reason.
You can also identify with the Black Cinder Crow camp, which symbolizes freedom, culture, and sensibility.
On one side are priests with white hair, possessed by insects, and different personalities.
On one side are historical figures who have returned from the dead, died tragically, and are romantic. How would you choose?
The art style of "Black & White" is extremely unique, and all the UI and characters in the game present a contradictory intention.
There are nearly 100 characters and more than 400 CG or story maps in the game.
We not only carefully sculpted the vertical paintings and CGs of each character with an extremely serious attitude.
A branch plot is also set up for each of the twelve characters, and the branch plot will present a large number of story maps in a manner similar to comic interpretation.
Compared with our previous work, "Black & Whitef" has optimized the animation. While ensuring high-quality static art, some art can be animated and lifelike, which can make players feel better. Enter this world!
We also put a lot of effort into this game in terms of sound, and strive to achieve the top level of domestic two-dimensional games.
Lin Fangzhou, Harper, Xu Luyang and other three composers are mainly responsible for the soundtrack of "", and the sound effects are also produced by special sound engineers, who will control every link.
The dubbing director of "Black & White" is Mr. Mori Zhongren, and the dubbing actors have invited Hanser, Tao Dian, and many dubbing actors from Yuesheng Dubbing Club to cooperate.
