Ayumichan's Story

About
Ayumi-chan's Story is a life simulation game with less of a focus on living life than creating it. It is quite similar to the D.P.S. games of the time, but the focus was completely on the porn instead of making short scenarios. The Rance IV demo disk was distributed as a mail order bonus except for the X68000 as they were unsure if Rance IV would release on that.

It has since become freeware and can be downloaded here. The real life version is not available as freeware.

Story
You play as the renameable main character (default: Kouichi/浩一) who during the prologue manages to gather up his courage and confess to Kawai Ayumi (河合 あゆみ). Ayumi is a bit shy, but ultimately accepts his confession and they start dating. The relationship stays pure for 6 months, but Kouichi can't stand it anymore and then the game begins.

They'll be assisted by the beautiful Asuka (明日香) from the adult bookstore and old man Miyuki (みゆき) from the Adult toy store as the couple explores their sexuality (Mostly because of Kouichi).

Characters
Here is a short summary of the small cast. Images can be found in the gallery as there are no profile pictures and not all of them are straight (Miyuki's coincedentally).

Kouichi An average HS boy. Should probably focus more on school than sex and games.

Kawai Ayumi She's the class president. Smart, hardworking and rather innocent.

Asuka The beautiful and calm woman who recently replaced the old man at the bookstore. Sells various adult books.

Miyuki A very gay old man who is selling adult toys to anyone who comes to his store. Miyuki isn't his real name and he is hiding from debt collectors.

Development
The development of this game went a bit different then most games at the time. It is mostly the work of 2 people: Imam from Alicesoft and the outside artist Rusher Verak (who previously made some MVRs in Rance III). TADA was the producer, though he denies having done anything meaningful. Members of the Ayumi-chan project on ALICE-NET assisted with scenarios and some CG work.

The prototype was released on ALICE-NET, most likely somewhere in 1992. It later got added to the Alice's Cottage 2 CD and as a mail order bonus for DALK. It apparently consisted out of just one scene and an expression of interest in further development.

The initial full release on PC-98 was 16 colors only with every other release supporting 256. An upgrade was made available for user club members in 1994/12 where you paid 2500 yen and apparently had to mail in the first floppy.

An alternative version of the game would be released in 1995 for PC98 (01/12) and TOWNS (05/?) named Ayumi-chan's story: real life version. It uses photos and stars AV actress Takenaka Nao (竹中なお). Saves are compatible between other (System 3 only?) versions and it was sold for 8800 yen by Byakuya Shoten/白夜書店 (PC98) and Core Magazine/コアマガジン (TOWNS and Win3.1). The only change of note is that it included a vocal theme song on the CD-DA and Alice's Mansion is now Megastore's Mansion (メガストアの館).

Hint Disk
As with most games a hint disk was available if you mailed in the request with some money. The contents of this seem to have been transplanted to mail order PC-98 (256 color) and 3.1 (also win32) versions.

Not only does it actually have hints on how to get the CGs (hosted by the characters), it also has some extra stories. It also includes a staff corner and Music mode.


 * As you progress through the options Kouichi decides to test (H) if Ayumi is "Alice enough" to host her own mansion
 * Ayumi's short stories
 * The first one is her in middle school after a sex ed video and some sex talk with her classmates as she wonders about it all.
 * The second one covers her in high school as she goes out to meet a friend to go shopping, but there is a molester on the train.
 * The third one is an after story where Kouichi and Ayumi get married and a bit of their life after.
 * The old man's love story covers Miyuki as he gets intimate with a confused young man who frequents his shop.
 * Unidentified side story is a story based on the old prototype, Miyuki was a female chemist and Kouichi lives alone. She comes over in a hurry about some adult toys, but is chased by strange men...

Cancelled second game
A second game in the series was being developed and named Sayaka-chan's story. It was first mentioned in the magazine Alice's room (アリスの部屋) volume 23 (1996/05), then coming soon in volume 27 (1997/01) and then announced for September that year in volume 33 (1998/01). After that, silence until it was mentioned in Alice no Denchi Bakudan volume 3 (1999/01) with a mention of Sayaka's name and a "we don't talk about that" type response.

A real reason for it's cancellation was never announced. The Japanese community has speculated about a few issues, namely:
 * Rusher Verak would have had to work on a very large amount of CGs by himself and he wasn't a regular employee so scheduling was hard.
 * The setting had to be changed due to The Ethics Organization of Computer Software revising some standards at the time. Previously she was 16, so they had to make some changes to prevent any possible issues.
 * Color capabilities were ever changing throughout the 90s and it was very likely that they had to rework the CGs to stay up to date.

A web-based demo still exists on Rusher Veraks website here (archive here).

Staff Game design and original CGs: Rusher Verak Scenario: MACKY (マッキー), WAO and Shige Music: DRAGON ATTACK

Walkthrough
There isn't much to it, you pick your options and get to it. On sundays you can go on a date or bother Ayumi at her job or tea ceremony lessons. Occasionally you can get scenes during school, but most of it is done after school.

There is very little to worry about as there are no fail states as far as I know. You can find a CG list in the spoilers below.

