Nomax

Bandile & Wolf Shirt fixing - 2$ tier

Hey everyone! Got this month's pack here for you, and in it we've got Bandile's new sunshine version, plus also cook and non-sunshine versions of him.
Alongside that we also have the image of Wolf's shirt fixing scene! Not sure if that was in one of these before (It's honestly really difficult to keep track of things because all the different tiers follow different rules for what they get and it's hard to remember who had what across the span of months :') )

But hey, who would ever...

Soic Feedback March 2024

Got another feedback video for you! Getting some of these out the way early this month!
Going over a picture of Soic and talking just some stuff here and there and everywhere.

Enjoy.

Opinions about dev progression

Hey everyone! I had a question that maybe you lot can help me with by letting me know how you feel about it. And that is if you prefer the progress in updates to be spread out, or more concentrated on one path.

So far I've always kept the development pretty spread out to make sure that every path is more or less at the same point in the game.  If, for example there are two paths (A and B) with 5 scenes, I'd have update one be A1 and B1, the next update would be A2 and B2, the thir...

Bandile Sunshine Version + Nude WIP

One of the things I didn't manage to get into Update 10 was the sunshine layer for Bandile, so in the fife-lesson scene he just had his diffuse light base even though the scene took place outside in the sun. But, that is gonna be sorted in Update 12 and our bun is gonna look the part of enjoying a nice sunny evening on the ship!

Also added some earrings since I forgot and he has so much jewelry that it felt weird to have his ears be so plain.
But, yeah. Small thing in the grand sche...

Djano Feedback Feb 2024

And we got a february feedback video that took a little while with all the NFC and release day stress. But we got there in there end and here you are.

Not really covering a specific theme, but more just exploring a painting and seeing what might be done differently and potentially just learning by seeing/hearing another artist's thoughts for those ideas.

Enjoy!

Rain for Update 11

Another little sneak peek for what Update 11 will bring.

Moistness!

Maritime Menagerie Character: Mullein

Got another Maritime Menagerie Character done. This time we've got Mullein belonging to Rayden.

One of the ones that had to go through a bit of an adjustment as he originally was one of those crosses between hare and deer... though the name of the creature escapes me right now. But it wasn't too much of a change, basically just getting rid of the antlers to have him comply with the "no mythical animals" rule for the world.

He'll take the spot on day 2 as the sailor who calls you...

Conway - Update 11: Clouds on the horizon

Hey everyone, and welcome to Spring(-ish)!


We're continuing to advance further into the double-digits with our newest update, called Clouds on the horizon.

Those of you who gave the W.I.P. Update a whirl will know why, and I guess everyone else will figure it out now. :)

If all you want are the files then here they are. Below is the usual rundown of what's new in the update....

The last v2 Character poll!

There are only two of them left by now. A fight to... well, not the death, but a fight for whoever will be left with their old sprite the longest.

Our two remaining candidates are Rajeeyah and Arthur, so it is up to you who of the two will cry in a corner for BEING SO UNLOVED. I hope you all can live with yourself. :D

Joking aside though, looking forward to being done with them and just feeling like I don't have to touch the characters anymore. Designing and refining them took qu...

Preview of a little new feature for Update 11

Added something new for Update 11. Now you can name your saves and hopefully figure out what you did on this or that save. Of course, you also get the option to turn it off if you prefer the simple click & save without any of this writing stuff involved.

Wolf Shirt Scene & Tripping Hazard - 2$ tier (+ new date the packs)

Hey everyone! As you may have noticed today is neither the 10th, nor the 25th. So let's get the announcement of the change out of the way first.

I'll be changing how I publish these art packs, and switch to a one-a-month schedule on the 15th of each month.
The reason is pretty simple. These packs were made with the idea of me being a full-time artist, banging out (somehow) like 5-6 pictures a month when I first started this patreon. That has of course become less, and now with Conwa...

Samuel v2 & Tripping Hazard - 10$ tier(+ new date the packs)

Hey everyone!
As you may have noticed today is neither the 10th, nor the 25th. So let's get the announcement of the change out of the way first.  I'll be changing how I publish these art packs, and switch to a one-a-month schedule on the 15th of each month.   

The reason is pretty simple. These packs were made with the idea of me being a full-time artist, banging out (somehow) like 5-6 pictures a month when I first started this patreon. That has of course become less...

Samuel v2 & Tripping Hazard - 5$ tier(+ new date the packs)

Hey everyone!
As you may have noticed today is neither the 10th, nor the 25th. So let's get the announcement of the change out of the way first.  I'll be changing how I publish these art packs, and switch to a one-a-month schedule on the 15th of each month.

The reason is pretty simple. These packs were made with the idea of me being a full-time artist, banging out (somehow) like 5-6 pictures a month when I first started this patreon. That has of course become less, and now wi...

Samuel v2 redesign

I think this one can be called done?
Just saved it, so maybe there'll be spots that I notice need some more love or that I overlooked, but I think this is where we'll leave it.

Samuel's redesign in line with the other v2 redesigns.
I think I talked about it at length in the preview from a while ago already, but yeah. I didn't expect it to be quite so different from the original sprite since it's not a bad one.
But in the process of adapting and adjusting the original sprite it...

Update 11 Sneak peek #1

First glance at some Update 11 stuff for you all. We're starting off early in the day of course and I just quite like the low light effect I managed to get in that scene.

Oh, and Perce.

Happy Birthday, Conway!

Happy 1st Birthday to Conway!

