The Distant Melody Chapter 1 Demo was created by a team of volunteer developers who love Vocaloid, video games, and creating engaging stories. Contributors include:

Music

"wishing well" from the specters album by nostraightanswer

Project Direction

Chris Lautenbacher, Jacob Brosler, Nick Carbonara, Maddy Cherrier, Hal Clark, Pat Dimaandal, Chris Fleming, and Lance Hengya

Art Leads

Hal Clark and Lance Hengya

Character and Asset Designers

Hal Clark, Kayla Deer, Final, hatsukoin, Mac Li, Shirley Liu, MikaMagica, Charlotte Pang, Nedward Rehanek (@wakayrd), Link Simon (@cawinkylink), Arka Tu, Maya "kemple T" Williamson, and Masha Zhdanova

UI Asset Designers

Hal Clark and Final

Animators

Final (Animator) and Mac Li (Animation Consultant)

Development Leads

Jacob Brosler and Nick Carbonara

Developers

Justin Almendral, Whitney Kluttz, Will Kracke, Stella Liu, lukinator1, Seamus Ly, Kevin Ray, Matthew Sze-Tu, and Cavan Vince

Narrative Leads

Nick Carbonara and Chris Fleming

Narrative Designers

Mercedes Hesselroth and Wendy Ninomiya

External Narrative Research Advisors

Christina Kelly (@paper_artichoke), Erika Ramsey (Kinjo), Cal Ramsey, and Sunny Schofield

Accessibility Consultants and Testers

Jordan Bach (Consultant and Tester), Tay C. (meowzerswowzers, Consultant and Tester), Ian Hamilton (Accessibility Specialist), Jeppe "Serth" Nymand (Consultant and Tester), Julie Oliveira (Consultant and Tester), Audrey Spencer (Consultant and Tester), members of r/DisabledGamers, and the IGDA Game Accessibility Special Interest Group

Playtesters

Andrea Chen, Snow Dong, Jonah Gaynor, Devon George, Ethan Gill, Gary Goldberger, Owen Hey, Steph Hoechst, Justin Huang, Maham Ismail, Dan Jang, Nadya Karpova, Christina Kelly (@paper_artichoke), Micah Lind, Kaz Long, Monckat, Peter Stidwill, Esther Tzau, Sammy Walkey, Nathan Wentworth, Em Wider, Michael Yung, Daniel Zona, and attendees of FableVision Creative Juices 2023 and 2024