Dangan Ronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair) is an adventure visual novel video game developed and published by Spike (later Spike Chunsoft) and the first game in the Danganronpa series. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc ( ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生, Dangan Ronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei ?, lit.