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Art Preview: Zombie Storyline Ending (Part 2)

SPOILER WARNING: This art preview article contains spoilers for the ending of the "Zombie" storyline. Click the link in the article below if you want to see the full image preview.

Hello again, cakes!

Following on from the previous CG, which illustrated the first half of the Zombie storyline's epilogue, we're moving straight ahead to the second planned CG which closes out the final scene!

In this scene, Kyou and Nozomi are on break after a tough morning work...

Lanzamiento público 0.1556.4: ¡Historia del "Zombi" completada!

¡Hola a todos!

Con esta actualización finalmente he completado la línea del “Zombi”. ¡Y en nada menos que el mes de Halloween! Una pena que el nombre haya adquirido menos relevancia mientras la historia avanzaba, jaja. ^^;

En fin, puede que aún haya uno que otro detallito que pulir en el texto, pero a pesar de todo he de decir que ha sido una experiencia única y muy divertida. Sin mencionar que es una inmensa mejora respecto a la fracturada ruta que reemplazó. Y eso sin...

Public Release 0.1556.4: "Zombie" Storyline Completion!

Hey, everyone!

With this update I have at last completed the "Zombie" storyline along one story path. And on the month of Halloween, no less! Shame that the name has had less and less relevance the longer this story has gone on then, haha ^^;

Anyway, there may still be a couple kinks to work out in the script, but all in all I reckon it's become a fun and unique experience.  Not to mention a massive improvement over the broken original storyline that it replaced. And that's w...

Early Access 0.1557.0: Sayori Alter New Ending Added

Hello, cakesters!

In our first early access update of the month, we see a tentative new ending to Sayori's Alter path. It concerns the final choice of the... less ethical path in that storyline, and is an option I know lots of people were keen on seeing explored. I think it needs a little more work, but I think I have the basic structure down. I'll probably tweak the dialogue some more by the next update.

Artwise, that cute as hell CG I previewed earlier in the week is also presen...

Art Preview: Zombie Storyline Ending (Part 1)

SPOILER WARNING: This art preview article contains spoilers for the ending of the "Zombie" storyline. Click the link in the article below if you want to see the full image preview.

Hi, cakes!

While my writing focus has moved on to other things, the art focus remains on finishing off a couple more illustrations for the recently-completed Zombie storyline path. 

If you played the last early access you probably noticed that I added a new outfit to the spri...

Early Access 0.1556.4: "Zombie" Storyline Completion!

Hi, cakes!

The next early access release is upon us at last! And once again, not a moment too soon ^^;

With this update I have at last completed the Zombie storyline along one story path. There may still be a couple kinks to work out in the script, but all in all I reckon it's become a fun and unique experience. Not to mention a massive improvement over the broken original storyline that it replaced. And that's without talking about it having the most ambitious CG sequence in the ...

Preview Release 0.1556.1: Alter Story Progress and Zombie Art Additions

Hey, angels!

I've been working hard to get things ready for the next early access release, but before then I wanted to show you lot what I've been up to~

The mammoth CG for the Zombie storyline rehearsal scene is now almost fully implemented, thanks to some new sketched art I got in today. Pretty much the entire scene has now been reworked to fit the CG format, so you can really see how all this stuff fits together! 

On the writing front, I've now turned my attention to...

Preview Release 0.1556.0: Zombie Storyline Finished!

Hey, angels!

I did it! I wrote an ending to that freaking Zombie storyline at last! Unlike most other storylines I've written, I didn't have a clear view of how I wanted to end it, and I think it shows, but despite any flaws I might think it has I still reckon it's a fun ride and I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone will rate this route against everything else Penlight has to offer.

There's also a fair bit of new art to go with the new writing. The rehearsal scene has a bunc...

Art Preview: Nozomi Zombie Rehearsal Scene (Part 2)

Hey, cakes!

... Geez, it's been a whole month since the last preview article. But with my artist on the mend and resuming work I'm finally able to start gushing about new art again!

Our art focus remains on this big Zombie storyline scene. While most of the action involves the three women volunteering for Kyou's rehearsal, the camera is meant to cut away at times to Sayori, who is watching all of this happen from the adjacent couch.

2021-09-21 12:46:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Roygbiv: The Abandoned Pre-Penlight Visual Novel

Hi, cakes! 

Here's that little interesting thing I was talking about in the last early access post. What with there being so little new content to show recently, I thought you folks might fancy a little look into Penlight's past. So here I present Roygbiv: my unfinished prototype visual novel! Download links are at the bottom of this article.

Features

• Choice of protagonists: Nozomi and Kyou (although Kyou's story is basically proto-Penlight)
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2021-09-12 19:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Lanzamiento público 0.1554.3: Progreso en la línea del Zombi y mejora de sprites

¡Hola a todos!

Esta actualización viene un poco ligera, me temo. Tanto mi artista como yo nos enfermamos y eso en serio afectó mis planes para este mes. Hay unas cuantas escenas más de la línea del Zombi de Nozomi, aunque realmente quería tenerla terminada para hoy. >.<

Hay también un par de CGs nuevos para la historia, aunque tuve que usar un boceto preliminar para poder presentar uno de ellos, lo cual será la primera parte de una escena CG muy ambiciosa. Además, n...

Public Release 0.1554.3: Zombie Storyline Progress & Sprite Upgrade

Hey, everyone!

