With my schedule less busy, I've had some extra time to read more of what people are saying about the game. I've noticed a few discussions of death/resurrection in the TLS world, so I thought I'd write a quick lore post to clarify that for those who are interested.
First, zero HP in combat does not mean death. I named the state "Defeat" because that's what it means: being unable to fight any longer.
I mentioned this once a long time ago, but in TLS everyone actually has a certain amount ...
Hey everybody, version 0.24.1 has had a pretty good public launch, so it's time to talk about version 0.25.0.
As mentioned, this is going to be another visit to Ari-Yhilina. There's quite a bit going on this time, including a ton of dialogue and some events you've been waiting for a while. Part of me had hoped that I could get it out at the end of this month, but... that isn't happening.
Since I had to spend much of the previous week on bugfixing and release-related stuff, what I h...
I think that's all for now. I'm going to be AFK for a while, because I am actually going outside and watching a movie. Insanity, I know. If anything got broken during the fixes, I'll be back to fix it later. Otherwise, I h...
Hey guys! I'm finally not behind schedule - this release will be a little tight, but I feel justified in taking a break to show you guys something fun.
Nomo drew the attached two images as a gift for me. ^-^ I believe this is the first time anyone has drawn Aka, except for one of the commission artists who flaked out on me. Anyway, it makes me happy to see her drawn in full, and I hope you guys like it too!
There haven't been a lot of $10 posts lately, sorry about that. But the reason is...
Folks, I'm going to keep this short because I really hope I can hit my desired deadline but I need to focus. To keep this post from being too brief, here is a screenshot from the upcoming content:
If anybody guesses what is going on here, I will be highly amused. ^-^ I think it's guessable based on the information you have, but hopefully not too predictable.
Hey, everyone! This cycle is going slowly, so there's not a lot to report. I don't like mapping but I do it, etc etc. Since I anticipated that might be the case this week, I planned to have something else to show you that's more interesting.
Attached you'll find a piece of Metroid fanfiction I wrote. Technically this was a gift for Nomo, but I should probably be thanking him for giving me a reason to write something just for fun. I don't think it requires too much knowledge of Metroid c...
Hey, everybody! The release went fairly smoothly, so that's good.
I always try to use the week of bugfixing to work ahead on the next release, but I'm not as far ahead as usual this time. Not that I was unproductive, just not productive on the things that are immediately relevant. It'll become finished content for you guys eventually, though, I promise that.
Hope to finish up Zirantia in good time. It'll be several dungeons and lots of events wrapping up everything that was introduced th...
Originally I wanted to start 2017 with a huge Zirantian release, but I think a long delay leading to a larger-than-average release would be bad for my productivity. Instead, I hope I can get the first Zirantia release out next Friday. Fingers crossed.
Though it was harder to work through the holiday season than I expected, I've already gotten a lot of this done. Since we're visiting a new country, it's time to draw on new kinds of tiles. Zirantia has a distinctly different look t...
So... 2016. It's hard to know where to start with 2016.
On one hand, the death in my family made this a very difficult year for me personally. I don't want to say very much about it at this point, though it kind of overshadows things. Aside from that, I had an unusually high number of personal difficulties in 2016. One of the roughest years of my life so far.
So it's sort of a bitter contrast that last year was a great year for me professionally. Patreon income continued to be stable and...
The weekly update falls on Christmas this year, so I'll keep this brief. I hope everyone has a great holiday! If you're with family, enjoy them. If you're alone, hope you have a relaxing day off. If you're working... me too.
Spent this week working on fixes for TLS 0.22.4 and various side projects, so not a lot to say there. I hope to get into the Zirantian update soon, but meanwhile... it's time to talk about that lovely map up top. This one also comes to us courtesy of Curtis S.
Renthnor is the simplest continent at a glance, but it becomes more complex the deeper you look. You've already visited the Orgasmic Empire, which has a variety of problems, and you've met the Incubus King from Philon. If it isn't ...
In addition to a lot of polishing, note that there are changes that might make you want to replay. The biggest one is that there's an additional +5 relationship points for Janine, so if she's low in your game, you may want to take advantage of that. There is a...
The release has gone... okay. We reached 143 comments in under 48 hours, I believe that's a record (thanks to everyone helping with bugs, though, and I always find the discussion of strategy or plot encouraging). But version 0.22.3 hasn't gotten a lot of bug reports, so I hope 0.22.4 can be the public polishing update.