Yep! It is the 1 year anniversary of the release of version 0.01 (or whatever the versions were called back then)

Let's have a talk, shall we?

February 8th is when I uploaded and released it on itch.
Why February 8th you may ask?
Well, I had only planned January as an experimental month for myself, with the oil painting and the VN test. S...

Conway Update 10.5 (work in progress!)

Hey everyone! New month, new update!

First off, I would like to ask something of all of you. I need to get a bit of an overview of how people play the game and if my estimates for the points behind the scenes roughly add up.
So after the time-skip, I'll be telling you what path you are on for that particular section.
If you could relay that information to me, along ...

Early Bird - Tripping Hazard

Edit: I actually ended up going over it again because I felt that, even if it was just a quick Sunday scribble, it did deserve a little bit more love.

I have the whole sleeping situation be rather more comfortable in the game than it would be, with everyone having assigned hammocks.

More likely, during that time, the regular sailors would just sleep wherever. Out in the open during good weather,  somewhere inside the ship lodged between crates, stored lines...

Djano Feedback - January 2024

And we got a feedback video for Djano. This one is mostly focused on posing characters and trying to get some more dynamic motion into a scene.

Julian v2 & Alden - 2$ tier

Hey everyone :) The release of update 10 is looming close, so why not prep yourself with some highres and wallpaper versions of the new Julian version and the Maritime Menagerie Character for Alden.

Julian also mentioned that he'll be fine dropping those pesky clothes for the next pack, so we'll get to that for the first pack next month!

I hope you enjoy these and thank you very much for your support :D

Panoramic Backgrounds - 5$+ tier

I realized I never really talked about the new panoramic backgrounds, and since Update 11 will have two new ones, I guess now is as good a time as any to just talk through the process I used to make them. Attachment pictures are numbered and I'll number the sections here as well, so you know which parts I'm talking about.

1. I assume there might be easier ways, but I ended up settling on using Twinmotion for a really easy way to get some pretty high-quality light into the scene. I know...

Some more Maritime Menagerie sketches!

Here we have two more of our Maritime Menagerie sketches, this time for our new addition to the Maritime Menagerie tier and for one of our support writers, Rubric.

Aly provided us with the lovely Mr. MiaoMiaoCat, and the Rubric shows us how Michael and Mo look in reality!

Some of you might know about them already since Mo made a brief appearance in a scene, and the two of them are the official in-canon ship's cats of the Conway.

And yes, Michael does actually wear the lit...

New Sam, who dis? (WIP)

I'm chipping away at the Samuel redesign, and it's turning out quite a bit different. I mean... it's VERY MUCH is a redesign.

I didn't anticipate it honestly, because Sam is one of the characters I felt worked pretty decently right off the bat, and people enjoy the design as well.

But the original pose just felt a tad clumsy. I wanted it to have a bit of swagger because of who  Sam is, but it just felt a little off like a little low energy, hunched over, which is fair enoug...

A quick little Navigator poll!

Hey everyone! Stumbled over a situation that might be a good situation for you navigators again!  

We've got a scene with a secondary character involved to work alongside the player up in the sails for a section. And so I thought, why not toss it to you? Which one would you prefer to see?  

I'm leaving out Konrad here because he already has the most screen time of the secondary characters. So it's time for one of the other two to have some time in the sun.

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Early-bird v10 peek at Julian

We had the public showing of the Julian rework yesterday, but of course, as sailors you all know that there are already moments in the game where Julian does show a little more!
So why not let you have a tiny early peek of the nude version ahead of the release? :)

You'll get the proper high-resolution versions and everything of it in the pack after the update rolls around, of course.

Alden - 10$ tier

Hey everyone, the first pack of 2024, and in this one, we've got the PSD file for the recent Alden character sprite for the newest Maritime Menagerie character. I hope you'll enjoy it!  


With it being the first pack of the month, we also have the 25% print coupon: I95SCBB
Usable over here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/nomax/

Then the reminder for the scene suggestion box:
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Alden - 5$ tier

Hey everyone, first pack of 2024 and in this one we've got step by steps for the recent Alden character sprite for the newest Maritime Menagerie character. I hope you'll enjoy it!

With it being the first pack of the month we also have the 15% print coupon: DPOZOCC
Usable over here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/nomax/

And then also thank you very much for your support, of course!

Julian anatomy lesson - 2$ tier

Happy new year everyone! First pack of 2024 and I think I haven't had the scene images for the Julian anatomy lesson in one of these before. So let's do them!

Here you got all the different variations from the Julian scene introduced in Update 9.

I hope you'll enjoy them and as always for the beginning of the month we have our print coupon. So you can get 10% off all my prints with: GKRCFV
Over at https...

Maritime Menagerie Character - Alden

I didn't manage to put him in for update 10, unfortunately, but here we have him! The armadillo who can smell someone with sewing skills from a mile away!

Quite happy with him! Unsurprisingly I'm not exactly well versed drawing armadillos, so painting these niche species is always a bit of a roll of the dice, but I think I didn't do too badly here. He's got the sunlight baked into him because his sprite is so specific with the pile of clothes that I'm not sure if I'll ever find another...

Quick little navigator Poll for the WIP update

Hey everyone, I've got another quick little poll for you all.
It's a bit of a linear section, so right now, there aren't too many potential options. However, the first scene that'll be worked on has different main companions for the duration of it, depending on your relationships so far in the game. So I might as well ask you all which of the three should be worked on first to make sure it's going to be finished first.