nomnomnami

dev diary: syrup 2 status update

i've had a super productive week!!! i dove back into syrup 2 development since i'm aiming to have a new patron build before the end of the year (available for my higher tiers at least! there's so many spoilers omfg)

so i wanted to take this opportunity to talk about where the project is at, especially since... i haven't had a place to do that before now!!! so there's a ton to say!!!!! i could talk forever about syrup 2 so i'll try to give a succinct overview for now.

the current ...

2022-10-17 20:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post

another piece of candy retrospective

i've been putting a more consistent effort into webcomic stuff lately because i have the time and it's something i really enjoy making. i don't think i've ever formally explained how another piece of candy started or the little journey it's been on over the years, so since i've been thinking about it so much, i decided to write it all out!!

let's go~!

some history/background info

i started another piece of candy in august of 2016, as an excuse to draw my characters interac...

another piece of candy: october strips

i've been having a great time drawing comics. i finished all the strips for this month, so here they are in advance!

i also included a peek at the spreadsheet i use for planning :) i'll be sharing a bunch more of the rough strips in my art post at the end of this month.

enjoy!!

september 2022 art post

i was busy with the her tears were my light steam release, so i didn't get to draw much outside of that... hmm... i might start doing request polls to give myself more of an excuse to draw things each month. lmk what you guys think 👀

• i designed a cousin for the chocolate twins! her name is mint and she's super rich, but horrible at business. planning to use her for a bad end in syrup 2.
• a series of commissions i did for my pal, 2022-09-30 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

her tears were my light - bonus psd+script

since the new content is fully finished and released, i thought i'd go ahead and distribute the additional script and art!

i might draw more for future updates though... i have a bunch of unused ideas, so once i have the energy i'll try to get 'em done!! you can expect one more psd someday haha.

enjoy~

steam keys for her tears were my light!

hi everyone! htwml steam update is now LIVE!!

i made a spreadsheet you can grab your steam keys from. (if you bought the game on itch.io you can get a key from there too!)

please feel free to take up to 3! force your friends to play!!! (just kidding)

i will be refilling the page periodically, so if all the keys are claimed, just check b...

her tears were my light - postmortem

htwml releases on steam in 2 days, so i wanted to write this post while stuff is still fresh in my mind! there's a lot i already talked about in the developer commentary that i added to this version, so i'll assume you already read that and try to write new stuff i haven't mentioned before :)

HERE GOES!!

timeline + early development

this game was originally made for a 1-month game jam! back in the day i really loved doing game jams because it gave me some structure to work...

her tears were my light (steam ver.) - early release!

valve approved my build!! so her tears will my light will be available on steam on the 28th as planned :)

i'm launching with 10 translations this time...! there are more in progress, so it's possible i could sneak a couple more in. but i figured this is a close-to-final build so it was time to share with you guys!

a couple notes:

• if you're logged into steam, i don't think it will give you the achievements since it's not released yet... but there's a sync button in the ...
  2022-09-25 06:15:37 +0000 UTC View Post

feature preview: htwml photo studio

finished all the art for this the other day!!! probably gonna change the button sounds and gonna tryyyy to add a gallery/album so you can view all the screenshots you take... might be too much work to get done on time though, so we'll see.

i love this feature since i can easily add more to it in future updates if i want ehehe. no promises, but if enough people comment on it when it comes out, i'll definitely be motivated to add more ;o

dev diary: trailer process

last week i put up the steam trailer for her tears were my light, so i figured i'd take the time this week to talk about how i do videos! 

this was the first trailer i made all on my own (the previous ones i always hired someone to help me lol). i used OBS studio to capture my footage, and put it together in after effects cs6. definitely not a recommended workflow, it's just a program i'm pretty fam...

song preview: her tears were my light trailer!

a long long time ago i wrote lyrics for the her tears were my light title theme for lydianchord so they could make an utau version, BUT i realized i had the power to make my own version now!!! so this is the song i'm using for the steam trailer i need to make :)

eleanor is so easy to tune... this is seriously the fastest i've ever finished a song. i hope i can make more like this in the future!!!!

august 2022 art post

i spent most of this month relaxing, since finishing treat 7 took a lot out of me. and by relaxing i mean still managing new translations for my games and updating my webcomic and working on her tears were my light steam release... but hey, i spent a lot of time playing video games with my partner too! so i consider that a successful break :)

• i made an 2022-08-31 18:03:46 +0000 UTC View Post

dev diary: htwml gamepad-friendly UI

i'm productive again!!! this week i've been working on new and improved UI for her tears were my light, since i will be releasing it on steam by the end of next month :)

a lot of people on steam use controllers (more than i expected anyway!) so basically what i've been doing is adding all the little button images and making sure the menus are easy to navigate on d-pad. here's the result so far!

...

