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Article evaluation:

Notes on: Malla Nunn's A Beautiful Place to Die, a novel taking place during apartheid.


 * Doesn't seem to tell much about the book itself. Only has what people have said about the book. A section with a plot synopsis or character list beyond what is here could help a good deal.
 * Character list lists only protagonist
 * Article is neutral in that it barely says anything original. Citations are pretty sweeping, with the first potentially being lengthy enough to be qualified as plagiarism, though I'm not completely certain.
 * Not a single linked citation works. Others are print versions and thus cannot be checked.
 * No conversations are going on about this topic. The book is part of WikiProject Novels, and is listed "Start-Class" and "Low-Importance".

Wikipedia Topic Selection (1):


 * Unique page for African American sci-fi writer Octavia E. Butler's Bloodchild without it being attached to an "and other stories" page. A pdf link to the story can be found here . An essay discussing some of the themes in Bloodchild can be found here
 * Unique page for Jennifer Reich, a female aerospace engineer who works for Honeywell. A link to a page about the accomplishments of her and another female Honeywell aerospace engineer can be found here.
 * Unique page for Heaven Will Be Mine, a visual novel video game centralized around lesbian characters (I haven't played it, but it's always looked really cool). The Steam page for this game can be found here. Issue is that it might be difficult to make a wikipedia page with a lot of citations about it as I'm not sure how popular it is.

Topic Bibliography:


 * It currently appears that articles cited by video games may be blog posts written by the author of said game, reviews of the game by third party news articles, or others. Currently I intend to use a combination, but it may continue to be an issue.
 * https://store.steampowered.com/app/836450/Heaven_Will_Be_Mine/ is the store page for Heaven Will Be Mine; it contains basic information about the game that could be used in-article.
 * Link to a review
 * Link to a review
 * Link to a blog by one of the creators of the game about the game. Though this is a rather direct source, I'm not sure that tumblr necessarily constitutes a credible source.
 * Link to a review
 * Link to a review
 * Official site of team/publisher that made the game

Heaven Will Be Mine
Heaven Will be Mine is a sci-fi visual novel with romantic themes developed by Worst Girl Games for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The story is set in an alternate history post-Cold War universe wherein humanity has split into three warring factions. These factions, known as the Memorial Foundation, Cradle's Graces, and the Celestial Mechanics, vie for control over, or independence from, the other two factions. The player can follow the story by selecting one of three characters, each with her own unique backstory, personality, and faction alignment, though this alignment may change over the course of the narrative depending on player choices.

Heaven Will Be Mine's gameplay is primarily text-based, with certain situations where the player can make decisions that will determine the outcome of the game.

The game was released on Itch.io and Steam on July 25, 2018.

Gameplay
The gameplay in Heaven Will Be Mine is focused primarily around player choice. The game is divided into 8 days wherein the player may choose from two missions, either of which will increment the "day" amount by one. The mission picked per day will not prevent the player from picking the other mission the following day, and the mission selected per day does not change the occurrences within each mission.

After a mission begins, a text exchange will play between the player's chosen character and her support technician. At the culmination of each mission, the player will be faced with a choice, which may involve intentionally losing a fight to win an opponent's affection or something less tangible, such as fighting with words rather than fighting with weapons. Each decision will be marked with "Betray" or "Loyal," which will signify whether or not said decision will align with the player character's default faction. Every "loyal" decision will increment the player's alignment by 12%, and every "betray" decision will increment the player's alignment toward the enemy's faction by 25%. The player alignment can be viewed on the "Alignment" page between missions.

Whichever faction the player has the most affinity with by the game's end will trigger that faction's ending.

Plot
The background of Heaven Will Be Mine begins after humanity has reached the cosmos. The Cold War, in this alternate universe, instead refers to humanity collectively coming together to combat what it believes to be a hostile alien presence referred to as an "Existential Threat." Humanity has built a score of space-traversing fighting robots, known as Ship-Selves, to combat this threat. These machines connect to their pilots, effectively allowing their pilots to become their ships, sensing what they sense, feeling what they feel. The space program also developed a Lunar Gravity Well Generator in order for these ships, and humanity in general, to survive in the vacuum of space.

Despite the initial reference to the Existential Threat as a nemesis of all humanity, the Threat is revealed to be little more than a shadow created by the gravitational presence of humanity itself, and is easily destroyed. The "earth" faction, known as the Memorial Foundation, brands the space program a failure, and demands that the colonies of humans in space and on Mars come home. The Martian colonies, known as Cradle's Graces, declare independence instead, refusing to return to Earth, and a stalemate begins between them and the Memorial Foundation. While this occurs, the Celestial Mechanics faction, comprised of the other space colonies, recognizes that the Memorial Foundation has branded all of those in space as mutants, which it will use as a pretense to weaponize the discontent still simmering on earth after the initial failure to find an Existential Threat.

Heaven Will Be Mine's plot, from this point, may take a number of different directions, depending on the character chosen and the arrangement of player choices afterwards. The player's character will engage with the other two factions' pilots, potentially culminating in romantic interactions between them. (Maybe link?: https://dontfeedthegamers.com/heaven-will-be-mine-visual-novel/ Not sure about this also, need to check even though it will be stressful)

Characters (?)
Saturn: Steals her mech. Spunky and destructive. Mercury is her tech person.

Pluto: Mysterious and metaphysics-y. Don't mess with her, she'll smush ya

Luna-Terra: Cool but jaded. Neat scar. Shoots things.

Themes
Heaven Will Be Mine references humanity and what it means to be human, which is pretty cool. The LGBT representation is real good as well. (Enough for this section? How the hell do you write a themes section?)

Development (Goes on sidebar?)
Aevee Bee, Writing and Direction

Mia Schwartz, Art and Direction

Alec Lambert, Music and SFX

Pillow Fight Games, Development and Tech Art

Reception
Heaven Will Be Mine currently stands at a 97% positive rating out of 124 reviews on Steam, with 121 positive reviews and 3 negative. Reviewers praised the game's narrative acumen, especially the layered story and well-developed sci-fi universe, and the representation of LGBT characters. The game has also been lauded for its replayability, as each of the three protagonists has a unique personality and background and affects the story differently. Critics have noted that the game's story is rather abstract and may be difficult to follow for those who do not play through it repeatedly.