Miscellaneous

Extra Content

• TVTropes - a funny TVTropes page for this game that doesn't yet exist
• Lunchtime - the self-indulgent page for Raiden x Araceli. lols.
• TOYHOU.SE folder - Charming little profiles for the characters that you can comment on and enjoy from the comfort of TOYHOU.SE.
• Raiden Shimeji - (This is a direct download link!) Shimeji is a little Windows app that lets you have a little guy on your screen. This little guy can climb, jump, throw your stuff around, be cute and darling... Well, anyway, I blacked out for twelve hours and made one for Raiden.

Inspirations

Behind every "very bad but very good" RPG is an "even worse but even better" RPG.

Bolt from the Blue is meant to emulate the untitled subgenre of JRPGs that try to be both "modern" (by flipping the JRPG formula mechanically/narratively) and "classic" (to appeal to golden age nostalgia). The result is something terribly delicious and time-sinking. Other/more specific media inspirations include:

• Bravely series (esp. Bravely Default: Flying Fairy)
• Voice of Cards series (esp. The Forsaken Maiden)
• The Legend of Zelda series (esp. WW/BOTW/TOTK)
• Kingdom Hearts
• Octopath Traveler
• Genshin Impact
• Various shounen (esp. Black Clover, Naruto)

Credits/Acknowledgements

Pretty much all the art and writing on this site is my own, unless I say elsewhere. The website coding, however, is a bit harder to pull out of my ass lol.

• squid made the TVTropes template!
• Marvin over at Numbers Story for advice on database organization and .htaccess stuff...thanks dude!
• gf for sniffing everything I write and making sure it's decent. included her here because i love her sooo much
• Part of this site uses the Caveat font under the Open Font Licence