What is more important in a good VN, the art or the writing? One can argue for both sides of the argument, but it's fair to say that they are both important, the two fundamental blocks in which this kind of interactive story sustains itself.
I've written another article on the GGGB vs ORS series, showing an extensive comparison between the art ...
2021-03-11 23:28:23 +0000 UTC View Post
What is more important in a good VN, the art or the writing? One can argue for both sides of the argument, but it's fair to say that they are both important, the two fundamental blocks in which this kind of interactive story sustains itself.
I've already talked a lot about the ideas and constraints of the art process for both games, so now I just want to show y...
2021-03-11 23:24:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I just want to let everybody know that the new tiers and currency change have been implemented. You can read more about it here.
Seems Patreon is not making any changes to current pledges, so you shouldn't have your pledge fee increased due to currency change if you're already pledging! (I hope I did understand that correctly, but feel free to let me know if that's indeed the...
2021-03-10 22:04:35 +0000 UTC View PostIf you've selected one of the higher tiers and you want to claim your reward, read the following instructions:
I've wanted to do a trailer for Our Red String for a long time, but I had to focus on building up the chapters first (and the artwork). After finishing chapter 7 I finally took the time to dust off my video editing skills!
It's not too shabby, considering I put it together in just a few days (and After Effects kept crashing and misbehaving constantly). It's far from perfect but I can't devote more time to it, having chapter 8 staring me in the face and ...
2021-03-08 10:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
+$5 patrons can access the latest build here.
Finally, Chapter 7's development cycle has finished and now a new one begins. This is my favourite chapter from any I've done before and I'm really proud of how it turned out, a ton of hours and hard work went into it and I want to keep making ORS better and better.
I want to release an Android port<...
2021-03-06 23:37:20 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the final version of Chapter 7: Heavenly Sins. Some minor bugs and inconsistencies from the Beta have been tweaked and a new small sex scene has been added (look for it during Ian's solo sce...
2021-03-06 23:33:32 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're a patron you can access the opinion poll here.
So, it's time to talk about the tier re-structuring I mentioned in my last post. As I said, I'm going to change the currency I'm operating with from USD to EUR, and if everything functions as Patreon states, this should update the tier price accordingly. I'll also be tweaking the existing tiers and
So, it's time to talk about the tier re-structuring I mentioned in my last post. As I said, I'm going to change the currency I'm operating with from USD to EUR, and if everything functions as Patreon states, this should update the tier price accordingly. I'll also be tweaking the existing tiers and adding two new ones.
The tier structure will be as follows (eve...
2021-03-05 00:59:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
February just wrapped up and it has been a good month ORS! The community and the game keep growing, slowly but steadily, and I'm really happy to see that. Chapter 7 has been released and it's on it's final development cycle prior to the Final version. It seems you guys really liked it and it has set a record for me on many levels as a developer, and I can say I'm proud of how ORS is turning out.
So, what's next?
F...
2021-03-02 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
If you haven't played Chapter 7 yet and don't want to see the new outfits included, don't proceed! Chapter 7 final is planned to release next Saturday, 6th.
Chapter 7 has quite a lot of new outfits for the cast. Lena gets 4 new styles all to herself, but these 6 NPCs are also expanding their wardrobe.
2021-02-28 17:26:52 +0000 UTC
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Wade is not exactly unattractive, but it's mentioned hes been neglected his physique these past few years (among many other things). This became especially apparent when Ian saw him wearing this shirt... But the way he is slouching forward is a bit too much!
I've been unhappy with Wade's sprite for a while, since his body position looked akward and stupid. It worked somewhat with his normal outfit, but it looked too weird with the new one! I had been wanting to ...
2021-02-26 22:05:14 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally here! Chapter 7: Heavenly Sins is finished. The Beta corrects a few minor bugs and spelling mistakes present in the Alpha and adds a few tweaks to some scenes that I felt needed to be modified, but it's...
2021-02-24 22:45:22 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally here! Chapter 7: Heavenly Sins is finished. This has probably been the most challenging update I've pushed out so far, and it took me longer than I anticipated, but I think it'll be worth it. Thank you so muc...
2021-02-21 17:26:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 7 Alpha will be live in a few hours. I'm finishing the final tweaks and touch ups to have the most polished and enjoyable Alpha possible.
These are the final sneak peeks: these are the new locations you'll be able to visit in this update. As always, the background art is great and worth every penny! What events do you think will happen in these places?
