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Art Preview - Akiko Sprite Art Part 2

Hello again, cakes!

Over the weekend I mentioned in my early access post how I really wanted some artwork ready for the last public release of the year. Well, this is it. 

If you're surprised it's probably because you haven't seen that early access release. But without giving too much away, I'll just say that Akiko becomes pretty important in the latest storyline, Redemption, and the limited sprite she had just doesn't do her justice. 

2020-11-27 17:49:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access 0.1534.2 - Redemption Storyline!

A note before we start: There will be another early access release this month. I'm releasing one today because it's my regular release day and I'm dying to show you all what I've been up to, but the art I wanted done isn't ready yet and I want to beef up the writing for what will become the last public release of the year. Look out for an updated release over the next week or so.

Heeeey, cakes!

I've been pretty busy since the last early access release. A lot's been done, ...

Art Preview - Nozomi Reversal Storyline CG

SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Nozomi's Reversal storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.

Hey, cakes!

So this current dev period has been interesting. I had expected to be working on the Reversal storyline, but inspiration took me on a different path. You'll find out more about that soon, but I stuck to an earlier decision I made about which CG to have done next, which was for Rev...

Public Release 0.1532.2 - Doll Storyline Continuation

Hello! 

I'm excited about this latest public release ^^ While I didn't manage to complete the Doll storyline as I hoped, I made some huge strides and I reckon it's going to be another reader's favourite. Sayori really does get the best stories xD

Besides that, we've got the usual range of CGs illustrating scenes past and present, so look out for those. And for our Spanish readers, the script is still bang up to date with all the latest script translated and minor corrections ...

Art Preview - Hiroko Storyline CG

SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Hiroko's original storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.

Hiya, cakes!

Here's something that a lot of people wanted. It's one of the more ambitious scenes to do visuals for, but I think we can get it done ^^

It's the scene for Hiroko's first storyline, where she and Kyou follow through with their plans to do a stage show for the culture festiv...

Early Access 0.1533.0 - Doll Storyline Completion!

Hey, cakes~

First, apologies for another late update. That last one really took it out on me! Anyway, I resolved not to push this release out until I at least had the Doll storyline finally written to some sort of conclusion like I intended, so here it is!

And wow, what a journey. This one took about three months from start to end, and as usual there's a lot of stuff I think could stand to be improved. Not to mention I have made some creative choices that I'm not entirely sure abo...

Art Preview - Devotion Story CG

SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for the Devotion storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.

Hello, cakes!

The update for this coming weekend will likely be a bit light on content, thanks to how much the last update overran, but at the very least we're getting another CG for it! This time we have Nozomi towards the end of the villainous Devotion storyline, in hiding after Kyou's earlier a...

Early Access 0.1532.2 - Yep, More Doll Route!

Alright, cakes! It's been another long slog, and nearly a week past my intended release date, but I've finally gotten the script for Sayori's doll storyline written up to a point where I can feel happy enough to share it~

The script's still not completely finished, though. It lacks a proper ending, but I've left the outline from last time. And some of the later written dialogue probably needs some work, but I'm pretty pleased with what's come out overall. I hope you folks will enjoy it ...

Art Preview - Sayori Doll Story Scene #2

SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Sayori's Doll storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.

Caaaakes,

As I mentioned we're getting another early access release this month, and in addition to the extra scenes I'm hoping to write on the Doll storyline we'll be getting another CG for it too~

This one's for the second penlighting scene in the story, where following on from last time S...

Early Access 0.1531.2 - Doll Storyline Continuation

Hi, cakes!

This weekend's release continues the Doll storyline as I work desperately to get as much scripted as possible ^^; There's still a ways to go yet, and it cuts out before the really fun stuff happens, but there's some interesting new scenes there that were previously outlined last time.

We also have the expanded CG set for the rooftop scenes. You can find them on the Delusion and Nozomi Trance paths! Oh, and there's that new sprite art on the Doll storyline, too! It came ...

Art Preview - Rooftop Group Scenes

SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Nozomi's Trance storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.

