Trivia / Project: Eden's Garden

• Staff-Created Fan Work: NifastGreentail, one of the graphic artists, has made an assortment of fan art related to the series.
• Troubled Production: Although Project: Eden's Garden ultimately managed to receive a positive reception once it made its debut, it took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get there:
  • The problems started even before it entered development - creator Sean "Obelusk" Lusk initially conceived it as a live action series, only for the COVID-19 Pandemic to break out while in planning stages. It was thus ultimately decided, although early enough to avoid major setbacks, to retool it as a visual novel instead.
  • Although the game rapidly drew hype for both its ambitious scope and official-looking artstyle, there were still signs that something was going wrong behind the scenes. Trailers were oddly scarce on gameplay footage, and most advertisement consisted of a social media account posting the character bios, then being deleted before repeating the process on another account, leading to skepticism about the game's development.
  • Not helping matters was monetized promotional streams implying that the game would be commercially sold, which could've caused Spike Chunsoft to hit the team with a lawsuit. This led to a Discord server dedicated to the similar Danganronpa fan project Danganronpa Re:Birth banning all discussion of Project: Eden's Garden, only relenting once it was proven that the game would be released for free.
  • Then, in October 2021, the bottom finally fell out once all four head writers publicly quit. They subsequently published a joint statement through a Google Doc containing in-depth accusations and evidence of Lusk rewriting the entire plot several times without warning the team, thus cutting into valuable development time, alongside mishandling sensitive themes such as mental illness.
  • In addition, allegations were made of mistreatment of staff members and volunteers by Lusk, including but not limited to using abusive language, deliberately refusing to communicate with his writers, and then attempting to shift the blame towards them when they pointed out his misconduct. Lusk subsequently resigned from his position as director, and the game appeared to be doomed.
  • Thankfully, the game's development significantly improved after Lusk was forced out. The new directors allowed the writers to return back to their roles, successful auditions for voice actors were held, more in-depth trailers began being released, and eventually, in December 2022, the game's prologue was released for free on itch.io and GameJolt. Said prologue garnered a surprisingly high amount of attention and acclaim by big-name Danganronpa content creators, sparking hope about Project: Eden's Garden's future.
• What Could Have Been: The project was initially envisioned as a live action series, but COVID-19 broke out early on in the planning phases.
• Word of God: As revealed in the project's Discord page, many of the standard Danganronpa storylines and formulas will not be in play.

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