Pastel
Defender Heliotrope
first appeared in 1998, as a Kamishibai story to be played on a
special program written for my website, Otakuworld.com. I had become
inspired by some of the work that other Kamishibai artists had been
creating since the initial release of the program.
One
of the things I wanted to do with Pastel Defender Heliotrope was to
see if the Kamishibai player could be used for making simple games, despite
not having been originally designed for that purpose. The Pastel
story includes a simple battle system consisting essentially of a
trial and error set of choices, bolstered by the odd hint as to what
to do. Although very simplistic, it showed other artists the possibilities
of the Kamishaibai player.
In
order to experience the original Pastel Defender Heliotrope story,
you will need to download the free Kamishibai player, which comes
packaged with two stories of my creation, Pastel, and a bonus story, The
Legend of Ika Takozushi -the very first story ever created for the Kamishibai
program.
The
Kamishibai program,
created by myself and one of my spouses, Stephen, is a story-telling
program based on an old Japanese entertainment which was the origin
point for modern manga, and eventually, anime. Created for Otakuworld.com,
the Kamishibai player, and Jennifer's works, have always been freely
available.
The
download below includes the Kamishibai player, which can be used to
create your own original stories (many, many more are available at Otakuworld)
and not just one, but two stories created by me.
PASTEL
DEFENDER HELIOTROPE
This
is the story that is the basis for this comic! The events within
this Kamishibai will be retold, somewhat differently, much later on,
somewhere around the end of the first third of the saga. In effect,
this Kamishibai is one chapter of a larger story, which is what you
are now reading here.
THE
LEGEND OF IKA TAKOZUSHI
Bonus
Story: this is always distributed with the Kamishibai Player.
A
classic Samurai drama with a twist: the Samurai is an Enlightened
anthropomorphic Octopus who lives in a 'Furry' universe, and his
apprentice is a young pig who is more than a little like Sancho Panza
from Don Quixote...
DOWNLOAD
The
Kamishibai Program, and both stories:
5.60 MB .zipped file
