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Poll (public) - Who is your favorite girl?

Hi everybody.

Here is a poll just for fun to see which of our girls is the most popular one. Since the results will not impact the game's direction, we've decided to make it public.

The question is:

Who is your favorite girl?

A few points:

• Feel free to pick as many options as you want.
• This poll doesn't have an end da...
  2021-05-04 15:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post

WaL's first anniversary

Hi everybody.

I wrote this message for our weekly report. But since its sentiment also applies to many of our former patrons and even non-patron players, I'm posting it again here publicly:

Tomorrow, the first of May, will be the first anniversary of our game's initial release. 

I remember clearly how worried we both were, sitting in front of our computers and wondering ...

Weekly report 51

Hi everybody.

This week Chestnut worked on two new backgrounds, completed a new sprite, and designed several new cutscenes from earlier scenes in the game. I am almost done with posing Simmone's content (excluding two cutscenes for which I don't have the art yet and also not counting the animations) and should start posing scenes from the second part of the update from this Monday.

I have prepared a list of new expressions for Simmone, Lana, and the MC that Chestnut wil...

Video - Old Capital's cityscape (short)

Hi everybody.

Here's a video showing Chestnut preparing and coloring one of the sketches done by SantaKlaus.

As you can see in its first forty or so seconds, the background will show a scene from above the ramparts and will display a beautiful cityscape showing several of the main buildings of the Old Capital.

This background will be a bit like the announcement board in the village in that you can click on different buttons and get a few lines from the MC about each of the l...

Video - Old Capital's cityscape (extended)

Hi everybody.

Here's a video showing Chestnut preparing and coloring one of the sketches done by SantaKlaus. 

As you can see in its first forty or so seconds, the background will show a scene from above the ramparts and will display a beautiful cityscape showing several of the main buildings of the Old Capital. 

This background will be a bit like the announcement board in the village in that you can click on different buttons and get a few lines from the...

Weekly report 51

Hi everybody.

I hope you're all doing well, and here's our weekly report:

Chestnut:

Chestnut worked on multiple artworks at once. She completed three cutscenes and created sexy statues for two of the backgrounds. She also completed a new sprite of a significant auxiliary male character added in 0.5.

Pistachio:

I posed several sc...

Poll results - 0.6 direction

Hi everybody.

The 0.6 direction poll has ended, and as you can see below, the results were incredibly close. Many of you liked to see more of Gretta, but the real match was between Rose and Gomira. In the end, Rose won by a single vote.

Therefore, the 0.6 update will focus on Rose's story. It will be a side-quest similar to 0.4 in that it will conclude her sto...

Video - 0.5 achievements

Hi everybody.

We will have five new achievements in 0.5, and here you can see the creation of three of them. Can you guess what they may be about? 

This video is at x8 speed, and I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers

Weekly report 50

Hi everybody.

A couple of important announcements before the weekly report:

0.6 poll

First and foremost, if you're a Best Friend or a Close Friend tier supporter and have not participated in the 0.6 direction poll, head over to this post (BF, CF) and pick your fav...

Weekly report 49

Hi everybody.

I hope you're all doing well.

The only notable announcement we have is that this Sunday, we will start the poll to determine the content of the 0.6 release. So if you're a Best Friend or a Close Friend tier supporter and would like to impact WaL's future direction, make sure you stay tuned for that post.

Now the report:

Chestnut:

This week Chestnut worked almost entirely on cutscenes and backgrounds. S...

Video - another new background

Hi everybody.

Here's Chesnut editing and coloring one of the sketches that we commissioned for this release. This is a work-in-progress, of course, and there is still a lot to be done, but I think you can get a good idea of how this background will look once it is done.

This video is at x7 speed, and I hope you enjoy it.
Cheers

Weekly report 48

Hi everybody.

I hope you are all doing well.

Many of you joined toward the end of March, and I received several messages about the refunds, so I'll explain it here again for those who are new. Basically, if you become a patron in the final days of a month and continue to support us in the month after that, we always refund your earlier pledge. You don't really need to do anything other than wait until the 5th of the new month.

The only instances that require you to send us a...

Poll results - Hidden photos 0.5

Hi everybody.

The poll deciding the hidden photos of 0.5 has been concluded, and here are the results:

As you can see, Rose was the clear victor, and Madeline, Simmone, and Lana battled it out for the second place, with Lady Goldenbush ending up getting the photoshoot.