Hey, cakes~

At the beginning of the year I had a rooftop scene drawn where the intention was to use it for multiple scenes involving one or more the girls hanging out up there. This week I finally went back to it and got some additional art done so I could do just that.

2020-10-14 09:07:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Art Preview - Akiko Sprite Art

A new challenger appears!

We meet Akiko during Sayori's new storyline, where we learn she's this school's student council president. She's actually an old character that I left behind in a much earlier version of Penlight, before I'd even called it Penlight. Back then the student council was much more central to the plot but as I threw that idea away with the current version Akiko got written o...

Public Release 0.1529.2 - Doll Storyline Continuation & CGs

The next public release of Penlight is upon us!

Although to be honest, there's not much new writing to be found this month :/ I've been spending my time developing Sayori's Doll storyline, and it was very slow going. Still, the first in-game week is done now, including its first CG. It's not as much as I wanted, but what's there should serve as a decent taster for what's to come. 

Besides that, the Spanish localisation's been tidied up a bit and there's been another round of ...

Early Access 0.1530.1 - Doll Storyline Continuation

Heeey, cakes!

It's been another fortnight of toiling away at Sayori's Doll story. I really am sorry it's taking so long, but I think I finally have a semi-coherent outline written for a full version of the route, so I can get to writing the rest of the script.

I'm plenty worried about how the outlined story looks, though. Chiefly that some parts of it might be too similar to other storylines, and that the events that occur at the beginning don't properly support what happens in th...

Art Preview - Sayori Alter Storyline CG #2

SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Sayori's Alter storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews. 

It's Sayori's turn for the CG treatment this week and it's another big, detailed scene! Although I have to say, it kinda sucks that you get all this cool art while playing the unethical side of the Alter storyline while the ethical side has none besides a simple ending scene...

Maybe I can...

Early Access 0.1529.2 - Doll Storyline Continuation & CGs

Hey, cakes.

Soooo, I've had another highly frustrating writing period; spending much of the last fortnight toiling over Sayori's Doll storyline. I'm still trying to work things out, and I think that's clear in some of the dialogue that I've managed to lay down here in the new scenes to replace the outline from before. This is turning out to be the toughest storyline I've worked on yet! Still, you're more than welcome to check out what's been written for the new scenes and feedback is en...

Art Preview - Nozomi Trance Path CG

SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Nozomi's Trance storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.  

Hey, cakes! Time for another art post methinks~

I had a little brainwave last week when I realised the composition for Sayori's Doll route scene would be perfect for a scene in Nozomi's route, where she and Kyou are playing around with the idea of him being able to mind trick Nozomi into...

Public Release 0.1527.1 - Full Spanish Translation, Doll Storyline Debut & More!

Hi, everyone! 

Since last month Penlight's had a lot of little changes and updates. There's script edits, another load of new CGs, a few little additions to storylines old and new, and the full translation of the game into Spanish!

There are some issues with the script in its current version, but Spanish readers should now be able to read and enjoy Penlight and I'm proud to be able to offer that to people in what is still a free indie visual novel ^^ I really hope there are p...

Art Preview - Hiroko Ending CG #2

SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for the ending of Hiroko's "Ticklish Hands" storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews. 

So I don't know if anyone noticed, but there had been a little bit of a pattern with the Hiroko-centered CGs that I've been commissioning as of late. We had one for the start of her recent storyline, one in the middle (okay, basically near the end) and now here's one for...

Early Access 0.1528.1 - Doll Path Continuation

Hi again, cakes!

This fortnight's focus was on Sayori's much-anticipated Doll storyline, so I've been doing my best trying to write this script and justify her involvement in this weirdness before we can get to the fun stuff. A frustrating time's been had, but I'm closing in and the ideas are ever so slowly starting to connect. Anyway, there's a bit more script from last time, some outlining through to the first weekend and of course the first CG that was previewed the other week. We're...

Art Preview - Sayori Doll Storyline Initial CG

SPOILER WARNING - You know the drill. This art preview article contains spoilers, which in this case is for the start of Sayori's new Doll storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews. 

