“Higurashi When They Cry (ひぐらしのなく頃に Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, lit. When the Higurashi Cicadas Cry), known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on the Windows operating system. The first game in the series, Onikakushi-hen, was released on August 10, 2002, and the eighth and final game in the original PC series, Matsuribayashi-hen, was released on August 13, 2006. While the first four games carried the overall title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, the next four games were produced under the title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai. A bonus fan disc called Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei was released on December 31, 2006. In addition to the original series, new story arcs were created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS in order to expand upon the story. The original eight PC releases were released in English by MangaGamer in 2009 and 2010. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur in 1983″
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higurashi_When_They_Cry
the anime and game follows a group of friends that encounters a curse where multiple killings happen within the group, but once that happens, time resets or there could be multiple universes, another influence appears, and the time just repeats.
I wanted to use this game and anime series as influence for my fmp as the story that leads in the anime and game, is very similar to my idea, and a good start with looking at the horror aspect of the genre and translate it to my own story/game as i will have a better understanding of how my plot will play through.
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