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The Mirage Pavilion

"The Mansion of the Mirage" is produced by Novectacle and is classified as Visual Novel (悲劇と絕望の西洋浪漫サスペンスホラーノベル). The release date listed is 2012-12-31, and the platform includes PC and 3DS.

Work information
Title of the workThe House of Fatamorgana
Chinese nameThe Mirage Pavilion
The publication date listed in the materials2012-12-31
PlatformPC / 3DS
GenreVisual Novel (Western Romantic Suspense Horror Novel of Tragedy and Despair)
Also known asThe House in Fata Morgana / fata Pavilion
DevelopmentNovectacle
ReleaseNovectacle, MangaGamer (Steam platform)
ScriptMaybe it's a squid
Key animationAi Taro
MusicMellok'n / Gao / Yusuke Tsutsumi / Kosei Moriya / Aikawa Razuna
Game engineKiriKiri
Website address recorded by the sourcehttp://novect.net/fatamorgana/
External links to source recordshttps://erogamescape.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=18111 / https://vndb.org/v12402 / https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ111899.html / https://store.steampowered.com/app/303310/

The ownerless home and four eras

A cursed mansion spans nearly a thousand years; visitors cannot remember who they are and can only witness four tragedies from different eras guided by the mansion's maid. Each story takes place in different locations and eras, with characters facing pressures of identity, power, and fate; After observing these experiences, visitors need to decide whether to continue questioning the relationship between the residence and themselves.

Gothic suspense visual novel

The Steam version, developed by NOVECT and published by MangaGamer, launched on May 13, 2016, focusing on themes of tragedy, humanity, and madness. "A Requiem for Innocence" is a prequel to this story, telling the story of an ambitious young man and a girl who is revered as a saint but also accused of being a witch.

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The mansion that has awakened

In the story, "you" wake up in a strange mansion, with no memory that can confirm your identity. A maid treats you as the owner of the mansion and leads you through the stories that once happened here. She is both a guide and the first person connecting the present and the past.

The scenes behind the door come from different eras. A mansion is not a permanent background: the occupants, the social environment, and the meaning attributed to the house all change. The current perspective can only gradually accept the information shown by the maid, so the identity question and historical fragments advance in parallel.

Stories from different eras

The official profile cites early stages from 1603, 1707, and 1869. The first door involves the Rhodes siblings and their lives; The next story involves the existence of beasts; Later, characters with backgrounds of wealth, industry, and family relationships appeared.

These passages are not just independent collections of ghost stories. The characters' wishes, misunderstandings, and encounters are rearranged as the narrative progresses, but how they truly connect is gradually revealed by the game. Directly writing all character relationships in a spoiler-free synopsis weakens this structure.

Reading with sound

The work unfolds in the form of a visual novel, with the main focus being reading character dialogues and narration. Investigating the mansion is not about freely collecting items on a 3D map, but about understanding the causes and effects through the information presented by the story.

Music, backgrounds, and character visuals together create the atmosphere of different stories. Encyclopedias can separately record original soundtrack tracks and production credits, but it must distinguish between actual included tracks, tracks used in promotional videos, and music added in later versions. It cannot be categorized solely by player-edited videos.

Original and related works

NOVECT is the developer credited to the work, and the Steam product page separately lists MangaGamer as the publisher. The product launched by Steam in 2016 was not released at the same time as the original Japanese title.

"A Requiem for Innocence" is a prequel connected to this story, featuring independent merchandise and a wide range of stories. It can be read as a related entry, and the supplementary past should not be directly written as information already grasped by the opening characters of this chapter. For different collections, please refer to their respective product descriptions.

The historical order of the Four Gates

Guided by the amnesiac maid, you watch the Ross siblings in 1603, the Beast in the Abandoned Mansion in 1707, the railroad investor and his wife in 1869, and finally the cursed youth and Giselle in 1099. The viewing order differs from chronological order; whether to continue exploring the story after the tragedy is progressed through reading and choice.