After that, things will all be about balancing the holiday season and trying to get as much of 0.23.0 done as possible. I would like to have a very substantial update to the gam...
First up, check out the piece of fan art I received. ^-^ Original here , feel free to give the artist clicks!
I feel confident that I'll have version 0.22.0 out on Friday (December 9). This update will be another stopover in Ari-Yhilina, but it includes the majority of the content that will be in all future visits. Some of that won't be accessible yet, dependin...
I won't get too much into personal stuff this update, but I'm feeling heavy at the moment. Big family holidays like Thanksgiving aren't the best of times, but also we recently passed four months since the death in my family.
During those four months, I've released TLS 0.20.x, Noxian Nights 1.2.x, Ouroboros 2.0, and TLS 0.21.x. I hope people are happy with that content; working on it helped me this far. There should be multiple updates coming at a reasonable pace in the future ...
Myeh, either a buggier release than usual or I am having a harder time dealing with all the bugs. There will be another bugfix version coming out in the near future and I will have to give an estimate for version 0.22.0 next week.
DLsite will hopefully release Ouroboros sometime next week, we'll see. They were actually easier to deal with than I'd heard from other devs... assuming that the process doesn't hit any new snags.
Also, Nutaku will be putting Ouroboros in their Black Frid...
Note that there is a change you guys will want to take advantage of: Carina now has a conversation with Bertricia if you speak to her after the First Root events. It grants affection and a switch, so if you want everything f...
The current plan is to release Ouroboros on several new platforms on Friday, then TLS 0.21.2 publicly that evening. Once that is done, in theory secondary types of work will slow down.
The next TLS update will return to Yhilin and cover some loose ends, while also containing a conflict with the Ivalan Church. My original plan was to include this material along with the next party excursion, but it might make more sense to try to do this as a quick update.
This week was busy, and not in a good way. There are so many little things involved with a commercial release across multiple stores, it has sapped my time and energy. The good news it that I shouldn't have to do a fair bit of this a second time.
Anyway, one of the things I did accomplish was fixing the mapper situation. After giving the old person a final chance, I contacted a bunch of mappers asking for estimates. I picked the fastest one who seemed to have the necessary qua...
2016-11-06 22:26:02 +0000 UTCView Post
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ORIGINAL POST:
Due to a scheduling issue, Ouroboros has been released a day early! As in, it's out right now!
So, you're probably all wondering about the map. I've been poking the mapper periodically and seen proof of progress, but not as much as I wanted. I had hoped to have a finished product by today, now November 1st seems more likely.
It's frustrating not to have TLS out due to this, so I've been trying to prep the other stuff as much as possible. I've finished all the events before and after. All dialogue is written, including for the unfinished map. I set up the en...
2016-10-31 01:23:42 +0000 UTCView Post
This was one of those weeks where I ended up frustrated even though technically things went pretty well.
A good example is all the emails I exchanged with Nutaku. They like the game enough to feature it on their site, they've offered me free marketing/placement in exchange for a period of exclusivity. Unless the content review board rejects Ouroboros, which is unlikely since the content is mostly vanilla, then this is going forward... in November. Early November, but still, I ...
2016-10-23 16:38:00 +0000 UTCView Post
Well... the silver lining from this week is that most of this is stuff I shouldn't have to do a second time. I'm way better connected to the fledgling NSFW game industry, that has to be good for all future game development, but I've spent so much time on emails... -_-
Headline of the moment: Ouroboros is on its possibly final version. I've done my last testing and I'm going to submit it soon, but I'm paranoid - if there are long time patrons out there who have the time/inclination to test...
This was one of those weeks where I was technically pretty productive, but mostly in the less fun ways.
For example, I spent a while creating a censored version of all the Ouroboros CGs (required to get on DLsite thanks to Japanese law). A necessary step, but not the kind of creative progress I find satisfying.
The big news is that I'm in contact with Nutaku. I won't say too much, since technically it isn't settled and they haven't sent me a contract regard...
2016-10-09 16:43:55 +0000 UTCView Post
I'm feeling good, lots of raw creativity flowing. Relaxing some was probably healthy for me, but being deep in the creative process makes me truly feel like myself.
Once again, doing all kinds of things this week: - Lots of business stuff coming my way regarding the Ouroboros release, but I've been pleased how well I've been able to knock it out and not lose my rhythm. - Ouroboros testing is underway for $10 backers. I don't have any exact schedule in mind for its relea...
