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Reckless Updates: The Overdue Edition

Hello folks!

Fuck. Has I really not posted on here since I released Reckless Sympathy Part 1?

Ah well, nevertheless.

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The good news is that Part 2 will be wrapping up in the next couple months. The Absolute Deadline is the end of the year, but I'm hoping to have a little lead time on it. It comes down to a few things; how many more art assets I decide to make, how long it takes to integrate new music, how smoothly the last couple editing passes go.

So what ha...

Reckless Sympathy Part 1 - Now Available!

Hey folks!

Wow, today's been a ride. Did some last second edits and desperately pared down the filesize as best I could on short notice so I could actually upload the damn thing to itch. And also I have covid. But it all worked out in the end!

Barebones beta builds are no more; you can play the real actual first part of Reckless Sympathy right now (provided you're a 5$/month patron, whic...

Reckless Sympathy Coming Soon! (Real!) (NOT CLICKBAIT!)

Oh geez the new post editor huh. Well, so it goes.

Hey folks! 

I'm back with exciting news! As of right now, Reckless Sympathy Part 1 is COMPLETE!

Writing? We've got it. Art? Oh yeah, it's real and it's in there. Editing? Ah.... well, I have some beta reading going on, but it's gonna be an ongoing progress. Got a lotta game left to make. Music? Don't worry, I hired someone much more skilled than me to do that!

Seriously go check out Jamie Paige's music over at 2023-12-21 00:39:12 +0000 UTC View Post

July 2023 Update - And The Kitchen Sink

Hey folks! 

Development continues! While I'm hung up waiting on some things to come together for the audio, I've been spending my time polishing polishing polishing. In this case, I wanted to show off the new, more-consistent-with-the-in-game-art menu that I just finished putting together. I knew I wanted to make the menu a picture within a picture, and ended up with a simple frame inside of a more elaborate Rococo frame, to give a sense of distance between you and the primary imag...

RS June 2023 update: Loading Bar Stuck At 90%

Hey folks

I've been quiet for a bit, hoping that this post was gonna be a triumphant release announcement. No such luck unfortunately... Between some family health issues and deciding that I'm not going to be able to make all my own music on a satisfactory timescale (a solution is underway), things are still hovering in the 'mostly done' stage. Scripting is also a bit more time consuming than I was hoping, mostly because I've been playing Fate/ Hollow Ataraxia for my Type-Moon podcast a...

March Reckless Sympathy Update!

Hey folks!

So, my vague and self imposed Juneish deadline for the release of part 1 is creeping ever closer, so I've kicked things into high gear and dived headfirst into one of the remaining tasks that's scared me the the most: doing the backgrounds! I finally got to something I'm satisfied with (pictured above) so let's talk about how I got there. This'll be a bit of a long one, since I want to do a play by play!

STEP 0: THE JOURNEY

Reckless Sympathy's setting is vaguely...

I'M STILL ALIVE! (RECKLESS SYMPATHY PROGRESS REPORT)

Whew! I've been busy!

It's a new year and I managed not to post any updates for all of January. Or December really, given that the full part 1 demo was the last thing I managed to get out. This post will be a bit longer, to make up for the radio silence.

So anyway, why have I been quiet for so long?? That's because I've been in the girls lab inventing new kinds of girls! Plus, a perspective change means that I had to throw out all the sprites I've made so far, so I've been drawing...

RECKLESS SYMPATHY PART 1 (...Demo!)

Hey folks!

I was hoping to get this out in November but wow I got bogged down in the editing process. I decided at the beginning of the month that I needed to really iron out the full script for Part 1 so that I'd stop drawing CGs and assets that I ended up not needing. Thus, this playable script draft was born.

It's a runthrough of the whole of part 1 in engine, but without art or music. So if you want the full polished experience, you should probably wait for the full release so...

October RS Updates!

Happy Halloween!

So, no art to share this time, since I've been focusing on the writing element of the game. I took a hard look at the script for Reckless Sympathy part 1 and.... threw it out. Not really, but since I finished that little proof of concept I nailed down a bunch of things I wasn't quite happy with. I've tweaked the order of events, rewritten a bunch of scenes, and I feel like it flows a lot better now.

