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🧹 Headmaid Kanako 🍽️ - Concepts#2

Ok, MAYBE there's something off about her.

🧹 Headmaid Kanako 🍽️ - Concepts#1

Nothing to see here, you've seen maids before, she's just a loyal servant of Lady Anzu!

She came back to the Surface with our Bat to watch after her, to make sure she eats enough and to keep the Surface clean, as instructed.

If you happen to find yourself in End City, remembers to come sai "hi" in the Blood Mansion, she'll have a...

💞 Scenes

Finished working on the first CG scene for the game!

You'll have to look around End City and it's surroundings for those 💞! If it's pink it means it's a new scene, but you'll be able to replay scenes you've already seen, marked with a semi-transparent heart!

First CG set - Complete!

We're done with the first set of CGs of NekoHole! 🎉🎉🎉

I'll prepare the scene starting tomorrow, we chose a simple one as the first, shouldn't take more than a day! In the meantime, we've already started with the second set!

All the scenes we're preparing will be available during the prologue or at its end. I don't plan to stick to a rigid pattern (like meet girl -> quest -> adult CG -> move on...), so you'll be...

Controls & Barrels! 😼 Nya!

🌧️~The new weather particles looks sweet~🍃

Anyway, here's the first controls being explained to the player (and they are 100% mappable, I'll have it work with gamepads and android touch-y devices too).

Also a little proud of the hit-detection thing that lets our cute furry girl smash everything around the map, and the new spin attack is pretty useful against flocks of enemies (*raises fist at bats*)!

Neneko's Portraits

Giving a shot at portraits, they will have different poses for the different feels and we'll focus on making Neneko's super expressive! She's a wild one.

This, for the main character, even before the  "The Portrait Artist!" goal is met, but hey, we're not that far off!

Thank you for the support, more sweet stuff will come soon!

🍃 Eastern Wilds 🚷

^ Find the intruder ^

The big guy in the middle is a Burilla, a huge softie coming from the 1st Strata of the Hole. Needless to say, it's too big to not be a worry for the Self Defence Force, so you may be requested to deal with it!

Usually peaceful and tame, its by far the stronger monster you'll find in the Surface Stratum, you don't want to get on its ...

🐂 The Lift 🏭

Pretty much every route you'll take during the prologue will lead you to the one only way down to the lower Stratum: The Lift.

Crops, meat, workforce, everything gets sent down to the people that are living and adventuring inside the Hole! Guarded by the powerful Brass Oxen, there are many ways to go at it

...you'll want to avoid those bull-headed freaks as much as possible...

2020-11-06 09:56:34 +0000 UTC View Post

🐻 Nou 🔨 Final Concepts!

Here's the lovely Nou, blacksmith of End City!

She keeps her bear-self hidden, in order to keep her business going, but will it be a good idea when her maternal and wild instincts will start to kick in?

One of my favourites so far, but... I like them all, so....

*pat pat* 🐻 Nou 🔨 Concepts #1

Come to mama bear~

Final Render #2 - 🐮Shina🐮

Here's the final renders of her Cow form!

She's one of the very very main characters, you'll see a lot of our childhood friend!

🐻 Nou 🔨 Concepts #0

Took me a while to pick the name 😅

能 (Ability) also reads as "Nou" and is very similiar to 熊 (Bear)

Perfect for End City's smith!

🐮 Pinup 🎀

Better start tagging these girls to navigate between all the cuteness~

Heavy Moos!

Shina's getting ready for battle!

I believe it's about time to start explaining how the game and the progress with the girls will be handled. 

I'm sure you'll love AND hate it!

🌟Weather Effects🌧️

Here's an alarmed cowgirl during a rainy night!

Different levels of rain / wind also use different and more intense effects. Windy weather has a lot of cute leaves flying around~

When it gets too windy though... it means something strange is going on...

CG #1 - Preview!

Getting there, getting there! 

The first build of the game will have a lot to play and to "enjoy", I can't wait for you all to take a peek at it!
In the mean time (I'll do my best to have something ready by New Year), thank you so much for your support!

Lake Goddess Shrine

The first of the two dungeons the Prologue / Surface Stratum has to offer is something I feel I had in me since a long time ago.

I guess Blood Mansion should be considered a dungeon too, but I'm talking classic adventure-y dungeons this time.

Lake Goddess Shrine is an optional dungeon you won't need to complete in order t...

Final Render - 🐮Shina🐮

Here she is! As lovely as ever, life didn't treat her well.

Secretly in love with Neneko's brother (who disappears first thing in the game), Shina will have to make some important decisions for herself during the prologue.

That, and she'll have to watch out from Brass Oxen

 ...always watch out from Brass Oxen...

Shina 🐮 - Concept #3

She's coming tonight! (and so am I)

You may have already guessed it, she's the cute pink haired one in the screenshot!

Such a hard working young lady~

Getting Tiny, Getting Busy!

Here's a first preview of one of the many Relics I'm getting ready! This one allows you to become TINY! Mouse-sized!

I've called it the Lili Relic! Think of the possibilities~

Strength checks / pushing rocks / puzzles also worked just perfectly from the get-go, that's one thing I can be happy about!

Oh, notice how our Neko can't jump when there's all those pebbles on the ground? That's right! 

PEBBLES ARE IN!

Cat Fingers 🖖💦

Our Neko getting her claws out after a tiring day.

Screenshots Time!

Why not!?

The game already has a lot of (beautiful) locations ready and I'll be working on more important  ones in the next week(s)!

The first playable build will be released once I've *at least* got the first set of adult scenes ready, and it won't be long! Thank you for your support 🤟

Gotta say...

So far, so fucking good.

Shina 🐮 - Concept #2

Youthful!

Soft!

Moos when petted!

It's not the final design yet, but we're getting there! As our Kaere, she will concept art for both her human and cow form!

Our Neko isn't smart enough to understand it from the get-go, but there are different languages being spoken in the Hole! 

I feel like there's not many better ways to convey the feel of adventure and discovery than by having you figure out what the heck is that cute girl you've just found trying to tell you?!

~You can't hug what you can't read~

Shina 🐮 - Concept #1

Here's our childhood friend!

Her house is right besides our Neko's but, being a normal girl at the beginning of the game, she's allowed to work in End City as a farmhand.

How all these girls will get involved with our protagonist will be explained soon, we're going to go at it in an unique way that will define NekoHole's very own essence!

"Amazing chests ahead"

And the plot thiccens.

Relics - The Video - The Post

Here's a little introduction to Relics, my friends!

Relics will do all sort of things to and with our Neko, these 2 are only a few of the ones I've got ready and more will follow just for the prologue.

I'm keeping the most amazing one yet for a dedicate post, that will come with cute new characters too~

PS: Let's be honest, I'm rubbish at video-making, so I'll be here for any question!

[OST] Cozy Intro / Title Screen

Sounds like the beginning of an epic adventure, but not as upbeat as P&C's.

That's just right.

Couch Obtained!

"That won't keep you safe from my claws"

Been doing a lot of (re)working on the furniture and adding some basic 3D models for chairs and stools, before we get someone with the needed skillset on board~

I should have a video showing some of the Relics I've worked on and how they can radically change how the game is played by this weekend! Good feels.