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Konosuba 4-Page Comic! (Public Release)

Hello! Hello!

This is a 4-page OV comic with the characters from Konosuba! This comic will follow the Patreon release scheduling, being available for everyone next month.

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Who Are: The Greater Draconians Update #2 (With Videos!)

WARNING: Femboy Content Ahoy!

Hello, hello!

Good to be here with another post for you all! I've got another batch of things to share - this time showing off a more in-depth demonstration of the ideas I put forward in the previous update!

As always, this post is going to be pretty long, so get ready for a readin'!

Last time, I did a quick rundown of how combat and leveling would work in Who Are: The Greater Draconians, with the basic idea being that y...

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Who Are: The Greater Draconians Update #1 (With Videos!)

Hello hello! I hope everyone is doing well!

This post is going to be the first update for Who Are: The Greater Draconians! In it, I'll discuss some of how combat and leveling will work, as well as showcase some of the first enemies you'll face off against - goblins!

Over the past couple weeks, I've been working on how to best integrate combat mechanics into the game without resorting to the standard "battle enemies; gain experience" type of system we've all played a thousand times...

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Catgirls, Magic Elves, and Femboys - 3x Comic Bundle! (Public Release)

Hello, hello!

This is a collection of three practice comics and art requests I've put together over the past month (ish) while working on other projects. The three short comics feature Frieren and Aura, Gale from my game, HDC, and a catgirl model I haven't used in any specific works yet.

This bundle will follow the tier release scheduling as listed and will be available for all tiers in a month, at which point it will also go public.

Bonus note: if anyone has any requests yo...

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Who Are: The Greater Draconians (Preview)

Hello, and welcome! It's been a while!

Fair warning: this post is going to be quite long, so strap in!

So, where have I been? The answer is: working on a game that was originally meant to only take a couple weeks, if you can believe that. As is obvious - that didn't happen! Since then, this fun little project has gone through multiple evolutions and rewrites to become something that's maybe not so little after all.

I want to clarify, I'm not abandoning the Hylann Defense Cor...

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HDC Ver. 0.1 is Free for Everyone to Play!

Hello! I don't normally do public posts here because of Patreon's stance on NSFW content, but I just wanted to quickly say that HDC Ver. 0.1 is FREE for everyone to download over at my itch.io page, Eka's, and GTSCity - you don't have to pledge to get a copy of this specific update!

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The Hylann Defense Corps Ver. 0.1!

IT'S DOOOOOOOOOOONNEEEEEEE!!!!

After four-ish months, hundreds of hours worth of work, and plenty of obstacles, the 0.1 update is in a state where I'm comfortable with releasing it to everyone!

The Hylann Defense Corps itch.io Page

2025-04-24 00:09:59 +0000 UTC View Post

HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #9 (with videos!)

Welcome, friends, to HDC Update #9! While there's still a chunk of work to be done, I will try my best to get a (functional) Version 0.1 done and released in the next 2-3 weeks - ideally before the next update! So keep your eyes peeled now!

Similar to the last update, this one comes with a 1:30-minute-long video to help illustrate some of the gubbins I've been working on. Though the scene shown in the video is incomplete, it is functional!

Moving over to the pictures...

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HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #8 (with videos!)

Hello, hello!! It's another Monday night, and I have things to share! So, let's move right over to it!

Over the past two weeks, I've been working hard on weaving the two post-battle branches back into each other at a specific point, as I'd originally hoped to do. So far, most of the effort has gone into the defeat side of things, with the story finally progressing to a point where the player can move relatively freely again (as shown in the video!), however, I've been putt...

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HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #7

Hey hey, and good [insert your time of day here]! c:

So! Since it's been two weeks, I've got a few more things to talk about than usual regarding the next update! I'll try and keep the post to its normal (long) length, but no promises! ;)

Going back to update #6, one of the topics I shared was how I wanted the victory and defeat branches to split into their own unique pathways before reconverging later. This is still the case, and the last two weeks have been a mix of writing, eve...

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Lyra & Misha 3-Page Comic (+Textless)

I don't know if the quality will show up correctly on Patreon (as they seem to compress images quite a bit), but here's the 3-page comic with Misha and Lyra! Textless variant included!

You might need to download or view in another window to get the best quality. Each image is 1920x5000 in dimension.

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HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #6

Hello hello! This week we return to another progress update for Ver. 0.1 of The Hylann Defense Corps! Sit back and enjoy!

So, in the 5th update, I showed off some of the renders from the victory branch of Rita's boss fight - when you and your party win against her. In opposition to that, the images up top are from the defeat branch - when you lose to her instead.

It's my hope to have the win and lose branches diverge into separate, unique interactions that subsequently reconverge ...

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Render Prototypes Showcase (Feb 10, 2025)

Hey hey! Welcome again to another Monday in this little corner of the world! Glad to have you here!

As you can see from the title, this week is primarily showing off some of the "proof of concept" artwork I put together over the last few days to give you all an idea of what my renders would look like! This is due not just in response to last week's poll (which saw an overwhelmingly "Very Interested!" outcome!) but also because it's something I wanted to try out!

I've posted a coup...

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POLL: How interested are you in seeing comics, graphics, and renders outside of the HDC game?