Thank you to all Best Friend tier patrons who participated and picked their favorites, and I hope you will enjoy th...

Video - 0.5 bag items

Hi everybody.

Today Chestnut took a short break from drawing cutscenes (since we don't want to spoil the scene she's working on) to design a few of the bag items from 0.5 for this video. We have only included those more visually interesting items that don't give too much of the story away.

This video is at x6 speed, and I hope you enjoy it.
Cheers!

Weekly report 47

Hi everybody.

Last week we posted the result of the poll deciding Simmone Hammerdick's hairstyle. If you haven't seen the elegant option that won, make sure you check out this post.

0.5 hidden photos poll

We're currently running a poll for our highest-tier patrons to decide which two characters will have their hidden photos taken in 0.5. So if you're a Best...

Video - Simmone's dress

Hi everybody.

Here's a video that Chestnut recorded while drawing Simmone's dress. The artwork is still very much a work in progress; we have to make a few adjustments to align the dress better with the body and decide what color works best. But you can see the overall design and I hope you like it.

This video is at x6 speed.
Cheers

Poll results - Simmone's hairstyle

Hi everybody.

We ran a poll last week to determine Simmone Hammerdick's hairstyle, and many of you participated and picked your favorites.

Here are the options, in case you haven't seen them:

As you can see, the hairstyle number 4 won, with most of you wanting Simmone to have elegant straight hair, fashioned in a style reminiscent of Serena's :

2021-03-21 18:42:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly report 46

Hi everybody.

Before giving you our weekly report, we have a couple of announcements:

Sketch Artist:

Last week we announced that we were commissioning an artist to create sketches for locations in the city. I am happy to report that we managed to find a suitable artist within a few days.

The sketch artist that we have commissioned goes by the name of SantaKlaus, is very talented, has a style that is close to what we were looking for, and has...

Video - Simmone's hairstyle poll options

Hi everybody. 

Today we posted a poll to determine Simmone Hammerdick's hairstyle and Chestnut recorded the process of creating the poll options. 

This video is at x5 speed, and I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers

Weekly report 45

Hi everybody.

I hope you are all doing well and are ready for the weekend. Here's a summary of what we did last week:

Chestnut:

She worked on several more backgrounds, doing more sketches, and designing and drawing the final result. She also started working on Lana's sprite (her hair and a few facial expressions) and finished one of the cutscenes from the first event of the release (involving Lana doing something sexy in a 2021-03-12 20:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly report 44

Hi everybody.

It's about a week since we started developing the main content of the next update, and here's a summary of what we've been up to:

Weekly report

Chestnut:

She's been busy designing new locations (both in and out of the city) and creating background art. If you haven't seen the video of one of the new locations in the village we shared this week, check it out here: 2021-03-05 21:56:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Video - a new location in the village

Hi everybody.

Chestnut has been working on some of the new locations for the 0.5 release, and the mansion in the village is one of them.

This video is at x8 speed, and I hope you like it.

Cheers

Weekly report 43

Hi everybody.

I hope you're all doing well.

We're almost done with the planning phase and will start coding and drawing the new content this Monday.

Last week's poll

Last week we posted a poll to get your opinion on the 0.4 release, and many of you took part and gave us great feedback (plus some very kind comments). Thank you so much, and it's humbling to see that so many of you loved and liked what we had done! And although each release has...

How did our 0.4 plan look like

Hi everybody.

As you probably know, we're in the planning phase of 0.5, and although we can't yet share what we're going to do for the next release, we thought you might find it interesting to see the plan which we created last time for 0.4 and compare and contrast it with the final version of that update.

The image shown here is what we had at the end of our planning phase (together with sketches and lists of things needed). This plan helped us ensure that different quests had al...

Weekly report 42

Hi everybody.

Our post-release break is over, and we can't wait to start working on the 0.5 update. Here are a couple of points:

0.4 feedback poll:

Similar to what we did for 0.3, we're running a poll to see what you all feel about the 0.4 update. If you've played our latest release, head over to this post and give us some feedback. Since thi...

Poll - 0.4 quality

Hi everybody.

I hope you've all played the 0.4 update and can give us a bit of feedback (in case you haven't, you can download it from this post here). So here's the question:

How do you rate the 0.4 release (Myrtle's story)?

Feel free to use the comments section to explain your vote. 

Note: since this poll will not directly impact the game, it will be op...