It’s 1999 and there's a rumour going around. Whoever you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium will be with you for a thousand years! Who will you choose on New Year's eve?
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The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The development of our models is an ongoing process. We have lots of plans for improving them to make them more engaging to talk to and more mechanically complex. We want to start building an audience of early adopters who can provide feedback and help shape the direction of the characters and the game as a whole. Through this we hope to also make the models more robust before we begin implementing much larger augmentations to the experience that are part of our vision for a 1.0 release.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Around a year. We are hoping for a 1.0 update by the end of 2025.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We are planning to add the following features not currently available in the current Early Access version:
  • Emotive speech-to-speech interface with characters.
  • An expansion of available date locations, calendar special events, secret events/endings and character plot-lines.
  • School clubs and trips, summer school and an expansion of the stat-building system
  • Mini-games, gifts, economy and part-time jobs
  • General AI improvements and difficulty balancing
  • "Rizz-em-up" hard mode
  • Improvements to the Tutor's mechanics and to end-of-year report cards
  • Additional optimisations and quality of life improvements for lower-end hardware

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Players can play through 1999 from start to finish, meet all 13 characters and invite them out on dates to 30 different locations, each with unique music tracks. There are early versions of character plotline events that can be unlocked. The rumours system is complete but requires further balancing for difficulty. Players can speak to the tutor for information on other character's perspectives and what rumours are being spread (although his information is not always as accurate as we'd like).

The AI models are uniquely engaging to interact with but can sometimes be quite forgetful, tend towards apology when challenged and are not always well equipped to respond appropriately to situations that differ wildly from their training data.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We plan to gradually raise the price as the quality of the models improve and we ship new content.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We have an option for players to send their playdata to us. This is invaluable as it can help us monitor where the models are doing well and where they could be improved. We also want the community to guide us to the parts of the game itself that could be improved upon and are hoping to run polls on what features in the roadmap they hope to see next.”
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About This Game

It’s 1999 and there is a rumour going around. If two people confess their feelings for one another at the turn of the millennium, they will be destined to be together in a thousand year fairytale romance! Who will choose you on New Year's eve?

Welcome to Escafeld College, the school in which you spend the next year meeting a cast of 13 unique characters. Taking them to a variety of locations and making new friendships along the way!

Building your skills is going to be vital to maintaining your standing at the college and with the cast. A delicate balance that will allow you to grow closer to the people you like. While also keeping you in the good graces of everyone else you meet at Escafeld.

But don’t take it too easy because rumours spread fast! They can be sweet, silly or sinister. Hell hath no fury like an Escafeld Student scorned.

Millennium Whisper is a one of a kind experience using AI.

Rather than the standard dry AI experiences trained on large sets of data from the internet, the cast in Millennium Whisper is played by AI that are exclusively trained on in-house creative work.

The possibilities are endless, and the way you play the game will be entirely unique to you. Each of our (13) characters has their own unique personality traits, likes, dislikes and behaviours. In Millennium Whisper you can have complex relationships and deep conversations, or enjoy a more light hearted experience, having fun with the characters.

Play the game your way, and write your own story.

🎀- Intricately drawn pixel art cast:

Game takes place entirely in a pixel aesthetic with a pixel art cast, environments and UI!

🎀- Ground breaking AI Conversation System:

A new approach to AI in video games. Converse with the cast like never before. With an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast!

🎀- Manage relationships:

What you say matters. With realistic conversations the cast feel the full range of emotions. You can upset them, make them jealous and more!

🎀- And battle through rumours:

Be aware, rumours can spread through Escafeld College quickly! The cast can spread rumours about you, and they could be good or bad!

🎀- RPG Stat System:

Choose how you spend your free time, and build your stats. These will shape the experience you have at Escafeld College!

🎀- Completely Offline:

Unlike other AI games that require you to be online, Millennium Whisper is entirely offline!

🎀- 13 Character Cast:

Each with their own look, personality, interests, and more. They won’t make it easy for you, and you’ll quickly find yourself immersed in the challenge of trying to Rizz-Em-Up!

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The AI is character-based. Each character has their own model and will respond and react to player interaction in a specific way, each providing a unique challenge. As the player progresses through the year in Millennium Whisper, they will build relationships with the characters as all interactions are fed to the models and the characters rate their affection levels towards the player. The challenge comes from the player needing to juggle their social relationship with all the characters at once as characters have the ability to communicate with eachother and spread rumours and so it's possible for neglected characters to sabotage the relationship with other characters. The characters will also accept or reject date invites from the player or author their own date invitations. At the end of the game the AIs evaluates which character the player ends up with.

System Requirements

Windows
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Graphics: GeForce RTX 2060 - 8 GB
    • Storage: 10 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Graphics: GeForce RTX 2060 - 12 GB
    Minimum:
    • Graphics: GeForce RTX 2060 - 8 GB
    Recommended:
    • Graphics: GeForce RTX 2060 - 12 GB
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