Part A (Clothed) 1-3 Take off your clothes 4-6 Do a pose 8 Caress neck 9 Caress breast 10 caress that place 11 lick breasts 12 lick butt 13 lick that place 28-29 clothed masturbation (Buy and read the Erotic magazine) 30-32 Baton (day 6, find props and then use item) 35-36 Clothed S&M (buy and read the S&M book, then she has to faint 2 or more or Day 17) 48-49 Vibe and egg vibe (buy the items from the sex store) 57-58 BJ (Buy and read the erotic manga, excitement above 6) 104-106 Violent undressing 133 Use hurdles (day 4, find props and then use item) 142 Kiss

Part B (wearing bottom) 7 Part B standby 1 (lying down with only panties on) 33-34 Baton (1 day after being usable for A) 37-38 Masturbation (1 day after being available for A) 39-40 S&M Rope (buy and read the S&M book) 41-42 Paizuri (Slut count at 2) 43&45 Egg vibe, vibe (1 day after being usable for A) 44 Tampon (Get during the cold event on the 8th) 50 Anal training (Faint 10+, sold at the adult toy store) 51 S&M standby (buy and read the S&M book) 52 Bullying panty pull (day 12) 53 Bullying pencil (day 16, bad boy 20) 55 Lewd standby screen (50+ excitement) 61 Lewd masturbation (Masturbation and 50+ excitement) 96 S&M clothespin (day 26, bad boy 81+, bought at the adult toy store) 97 Bully Trample head (Day 22, bad boy 50+, your faints 4+) 98-99 Bully Cat gear (buy it from the adult toy store) 107 S&M pilar (buy and read the S&M book, faint count 4) 108 treat like a slave (day 30+, had sex 101+ will spawn the slavery book. Buy and read) 109 Candle play (Day 21+, bad boy 61+, bought at the Adult toy store) 110 B part standby screen part 2 (sitting in her shorts) 117-118 Lewd mode (caress/lick down there) (50+ excitement variants) 134 Bully static electricity (Available when you can do anal in part C) 139-141 Lewd mode (lick butt, caress nape, caress breasts) (50+ excitement variants) 143 S&M Pro binding (buy and read the S&M book, day 17+)

Part C (Naked on the mat) 14 Standby screen (naked on the mat) 15-17 Insert from the front 18-20 insert from behind 21-23 Cowgirl (Buy the position book and read it) 24-25 Soft S&M1 (Available after S&M is done in parts A&B) 26-27 S&M hard (Day 20+ and faint count on 6, this spawns the Hard S&M book) 46-47 Anal (Do anal training 5 times on 1 day in part B) (you will not be able to put it anywhere else that day) 54 Look down there (Day 6) 56 Lewd standby screen (50+ excitement) 59-60 Mouth (Buy and read the erotic manga) 62-64 insert from the front (chest rubbing), insert from behind magenta, cowgirl (chest rubbing) 93-94 Soft S&M2 (The day after S&M1 C, though I think I could do both?) 95 Double penetration (Do anal 10 times)

Various 69-71 Sympathy for a cold (story event on day 8, this does not repeat so have sex.) 116 her breasts being fondled (parts B&C) 119-120 Close up insertion (front/behind) 121 Climax 1 (hand over her mouth) 122 Climax 2 (crying and drooling) 123 Climax 3 (close up) 124-125 Climax 4-5 (close ups) 126 Naked and anxious face-up ayumi (yellow) 135-136 Wednesday playing with food 146 Hero gets S&Md by the older girl from the bookstore (buy all the books at her store then pick the seduce option)

School To go somewhere, your endurance/energy should not be too low 65-68 Park at night (day 9+) 82-84 Broadcasting room (Day 32+) 88-90 PE class (lowered bloomers, showing chest, ayumi on top) 91-92 PE behind the school (spread&show, lowered bloomer) 100-101 Science prep room (use devil's invitation, available from the 19th except on saturdays) 112-113 Music room (day 22+, slut count 10+) 114-115 Art room (day 23+, slut count 12+) 127-128 Drama club (day 16, go somewhere else) 129-130 infirmary (day 24+) 131-132 Home Economics room (day 25+)

Sunday dates You can go to two places per sunday. Exceptions are Phone sex, Part time job and Lesson. 72-74 Sunday Amusement park (Day 7+) 75-77 Sunday Ayumis part time job (Day 21+, requires both options for 100%) 78-79 Sunday park (Day 7+) 80-81 & 111 Sunday Pool (Day 14+) 85-87 Telephone H (day 21+, slut count 5+) 102-103 Sunday Doujinshi convention (Day 35+) 137-138 Sunday tennis (Day 14+) 144-145 Sunday lessons (Day 28+)

Staff
Producer: TADA (he denies it) Scenario: Imam CGs: Rusher Verak

Scenario and CG work assistance: the members of the Ayumi Project on ALICE-NET Moomin (む～みん), NUMU, Kikuta (菊田), MAITA, Tako? (凧), Nobu (野武), Misurandea (みすらんであ), Atami Kouki (あたみこうき)