Stolen Rose

Dev Log 03-Mar-2023

Hello, Hello,

It's been quite the productive week. The writing is almost done for this release. There's just a few more scenes and the epilogue left to write. I think I might have managed to finish this week, but there were a few coding mishaps. Luckily, I managed to implement everything I designed successfully, but it did steal a day or two of writing. I think it'll be worth it though.

Image-wise, we're very close to 1000 for this release. I think at this point, it would be easie...

Content preview #14

Well, someone's serious...

Dev Log 24-Feb-2023

Hello!

First off, I want to thank you for your feedback on the visuals. It's been really helpful and I've reached a conclusion regarding it, which was that the intense colors do heighten the atmosphere, but I should probably not blast the screen with them. I'll be keeping the intensity, but using the lights so that they complement the scene, rather than overwhelm it. Thanks again for the feedback.

This week, I've managed to hit and go beyond the number of scenes I planned on writi...

Feedback

"Whoops" -- Chloe, on feeding you an 80% alcohol shot.

Hello!

Mid-week post. I'm working on the setting for the final part and I'd like your feedback on a few things.

First, and probably most important, is if the saturation is too high on these images. I cranked it up by 40% to give the club a more distinct look, but I'm a bit worried it might be too much.

Another point is the use of color. I tried going for a red/blue to keep to the visual theme of...

Content preview #13

Find me at the crossroads.

At the edge of the abyss, where the black stars rise,

I wait for you in my disguise--

A yellow drape to match the skies.

Find me at the crossroads.

Where my voice dies.

Dev Log 17-Feb-2023

Hello!

I'll get to the image in a moment.

This week has been mostly focused on writing and still images. Today, I'll start work on some animations(hopefully finish?) and these will be rendering over the weekend. I've also started forcing my friends to do some QA testing for me, specifically for the investigation parts--some issues were identified and I'll be handling that in the post-production stage.

Next week, I'll keep writing and rendering still images. When the animatio...

Happy Valentine's

Who's "me" though?

Content preview #12

I usually try to avoid featuring the main character in these previews, but I thought the contrast between his expressions in these two situations that are like 10 minutes apart illustrates his character really well.

Dev Log 10-Feb-2023

Hello, hello,

I managed to not get sick this week, so things are looking up. I feel like a general progress update is in order as we're really close to hitting the same content amount as the last release.

Still images: The number of images is now over 700, bringing it very close(about a day away) to the ~750 mark of the last release. My initial estimation for the final amount was about 1000, but it may reach 1200 at this rate. Luckily, I made some optimizations to the rendering pr...

Content preview #11

Asking your teacher if you can go to the bathroom and immediately entering combat.

Dev Log 03-Feb-2023

Hello!

Apparently, the universe hates me. I've managed to catch covid somehow. After three colds and covid, I better have immunity to death for at least three years. Now, that being said, it's not like I'd just rest and recover like a normal person. Honestly, I tried, but I got bored. Unfortunately, the brain fog was too strong for writing, so I haven't managed to do any of that. Instead, I've focused on creating more images, and that's been going great. By this time next wee...

Content preview #10

Now how did that happen?

Dev Log 27-Jan-2023

Hello!

Another week has passed and it has been a good one. For the most part. I've managed to catch the third cold of the season and it got me down for a few days. Fortunately, the rest of those days we very productive, so let's get to it.

I wrote the story and code(I'd hoped I was done with that, but I wasn't) for the investigation scene and tested as I went. As I needed some menus and art to test, those are done as well(might need some polish, but the base is there).

The f...

Content preview #9

I don't have anything super visually exciting this week as I've been mostly focused on code, but here's the rest of the texting profile pictures for the other characters. Everybody's so vibrant, and then there's Caleb.

Also, I'd like to share a song that will be in the next release. It's a pretty cool song:

Misha Dioxin - Urban Shaman 

Dev Log 20-Jan-2023

Good [applicable time of day],

This week, I've been focusing on getting the investigation part functional. The code for it is done, the visuals for one part of it are done, and the text for it is around 80% finished as well. It needed considerably more text than I thought it would. I was expecting this part to be less story intense, but it ended up fairly long.