These would be graphics created in my style (Koikatsu) and posted to places like Twitter and Bluesky. There could be characters from The Hylann Defense Corps included in them, such as Astrid, Mimi, Rita, etc., or alternate characters set up in entirely different scenarios outside the game's "universe," so to speak.

Additionally, they could be rendered in higher resolutions than what you see in RPGMaker, since they wouldn't need to be adjusted to fit the 816x624 resolution MV uses.
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General Update (February 3, 2025)

Hiya! Good to see you all again~! (THIS POST ENDED UP BEING QUITE LONG! SORRY! T_T)

This update is going to cover a slightly different range of topics, hence the "General Update" as opposed to "HDC Progress Update" naming scheme. Don't worry - I'm still working on Ver. 0.1, but it's another week of mostly eventing and writing, so I'm going to share some of the other things I've been chipping away at instead!

One minor item I've been itching to redo are the HDC Discord emojis, whic...

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HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #5

Hello hello! Hope you're all doing well this evening!

I want to quickly talk about the reception the Version 0.1 Pre-Release has gotten over the last week or so, namely that it's been incredible! I'm glad so many of you enjoyed it! There was a lot of experimentation that went into (and continues to go into) it's creation, and it's comforting to know that not all of those experiments were duds!

Moving on to the images, these are some of the post-victory graphics I've been working o...

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The Hylann Defense Corps Ver. 0.1 (PRE-RELEASE)!

Hey, hey! This is kind of a spur-of-the-moment decision, but we're doing it anyway!

Some of my friends have brought up the idea of offering pre-release builds that will allow you all here on Patreon to help me playtest and debug copies of the game before they go live to the public. I quite like this idea, and I'm willing to give it a try - right now!

I've spent most of the day getting the game into a playable state, and I'm ready to share the Ver. 0.1 Pre-Release copy for testing!...

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HDC Closed Beta Discord - Out Now!

Hello, hello! This is the second part of what I wanted to talk about this week, and that's The Hylann Defense Corps Discord server, which is out for Patrons right now! My current (may change) standing is to keep the server closed to Patrons only until Version 0.1 is out, then go public with it, but we'll play it by ear.

Getting this server up has been pushing its way to the top of my priority list, as I've wanted a better way to be in communication with you lot for a while now, and it's...

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HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #4 (with videos!)

Good evening, everyone! I know I didn't make an update post last week, and that's mostly due to the nature of what I was working on at the time - dialogue! Writing dialogue is, by far, the most time-consuming aspect of this project, and it takes a lot of effort to get it to a point where my brain is content with how it sounds. Despite this, it's still one of my favorite elements to work on - it's just not super exciting to look at in a Patreon post.

But, oh boy, do I have a lot to share...

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HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #3

Hellos and more hellos! How's everyone's holiday season so far? Hopefully it's going nicely as we approach the tail end of 2024!

On the topic of the new year, I want to come straight out the gate and admit HDC Ver. 0.1 is not going to be finished before the end of the year, despite my efforts to make it so. I feel as though I've fallen for the ever-so common pitfall of underestimating the time it takes to translate an idea into a tangible piece of content, so allow me to apologize for t...

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A Quick Note on Ver. 0.1's Patreon Release Schedule

Hello again, I just wanted to go over a few things that I feel I haven't conveyed as clearly as I should have real quick. Notably, the release schedule for Ver. 0.1 (also called the Demo Part 2 in-game) for Tiers 2, 3, and 4 here on Patreon.

I consider 0.1 to be an extension of 0.0, and it's my goal to offer this update for free, for everyone (publicly), as soon as it's available. I say this now because I don't want those of you at the higher tiers to feel I've cheated you out of y...

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HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #2

Hey and hello! Hope you guys are doing well - all 119 of you! If you'll allow me, I'd like to focus on that number for a second - 119. 119 total members, free and paid. The level of support that continues to be shown is so strangely heart-warming that my only regret is that I didn't begin this project sooner. I appreciate what you all have already done very much.

Right! This update is going to cover one of the optional interactions the player can experience in Ver. 0.1. I also wanted to...

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HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #1 (with videos!)

Hello hello! As the title indicates, this is the first progress update not just for Ver. 0.1 of The Hylann Defense Corps, but also in the project's history so far! It's also the first patron-exclusive post (apart from the test, which I won't count)!

At risk of sounding like a broken record, I wanted to once again offer my sincerest thanks to the (at present) 18 of you who chose to support a new project, and a new developer, here on Patreon. The past week or so has exceeded anything I th...

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Appreciation of the last 24 hours!

It's already been a little over a day since Version 0.0 of The Hylann Defense Corps went public, and I wanted to thank everyone who has already followed, pledged, and left comments across the various sites I've posted on! The response has been astounding, and I'm glad this personal project is interesting enough to warrant your attention and support - so thank you all!

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The Hylann Defense Corps Ver. 0.0!

Hello friends! This is the first public release of The Hylann Defense Corps - an 18+ game I've been working on for quite a while now! I'm stoked to finally have it ready for you all to try out!

Future, patron-exclusive releases will be through Google Drive, Mediafire, or Megaupload, but since this release is available for everyone, it will be accessible on my Itch.io page!

2024-11-29 02:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Release Part 1 is almost reaaaaaddddyyyyy

I am very excited. This post is a test.

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