Helloooo everyone!
Inspired by a voice chat yesterday with a friend, I have decided to ramble at you about one particular part of the writing and planning process when it comes to visual novels - and Gilded Shadows in particularly.
I could probably do an entire TEDtalk on word count &...
2019-10-09 00:13:16 +0000 UTC View Post
These are the full versions of the Magnus CG.
Often, I don't work in exact 16:9 format because, for whatever reason, it's just easier to work in some kind of other dimensions and crop the CG down as needed.
As you can see, the full version of the image has a bit more of Magnus' body i...
2019-10-02 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just posting a quick teaser for Magnus' CG, which will appear in the first extension of the demo. I wrote this scene in the last couple of days. I may still go back and refine the CG a little but...there you have it.
Uh...yes, he's holding a tangerine. For reasons.
2019-10-02 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I have been contemplating various ways to introduce Caissa and Magnus into the story a bit earlier and I wanted to try to get some feedback from you guys!
First, how important is it to you to be able to interact with an LI prior to choosing (or being placed into) a...
2019-09-29 02:40:50 +0000 UTC View PostWell, we have our teaser. We have our demo released. That milestone is now under our belt. I wanted to do a post talking about where development for Gilded Shadows goes from here and what you guys can expect with your front row seats to the process!
October, November, and ab...
Hey everyone! Just wanted to let everyone who hasn't noticed yet know that I did send out keys to download the alpha demo on itch.io.
There is still one BG missing as it didn't come in before the weekend (I imagine it'll come in this upcoming week).
There are also a few tracebac...
2019-09-15 01:13:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Here is a tutorial on how to do customised sprites in renpy.
This will eventually be made public (next month) but you guys...
2019-09-12 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I just wanted to post something quickly to let you know that we're currently waiting on one background for the alpha demo to be completely finished. And I am hoping to get it by tomorrow (if it's not tomorrow, it'll be next week as the artist does not send things over weekends).
... 2019-09-12 00:18:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! just wanted to share a short clip from the common route, chapter two. This will be a later demo expansion, but it's already partially coded.
This is where Morgan meets Reuben Kelner - who is not currently a love interest (but maybe a stretch goal if enough people are intereste...
2019-09-06 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! If you're in one of our top two tiers, you got a link to the alpha demo just a bit ago.
There is nothing on the page but the downloads since this is basically our beta testing page.
As far as what to expect for those who haven't played it:
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2019-08-30 13:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Just wanted to share a short clip of GS with you guys. This is moment from near the beginning of the game.
I'm not sure how much longer it'll be until we have all the BGs for the demo so until then you get some short clips! OwO (Just remember these are placeholder...
2019-08-27 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
He's a bit...scraggly to start out with, for sure. And he might be mumbling some nutty things....
and playing in a city fountain...
But he's cute, right? Right??
2019-08-27 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A short clip showing off the glossary in Gilded Shadows! As I mentioned on our tumblr update, I'm not sure how much of this I want accessible in the demo since there are spoilers for sure....
And should I add the spoiler warning on every page? Currently it's just on the index page, but sinc...
2019-08-27 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick peek at one of the character intro CGs in Chapter One.
1. Sketch. This isn't actually his first sketch. My sketches start out very messy, but I often don't save the first versions because they just clutter up files. Even though this is cleaned up, can see I still have a lot of ...
2019-08-21 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThat the front page looks different...
As in, all the images are missing...
I basically was trying to do a small update (Just removing the Changeling trailer) and an extension I have on Firefox for editing purpose obliterated the "About section" in a truly terrible way.
I manage...
2019-08-14 05:35:32 +0000 UTC View PostJust curious who everyone's favorite Love Interest might be so far? I know you don't know much about them - but just based on appearance and what you know of personality, who are you drawn to?
2019-08-12 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in your patreon...posting some sneak peeks. Don't mind me.
Character One: Rory Martin
Introduced: Chapter one (Common)
Age: 20 (I think?)
Other info:
H...
2019-08-05 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJust wanted to show some additional sneak peaks involving a few of the new features I've been working on in the last few weeks.
First....Character profiles! So these are accessible from the main menu - because the love interests get introduced much later in game play than Changeling, I want...
2019-07-30 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
So I've been contemplating our character customisation page....
Specifically, I've been contemplating more options.
Here is what we have so far:
Now I know what you guys are...
2019-07-29 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I have been hard at work on the demo for Gilded Shadows and I've been contemplating SOME THINGS. I figured - who better to ask than all our lovely patrons?
So here we go!
Okay, so my initial plan was to release Chapters One and Two of the common route as the ...
2019-07-22 03:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostAnnnnd finally, the rough draft of Morgan's first meeting with Ari. All of these meetings can happen right after the same event (which people have probably picked up on by now) so they all involve the LI walking Morgan home.
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Morgan: "Thank you..."
"I didn't even know what I ...
2019-07-16 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe rough draft of a portion of Morgan's first interaction with Caleb. Again, roughs tend to be...well...rough. But here you go.
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Morgan: "Why not? I need to get home. I can't exactly hide in the alley forever. Even if you're standing sentry for me. Which, by the way, I don't think...
2019-07-09 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHallo! Just sharing a sneak peek of part of Morgan's first meeting with Jack. Rough drafts are always a little dry since a lot of the characterisation tends to get added in later on. I feel like he needs to be a touch more flirty through here. But I'm sure I'll spruce it up during a later r...
2019-07-03 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! We wanted to give a sneak peek at what we're planning for the MC's personality in Gilded Shadows.
The MC will, of course, have to have a base personality of some sort. We can't make her entire personality customizable or writing this thing will be an utter nightmare. For the b...
2019-06-28 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! I wanted to do a post showing off some of the evolution of a few sprites that have gone through changes since I did their initial designs. And I just wanted to show off some of the expressions I've done for a few of them!
Ari
Ari's sprite has kind ...
2019-06-11 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I just wanted to show off some of the outfit and hairstyle variations we're planning for the sprites in Endgame. I don't have all the sprites done by any stretch, nor do I have all the variations done. This is just to show off some of what we're planning.
I don't know yet if we're goi...
2019-06-06 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTake two. Because I already tried to type this once and somehow hitting my "s" key took me to another page which politely erased my post.
*rages quietly*
AHEM.
To reiterate everything I already typed up once.
-We've not been doing these calls because I just wasn't in the h...
2019-05-27 07:22:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick sprite test showing some sprite work I've been doing. Renpy completely switched up how sprites work, so I've had to relearn how to make them work (thank you to Windchimes for helping me out. @_@ )
Anyway just a quick test - that's all. Thought you guys might like to see it.
2019-05-26 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostNot a shower scene this time. It's more of a 'fade to black' and implied sort of thing but anyway...here it is:
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They were cooking together in his little kitchenette because Elliot had wanted to make a special dinner for their six month anniversary and Nora had decided to help him....
2019-05-20 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAnother shower scene - this time involving William. It's slightly inspired by a scene that was cut from Elliot's route, actually. Ha ha. Anyway, also slightly risque since it does involve people taking a shower together. LoL
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Nora was...desperately grateful she had the house to he...