Speaking of, the word count for this release is currently between 13k and 14k words, and I expect we'll be going up to 20...

Content preview #8

The culprit behind the need for so many animations the past week. Is it weird to get horny over your own characters?

DevLog 13-Jan-2023

Hello, hello,

It's that time of the week again, so here's the latest update:

On the writing side, I've finished a considerably large scene and have started setting up the investigation scene.

Speaking of the investigation scene, I've finished designing it and I think it'll be well-received. I designed it especially so that it doesn't become frustrating. There will also be a possibility to skip it once you finish it once for people replaying the game(I want this as...

Content preview #7

Gotta say, I absolutely love this shot, though I loved doing the whole scene. Just something about it that is so bittersweet.

DevLog 06-Jan-2023

Hello!

First update of the year, and we're starting off great.

I've been writing the more intensive scene I mentioned. While I haven't finished writing it as I'd hoped, it's at least 80% done, and that's pretty great since it's pretty long and a bit complex.

Images have been progressing at a steady pace and one hangout scene is completed, while the next one is around 60% done. The image count is currently close to 330, which means we're about a third of the way to...

May it be better than the last

Happy new year, everyone! All the best and thanks for being here.

Content preview #6

Since I made the texting system, I also needed profile images for everyone. This is Rayne's and I thought it had such a strong late-summer bittersweet vibe to it, that I just had to share it with you.

Dev Log 30-Dec-2022

Hello!

Much like the women in my life, Christmas has come and gone. With the start of the new year fast approaching, I thought I'd take some time to look at the future of the game and give some insight to what I have planned for the game in the year to come. But first, the update.

I was really hoping to get an above average amount of work done this week, but the universe had other plans. The day after my last update I caught a cold and I'm only now starting to feel a bit better. N...

Ho(rn)y Night

I wanted to make a celebratory render, but I don't have any Christmasy assets, so I settled on just ass.

Happy holidays if you celebrate, and commiserations if you don't.

I'm off to enjoy some seasonal food I could eat any other time of the year.

--SR

Content preview #5

Who uses a landline?

Dev Log Update 23-Dec-2022

Hello.

It's been a hell of a week. Both in good and in bad.

We've reached the magical number of 250 total renders this week and have finished a longer scene. Work on rendering the first hangout scene is underway and going pretty well.

As I was hoping, writing has been great and we're nearing 10k words. This is both worrying and satisfying as it seems the release might stretch out longer than I'd anticipated. We'll have to see how the rest goes.

I've finished the phone ...

Surprise render

I was messing around, trying to find a cool visual style for some later scenes and this is the result. I thought it looked kinda cool and wanted to share. 

Note: It's only a test render to see how this style works, so it's not an actual render that will be in the game.

Hope you're having a fun week!

--SR

Content preview #4

I'd like to introduce you to Odette, lead singer for the band Quicksilver. You'll be seeing some more of her in the next release. She's quite the mystery and keeps some very interesting company. Hope you like her.

Dev Log Update 16 Dec 2022

This week, I've been working on implementing the text into the game to start some alpha testing and so I can make some builds for my beta readers. I haven't yet implemented the stat experience points, but that's a part of the design I'd rather handle near the end so I can balance it right.

I've been writing a bit, but for some reason I had a bit of writer's block relating to a scene, so I only got something like 500 words out for now. Luckily the writing is quite ahead of the renders, s...

Content preview #3

New character just dropped. Her name is Brianna, and don't you just feel like bullying her for no reason? Statistically, a lot of people do. Most unfortunate.

Dev Log Update -- 09 Dec 2022

This week, I've focused on preparing the environment and characters for a (fairly) large scene. It's probably one of the most complex I've done, but definitely not the most complex I'll be doing for this release(because I like punishing myself, I guess). Two more characters were required for this and I had to go through several iterations until I got them to look the way I wanted them to. I'll be showing one of them off in the content preview I'll post later.

On the render side, we're a...