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AI: The Somnium Files ---with action elements?

feat. Mizuki Date from AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. She *could* use a cardboard box...

On another note, apologies for not being able to incorporate rhombuses into the image.

#aitsf #aini

The Weapon selection menu is invoked.
- Retractable Pipe is selected.
- Alongside it is the Evolver MC with the Stun bullet type applied (24/24 bullets). Its row shows the remaining 6 ammo types that can be applied to the gun --- Flashbang (04/04), Grappling Hook, Live (24/24), Firebomb (10/10), Scattershot (10/10), Anaesthetic (24/24) (partially off-screen).

Weapons are marked as Potentially lethal/Non-lethal/Ambiguous.
- Weapons with a Red background are considered Potentially lethal. Retractable Pipe, Scattershot, Firebomb, and Live are designated as such, and all of them aside from Retractable Pipe are unusable (marked as "CANNOT USE")
- Weapons with a Blue background are Non-lethal. Anaesthetic, Flashbang, and Stun are in this category.
- The only weapon in Grey (Ambiguous) is the Evolver MC, as it accepts both lethal and non-lethal ammunitions.

Information shown while selecting Retractable Pipe:
█Retractable Pipe
Mizuki's weapon of choice. Move the right stick to swing in any direction, press to lunge. Block oncoming attacks with [LB].

Background shows a faint radar (top-left; green - indicating non-acknowledgement of the intruder from enemies) and Mizuki's HP (top-right, green).

Radar writings:
- Jamming; 電波障害
- LOG OUTPUT: Detected noise from radio signals emitted by this area. The radar can not scan the surrounding location.

The bottom part of the image has some text:
- rivecta.tumblr.com
- Mixed-genre thought
- "what if" AI:TSF had action gameplay instead of QTEs? ---It wouldn't look like this, for sure.

Radar --- in red, not indicating enemies' acknowledgement of the intruder, but the main danger of the current situation. Text:
- WARNING; 警告
- キケン (means 危険; danger)
- Timer: 35:20.16 (35 min, 20 sec, 16 ms)

Bottom left for item/tool equipment: X-ray Vision equipped
Bottom right for weapon equipment: Evolver MC + Flashbang equipped (non-lethal)
- 10/10 total available flashbang rounds
- 2/2 of them loaded into the gun (indicated by 2 black squares near the weapon icon)

View is significantly zoomed in with Aiba's vision capabilities. Aim reticle is in the centre.
Flavour text below the display:
- [B]/[A] Zoom in/out
- Cosmic radiation analysis

Text near the reticle:
- rivecta.tumblr.com
- First-person mockup

November 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM

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title: CAUTION---Reloading

feat. Mizuki Date from AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. She is cool. Today, I also realised it is Aiba's birthday.

#aitsf #aini

Main text: リロード / Reloading

Mizuki's weapon: Evolver-MizukiCustom
Long-ranged, loads in many types of bullets
Unwavering, deadly accurate aim with her left eye

Text near Mizuki, ready to aim: Caution / 警告

November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM

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title: kill the irreconcilable
FEATURES AINI SPOILERS (AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - NIRVANA INTIATIVE).

feat. Amame Doi from the AI: The Somnium Files series.

I think of an idea, and then hastily realise it through Krita.
also features Arial Regular and Arial Bold.

#aitsf #aini

nightmare irreconcilable
kill the past ("kill" being in red)
過去ヲ殺セ (means "kill the past"; "殺", "to kill", being in red)

amame doi
土居亜麻芽 (kanji of her name)

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November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM

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title: another Film Window parody

feat. AI: nirvanA Initiative.
Upon having access to camera manipulation, I decided “why not make this”?

I’ve been on a roll, so I apologise for posting too much. If you know what “Film Window” is, by the way, nice!

#aitsf #aini

Location: Mizuki's Bike
February 12: Traveler

Windows from left to right:
- Harbor Warehouse District
- Phone Line / Boss
- Mizuki Driving

Dialogue:
- Mizuki --- I didn't see any balloons. I was there already.

Control: [C] Auto | [Z] Log | [TAB] Menu

October 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM

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title: Junction Control w/ dynamic camera
(part 3)

feat. Mizuki Date from AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. The screenshots are from the same game.

Free from the restraints from the camera and the UI: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7985003...

Also on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7985709...

[North-Northeast] Road
[East-Southeast] Stage

The windows to the perceived world
rivecta.tumblr.com / [A] to run or decide, [Lstick] to move selection...
Junction Control" w/ dynamic camera

Junction Control" w/ dynamic camera
rivecta.tumblr.com / [A] to run or decide, [Lstick] to move selection...
Stay still to select objects

[Object] Ferris Wheel

October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM

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title: Junction Control part 2
Grammatical error on now-deleted post.

feat. Kuruto Ryuki from AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. The screenshots are from the same game.

Also on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7981350...

#aitsf #aini #killer7

"Junction Control" part 2
rivecta.tumblr.com / [A] to run or decide, [Lstick] to move selection...
The windows to the perceived world

"Junction Control" part 2
rivecta.tumblr.com / [A] to run or decide, [Lstick] to move selection...
Stay still to select objects

October 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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title: Junction Control

The movement system from killer7 and how it's presented interest me.
Screenshot from AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative.

also on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7979454...

#aitsf #aini #killer7

"Junction Control" in motion
rivecta.tumblr.com / [A] to run, [Lstick] to select...
The windows to the perceived world

October 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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title: kumakura scan

feat. Moma Kumakura from AI: The Somnium Files.

also on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7975735...

#aitsf

AI：ソムニウムファイル
AI: Somnium Files

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Moma Kumakura
熊倉猛馬 / クマクラ・モウマ

"War Horse"...█

October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM

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title: Demo of my custom fonts

Also on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7972202...

