Anonymous;Code

Anonymous;Code is a visual novel video game developed by Mages and Chiyomaru Studio, and is the sixth mainline entry in the Science Adventure series. A similar event is expected to take place in 2038, so a supercomputer called GAIA is used to create an alternate Earth using an Earth Simulator in order to study the possible effects of the impending catastrophe. The experiment was initially inconclusive because of the possibility of low birth rates in the alternate Earth, so a message called the Arecibo Message was used to allow humans to live there. The protagonist, a hacker named Pollon Takaoka, has an ability which allows him to save and load moments, much like save features in video games. Anonymous;Code was developed by Chiyomaru Studio and Mages, and was written by Naotaka Hayashi, Ayano Suehiro, and Tsukasa Tsuchiya. Alongside Occultic;Nine, it was initially announced as part of the Science Visual Novel series, intended to be separate from the developers' Science Adventure series. However, both games were later incorporated into the Science Adventure series, with Occultic;Nine and Anonymous;Code serving as the fifth and sixth main entries in the franchise respectively. In contrast with the concept of infinitely expanding horizontal "world lines" used in Shikura's Science Adventure game Steins;Gate, Anonymous;Code uses the concept of infinitely expanding vertical "world layers", with the main character being able to manipulate layers below his, and is themed around hacking. According to Shikura, the game's role is in part resolving unanswered questions from the Science Adventure series. Shikura stated that he initially wanted to increase the game's immersion by applying a unique artwork to every scene and using full animation during major events.