Spooky Soiree + Starry Flowers scripts

been meaning to post these for a while! it's more old game scripts :)

also including more psds from spooky soiree, since someone mentioned i never added the new art from the last time i added more endings...! sorry it took me so long to get around to this!!

enjoy~ <3

dev diary: lazy summer vibes

i joked that i was going to take a month off after finishing treat 7, but that's really how my august has gone! i'm having trouble getting back into the swing of things, which just means i need more rest. that makes sense since i've still been putting stuff out despite calling it a vacation... anyway today's post is to say how it's important to take breaks!!!

i've had a lot of experience over the years trying to anticipate burnout and judging when my little energy meter will refill. but...

im a vocaloid producer now

i downloaded the trial version of hatsune miku v4 english. did you know you can just DO that???? for the longest time i was like "man i don't know where to go to even GET miku, guess i'll keep using synth v for now" ...it turns out you can learn anything from youtube if you have the willpower!!!

anyway sorry no dev diary today (i've mostly been relaxing and working on another song so there wasn't a lot to talk about...) i just wanted to share my very first experience with piapro studio ...

NEW SONG! spiderweb (feat. Eleanor Forte)

this has been in the works for a really long time, but i finished it on impulse today!!!! YAY!!!!!! when i realized it was 8/8 i was like aw man, gotta release my spider song...

here's the music video! the lyrics are a bit dark, just as a warning.

i love designing different eleanors for these songs... this one is hot topic chic, lol. i wanted to be self indulgent, since there's no reason to hold back!! i wrote th...

song preview: spiderweb

new vocal track coming soon!!!! this is actually a song i wrote years ago but wasn't able to finish until now. i was getting close to releasing it back in january, but then i couldn't work on music anymore... i'm so glad it's finally done!!

just gotta make the music video for it now and then i can release :) ...maybe i'll try to do that tonight?! NOTHING'S STOPPING ME, LET'S GOOOOO

dev diary: pdf making and other release stuff!

i released lucky number moxie today, but i still wanted to take some time to write a dev diary. so here's my process for putting art collections together!

first i paste all the assets into one file in clip studio. i have the pages set up in animation folders so i can swap between them quickly, but i used to just turn the layers on and off (it all functions the same, i just find using the timeline to be fas...

Lucky Number Moxie - art collection + soundtrack

I MANAGED TO FINISH THESE way sooner than i thought!!!!!!! so i'm sharing immediately. please enjoy them <3

july 2022 art post

i spent all my art energy this month on finishing treat, so i only have a couple things to share this time...

• schoolgirl cassia! i actually drew these last december, but i wanted to share them now that i revealed i was gonna be working on a game featuring her.
• a few more another piece of candy strips! i'll finish them someday--i want to do more strips in between these ones and the series i posted 2022-07-31 17:01:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Lucky Number Moxie - early release!

it's here...! treat 7!!!! 

https://nomnomnami.itch.io/treat-complete/patreon-access 

you'll need an itch.io account to be able to download! you can find all the info about the game on that page, so i won't repeat it here.

hopefully there are no bugs ;_; i was so busy trying to finish the art that i haven't gotten a chance to run through the whole game again... but there...

lucky number moxie: intro CGs

for today's sneak peek, i'm sharing a bunch of art from the dream sequence at the beginning of treat 7!! dang, now i really wanna make a whole game in this art style...

i'm currently finishing up the rest of the treat CGs, so i'm planning on THIS FRIDAY for early release to all patrons!!! hope you're as excited as i am!!!!

KAIMA + drowning, drowning game files

today is the 6th anniversary of KAIMA's release! i come bearing game files :)

just like with the treat files, if you have rpg maker vx ace you can open the projects to see the events and maps, and if you don't have it, you can at least see all the assets!

enjoy~

dev diary: writing tools!

previously, i talked about using notion to stay organized, but the post got so long that i decided to split it in two! so while that post was about general production/time management stuff, this one's about how i organize my notes for WRITING!!

my games used to be small enough that i'd just write up one big google doc for each one, usually with like a stream-of-consciousness style outline that i'd u...

2022 plans (mid-year update)

it's time once again to regroup and check my progress on the goals i set out at the beginning of the year! ahh, back in the halcyon days of december 2021... i mentioned i was working on 3 games and a secret project.

one of those games came out! thank goodness!! much later than expected, but astra's garden was finished... phew.......

Starry Flowers: Mirror Call (pages 9+10)

previous pages here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/starry-flowers-7-68182121 

we reached the end!!!!! .........of the sfw version 👀

will i release a nsfw extended version?!?!?! TIME WILL TELL!!!!! (i've drawn it, but it's not colored yet... coloring has been a monumental effort..... anything for these boys.........)

stay tuned for more news regarding whether or not i have ...

dev diary: staying organized!

since i'm still in the thick of it scripting the rest of treat 7, i thought i'd mix it up this week and talk about some project management-type stuff i've been setting up for the past few months!

i used to live by trello boards...... i was introduced to it through my old job, and found it really useful to have a personal board for all the random things i didn't want to forget to do, plus project boards for certain games that i found hard to manage with just a google doc alone. i used th...

june 2022 art post

not a ton this month since i've been focused on comics and treat assets haha

• i've been playing atelier sophie 2, and i really love it. the first game ended up becoming my favorite atelier game of all time, and now the sequel is really hitting for me too... i love sophie!! this is my first time actually drawing her though because the character designs are so complicated in those games they feel a bit too tedious for me to draw XD i'll do it for the waifu tho.... sophie is so good.....
  2022-06-30 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Starry Flowers: Mirror Call (pages 7+8)

previous pages here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/starry-flowers-5-67312343 

syrup barged in... how embarrassing.... <3