Tropecita Games

v0.8 preview

It's been a while since the last preview, and I wanted to share this WIP of an image that will appear in 0.8. What do you think about her new loose hairstyle, for when she is not wearing a braid?

v.0.7B Android problems

​This mornig someone has informed me that the Android version was having problems to be installed in some devices. 

I've finally fixed it. It has taken most of the day (sorry about the delay and the inconvenience) but I finally got it.  It had to do with the size of the installe...

0.7B has been released with bugs

On Wednesday morning, some players have reported to me some bugs (in Megan's scene if you are not on Martha's path). That evening, I did a recompile and re-uploaded the files. 

Today I have been notified of a bug in a combination of choices that none of my betatesters seemed to have te...

v.0.8 (and more) Progress report

What have I been doing this week, since I released 0.7B, other than fighting with dforce and measuring characters? 

I have fully defined v.0.8. It's going to have 7-9 scenes (depending on how much it costs me to render them I might move the last two to 0.9, since they are multi-branch ...

How tall are the characters? (I)

I've always been curious to know the actual height of the characters. We always see them in relative heights to each other, but I never knew how to measure them, it could be that they are all in the range of 1.60m (5'3") or 1.80 (5'11"). A player informed me of the existence of a free asset for D...

Creative process (I)-Sometimes I hate dforce!

I've decided to write a series of posts about the creative process of a visual novel, since some of you have asked me some questions about it. When unusual or funny things happen to me, I'll write a short post about it. You can find them under the "Creative process" tag. I don't know if they will...

0.7B Release

Recompiled the game to solve a problem in Megan scene

Finally, 0.7B is here. 

Your developer quartering weapons have started to arrive, I've hung them on the wall. They look good.

The betatesters have found few bugs this time and I've been able to complete ...

Change in Tiers wording

Good morning,

Today there has been an event of which I am not proud. Due to the way the Tiers were structured and the timeframes in which the game was available for each one, there has been a misunderstanding with a user and he got angry (with all logic).

Until now the deadlines indic...

v.0.7B release schedule

I lied to you again, but this time I am sorry (at least in part). Even Norah is mad at me.

I told you that I would try to publish the game this week, but it has been impossible. The last 36 renders are being done right now (no Sundays off for developers who mess up) so I won't be able to po...

Family Tree updated

After the events in v.0.7A I've updated the Family Tree to reflect Eva's and Amanda's positions relative to everyone. 

0.7B Progress report and Preview

I just remembered that I haven't done the progress post for 0.7B yet. That's because it's been an update where the planning has repeatedly gone into the trash because I didn't like how some of the scenes were coming out, either because of the renders or the dialogue. 

I started working...

Who are those girls?

Meet two of the new students arriving in 0.8 (or 0.9 if something goes wrong).

Debbie (left, 19, English Literature major) is none too pleased with the antics of her older sister Lisa. She thinks Lisa is shallow and that it's all just a show to draw attention to her meaningless life filled ...

Back in the day (IV)

One year ago, on October 26th, 2021, I turned 49 years old. That day I decided to start writing the story that would become My Dorm. 

One year later, I can't be more satisfied that I made that decision. It has been a year in which many things have happened: the first months of writing ...

Back in the day (III)

I had to post this image on one of the sites where My Dorm is published to defend myself against an accusation, which I believe to be false, that all the girls are basically identical. At the time, when I started developing the game, one of the things I was looking for was for each of the girls t...

v.0.7B Hot preview

I've finally made up for the time I lost when I screwed up with Megan's scene. I'm still behind on the rest of the scenes because of that, but the plan is still to post 0.7B in the first week of November. In the meantime, here's Megan sending you to the shower after a session of shared fun.

Murphy's Law

You know that when something can go wrong, it's going to go wrong, right?

This time it has happened to My Dorm. I had designed a scene that, in my mind, looked like it was going to be sexy. I started writing it and there was already something that didn't quite convince me, but because I'm s...

Who's that girl?

Hello once again,

While I'm working on 0.7B, I'm also working on future updates (especially when I need a break from writing) and I've finally started redesigning the first batch of students. I wanted to redesign them as, even for me, they didn't have a lot of things that made them stand ou...

v.0.7A Release

I managed to finish the first part of 0.7 a day earlier than expected and here it is for you to enjoy.

As it is only the first part of 0.7 it is relatively short, at about the same level as the first updates:

10,007 words in English

9,539 words in Spanish

803 Lines of dial...

v.0.7A Release Schedule

This was fast. 12 days since the last release and I'm here once again bothering you.

I wanted to release the v.0.7A update tomorrow so all the Tiers have it for Halloween. It will be impossible to publish it tomorrow because... it will be already published today. Right now I am uploading it...

v.0.7A Progress update

I've been working on v.0.7A for a few days now and it's on track for release on the date I had planned (around the 15th).

It was going to be a small update focused on the costume party, but you know me.

I'm almost 9,000 words in, and I have just over 320 renders planned (over 230 done...

v.0.7 preview

There is a costume party coming up. Are you ready to fall into the Spider Queen's webs?

v.0.6 Release

Edited the links to include the version 0.6.0a, that solves a bug and a couple typos

The 0.6 update is finally here, and once again it has gotten out of hand.

The final result has been:

18,814 words in English

17,485 words in Spanish

1,404 lines ...

Work begins on v.0.7. A special version

I have already started working on v.0.7

It is going to be a special update, as it is intended to be published in two different parts. 

The first part will cover Wednesday until noon, remember that the MC is meeting Simone for lunch. It will finish just before that lunch.

Th...

v.0.6 Release schedule

Good news. V.0.6 is almost here. Since Thursday the betatesters have been... betatesting 

They've sent me their report today and it involves minor corrections, so I'll be able to publish My Dorm v.0.6... tomorrow!

The schedule by tiers is as follows:

Martha Tier: (Pre-publi...

Daphne v.0.6 preview and 4K wallpaper

I'm rendering the seventh scene (of eight) for v.0.6 and this image of Daphne was so sweet that I had to render it in 4K and I'm sharing it with you as a preview of the next version.

The header image is in FullHD and the attached one is in 4K.

v.0.6 Progress Report

There is very little time left to release v.0.6 and today I come to inform you about its status. 

It will be around 850-900 renders (more than 700 of which are already done). You know me, I may end up with 1,000 renders again.

It will have around 17.000 words (I'm still rewriting...

Thank you image for October

Those of you who have been with me for a while know that I send you an exclusive image that will not appear in the game at the beginning of the month once the payments have been processed as a thank you for renewing your subscription. This time I thought it would be nice if you could decide what ...

v.0.6 Preview

Do you remember the girl from the clothes shop? Maddie will return in 0.6.

v.0.6 Preview

Are you ready to defend against this beauty?

v.0.5 Release

Finally, v.0.5 is here.

In this new update we have:

23,810 words in English

22,352 words in Spanish

1,629 Lines of dialogue

669 Still images

14 Animations (between 8 and 121 frames) totaling 345 animated frames.

1,014 renderings in total

About the p...