#thesilvercase #killer7 #fonts

spectrum unfinished

[シルバージケン]
1999/10/07 ハツバイヨテイ!
ascii corp. / ghm

Love will tear us apart

"the silver"
coming soon on oct. 7, 1999!

to be continued...

ハーマン・スミス / Harman Smith
ガルシアン・スミス / Garcian Smith
ダン・スミス / Dan Smith
カエデ・スミス / Kaede Smith
ケヴィン・スミス / Kevin Smith
コヨーテ・スミス / Coyote Smith
コン・スミス / Con Smith
マスク・ド・スミス / Mask de Smith

October 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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title: Dot7Regular

A recreation of the dot matrix font found in killer7. The glyphs in the game are represented in a spritesheet fashion, and were recreated in vector form.

also on tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7961868...

#killer7 #fonts

October 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM

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title: misaki: design-first

feat. Shiki Misaki (implicitly) from The World Ends with You

This is a test run of a new font I’ve recently created. It should be noted that Noto Sans Mono CJK JP is still used for the kanjis.

posted recently on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7951101...

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September 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM

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title: Yet another design test

Guess my two major inspirations...

feat. AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. Screenshots of the game are used to make the photos.

posted on ~28th August, 2025 on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7931011...

#aitsf #aini

August 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM

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title: all-white aesthetic

feat. Beat and Neku Sakuraba from The World Ends with You

sourced from Google Fonts:
Doto (Óliver Lalan), Marcellus (Astigmatic), Kosugi Maru (MOTOYA)

posted on ~24th August, 2025 on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7927170...

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August 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM

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title: experimenting

feat. Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu and Neku Sakuraba from The World Ends with You

sourced from Google Fonts:
Doto (Óliver Lalan), Marcellus (Astigmatic), Kosugi Maru (MOTOYA)

posted on ~17th August, 2025 on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/792056276737769472/experimenting

#twewy

August 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM

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title: my imagination going nowhere

feat. Shiki Misaki and Neku Sakuraba from The World Ends with You

sourced from Google Fonts:
Doto (Óliver Lalan), Marcellus (Astigmatic), Kosugi Maru (MOTOYA)

posted on ~10th August, 2025 on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7914290...

August 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM

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design test---feat. The World Ends with You. Low-effort.

feat. Neku Sakuraba, Shiki Misaki, Beat, Rhyme, Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu

posted on 20th July on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7895777...

July 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM

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shiki misaki thumbs up

July 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM

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Banners for "@rivecta" and "@vainqure" Tumblr blog respectively... hmm.

feat. Shiki Misaki from The World Ends with You/NEO: The World Ends with You.

July 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM

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"Daily Ridge Racer pictures"
Previous Bluesky banners

Check more in the replies...

June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM

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A replication test of The 25th Ward's Film Window system...That's an excuse, though.

In The Silver Case, Parade (and Tsuki) left quite an impression on me, that's why I used it as the basis.

feat. Shiki Misaki and Neku Sakuraba from NEO:TWEWY (NEO:The World Ends with You).

References in reply...

The photo is a replication of the Film Window system found in The 25th Ward.
- The top bar is replaced with a simple white string of text; however, it still serves the same purpose. Except for the rightmost section (which instead features the chapter name, Parade), the string indicates the viewpoint's location (Tokyo, Shibuya, Scramble Crossing)
- The boundary that most cards adhere to is now expanded, and textboxes are now smaller, allowing more space for the interface.
- The interface is themed around The Silver Case's Parade case in Transmitter. The background is a gradient that transitions from black to grey.
- There is a background element that features two random words sliding out of the red square. The red box contains the letter "W". The words sliding out are "WARM" and "WELCOME", and both share the starting letter "W" from the red box.

About the "Parade" scenario...
- The single illustration depicts Shiki Misaki on the foreground and Neku Sakuraba on the background staking out Scramble Crossing. The art is entirely greyscale to match Parade's presentation in the original game.
- Shiki is visibly on the foreground, and is seen glancing to her left, mimicking how Sumio also does the same in the original. She's also visibly tense.
- Shiki strikes a conversation by asking Neku if he likes fantasy. "Hey Neku, do you like fantasy?"

It's not recommended to ask if all of this make any sense. I like imagining things like this and make them a reality...

June 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM

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Abstraction

feat. The World Ends with You
I felt like making potentially weird image edits.

The entire photo is in black and white.

A half-body of Shiki Misaki is featured with only her left eye being shown. She's against a black backdrop.

A photo of Shibuya 104 is placed on the middle, and a photo of Hachiko's statue is placed on the far right.

The text "THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU" acts as the text header of the photo. The Japanese name of the game, "It's a Wonderful World", is written in hiragana "すばらしきこのせかい" (Subarashikikonosekai), and serves as the subtitle on the bottom right of the header.

Made-up short chapter names are featured. The following names are: "shibuya", "withme", "moveon", "trust", "envy", "death", and "dream". They're laid out in the "day#x:name" format, and are placed on the top left of the header.

The creator's name is written on the bottom left of the header.

May 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM

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(Part1/2) The World Ends with You
“Film Window” #2

“Film Window” is The Silver Case’s device to display the surrounding world in 3D, persons, video, photos, dialogues… on the screen.

I've wanted to recreate this scene for a while. Don't mind me.

Originally published on 27th April, 2025 on Tumblr.

May 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM

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The World Ends with You -- "Film Window"

"Film Window" is The Silver Case's device to display persons, video, photos, dialogues... on the screen.

I sure like making this kind of mock-up, because I really dig that game's presentation...

Also on Tumblr: rivecta.tumblr.com/post/7819098...