Class 8 Part Two

[davidn]

As much as I thought this day would never come, I've just uploaded the final part of our playthrough of Bad Boys' Love! After 24 videos spanning an incredible seven hours in total, the story finally comes to a close, leaving just one question - what on earth am I going to do with my evenings now?

The sadness of the eighth chapter continues here after the sudden ending-delaying moment in the first half, leading us inexorably towards the bittersweet ending as I go mad and forget what my characters' voices are meant to sound like. It doesn't help when I upload a video where everything's on fire and Youtube helpfully points out "Here are some suggestions on how to improve your video's lighting!"

But as I sit here with 35.8GB of Hatoful cuttings to organize and shove into a drawer somewhere, thanks to everyone - to kjorteo for pushing for the idea in the first place, and to ravenworks, budgiebin and xaq for taking part and for acting it with such heart (and often messing lines up in the exact places we needed a laugh). I think we've produced something... quite remarkable, at the very least.

8-3: The Shadow

0:10 Hannibal Lecter Mode
0:30 Wouldn't have wanted this
2:30 Use your body
4:20 Scared
6:35 Ghost fight
9:05 A good case
11:00 Remember
11:25 Breakdown
11:46 Adorabeaks
12:50 Fancy food
14:05 Backwards
14:20 Sterling record
15:10 Live

8-4: Escape

0:25 Unstoppably evil
2:10 Tenacious
3:15 Outside
3:45 Respect
4:30 Promise
5:05 Recap mode
6:20 Credits
7:05 No birds were harmed
7:55 Past the end
9:00 Miraculous revival
9:20 Inconceivable!
9:45 Bright and massive
10:25 Okosan and Anghel
11:25 Wedding bells
11:50 Kazuaki and Shuu
13:25 Morning

After the end of the game, there are a couple of bonus scenes, one of which only appears if you complete the route after collecting everything else in the game. If you've watched the entire run-through, please show your support for the author and buy the game - it's only $5, and if she hasn't earned that from the last seven hours, then honestly, what else can she do? So go and do it, you rotten stinking pheasant!

The entire playthrough is available in a playlist here. If you choose to watch it, don't forget to consult your doctor first.

Comments

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

Choosing not to comment on the appropriateness of the phrase "hatoful cuttings"!

Ye gods, seven hours... Thank you again for all the work you've done putting this together for us, and for everyone who's enjoying it on youtube...! This has been far more fun than I expected, and I expected it to be very fun :)

Happy birding everybody!! :D

[kjorteo]

Or, if you're Yuuya....

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

Yes XD In maid costumes<3<3

[davidn]

How... how do you find these things?

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

I found that one. ;)

[davidn]

Thank you so much for... your appreciation :) I loved voicing them with everyone and the opportunity to put them together into a finished package - though towards the end I realized that my life had consisted of very little else recently!

The next time we do this, I'll play around with allowing people to listen in to the game sound. It would be great if I could just stream the game sound from the desktop over Mumble, but I suspect that to avoid people hearing their own echo I'll have to run the game from the netbook (which reminds me, I need to take some time to replace my crippleware drivers on there...)

[kjorteo]

You contemptible cur! To film me in such ridiculous and humiliating attire, and then to upload it to the intertubes for the whole world to see...! Cease this wretched video-sharing at once! I'll sue!!

[kjorteo]

You're quite lively today. I would love to see your expression if something were to change that. Hohohoho.

[kjorteo]

I'm still mad at you, you know.

[kjorteo]

Oh God, I can't not read all that in their voices, now.

[davidn]

Now with sound!

[kjorteo]

Oh my goodness.

[xaq.livejournal.com]

[xaq.livejournal.com]

I figured you were just mad because my uniform was a size too small for you...and I hate to admit it, but I think it looked better on you than it does on me. :[

[xaq.livejournal.com]

BEST BIT OF UNCOORDINATED HARMONY EVER! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUso5x3vB40&t=7m11s)

[davidn]

I was very impressed at the perfect synchrony of that reaction! :)

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

Also, I'd just like to state officially for the record that having spent so long dealing with BBL (the recording, the replays) is actually starting to make me genuinely afraid of this game XD Whenever we do it next, I really really think we should do a light-hearted route just to get that taste out of our beaks :S I don't want to keep having to weigh enthusiasm for recording with the hatoful crew against dread for what we're going to have to be saying and hearing.. X3

[davidn]

Yes, I had an odd relationship with the mood of this game - I think I said at the very start of the Anghel route that it was weird looking at the happy madness again, with the school in daylight... and that when the game transformed and gave us the Class 1 introduction screen, it was a disturbing jolt into this other layer again (the difference was incredible, with all of the video thumbnails becoming noticeably darker on that side of the line). Now, after all of that, I'm back to feeling that the bright and happy overworld is the strange part!

But it's one I'd rather like to get used to again...

[kjorteo]

Unofficial gradual movement from some of the others is that we might be doing either Ryouta's or Nageki's otome route next time (Xaq says Ryouta, I don't mind and could honestly go either way) to make up for the fact that Kaye was the only person in the entire group who didn't get at least one super tear-jerking heavy emotional speech in BBL.

On the other hand, at least that would also have stuff that happens outside in daylight, and (if Xaq wins) Coolene.

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

Does Kaye WANT a super tear-jerking heavy emotional speech?

(.... I admit, Coolene is a hell of a bargaining chip. :D)

[budgiebin.livejournal.com]

Why the hell not? I've already made myself look positively batty to everyone in my house over the weekends, so what's a few sobs? ;D

I think that Ryouta is the best choice as a BBL cure. Nageki is just a tearjerker, but Ryouta's got.. a more invested storyline, with more chances for giggles and so forth.

I think after BBL we need as much merriment as possible!