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🐱Whatcha gonna do with all that junk🎶

Toned, tanned, cat rump.

Hope this makes your day a good one.

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Bewitching 🧙‍♀️ Kaere Portraits!

Here we go! Time for another girl's sets!

Kaere, Shina and Anzu are our starter trio, so we want to give them all the same amount of care and love~

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[Tier 1 Poll]👹Monster Poll👹

I liked working on the Sproutos, the 🌷Flower Zombies🧟 that rise from Mana Poppies at night...

But I want more already!

There are some "cans" and "can not's", since we're still on the Surface level, but that doesn't mean we can't come up with fun concepts!

For clarity, let's use ⚠️ for the monster's danger level.
It on...

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[Tier 2 Poll] 🏙️City Girl🏙️

Being a Citizen Neko isn't just for show!

Many locations in End City could use new NPCs, and I've already got a list of the ones with the most priority.

The winner will get its own portraits and daily schedule (if needed)!

They're all yours to vote for!

These little beings are the "Lili" people, by the way 👌

Have you met them yet~?

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[Expiring Rewards] They DO expire!

As promised, the

🌟🌟Your name forever engraved by End City's Lookout Point 🌟🌟 

reward for our first Explorers is going to expire at the end of January and will be replaced with a new one! There's still time to get your name engraved in the lookout, but after Feb 1st it won't be possible anymore. EVER!



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Down the Neko Hole v0.2.00 (🩹v0.2.12)

Let's keep moving! 🐈

I won't set aside updates sent directly to your clients in favor of having you download a completely new client often, but when I'll do it means it's worth it!

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Changelog:

  • auto-updating client now allows to patch-in encrypted data (pictures, sounds...)
  • 3D plugin updated for bette...

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Down the Neko Hole v0.1.00

Forgive the short time between the builds, but this one has something that will help greatly fixing the bugs you'll encounter along the way!

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Changelog:

  • auto-updating client 
  • new title screen with discord and Patreon links 
  • no more jumping/walking right in the hole...

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🎆Down the Neko Hole v0.1🎆

We begin! I still can't believe it! And it's the 31st, so if anything goes wrong I can still blame 2020!

Down the Neko Hole v0.1

I hope a fraction of the love we poured into this new adventure will show despite the content still being worked on (diligently, hum hum) that you will meet.
I feel like this build is a good place to start sharing impressions and to begin building something great!

What's being worked on right now includes:

  • Shina🐮's portraits...

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Quick Items!

Now you can cycle between consumables and use them on the go! 100% mappable, of course!

I'll start packing the first release up for the end of the Year. It will be rough, but I hope the love we poured in will show!

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Neko-GPS

(Nevermind the fog and the pink "Xs" I use to mark the buildings I've already dealt with)
It has been a fruitful couple of days!

The 4 main girls' whereabouts can now be tracked perfectly (as long as you've met them at least once) and now there's a useful pointer to their general direction when they're outside your map!
Also, there are already the first 4 extra NPCs that have their own schedule to follow! 

It will be useful to learn how life in End City...

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Shina CGs - 🐂 Sketch 🐮

There we go!

Shina won't ever be the same after this incident. She'll become queen of her own fate and  dive in the Hole, leaving everything behind her.

OR

You can leave her alone, not triggering the incident and she will leave a peaceful life on the Surface.

Choices DO matter in Nekohole, unlike in...

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Logos 🔰

They all look so slick~

The falling catgirl is lovely, but I think it clutters the whole thing a bit too much.

HOWEVER!

I want the falling Neneko as the game's icon 😻. I'll put my life on the line to make it happen.
Wish me luck.

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100 Shades of Shina

Shina's the kind of girl that never gets angry. A weak girl with a big heart ♥️

But in the Hole that won't do. She'll have to learn to stand up for herself if she wants to survive!

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NekoHole - The Map!

Neneko's heightened senses will allow her to always know where her friends are

This stuff right here will be your friend during the whole game! You'll always know when someone is in trouble, provided you have the map of the area!

Coming next:

  • off-map tracking for characters that are out of your reach
  • schedules for the other girls too (🦇Anzu and 🐸Kaere are coming next)

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🐮More Shina😢

Even if it's "Sad Shina", more Shina is always precious!

