Justice in Unity: Redux

. . . Can you hear me? I can't see anything . . . I want to wake up. Please . . . somebody, wake me up.

Summary

Justice in Unity: Redux is the resurrection of an older project, called simply Justice in Unity. Made in RPG Maker VX Ace, but less of an RPG and more of an interactive story with sleuthing elements, JiU: Re features two storylines beginning in two separate centuries before eventually joining into one by the end.

One storyline, set in near-modern-day France and America, stars French-American Det. Elliot Mortensen, a man plagued by his own inner demons and an overwhelming fear of the dark. The other, set first in Victorian-era England before shifting to the mid-2010s, stars Dr. Mordecai Cheshire, a prideful psychiatrist who is torn between whether he wants to lead a calm or exciting life until the decision is made for him, one way or another.

As the story unfolds, the player can watch as their choices either make or break Elliot's relationships, friendships, and sanity, as well as deciding the fates of important characters along the way. There are currently four routes to choose from, ranging from good to bad, with each side having an extreme: Elliot Pure, Elliot, Dark, and Dark Pure. It is planned that the game will have five parts, developed one after another and released as they are completed.

Despite being made in VX Ace with resources for said engine, JiU: Re also features a lot of resources from RPG Maker XP, including pieces of tilesets and edits of sprites made by Sithjester and Mack, among others. In addition, the game features several scripts, such as ones by MOG, Khas, and Yanfly, including a few somewhat-heavily modified with custom traits.

The story for the game is progressed in a somewhat linear fashion, by solving cases and completing objectives, and there is no combat, experience, or equipment. It’s simply the player character following the flow of the story, and making their own choices when applicable to see how the context or path itself may change.

Features

• Many improvements from the original 2016 release
• Footstep sounds for player, one follower, and one event per map, determined by what kind of surface is being walked on and what kind of shoes are being worn
• modern algebra's Quest Journal converted into a Case Journal, to keep track of the players progress solving various cases
• The ability to slowly drive Det. Mortensen insane over the course of the game via Dark Choices, resulting in changes in character relationships and multiple endings
• Custom cutscene artwork and character portraits
• Sprites and tilesets from RPG Maker XP, VX Ace expansions, and other artists
• Original music from a team of amazing indie composers
• Sound effects from FreeSound and The Matchmakers
• Scripts by several RPG Maker VX Ace scripters
• Voice acting from a multitude of talented CastingCallClub users
• Localizations for other languages and the ability to switch voiceover language on the fly

Controls

Keyboard

Key	Result
Arrow keys Num 2, 4, 6, 8	Move player/cursor
Shift	Dash Skip text Button A
Z Space Enter	Confirm Interact Button C
X Esc Num 0	Cancel Open menu Button B
A	Pause the game Button X
S	Open key item selection Button Y
D	Show current objective Button Z
Q Num 9	Open Elliot's Case Journal Back one page Button L
W	Forward one page Button R
F1	Configure engine settings
F2	Show framerate
F5	Toggle non-exclusive fullscreen

Gamepad

Button Xbox controller PlayStation controller	Result
L-Stick	Move player/cursor
Button 1 A Cross	Dash Skip text Button A
Button 2 B Circle	Cancel Open menu Button B
Button 3 X Square	Confirm Interact Button C
Button 4 Y Triangle	Pause the game Button X
Button 5 Left Bumper L1	Open key item selection Button Y
Button 6 Right Bumper R1	Show current objective Button Z
Button 7 Back Select	Open Elliot's Case Journal Back one page Button L
Button 8 Start	Forward one page Button R

