Doki Doki: Fallen Hero

Doki Doki: Fallen Hero (ドキドキ倒れた英雄 Dokidoki Taoreta Hīrō) is the name given to an unfinished mod of the game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club! Doki Doki Literature Club] being created by Zachary Maslanka. The mod was being created through Ren.Py along with other various tools from the Doki Doki modding community. The mod was an action, drama, and romance focused mod following a younger Mix-Calibur, and his new life after trying to leave the mercenary business. The project was terminated due to loss of nearly all data. Along with this were original assets such as sprites, backgrounds, and music. An early rough draft of the first day can be found here

Plot
The main story followed an 18 year old Mix-Calibur who had just moved to a new city following a recent bad event in Tokyo forcing him to move. He then enrolls in a high school attempting to have a normal, quiet life. It is at this high school where he meets the Doki Doki Literature Club cast and joins the club. Following this multiple events took place leading him to become closer with the girls and falling in love with the girl of your choice (4 different routes) while also being found out by his attackers and dealing with the consequences. The rest of the plot was never fully finished, although the endings were always the same. The love interest of the route you chose would die and Mix-Calibur would become the Fallen Hero.

Sprites
New sprites were designed for each original Doki Doki character, including a new casual wear for Monika. As well as full sprites for new characters from the Fate's Wish series such as Mix-Calibur and MD-43. Characters and sprites unique to Doki Doki: Fallen Hero were also created such as Chief Watanabe. No other information of this character is available.

Backgrounds
Various backgrounds were created for the project including but not limited to;


 * Mix-Calibur's secret room
 * Mix-Calibur's old house
 * The beach at sunset
 * The holo library
 * Mix-Calibur's classroom concert CG

Some backgrounds were also used that Zach did not make himself such as the night factory bg (seen right)

Music
No completely original music had been created yet before it's cancellation, yet multiple dual mixes were made to fit the musical nature of Mix-Calibur. Most of the songs used were remixes of songs originally composed by Toby Fox. Dual mixes like "Death by Grammar" were made; a mixture of a piano cover of "Death by Glamour" and the drums from "Bonetrousle" More songs intended to be used were-


 * "It's Showtime!" remix (original by Toby Fox)
 * "Battle Against a True Hero" short piano arrangement (original by Toby Fox)
 * "Sans' secret room" by Toby Fox
 * "Power of NEO" 8-bit dual mix (original by Toby Fox)
 * Dating Start/Dating Fight" remix/dual mix (original by Toby Fox)

Along with these were the original OST of Doki Doki Literature Club composed by Dan Salvato

The only surviving track from Doki Doki: Fallen Hero can be found here

Trivia

 * This would have been the first appearance of Mix-Calibur if not for it's cancellation
 * The mod took lots of inspiration from the another Doki Doki mod titled "Doki Doki Fruits of the Literature Club"
 * Even though the mod was cancelled, it sparked the idea for a separate visual novel all together titled "I'm Nuts For You!" and a Mix-Calibur backstory arc titled "Fate's Wish: Fallen Hero"
 * The mod was revisited as a video series in early 2021 on the MixCalibur Fan Club youtube channel