Code_18
Code_18 is a visual novel video game developed by Cyberfront and released on September 29, 2011, for the PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360, and later for Microsoft Windows. It is a reboot of the Infinity series, which also includes Never 7: The End of Infinity, Ever 17: The Out of Infinity, Remember 11: The Age of Infinity, and the spin-off 12Riven: The Psi-Climinal of Integral. The story follows Hayato Hino, a high school student who receives voice messages from the future on his phone, and is stuck in a loop, repeating a month of his life over and over again. The gameplay involves advancing the story through conversations with characters, with dialogue choices influencing the story's path.
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Cover art, depicting (clockwise from top left) Arika, Hikari, Nanari, Yuzu, and Tamaki | |
| Developer(s) | Cyberfront |
| Publisher(s) | Cyberfront |
| Director(s) | Ken Wakabayashi |
| Producer(s) | Ken Wakabayashi |
| Artist(s) | Yutaka Akatsu |
| Writer(s) | Chabou Higurashi |
| Series | Infinity |
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| Release | PSP, Xbox 360
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| Genre(s) | Visual novel |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Cyberfront bought the rights to the Infinity series after its previous developer, KID, closed down. The game's writing was done by the group Run & Gun, while the sound production was handled by the band Milktub. While the development team had originally planned to use a theme of "escape from an enclosed space" similarly to previous Infinity games, it was changed due to concerns of the size of the game's audience, and was seen as a reboot of the series. Western journalists were optimistic, while Famitsu 360 gave it an average score. Sales of the title were low, with both console versions reaching a combined total of over 11,000 units.