Coquette Dragoon - Volume 1 (Early Access)
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Cursed with misfortune from her very first breath in this world of endless war, the rabbit eared Xio's fate is changed forever as she is thrust into the prestigious life of a dragoon pilot—a role only one in ten thousand qualify for.
Raised aboard broken-down ships without even gravity, she finds herself set apart from her new peers native to the capital. How is she meant to accept a new life of status on the condition of service?
Glistening cities, food eaten with cutlery, shared cigarettes in the grass, a cycle of day and night, the touch of fur. This is the world she had always hoped for, and the role she wanted the least.
Surviving this war, and surviving this alienation.
Every step forward is another point of no return.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the war, Honey and Bell navigate the suffocating complexities of their rigid, aristocratic society... but can either of them escape the confines of the world they were born into?
Featuring a vivid cast from both sides of a war, Coquette Dragoon explores the different lives and perspectives in a world beset by tragedy, and those who seek love and connection as their escape from it.
Featuring 3D animation from Chapter 3 and onward, immersing the reader in Xio's experience as a fledgling pilot, and her relationship with an unfeeling war machine; each becoming a part of the other's mind.
About
Originally developed as a comic, Coquette Dragoon is a serial visual novel combining comic and visual novel storytelling with 3D animation and backgrounds, featuring music by ootheca and clover and sealife. 2D animation by Char.
Chapter 1 was originally a comic, and this version uses a lot of the panels and art from it adapted into a new script. It's old work and wasn't made in very high resolution, but I don't believe I should discard it entirely. Apologies at how crunchy some of it is, but it felt important to leave it in.
To speak a little personally, Coquette Dragoon is my labor of love to contribute to the genres I love, I want to create a work that can stand alongside my inspirations, not to enter the genre as an outsider attempting to 'fix' it. I hope you can enjoy these characters and worlds that have spent a long time living in my head as much as I do.
If you want to support Coquette's development you can subscribe to my Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/Burgeroise
Coquette Dragoon is a war story intended for a mature audience and contains dark themes. Reader discretion is advised.
Early Access
Coquette Dragoon is currently in early access, containing the first two chapters and the opening sections of chapter three. The full release will come later in the year, containing the full third chapter, glossary and guest art. Currently contains ~60k words. Owners of this version of the game will recieve the full version of Volume 1 at no extra charge when it's finished.
Translations
There is a Japanese fan translation in progress available here! 【一部日本語化/成人向け】Coquette Dragoon Volume 1｜fuglekongerige (note.com)
Fan translations are completely welcome! If you'd like your translation linked here feel free to contact me at coquettedragoon@gmail.com
For information on creating or installing translations, see the Ren'py documentation here: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/translation.html
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $15 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Early Access Update 3! (Version 3.2)Dec 27, 2023
- Early Access Update! (Version 3.11)Nov 23, 2023
- Early Access Update 2! (Version 2.928)Jun 09, 2023
- Early Access Update! (Version 2.924)Dec 10, 2022
- Patch LogsJul 20, 2022
- Why early access?Jul 19, 2022
Comments
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Hey there, I've got an urgent inquiry, as I'm currently working on a review of the game:
For some reason, it suddenly ends after chapter one (with your text explaining the history of the project and a "to be continued", after which I'm being redirected to the main menu) and I cannot access the other chapters. Could this be a bug or am I just missing something?
(I bought the game as part of the 2023 Queer Games Bundle, so I initially suspected that the build might be outdated, but the build number is identical to the one on the store page.)
Possibly a bug, I'll look into it but haven't heard it reported before... In the meantime you should be able to press the unlock button on the main menu to add all the scenes/chapters to the main menu.
Testing on my own device with a fresh install of version 3.22 and after deleting all the persistent data (found in CoquetteDragoon-3.22-pc\game\saves and C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\CoquetteDragoon-1597701435 ) the next chapter was unlocked at the end of chapter one, and also was able to read by using the unlock function... I'm not sure what's causing the issue on your device, I've made sure it saves the persistent data after changing the variable for unlocking the next chapter. In any case, try deleting everything at these two locations, opening the game and pressing unlock and the chapters should be readable.