Wheee, hi cakes! It's Sayori's turn in the CG rotation and I've gone ahead and commissioned art for the opening scene in her new Doll storyline, so I hope you enjoy it ^^

In this scene, Kyou proposes Sayori let her hair down a bit ...

Early Access 0.1527.1 - Doll Path Continuation, New CGs and Spanish Localization

Cakes, cakes, cakes, I'm really happy with what got done this week!

I mean, my writing fell by the wayside again, so there's little added to the Doll path from last time, but a ton of other stuff got fixed, updated and improved. Most of all being the Spanish localization... is done! I still can't believe that my debut indie visual novel got a proper second language port, or that Waldo managed to transcribe 217,000 words into a faithful translation in three short months. Just incredible....

Art Preview - Hiroko Rooftop Scene CG

SPOILER WARNING - As usual, this art preview article contains spoilers, this time for Hiroko's "Ticklish hands" (I don't have a good name for it) storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.  

Hey, cakes!

This time I've had another art done for Hiroko's newer storyline, following on from her last CG. There's a ton of potential for CGs on this path, but I thought this would be a neat one to have leading up to the ...

Early Access 0.1526.1 - Misc. Edits and Doll Path Preview

Urrgh. Hi cakes. 

Any writing ambitions for this period I might have had got burned away by the week-long heatwave we had over there  -_- I got a few things done but yeah, really frustrated with my written progress once again.

At least my artist wasn't affected by any of that, as he's produced two more CGs to fill out the game. I'm especially happy with how the Robot path one turned out. Nozomi's CG previewed the other day didn't make it in time as expected but not to wo...

Art Preview - Nozomi Route Café Scene CG

Hi again, cakes! The latest art I commissioned has just had its sketches done so I wanted to show them off going into the weekend~

Here's another scene I've wanted to get drawn for a long time. This one concerns the lengthy conversation Nozomi has with Kyou at pretty much the start of her route. They meet up after school, and Nozomi leads him someplace where they can talk without any...

Art Preview - Villainous Robot Path CG

SPOILER WARNING - You know the drill. This article reveals a key scene of the Villainous Robot storyline, so there's spoilers ahead. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews. 

Hey, cakes!

For this next CG, I had the idea to visualize one of the later scenes in the Robot path. It's the part where Hiroko, having been made to think of herself as Kyou's programmable robot, is being remote-controlled into surprising her best ...

Public Release 0.1524.2 - Nozomi Reversal Path Update

Hello, everyone!

The highlight of this month's release is that an eagerly-awaited storyline's gotten a significant update for the first time in, uhh... eight months? ^^; Yeah, the Reversal storyline is readable up to the first weekend now. Hoping I won't need another eight months to finish the rest of it, but no guarantees~

Besides that, I did some outlining to one of the unwritten Villainous Sleeper Agent choices and added another batch of new CGs across the game. There's some li...

Art Preview - Sayori Alter Path Ending #3

SPOILER WARNING - This article talks about the ending of Sayori's Alter storyline, in case that wasn't obvious from the title :p So yeah, spoilers. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews. 

We've had a little bit of a break with the art updates, but we're back now~ 

First up, I wanted to get something done that was Sayori-focused. There aren't that many scenes left that qualify, so I went with the only ending she h...

Early Access 0.1525.1 - Hiroko Route CG & Misc. Story Edits

Bit of a weird one, this. I've been writing in accordance with where my current motivations lie, and this fortnight it's been to once again go back to previous storylines making edits. The main beneficiary here is the Robot path which has seen a number of changes, including the addition of a new scene, that I hope strengthens the narrative a little bit. Try replaying the robot path (or playing for the first time if you can stomach the villainy), and see how you think I did~

I've also do...

Art Preview - Hiroko Route CG

SPOILER WARNING - This article talks about Hiroko's route; on her second, more recent, storyline, so be advised if you haven't read her route yet. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.  

Heeeey cakes~

I thought I'd make a start on CG'fying Hiroko's recent storyline now that one path is pretty much completed. And I decided to start from the beginning, where Hiroko's been convinced the palms of her hands are super tick...