Credits

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Created, Written, Directed & Produced by	Noëlle McHenry
Cast
~ Part One: Light of My Life ~
Det. Elliot Mortensen	Vincent Fallow (EN + DE)
Émilie Mortensen	Robyn Rybnik (EN) Anja Klukas (DE)
Lt. Simon Callahan	Shawn McClurg (EN) Paul Bamberger (DE)
Supt. Tanya Bellamy	Phoenix Emrys (EN) Katharina Koschel (DE)
Dr. K. Laurent	Abigail Wahl (EN) Aurore Gautheur (DE)
Dr. Nicolas	Dominic Walker (EN) Matthias Heyl (DE)
Dr. Daniau	Steve McGrath (EN) Arcanex (DE)
Charlotte Callahan	Cari Scholtens (EN) Nadine Most (DE)
Gaëlle Callahan	Coconut (EN) Nisa Kizilboga (DE)
Front Desk Clerk	Kyle Donelan (EN) Knusbi (DE)
Maci Leblonne	kiwiTee (EN + DE)
Luis Bouchard	Mr. Miscellaneous (EN) CharlyC (DE)
Maître D'	Mr. Miscellaneous (EN) kptPlanet (DE)
Léonard Sauveterre	Joseph Way (EN) Paul Bamberger (DE)
Mattieu "Malachy" Delacroix	Joshua L. Belmonte (EN) Matthias Heyl (DE)
Receptionist	Lauren Collis (EN) Lucia Gürster (DE)
The Cook	Stanley Swanson (EN) kptPlanet (DE)
The Sous-Cook	Troy Fasig Jr. (EN) Hallosto (DE)
Sir Henry Cockburn	Xander Phillips (EN) Sascha "Seppuko" Berwanger (DE)
Sam DeGarmo	Jack Porteous (EN) D. Hernandez (DE)
Alice LeBlanc	Courtney Grace (EN) Melle Teich (DE)
Casimir Winslow	Xander Phillips (EN) kptPlanet (DE)
Renée Favreau	Elissa Park (EN) Luna Tick (DE)
Joël Caron	Kyle Donelan (EN) Paul Bamberger (DE)
Élisabeth Gros	Alexa Erdogan (EN) Lucia Gürster (DE)
Claude Fabron	Jonathon Bradley (EN) CharlyC (DE)
Lorette Bourdillon	Silvia Strambi (EN) Bettina Gartenmann (DE)
Marceline Bonhomme	Emily Wylie (EN) Maria Fischer (DE)
Alexandre Lestrange	Alex Kelley (EN) Joshua Fritz (DE)
Marie Lémieux	Anjali Kunapaneni (EN)
Answering Machine	Aurore Gautheur (FR)
Elaine Bellerose	Courtney Grace (EN) kiwiTee (DE)
Marcelin Desrosiers	John Doyle (EN) Hallosto (DE)
Matthias Duval	Alex Greenslade (EN) Knusbi (DE)
Hazzan	Andy Yuengert (EN) Sascha "Seppuko" Berwanger (DE)
Fortune Teller	Melle Teich (EN + DE)
Héloïse Callahan	Aurore Gautheur (EN + DE)
Stéphane Callahan	Sean Ombrog (EN) Felix Borrmann (DE)
Frank Callahan	Stephen Shepherd (EN) Emre "Lyrokun" Kadioglu (DE)
Principal Francine Lavoie	Diana Paparozzi (EN) Susanna Cuda (DE)
Newscaster	Peter Sanders (EN) Felix Borrmann (DE)
Célestin Leblonne	Sean Ombrog (EN) Sascha "Seppuko" Berwanger (DE)
Mme. Courtemanche	Julia Nero (EN) Maria Fischer (DE)
M. Dufort	Paul "Tweed" Drotos (EN) AL_420 (DE)
Denis Traverse	Nikko Abanilla (EN) Jele Flügge (DE)
Vivianne Poirier	Océane Lanteigne (EN)
Zacharie Lavoie	Scott Jimmo (EN) Ronny Steinauer (DE)
Florian Lécuyer	John Lynch (EN) TiPhighter (DE)
Irénée Sauvageon	Ryan Wichael (Merry_Ryan) (EN) Joshua Fritz (DE)
~ Part Two: A Game of Trust ~
George Cheshire	Jon Combey (EN) Carlo Völker (DE)
Lorelle Cheshire	tbe
Finny	MomoSetoVA (EN + DE)
Dr. Alan Mikkelsen	Vincent Fallow (EN + DE)
Characters	Noëlle McHenry
Story	Noëlle McHenry
Assistant Writers	Melle Teich Charlie Paul
Art	Noëlle McHenry
Composers	tentaclepotatodroid Charlie Paul Hayden Graves E.L. Music (Elisha Leenders) J0KRR Ardigyy
Translators
German Translation	Melle Teich

For other credits, see in-game!

NOTE FOR JiURe_P1_unfinished

This version is unfinished and will only run on Windows PCs.
- Cutscene graphics are either sketches or reference images
- Certain characters' voice clips are missing during certain cases
- Certain sprites and sound effects are missing
- Please read "readme.txt" in the game's folder

If there is enough interest in this unfinished version, I may consider fully porting it over to RPG Maker MV and continuing the project in that engine. Otherwise, this is the last update this project will receive.