Thank you very much for your swift response! Pressing "unlock" indeed solved the problem and I can now access the remaining chapters.
that was so fucking good we played this 2 days ago and can’t stop thinking about it. you made a game that targets us so hard in aesthetics, plot, themes, worldbuilding, and characters. we love the horrors and weird cute pervert girls
This is incredible and I can't wait for more! Awesome work 💙
Before I get into this is how debilitating growing up without gravity would be raised at all ? Like bones and muscles would be incredibly weak. If this is a major struggle then I'd definitely be interested in reading this.
It isn’t really hard sci-fi in that way, it’s mentioned as a problem in the settings past but the humans of the present in the setting are engineered to be acclimated to space on a biological level, life in zero-g comes up more as a logistical/societal issue.
a lot of this was painfully relatable to my experiences too, well maybe not the horrors of war but i got bullied a lot in school, ive always only had online friends so xios struggle is a bit relatable.
coquette dragoon really makes me feel seen,, and understood, its so beautiful, it puts all these feelings ive never really understood into words, i love xio and ayanes relationship so much, i just hope that one day that can exist for me, but its nice to know im not alone i suppose
Honestly, and i mean it, this is the best thing ever
i cried. :D
This game is so incredible... I cried like three times during chapter two simply because the writing was just that good. The amount of love and earnest poured into every character just absolutely floors me. This game grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me around until I understood that yes, it's ok to just make whatever self-indulgent perverted shit I want to forever. I haven't felt this inspired by something in a long time!!
It has been a very long time since something has so targeted-ly reached out and grabbed me by the soul. Truly amazing work.
Finally got around to reading this and ive seen the light now
i am in love with coquette dragoon. oh my god these girls are so fucking real. anyway, if you're on the fence, i recommend this visual novel heavily.
xio is delightfully normal all the time and its a treat.
is this a static story or are there splits? thanks in advance
static story, its a kinetic novel format
I've finished what's currently available and I'm thrilled with what I have read. This is going to be one of those visual novels that permanently alters my brain chemistry, I know it. I'm looking forward to more.
Sincere, great visuals and characters that are delightfully enjoyable and flawed - a really great little read, thank you!!
Been meaning to write something here for a while, so here we go!
Coquette is one of the most genuinely refreshing and stylistically juicy things I have ever read. It's so uncompromisingly itself in how it both doesn't pull its punches, and that the things that it cares about are so proudly worn on its sleeve.
The writing really really grabs me. I love the way it captures the messy existence that is being human and how it manifests in all of these different characters that are existing in this all-encompassing and soul-crushing war.
It's a project that is so unafraid of being itself that I can only stare at it and be wowed; filled with the will to create whatever insane things I want to make, every session rekindling a fire within myself.
Coquette is incredibly exciting and I am so glad that it exists. I love the cast to pieces (Xio is my pick for my scrunkle), I love the setting, I love its perversion, I love seeing a girl get put into a situation, and I love Wibbleburger. Fillie's design makes me insane (in a good way).
I don't think I could ever really fully articulate how great of a project I think this is and how captivated I am by it, but thank you so much for making this!!! I'm looking forward to Xio losing her mind more and for potentially more kinks to get dropped like Smash character announcements.
I love Bell! :3333
i like coquette, she's pink
already, Coquette Dragoon has made itself a sterling example of everything the independent visual novel scene can achieve. a beautiful and stylish flourish, holistic in its excitement, that should be looked to for inspiration by anyone who might set out to make something of their own.
it reinvigorated my own enthusiasm to make cool queer art.
I think Bell is really neat!
COQUETTE DRAGOON!!!!
adhd makes it really hard for me to engage with VNs usually, but I just spent all day reading this and it's so good, thank you so much for your work, I'm in love with all the characters.
thank you!
Coquette Dragoon is genuinely incredible.
I love how fucked up and endearing all the characters are. There are some great moments of just existing in a character's head and being with them while they think through some stuff that works really well.
I love how thoughtfully it is engaging with all the sci-fi/mecha stuff with a clear vision for what it wants to get out of that. The stuff in the chapter 3 preview especially is very exciting to me to see how it continues.
I love how many clever flourishes and moments of good craft are present. Cutting in the dishes being eaten in the cafeteria scene or Ayane and Bell's animated character sprites are both so good. The music is consistently good.The 3D animations are great too.
I am looking forward to the full release of chapter 3.
thank you so much!! the feeling of being able to exist inside of someones head is really important to me...