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Maps!

I'll play around to reduce the "zoomed in" effect to the sides of it, but this roughly how we'll handle maps ingame!

And this is how it's done:

  • Bound to items! You'll have to obtain the "Surface Stratum Map" before you can use this function.
  • Seamlessly switching between map and player view (bound to the M key, completely mappable like every other keyboard control).
  • Flashing icons to show discovered places of intere...

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Shina Portraits 🐄🔔

*BOING* 

Here's the next lady getting portraits! These will come useful in her BATH SCENES (yea, she has a  daily schedule and goes to the public baths after work)!

heehee... big tatas...

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More CGs! #2 🎉

Another set of ffffuuuucking beautiful artworks is ready!

It's time to drop pants and chew bubblegum!!


🐈:You know... bubblegum is gross... it sticks to the fur too... I'd rather drop pants this time...

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Heigh Ho! ⛏️Digging and 🎣fishing!

⛏️Digging and 🎣fishing are both in the game, and will accompany our Neko as she goes deeper and deeper, hunting for rare species and hidden treasures!

Here's 🐈Neneko🐈 review of these new features:

  • + fishes are delicious
  • + treasures are shiny
  • - have to clean fur from dirt after digging
  • - veggies are yucky

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NekoHole Gallery 🐈

Time to open the Monthly Art Gallery for Down the Neko Hole!

Thank you for following the development of this game! In this gallery, you'll find everything we've been working on so far: sketches, videos, screenshots, CGs, portraits...

From day 1...

... to the latest works in progress!

2020-12-02 16:47:26 +0000 UTC View Post

👁️Hole Peeking👁️

(that Kirin never fails to kick my ass when I get distracted)

So, it's time to share more details about the scope of this project.

As you may have guessed the main point of this game is going down a big gaping hole in the ground (think of Alice, or Made in Abyss).

Or actually... "going down?"

While Neneko's story will be clearly pointing you to reach the depths of the Hole to retrieve your brother, the game will be filled with...

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🖤Black Cat - Clean Lines ✨

The second CG set is going to be sooo nice~

This scene will be the first available in the game, with our Neko succeeding at affirming herself as a predator, and not some weak Surface girl.

How far will that confidence get her into trouble? MUCH.

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Expressions!

These are coming  soooooo goood, and we're still missing some of the ones I'm looking forward to the most!

I can't wait until the girls are all this expressive~

I LOVE THIS GAME! YOU'LL LOVE IT TOO! ❤️❤️❤️

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🐱 Portraits~

Going all out to give our girls expressions and poses for every need!

The same care will go to sprites, OST and dialogues, as soon as we'll get enough 💰💰💰 to fill every position!

Regardless of that, I'm thinking of releasing a first playable build around Christmas time!

It won't cover the whole Act I, but I'm itching for feedbacks!

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🐈Cat Paws🐾 NSFW scene #2

Here's our Neko trying to convince a guard to let her through End City's gate!  

None shall resist her pads! 🐾 🐾 🐾 

Take into consideration that I'm currently building the game so you can always find other ways to progress without triggering any of the NSFW scenes we're diligently working on (for Pure Neko runs~).
Would it be easier to go with the usual streamlined VN eroge? Yes.

But "easy" stinks. Cornering myself into an angle helps coming...

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Monthly Poll! Next CG scene!


So! I already know which CG scenes are necessary for the first build of NekoHole, but!

There's space for an additional NSFW scene with one of these two lovely girls~

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Screenshots Time! Again!

I do love dumping screenshots~

The little icons that now popup during fights are the most useful thing ever. They'll be used to show the damage inflicted, healing effects, items gathered, and can also be used to show when a Relic's effect gets activated!

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🧹 Headmaid Kanako 🍽️ - Renders

Here's the lovely girl ready for her ingame portraits! We had to put this down on paper, now we'll resume with our heroines!

Everything will be alright.

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🧹 Headmaid Kanako 🍽️ - Lineart

Cute!

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Can I go home now?

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🧹 Headmaid Kanako 🍽️ - Concepts#3

In order to keep the workflow going at a nice pace we've decided (for secondary characters and enemies) to go straight from sketches to the portratis we'll use ingame.

Hanako is the first one we're doing like this, look forward to her portrait coming next!

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