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The Alpha for Chapter 7 is almost ready. I'm finishing up the art assets, as I said, there will be 80+ new, full-color, full-screen illustrations, (not counting variations and animation frames) and they're by far the best looking images I've done for my VNs yet. I'm putting quite a bit of extra time into those to create cool lightning and ambience and adding volumes and shadows to make the images really pop.
Cindy is looking good, isn't she?
2021-02-20 03:12:05 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
Yesterday I finally finished writing all the scenes for Chapter7! Now I'm working on finishing off all the illustrations and getting some bug-testing and proofreading done. Is everything goes according to plan, I'll be able to release the Alpha for Chapter 7 this coming Saturday (or maybe Sunday, to give the proofreader some extra time, since I'm pushing everyone right now).
As I promised, I'll show you some new sneak...
2021-02-18 15:57:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the last status report for Chapter 7. Production time has been longer than I hoped (I wanted to have everything done in 8 weeks but that was not possible).
Hello everyone! Here's another weekly status report, the eighth one already...
This week I've been focusing on the writing. Normally I divide the scripts in two parts, A and B, one dedicated to Ian and one to Lena. This time I've broken it up in 4 parts, since there's a lot of big scenes happening. I've just finished writing part C, and now only part D is left, so I'd say about 80-85% of the writing is completed.
My plan is to finally fini...
2021-02-07 23:59:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Work on Chapter 7 is ongoing. I've finally managed to get out of that block I was having and I can finally progress on the next set of scenes, which are the real meat of this update. I'd say I have around 65% of the script ready, with a total line count of 10.400 so far. Chapter 6 had a whooping 17.500, and this chapter promises to be as long, or maybe even more... But those are just wild estimates.
Let me list the tasks that I have been working on:
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A while ago I made a poll for you to vote for your favourite Female NPC (you can see the results here) and then it was turn for the Males. The results are surprising!
The undisputed winner is Jeremy, with almost 300 votes! A lot of people complained about him and his dudebro antics, but it seems you guys really like him and his player attitude! Or maybe you just have a strong case of jungle f...
2021-01-28 14:22:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I said I would make a post talking more in depth about the creation process of ORS background images. This was a very important aspect I wanted to improve coming into the new project, but it's a tricky one.
Creating backgrounds from scratch requires a ton of time, effort and skill. If I had to do it myself, I would take at least a week per image, and the result wouldn't be as nice. To go around this obstacle in GGGB I had to cut corn...
2021-01-27 12:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody!
Today I'm revealing the title for Chapter 7: Heavenly Sins. I can't tell you much about this new chapter, but I think you can derive some things from the title... I think it's very fitting to this new episode of the story.
Development wise, this past week has been a bit disappointing, since I didn't manage to do as much work as I wanted. Some personal issues got in the way and I hit a block with a rather complicated series of scenes in game that a...
2021-01-24 19:24:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Another week of development in the books and I feel this has been a good one.
Hello everybody! As development for Chapter 7 continues, I thought I'd share some more behind the scenes stuff.
As you know I've been commissioning the background art to a very talented studio, and this is something I'm very happy about. Drawing backgrounds is incredibly time consuming and it's not easy to do. That forced me to use modified photographs as backgrounds for GGGB, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to keep the game going at a consistent pa...
2021-01-14 15:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If Lena decides to upload the last picture of her sexy shoot, I'm sure she will get some raunchy comments! What would you write to her for both the first and second variation of this pic?
As always, I'll pic some of the comments and add them to the game!
2021-01-10 13:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello guys! I hope you had a nice Holiday. Christmas celebrations finally finished a couple days ago in my country and I can get back to work on my usual schedule (which means no real schedule, to be honest). I haven't had the chance to work as much as I'd like the past week, but I still got some stuff done.
The final outfit, the one tied to the Charisma stat, has been revealed in the Sneak Peek section on our Discord channel! All +$5 patrons have access to that section. This one's probably my favourite design from the bunch, what do you think?
Do you like Lena's new wardrobe options? Which one will you be picking in Chapter 7?
2021-01-05 17:33:19 +0000 UTC View Post
You picked the Wits outfit to be revealed next. You can check out the sneak peek on the Discord tab if you're a +$5 supporter! I think this look suits Lena really well, what do you guys think?
Tomorrow I will reveal the final outfit and my personal favourite, the Charisma one. More sneak peeks coming soon, too!
2021-01-04 13:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostYou voted for the Athletic outfit to be revealed next, so you can find it in The Sneak Peek tab on our Discord server! I realized that tab was only accessible for +$10 patrons, but I've made it available for all +$5 subscribers, so if you support ORS, you can check out the upcoming sneak peeks. Go take a look!
2021-01-03 19:43:11 +0000 UTC
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