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Chapter 8 weekly status report (9)

As I said last time, this'll be the last status report before the release of the Alpha version of Chapter 8. My goal is to release it by the end of the week, probably Saturday, if everything goes as planned.

• The writing is finally done! The script ended up totalling aprox. 17.750 lines of code, so this chapter ended up being lengthier than I expected. Maybe not long, but dense.
• Bug testing has been underway and keep going, now with a comp...
  2021-05-17 19:39:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 8 sneak peek (3)

It's been a while since the last sneak peek for Chapter 8. In it I showed the sketch for this new background that will appear in this next update.

I asked you to guess who's room this was, and most answers were wrong! Now that the illustration is finished, can you make a better guess? I'm sure you can ;)

Chapter 8 weekly status report (8)

I think this will be the penultimate status report before Chapter's 8 release. 

• I've been taking care of the writing and I feel I had a pretty good week, especially compared to the time where I was facing a bit of a writer's block. I've been making progress consistently and I'm almost done with writing the chapter, finally.
• Right now the script's line count is around 15.000, and I think the final number will be around 16.000 or 17.00...
  2021-05-11 03:23:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Why is it taking so long? (3)

The final element I think is making the production of the game is how I try to mix the writing with the gameplay. This is a Visual Novel and I try to make it as interactive as I can manage, and often times that means that I end up biting almost more than I can chew, pushing my limits update after update.

But I’m not referring to just quantity of available paths and...

Chapter 8 weekly status report (7)

Hi everybody. I'm trying to make progress on chapter 8 as fast as possible, so I'll summarize briefly:

• I'm still focusing on the writing. I feel this past week it's been easier to make progress and I'm currently at around 11.200 lines of code. This update will probably be close to Chapter 6 in length, and my rough estimate is that I'm about 80% done with the script.
• I have 2 sex scenes and 2 big scenes left to write. I will try to have them done by the end of the week, bu...
  2021-05-04 19:41:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Why is it taking so long? (2)

One of the main things that have been making ORS’ progress slower has been the need to plan things out. With GGGB this issue wasn’t too important: my approach to writing and making VN’s has always been pretty organic, and I don’t have a set plan or structure of how things need to progress, only a base idea and a rough guideline that keeps changing and mutating. This is also necessary with this business model, since I have to release chapters as fast as possible (I hav...

Why is it taking so long? (1)

Recently I announced Chapter 8 was taking longer than I had originally expected. I’ve been thinking about the reasons and I decided to share those thoughts with you guys, to keep you informed and to give you something somewhat interesting to read while you wait for Chapter 8’s release.

The main and obvious reason that’s delaying the game is its nature: it’s a very complex undertaking, it requires a lot of art assets and I like to release meaty u...

Happy 4th anniversary

I never really keep track of these kind of things, but this time I realized it just before the day came: turns out today is the 4th anniversary of me starting this Patreon page.

Time does really fly. On the 25th of April, 2017, I launched this page after having been working on the prototype for GGGB. I was hoping some people would like my first try at a VN and to earn a bit of extra money, but I never imagined where this journey would take me. Now, 4 ye...

Chapter 8 weekly status report (6)

Hi everyone,

I know last week I missed the weekly status report, but I didn't have much to report: during these two weeks I've been hacking away at the writing, which is proving to be pretty challenging. This chapter is titled "Falling into place" rather fittingly, since there are a lot of moving pieces from chapter 7 and previous one that need to be addressed and developed properly properly. Writing this chapter feels like knitting a convoluted tapestry, trying to make...

Who do you enjoy playing as most?

Choosing to go with the double protagonist gimmick in ORS was a bold and risky choice but I felt this is what I really wanted to do coming from GGGB's sole female main character.

Having both male and female POV for the leads has been very refreshing for me creatively and it allows me to create way more diverse and cool scenarios and character interactions. Thi...

Chapter 8 sneak peek (2)

Giao's studio is working on a new background for this upcoming chapter. Here's the sketch for it... Can you guess what's the place it's supposed to be depicting?

 Here's a tip: a sex scene will happen here, and it might surprise you...

Chapter 8 sneak peek (1)

If you've given Minerva enough reasons to, she will be sporting a new office attire in this new chapter. She's finally done away with that stupid scarf. I hated drawing it almost as much as Ian hates seeing it, though it provided him a convenient way to shut Minerva up, if you know what I mean ;)

What do you think of this new outfit design? Do you think it fits Minerva? 

Chapter 8 weekly status report (5)

Hi everybody. This week I don't have much to report since I've been dealing with the writing. I'm slowly going through the scenes and plotting how the pieces fir together. It's taking a bit more time to figure everything out and I'm going over some parts several times to make sure it's not too boring or repetitive or that I'm not missing out on anything. I think thus far is coming together alright, and there are some great scenes I can't wait to reach.

My plan <...