About this project
Idols are the most popular thing in the media and the rising idol production company Lyriq has a convention to run this weekend. There is only one catch: the virtual idol named Aiko is malfunctioning. Only one thing can fix Aiko, and that is finding the person who programmed her. But it isn’t easy for a sapient computer program to find her creator–that is, without help. That’s where superfan Hana and a ragtag team of convention attendees come in to save the day.
AIdol: Artificial Intelligence Idol is a visual novel that is programmed in Unity. Features include light character animations, panning backgrounds, and an interactive story involving a virtual idol, a PR team, and a pack of misfit convention attendees.
Featuring relaxing, upbeat music as well as cute art, we hope this will be a visual novel to enjoy.
AIdol: Artificial Intelligence Idol features a relaxing and cute original soundtrack, which you can listen to a preview of here.
Please vote for us on Steam Greenlight! We hope our project captures your interest!
Don't have a Kickstarter account? That's okay! Feel free to send a pledge through our Paypal and we will fulfill that pledge alongside the Kickstarter pledges. You can order the different pledges on our site!
AIdol is a visual novel that features a large cast. Let's meet the characters now! Melow has done a wonderful job creating cute designs and illustrations that fit the theme of AIdol perfectly.
You may sample a small introduction to the story. We hope it holds your interest and gives you an idea of how the game operates. The demo can be found on our itch.io page!
Available on the following platforms:
The full game will be approximately five hours long, depending on the individual player's reading speed.
We chose Kickstarter to help bring us extra funding to our game so that we may bring AIdol to its maximum potential and completion. Anything beyond that will go towards further polishing the project and adding fun bonuses. By absorbing most of the costs ourselves, we hope to minimize the amount of funds needed in order to reduce risk for our backers.
We are asking for $6000 USD. In the following pie chart, you can see where that money will be going.
We have made decent headway into completing the game. You can see our estimated progress on the following chart.
Pledge and you can receive the following, depending on how much you pledge!
Digital Wallpaper and Icon Pack
Digital Game
Digital Original Soundtrack
Digital Art Book
Acrylic Charm
(Art for Acrylic Charm not final.)
Background Character for Convention Scenes
We will be offering physical versions of the Game, Soundtrack, and Art book. We will also be unveiling a physical poster design soon!
If we exceed our goal, we will be happy to add bonus content to the game. Stretch goals include the following:
Pixel Pineberry Studios is the creative force behind AIdol. The team, as well as a few freelancers, hopes to bring AIdol from us to you.
TaleMason Interactive graciously provided us with the programming and story engine for AIdol.
Mystery Corgi, or Morgana, is the head of Pixel Pineberry and the original creator of AIdol. She has assisted in the writing, programming, and other creative tasks of various visual novels. Some of her previous works include Afterthought Studios' A More Beautiful World, Forgotten, Not Lost, and When Our Journey Ends. Look forward to her upcoming project Connection Pending.
ebi-hime is the writer who helped make the script of AIdol a reality. She has penned a good many visual novels. Some of her previous works include The Way We All Go, Asphyxia, and Sweetest Monster.
Melow is the artist who helped bring the GUI and characters of AIdol to life. She has drawn for several visual novels, including When Our Journey Ends, Chronotopia, and Once on a Windswept Night.
JWhitney is the artist who is helping us touch up our background art for AIdol. She has worked on Caramel Mokaccino as an assistant artist. Look forward to her as the lead artist in the upcoming project Connection Pending.
Mock Off is the musician who composed the soundtrack for AIdol. He has lent his talent to Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet, Sickness, and Sweetest Monster. Look forward to his work in the upcoming project Connection Pending.
Thank you for reading!