It's a bit of a muted release this time I'm afraid. Both me and my artist were pretty badly affected by illness and it seriously disrupted my plans for the month. There's a few more scenes scripted for Nozomi's Zombie storyline, although I was really wanting to finish it  by now >.<

There's a couple of new CGs for the story as well, although I had to make do with preliminary sketches to present one of them, which is meant to be the first part of a ve...

Early Access 0.1555.0: "Zombie" Storyline Update (Nearly... there...)

Hey again, cakes!

I wanted to get ahead of tomorrow's public release by giving you folks something new. Owing to all the illness and stuff, it really isn't much I'm sorry to say; it surprised me just how much that thing set me back... but we do have a couple treats for you ^^;

Firstly, I made some progress on the final scene for the Zombie storyline's ethical path. I'm not super pleased with the results so far and I still need to work out the final bits of dialogue so I can actual...

Early Access 0.1554.2: Zombie Storyline Progress & Sprite Upgrade

Hey, cakes!

Today we have the much-delayed second early access of the month, the result of several weeks of illness and general frustration. I really thought finishing the Zombie storyline would be a modest goal to accomplish this month and I'm really upset that I couldn't finish the job, I guess it can't be helped :(

Anyway, the script for "Zombie" has been completed but for the epilogue. I don't think the final scenes quite fit together, but after the state I've been in lately i...

Preview Release 0.1554.0: Zombie Storyline Update (Nearly there? ;_;)

Hey, angels!

Since yesterday's announcement I've been hard at work trying to make some progress from where I left the Zombie storyline in the last release. I've kinda sorta managed to assemble the mass of half-formed ideas from my cold-addled brain into something resembling a coherant script to conclude the big scene we saw last time. Honestly I'm not happy about any of it, but after losing the best part of two weeks of dev time to illness and trying to power through, I'll take what I c...

Early Access: Quick News Update

Hey, cakes.

As we near the end of the month without an early access release I feel I need to talk about what's been going on recently for those who may be out of the loop.

Most of you on my Discord server know this already but I've been down with a nasty cold for most of the past couple of weeks, which seriously limited what I was able to accomplish. Some work's been done, but I'm way short of where I wanted to be, which was to have one path scripted for the Zombie storyline. It's...

Art Preview: Nozomi Zombie Storyline Rehearsal Scene (Part 1)

Hoi, cakes!

Here it is! The big CG I teased about last time is taking shape and I have the first part of it to show you all~

This CG set is intended to illustrate the big scene near the end of the new-look Zombie storyline where Kyou, having committed to doing a stage show for the school culture festival, is rehearsing for his act in Nozomi's house. Not to mention, the fact Nozomi's mother is involved is giving him the opportunity to try his penlight on someone other than his peer...

Art Preview: Hiroko Sprite Additions

Hi, cakes!

Hiroko's new sprite art may have missed out on the last early access release, but it's here now!

In contrast to her aggressive/excited fists raised pose, I wanted something to show when she's perhaps not so sure of herself. Also, I quickly realised the potential to cheaply add a second pose for barely any additional cost by combining the new pose with her old one. This second addition, where she's just holding her head, seems a lot more versatile than the first, so will...

Lanzamiento público 0.1552.3: Actualización de las rutas Zombi y Devoción

¡El lanzamiento público de Penlight llega a nosotros una vez más!

Este mes hubo un poco de desarrollo para la ruta villana de Devoción, con varias escenas reescritas (sobre todo una en específico) para acompañar algunos nuevos y divertidos CGs. Pero lo más importante, logré bosquejar la renovada historia del “Zombi” de principio a fin. Como siempre, ansío ver qué le parece a la gente.

Algo curioso que cabe resaltar: En esta actualización, ¡el número de CGs desbloq...

Public Release 0.1552.3: Zombie & Devotion Route Updates

Penlight public release day is upon us yet again!

This past month saw a little further development of the Villainous Devotion path, with several scenes being rewritten (one of them majorly) to go along with some fun new CGs added to it. But most importantly I managed to fully outline a path through the new-look "Zombie" storyline from beginning to end~ As ever, I'm interested to see what people make of it all.

Another fun thing to note: As of this release, the number of unlockable...

Early Access 0.1553.1: Zombie Storyline Update (Nearly There!)

Hello, cakefolk!

With the focus solely on getting the Zombie storyline done, I've gotten the script written up to the home stretch. There's just one block that I need to work through before the end, but with any luck I should have the main path through this storyline wrapped up by the end of the month as planned~

On the artsy side of things, there's another CG to accompany the new route as we saw the other week. The new additions to Nozomi's and Sayori's sprites are also in-game b...

Art Preview: Nozomi and Sayori Sprite Additions

Heeey, cakes!

As Penlight continues to get bigger and bigger (hoping to pass 300,000 words this month!) I've felt its main stars could do with a little more visual expression. So I went ahead and got a third pose made for each of them!

Nozomi also gets several new facial expressions, like the one showcased above. Her sprite's often central between her friends so I thought it'd be a cute detail for her front-facing sprite to look towards them while they're speaking. Sayori gets one...

Preview Release 0.1553.0: Zombie Story Update

Hey, angelcakes!

We're back with another sneak preview! This intermediary release adds the CG that was previewed earlier in the week and occurs during day 10 of the Zombie storyline (the audition scene). I've tried something a little different here, having used a combo of old CG assets, sprites and the all-new CG set to depict the scene. See what you think~

I've also developed the script further, to about halfway through day 11, and it ends right before the climax of the big scene...