A multi-perspective psychological suspense visual novel produced by Paleontology. Three perspectives revolve around memory, illusion, and truth: designer Sachiko, psychiatrist Narasaki Hibiki, and Sachiko's childhood lover Takako. The Steam version was released in 2017 and supports multiple language languages.
| Title of the work | SeaBed |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | Under the sea |
| The publication date listed in the materials | 2015-11-15 |
| Platform | PC / Nintendo Switch |
| Genre | Visual novels |
| Also known as | Seabed / Seabed |
| Development | Paleontology |
| Release | Fruitbat Factory |
| Script | hide38、Akira |
| Key animation | hide38 |
| Game engine | KiriKiri |
| Website address recorded by the source | http://middle-tail.sakura.ne.jp/seabed/index.html |
| External links to source records | https://store.steampowered.com/app/583090/SeaBed/ / https://erogamescape.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=23541 / https://vndb.org/v19273 / https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ170840.html |
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Characters and relationships
The story is narrated by three women. Designer Mizuno Sachiko once left Tokyo for work and later co-founded a design company with her childhood friend Takako; She is troubled by hallucinations from her former lover. Psychiatrist Narasaki Hibiki, Sachiko's elementary school classmate, began treating her after learning she was experiencing hallucinations. Takako is both Sachiko's childhood friend and former lover, and is gradually losing memories of their past.
Narrative structure
The three perspectives each unfold in different life situations, yet together they question how to distinguish between facts and illusions in memory. The work places suspense within the characters' understanding of their own lives, and the histories of relationships between characters gradually piece together through different narratives. The Steam Store has called it a psychological suspense visual novel told from the perspectives of three characters.
Versions and systems
The original Japanese version of the work was released by the developer Paleontology; The Steam release is published by Fruitbat Factory, with a page dated December 19, 2017, and offers interfaces and subtitles in Japanese, English, Korean, and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Steam version notes natively support 1440×1080 resolution; This is the display adaptation information for the release version and should not be mixed with the Japanese first edition date.
Design companies, nursing homes, and hotels
Sachiko and Takaho co-founded Clover Design, with Fumi and Takehiko as employees. Hibiki is Sachiko's old classmate and doctor; Mayuko and Sanae are connected to life in the sanatorium; Nanae and Lily jointly maintain the Harbour Hotel. Beyond the main perspectives of the three characters, there are many intertwined daily segments.
Radio drama
The Audio Novel Collection features new stories: the Brick Incinerator, the Café and the Stone Port, and the cleaning of Susuki Station. hide38 screenwriter, AKIRA starring; Yui Kondo plays Sachiko, and Eriko Matsui plays Takako. The radio drama uses a different sound expression style from the original.
The original production process
hide38's Sachiko and Takaho four-panel comic marked the starting point for SeaBed, and AKIRA wanted to continue reading the characters' experiences, prompting him to integrate the scattered stories. Early development considered dialogue options, chronological character viewpoints, and randomly generated text, but these were eventually removed, focusing on a fixed story.
During the original development, hide38 asked AKIRA to verify whether the character images matched the dialogue and the images themselves, and based on feedback, they refined the newly added Narasaki and Nanae. AKIRA also collects and organizes a large amount of images and audio materials, then arranges character portraits, backgrounds, music, and sound effects according to each scene; He controls attention through dialogue pauses, expressions, and sound effects, deepens the impression of the scene with background music, and avoids extra audiovisual information distracting the reader.
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Related entries
- Characters:Sachiko Mizuno (SeaBed)
- Characters:SeaBed
- Characters:Narasaki Hibiki（SeaBed）
- Characters:Koma Mayuko（SeaBed）
- Characters:Ichikawa Sanae（SeaBed）
- Characters:Satou Kozue（SeaBed）
- Characters:Fujisaka Nanae（SeaBed）
- Characters:Lily（SeaBed）
- Characters:Ooita Fumi（SeaBed）
- Characters:Inukai Takehiko（SeaBed）
- Setting and Setting:Clover Design（SeaBed）
- Release Version:SeaBed Audio Novel Collection
- Original Development:Paleontology
- Radio drama script:hide38
- Radio drama illustrations:とんぶ
- Radio drama Sachiko voice acting:Yui Kondo
- Radio drama Guihu voice acting:Eriko Matsui
- Original author of Four-Panel Integration and Interactive Trade-offs:hide38
- Character image verification and scene performance development team:Paleontology
References
- Bangumi entry entry: SeaBed
- Bangumi Copyright Notice
- Steam：SeaBed
- Fruitbat Factory：SeaBed
- Fruitbat Factory: SeaBed Japanese radio drama
- Fruitbat Factory：SeaBed Audio Novel Collection
- Digitally Downloaded: hide38 talks with AKIRA about SeaBed production
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