To put it in a non spoiler-y way, I've always known that I wanted...

September RS Updates!

Hey folks! 

So, I spent the last month moving. Yeah, that's right, pretty much the whole month. Our new apartment was being renovated, I had to stay with family while my computer was in a box for two weeks, etc etc. It did give me some time to think about how I'm approaching my workload for Reckless Sympathy, so it's not all a loss. I've never gotten very far on a project this big before, so I'm trying to step back and do some of the groundwork stuff I usually don't worry about. In...

August Updates

Hey y'all,

So, I'm moving again in a couple weeks (ahhhhhh) so I've not had nearly as much time to be working on Reckless Sympathy as I would like, but I wanted to show off a few things I've been doing at least.

I've been plucking away at the script for Part 1, which is where I'll actually be able to introduce our three heroines. I've rewritten it a dozen times at least at this point, moving the order of events around and fiddling with the central conflict. It'll set the mood for ...

Reckless Sympathy - The Stargazer demo!

Hey folks! 

So, here we are! Another month down, and I've finally got a little more to show about Reckless Sympathy, a little proof of concept scene from early in Part 1. This is a little rough around the edges and I've got a gui overhaul planned, but I wanted to put something out to give you a sense of the vibe.

This is for patrons only, so please don't repost the demo anywhere or share the itch.io link and password around. That said, it's no problem if you want to show it t...

RECKLESS SYMPATHY: a horror/romance

Hey folks!

Hello to everyone who stuck around and people just checking my Patreon out! It's a new month, and time for me to finally start getting into detail about the game I'm working on. So, let me give you the pitch:

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RECKLESS SYMPATHY

“Did you hear? The heir to the Vas Holy family refused another summons to the capital. Her mother must be burning up from the shame, the poor dear."

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April 2022 Microfic! (The Final Microfic, And The Most Late)

Hello folks,

I guess that's it! This last of the Patreon poll microfics. It's public, so if you're saying goodbye now that I'm moving on to a new era of work, you won't lose access. In fact, I'll be going back through in a bit and making all previously patron-exclusive fics public, so if you have a story you want to revisit or wanted to show someone who's not a patron, you'll be free to! Feels weird paywalling that stuff now that the game is changed, you know?

Anyway, tha...

ANNOUNCEMENT! Some bittersweet changes ahead!

Hey folks,

I’ve been completely out of commission due to an illness, so this is a little later than I was hoping to put this out, but I’ve got some announcements to make about how this Patreon will operate going forward. I’m not shuttering the whole thing and quitting writing or anything, so don’t get too scared! But, there’s big changes afoot, and I’ll try to go over it succinctly. 

FIRST OFF, what’s changing?

This is the par...

April 2022 Microfic Poll!

UPDATE: Looks like we have a winner! Plural folks stay winning, as it turns out. I'm still bogged down on some postcard stuff, but I'll get to work soon!

Hello again!

Alright, we've got some fun ideas this time around! I don't have much to say, so lets just get to it!

Voting ends Monday the 18th at 10pm EST. Winner gets a 2500ish word story, posted on May 1st (ish). Happy voting!

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April 2022 Fic Suggestions!

Hey folks!

So, I didn't finish the sneak peek for the visual novel I'm working on quite yet, though it is coming along nicely. I very excited to share it when it's ready, I've truly reached new heights of my own bullshit with this project. Hopefully you'll get to meet some of the characters later this month!

Anyway, now that my vacation's over, lets start back up with some classics.

This month's theme: CYBERNETICS

Let's trade flesh for metal and resign...

February 2022 Microfic! (Pretty late -__-)

Hey y'all! 

Okay, that's finally done! Geez, my schedule for personal stuff and my schedule for Patreon stuff have been really conflicting lately. Hopefully I'll be a little more ahead of the game next month!

I ended up doing a tiny bit of playing around with formal stuff in this one. Hopefully you enjoy how it turned out!

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Theme: ISEKAI

Prompt: The goddess in charge of your transmigration is taking great care in h...