DISTRUST

Intro
Welcome to another one of my blogs. Here I will discuss my findings for DISTRUST which is the beta version of Danganronpa. Be warned that some images below are graphic in nature. However this blog doesn't contain spoilers since this is the earliest version of Danganronpa.

This blog is open for comments and suggestions~

Background
Every game starts out as a beta version and Danganronpa is no exception. But it wasn't originally known as Danganronpa. The game was initally known as DISTRUST. According to some promotional material there were words that translated into 7 Days and 15 Students. It is believed that there was a 7 day time limit instead of the indefinite amount that is in the final version of Danganronpa we know today. DISTRUST was a much darker/sinister game compared to the version we all know and love today.



Characters


(Top going from left to right) Byakuya Togami, Sakura Ogami, Leon Kuwata, Aoi Asahina, Hifumi Yamada, Kyoko Kirigiri, and Chihiro Fujisaki.

(Bottom going from left to right) Makoto Naegi, Toko Fukawa, Yasuhiro Hagakure, Celestia Ludenburg, Mondo Owada, Sayaka Maizono, Kiyotaka Ishimaru, and Junko Enoshima.

In the above picture we have our cast of characters. The beta designs have come a long way to today's current character designs.

Gameplay Mechanics
The mechanics of the Class Trials have changed quite a bit from the beta.

This beta material screenshot showcases some kind of Trust/Distrust meter. Your actions determined if the students trusted you or not. This may be an early version of the Influence Gauge but it is unknown.



Now take a look at this screenshot. It seems that the weak points appear in the text boxes instead of floating and moving around the entire screen.



This seems to be the beta version of an execution. Look carefully at the top left panel and notice the '''Congratulations! '''up there with Monokuma. It looks like the beta version of Junko Enoshima is getting executed by being shoved into a guillotine. Notice how darker the execution is compared to today's version. The blood is also red instead of the pink we see in Danganronpa.