I really loved reading this. Thank you for making it, and I'm so excited to see where you take this story!
Thank you for reading it! <3
This is incredible! I haven't been this interested in a story since my first playthrough of Fate as a teenager years and years ago...
I worked a night shift at Amazon—and a lot of other factory/warehouse/hard-labour jobs for that matter—for quite a long time. At first glance, I'm physically the furthest thing from Xio. But the way she describes that "previous chapter" in her life... I felt that fluorescent lighting beating down on my neck.
To have that feeling, while just reading a story... I've had that before, but never anything to do with work. In a space where it couldn't actually hurt me, it felt like those moments coming off of a really cool scare in a horror movie. My sincere thanks for writing so powerfully on a topic most stories barely think to approach. I'm sure things will end great for Xio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bell and Honey were delightful. At the start, I thought Bell might have some relation to Emil, but I was completely blindsided by her actual situation. I was right there with Honey, retroactively wanting something better for Bell. I'm really rooting for the both of them.
Apologies for the tangent! You've got a sharp hold on a great story so far, I can't wait to see where it goes. Keep writing with your heart!!!
Thank you so much! I actually wondered whether Bell would be read as a relative of Emil's, she isn't, but their palettes are pretty similar...
I will keep doing my best!!!!
Damn, you really went full Tim Rogers on this one.
Bell Goated....
Just finished the first chapter and holy shit is this good. I think i see some of the inspirations but i'll hold my tongue for now until i have more to say than just "it feels like this!" can't wait to read chapter 2 and wait for 3 with baited breath!
you have something really insightful and emotional and horradorable here
themes of how the military promises power that perverts you (not in the good way!) ,how that perversion is still there even if they arent strict or let u have an idealized and cute form ,how the military apparatus uses our passion and our desire to escape destitution to make recruitment that much more seductive... are all really intense and hit with a clarity that something in this style could only provide
thank you for making this. glad it doesnt just live inside your head anymore
-Drizzlebyte
thank you so much!!
srsly this is my fave vn ever i love the entire cast n story so far and ur art is just so!!!!!! cute!!!! i cannot wait for the full chapter 3 <3 bells piss kink makes me feel so representated LMFAO
thank you!!! im excited to finish ch3 >:3
After checking out the chapters currently available, its really nice to read an indie VN that so openly expresses the author's vision and experience from their interests to aesthetic tastes.
At times it felt pretty jarring when the story shifted from operating with the author's intimate understanding to a pastiche of popular media etc. like when talking about the social structures the characters inhabit.
I say that because I was recommended this game as a fan of Ryukishi07's work, who's VNs draw from his time as a government worker and similar experiences when talking about these kinds of issues.
Sorry for the diatribe, I really loved what I've read so far. It has beautiful presentation and I'm excited to see what happens next.
thank you!!!
bought this after mulling it over a bit, and i dont regret it a bit!! lowkey wish i had my own dragoon, minus all the scary war and fighting-
i love the colors, the adorable art style, the lovable characters, the neat mesh between 3d and 2d, and the interesting world and lore that yew've built!! i cant wait for chapter 3!! (thanks fur not ending the purreview off on a cliffhanger or anything, i dont think i would've been able to take that, haha)
thank you so much!!
i think this game is making me develop a thing for diapers and puppies. i love it
the highest honor any creative can hear
damn....now i haffta get it
-Drizzlebyte
I found a (very minor) bug in that whenever you boot up it seems it believes all the outfits are new again, so itll show every character as having a new outfit (or maybe it's just it flags every character instead of the actually ones when you comoplete a chapter?) nothing serious or anything, just something i noticed.
thank you! i'll take a look at this
Amazing and wonderful! i teared up when Bell showed up on screen and i got to here her wonderful theme!~ I'd love if possible when the next chapter comes out there could be a lil slider or something for teh transparency of the character symbol in the text box, it's a wonderful addition but a bit hard for me to quite tell who's talking at times...
thank you! and yes i can add this, i'll include it with the full volume release
that would be wonderful! i just finished reading the new chapter 2 (i apparently left off at the last duchy scene). it was wonderful, and i love the author notes... lots of nice info there.
i like how squeaky the cast are
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
pupy :)
pog
Looking forward to the official release!!
This game looks great! Is there a linux version on the patreon?
yes! the pc version runs on windows and linux