{"id":25690,"date":"2024-01-17T18:23:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T09:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=25690"},"modified":"2024-01-17T18:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T09:23:42","slug":"20240117-25690","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240117-25690\/","title":{"rendered":"Play high-stake games with heinous convicts in Danganronpa-like suspense indie visual novel game\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese indie developer Zakurosuke has announced that <strong>Romp of Dump <\/strong>will release in Early Access on January 20. The game will launch for the PC (Steam) and will be available in English.\u00a0<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com\/steam\/apps\/256884571\/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1688740228\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Romp of Dump is an animated suspense visual novel in which you \u201cobserve scum prisoners\u201d and work on unraveling the truth about their crimes. The story takes place in 1992 in Dumpir, a \u201ccity of pleasure and immorality.\u201d Your character is a death row inmate who has been falsely accused of serial murder and incarcerated at the Dumpir Prison, also known as \u201cThe Dump.\u201d At the Dump, you communicate with heinous criminals and play card games with them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six prisoners you come in contact with have committed reprehensible acts such as murder and drug dealing. The visual novel includes four casino-style mini games such as Blackjack, during which you need to analyze the prisoners\u2019 changes in expression and gestures in order to win. &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-001.jpg\" alt=\"Card game mini game in Romp of Dump\" class=\"wp-image-25696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-001.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-001-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-001-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unsurprisingly, you play with stakes \u2013 with losers facing a penalty game. Your objective is to work at the inmates\u2019 pride and get them to reveal episodes from their pasts, which you need to collect and piece together to find out the \u201cbizarre\u201d crimes they have committed. The Japanese scenario is 200,000 characters long, which makes for a significant volume in English as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rump of Dump is rated 15+, containing indirect depictions of crimes, drug use, prostitution, child abuse, SA, etc. Please note that while the Steam store page\u2019s English description includes the sentence \u201ccontains various sexual perversions including homosexuality,\u201d this is simply what seems to be an unfortunate mistranslation, as the original Japanese text mentions \u201cperversions\u201d and \u201csexual orientations\u201d as separate points.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-002.jpg\" alt=\"Dialogue with prisoners in Romp of Pump\" class=\"wp-image-25697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-002.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-002-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-002-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-003.jpg\" alt=\"Card game mini game in Romp of Dump\" class=\"wp-image-25698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-003.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-003-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117-25690-header-003-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Zakurosuke, the indie developer behind Romp of Dump, has a track record in creating games using Unity, the VN creation tool Utage (\u5bb4), and Live2D. They are currently also working on Primula, a visual novel about a father protecting his adoptive daughter. They started working on Romp of Dump in 2021, releasing the first demo version in April 2022. Since then, the game has gone through numerous updates, and the Early Access release is now right around the corner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romp of Dump will release in Early Access for free on January 20 for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1951520\/Romp_of_Dump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><br><br><br><br><br><em>Written by. Amber V based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20240117-279164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese ar<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20231213-275877\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">t<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20231220-276692\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">icle<\/a>\u00a0(original article\u2019s publication date:<\/em>\u00a0<em>2024-01-17 10:54<\/em>\u00a0<em>JST)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romp of Dump is an upcoming Japanese indie game coming to Steam. 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