Family and partners in official personal profiles

Mel at the first gate, 17, and her sister Nelly at 14; Pauline, 22 years old, at the second door, is still searching for a foreign lover who was told she died in a shipwreck. Yakopo, 26 years old at the third gate, had his wife in the hall, and only the 24-year-old maid Maria was willing to support him. Michel is the youngest son of the Poloje family, 27 years old, living alone with a closed window for a long time.

Reading the original work and the scale of the music

The Windows special page provides a reference reading time of 20 to 25 hours, with 8 endings excluding death endings and hidden chapters. Of the 65 tracks, 35 are songs, with music signed by Mellok'n, Gao, Yusuke Tsutsumi, Kosei Moriya, and Aikawa Razuna, with Gao also signed and sung by Gao.

The fourth gate is the difference from real events

The fourth goalkeeper, Michel, and the white-haired woman's encounter are described as a romance, but the retrospective records reveal hidden words and red dialogue. The fifth gate returns to the real past. Entering the hall is the black-haired Gisé, and Michelle doesn't have the touch killing ability described in the fourth gate. Giselle once worked at the Bollinger household. After being sent to the mansion, the two resumed living together after misunderstandings, departures, and returns.

The girls' high school endures a long wait

After Michel's death, Giselle stayed in the museum, influenced by Morgana's voice. In the years that followed, she became one of the hall's maidens, witnessing the tragedy at the first to third gates and mistaking the white-haired girl for the waiting Michelle. In the sixth gate, the history between the amnesiac master and the maid gradually becomes clear. Their reunion is blocked by the witch, prompting Michel to continue searching for her.

Brothers and images of the Bollinger family

The seventh gate features the eldest brother Didier and the second brother Georges, recounting Michel's childhood experience of being treated as a woman by her family but still accepting herself as a man. The changes in his body led his family to believe he was cursed; he was first confined in the basement of his home, then sent to the museum. The feminine portraits Georges painted for his mother also became objects that damaged her self-identity. In the final episodes, Didier finally calls Michel 'little brother' again.

Misidentification of the second and third gates and toilet paper

The second gate's Bestair is actually Yukimasa, who fell into memory and cognitive confusion after a shipwreck. He treated Pauline, who came outside the hall to find him, as a beast, and killed his lover who still wanted to live with him. In the third door, Jacopo and his wife are not without feelings, but Maria intervenes in their messages and letters, reinforcing their misunderstandings; After his wife left, Yacopo continued to wait in the mansion, growing old alone.

The second half faces the witch's past

After regaining her memory, Michelle no longer just watches others' tragedies but continues to act to save Giselle and Morgana. The original manga's final chapter reveals the white-haired girl from the Saintess' side separated from Morgana; This differs from the maid's mistaken claim that she was Michelle. As the relationships between eras gradually emerged, the curse and long wait within the museum finally came to an end.

Original project production conditions

The original project was formed after the members had gathered. Due to a lack of programming experience, the team chose visual novels and changed the sci-fi battle cases into character dramas suited to existing art conditions.

Assessment of background production workload

Production review explained the photo processing background as a trade-off in terms of workload: the team needed many scene variations but found it difficult to hand-draw everything; The detailed character drawing also limits costume variations.

Chapter climax design reference

In a production interview, Piao said he drew inspiration from the chapter climaxes of 'Danganronpa,' allowing a puzzle to be solved and then leading to new questions, maintaining the sense of progression in chapter reading.

Collaboration between character expressions and text

In the later part of the original work, Giselle's expression was drawn by Aitaro based on his lines; After seeing the illustration, Piao modified the corresponding lines, which was a public recollection of the team's visual and text adjustments.

The contrast in the characters' language

The author contrasts the characters' relaxed language with the literary language of the girls' school, and changes the narrative tone of the girls' school in the latter part; This is the language design he has explained.

Promotion after distribution and first edition

Piao first contacted PLAYISM to apply for streaming of "Mirage House," and the publisher accepted it after reading. After the original first version was released, Novectacle members discussed continuing promotion, trying to change the roles of characters in the main game through free games and popularity voting.

Release arrangements during the original game's development

The uneven production speed of "Mirage Hall" led to the withdrawal of the chapter-by-chapter release plan. Readers waiting for the original work to complete can get to know the characters through demo versions, four-panel manga, and 'Erasmus on the Mist.'

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