https://visual-novel-village.itch.io/student-union
Student Union is a fairly slow placed mystery visual novel, with some violent scenes as well.
When the protagonist is called into the see the assistant head of Chokecherry High School, with the aim of setting up an “independent” school council, it sets in place a chain of events that leads to suspicious noises, fights and eventually the apparent death of a teacher.
The protagonist, Lane is a rather mysterious person and pretty much everyone he meets at the school (and tries to recruit) has their own problems. His friend Evan is a torn between blindly following Lane and doing his own thing; Cain puts Lane in a hospital (over a misunderstanding); Alice wants nothing better than to usurp Lane's possible position as head of the Student Union, whilst Holly has boundless energy, whilst obviously hides something.
All of this happens against a the backdrop of vastly under-fund and poorly maintained school, and, according to Evan some mysterious events on the second floor of the school building, that Evan believes is happening
Story-wise, it is certainly interesting, for the most part, if somewhat plodding. It does take a while to get going, with the odd spurt of excitement here and there. However, not that much happens until near the end. Naturally enough, the demo ends when things get really exciting.
Graphically, the game is very nice – the characters are animated with blinking and moving eyes and as well body movement, and the backgrounds are nicely defined. There is plenty of zoom in and out as well. There are a few nice CG graphics as well.
Musically, there are one or two good tunes, but the rest is pretty forgettable. There are also nice sound effects too.
It should be noted that the full game may or may not be completed at some point in the future
