mysteryzonegames

The writer

I am hard at work on the next update, as you have probably guessed. This means that I am adding a bunch of new story to the game and i ra into a problem during this process.

You see, My main character is kinda without a clear motivation. 

I realised that he has some general motivation (he wants to go exploring), but none that is particularly concrete. So, in this next update I introduce the concept of "the book".

You see, our protagonist is a writer and throughout the g...

Potions teacher

I have been working on the potions teacher "Several Snake" and the types of places that he roams. This is his office, which I decided to make as gloomy as I could.

I have to be honest, these backgrounds are super difficult to do, only made harder by the fact that they have such extreme lighting. 

Of course all of this is in service of the NSFW content, which is on its way, but there is just a lot of other stuff that needs to be done, before I can get to the good stuff.

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New character need new backgrounds

So, it has now been a little over a week since I released the first update of "Acolytes" to the public and one week since you guys got a hold of the second version.

It has been great to hear what you had to say and the feedback is much appreciated.

But, as you probably guessed, there is a lot of work still left to do on this project, so I'm now working on backgrounds for 2 new characters that will be added in the third version of the game.

I don't know if you can tell what t...

Acolytes vers. 0.2

Hey Guys.

For those of you who have come here for the most recent release of "Acolytes of the Chrystal", this is it. Version 0.2 is the very first version where you get into the meat of the story, so if the first version piqued your interest, then this will clench your thirst (Mixing metaphors, we love it).

Story:

The story really starts in this version of the game, where we finally learn what happened after the events of the ruin of Kathartra. You''ll final...

Development

The second update is so close to being finished that I can almost taste it. The great news there is that once the second update is finally finished, I'll be able to upload the entire thing on here.

I am really looking forward to letting you guys see what I have been working on and sharing the hard work that I have been making over the last 4 months.

This particular game especially feels like it has been in development forever, because it has a 3rd of the word count but almost doub...

The semi weekly update

I am still working on acolytes as hard as i can. This week i have been working on a new scene that sees the protagonist jerking off and a bunch of scenes set in the dorm.

This is the biggest game that i have ever worked on, so the first couple of updates are taking a while to roll out. Eventually i’ll be all caught up to where i can start uploading regularly, but now is not that time... unfortunately.

The portal

there are several bits of exposition that needs t be established for "acolytes" to work as a story. One of those this the portal.

The portal is the place that characters from the game walk in and out of the world of "Acolytes" and the whole point of the world looking the way that it does (that whole thing with the floating rocks).

so, why tell you all of that?

Well, I have been working on the final few backgrounds for "Acolytes" and this was one of the last ones that I had t...

Working on backgrounds

I am still in the process of building up the main main game, which means that I have had to draw A LOT of backgrounds. 

These are not just the places that the player can interact with other characters, but also places that may have hidden items or places where the player can take part in some kind of minigame.

In general, these are the game world and as such, probably shouldn't be rushed (no matter how much I want to rush them).

I hope to have these drawing done soon, b...

Still working

I’m very much still working on acolytes, but at the moment i’m doing all of the backgrounds.

As itt turns out, I underestimated how much time i would need for backgrounds. This, however is nothing new and something i do on almost all games.

That said, I’m almost halfway through all of the backgrounds that i need to draw. Soon i’ll have enough content to be able to start setting the game up.

Hitting you with updates

I know that i have been a bit too quiet this last week, but trust me when i say that is is not for lack of work.

The thing is that i tend not to think of updating you guys as a part of my process, which i know needs to change. So, i huess this is my pledge to create more updates... who knows, i might even share my process at some point.

All i can say for now is that I’m building up the world up acolytes and that entails drawing a fuckton of backgrounds.

Backgrounds

I know that there has been a bit of radio silence from my part, but trust me, it's not because I'm not working on the game. Rather, it's because I am working on one of the more boring parts of the game.

See, I'm currently creating the game world in terms of backgrounds, so that the player has somewhere to explore. This is a long and difficult process, but it's kinda important if you want a game that works.

I will try and keep you guys updated more, as the backgrounds ke...

Character Development

I makew visual novels, so you should think that character development would be easy, but you would be wrong. These are two of the most recent characters that I have been working on, both part of the first release of Acolytes (which will hopefully be done soon).

I am working on making my characters first and then the background second, in an attempt to have the backgrounds be inspired by the character who is going to inhabit that space, but that does mean that I have had to fi...

New characters

I have been working on adding some new characters to Acolytes. This is Chance and Crevan respectively. These will be some of the first people you meet in the world of Acolytes, so you better be nice to them.

Denver Johnston Books

I have been working on some covers for a book series that exists in the world of “acolytes of the chrystal”.

These books contain the tales of Denver Johnston, who is an adventurer and archeologist in universe. He writes these books himself and each contain the details of an adventure that he has been on. 

Are they all true... only time will tell.

Denver having fun

This is the character Denver Johnston from the game “acolytes of the chrystal” having some fun by himself.

What you’re looking at is the first still from the first animation for that game. I have been trying to challenge myself as bit more and do some stuff that I haven’t really attempted before.

This time that means that all NSFW scenes in this game will be fully animated.

The beginning

Ok, "Acolytes of the chrystal" is finally starting to take shape!

i have been working on this game for about a week and a half and all I have been doing is the setup for the game. This means that I have bee working on the GUI (graphic user inderface), the character designs and the backgrounds as seen above, but no actual gameplay 😒

But all of that is about to change (thank god) since I now have all the base line stuff done. Now I can actually start writing in earnest and get so...

Finding the style

I have finally finished the programming setup for Acolytes and so now I have to sart the real development, which means a lot of drawing.

The problem is that I had pretty much settled on a style for the backgrounds a couple of months back, but it has been so long that I have forgotten how to draw that style. 

These are sketches of me trying to get back to that style and figure out how to draw that stuff again.

Denver Johnston

Let me introduce you to the world renouned archeologist Denver Johnston, who you well get to know in “Acolytes of the Crystal”.

Denver is known for his globetrodding ways and his remarkable luck with the ladies. He rarely takes anyone on his digs with him, but our protagonist has been lucky at the start of the game and has scored the opportunity of a lifetime by becoming Mr. Johnstons assistent.

ANNOUNCEMENT!

alright, it has been a couple of days and the Harem Inspector (HI) is finally out, so Now I can start something new.

The secret goal of HI was actually to test a bunch of different game types out and I think it ended up doing pretty well, which is why I am comfortable making this announcement.

Development on Acolytes of the Chrystal has finally started.

So, what is Acolytes of the Chrystal (or Acolytes for short)?

Well, Acolytes is the next game from Mysteryzone which...

Harem inspector finally live

Guys!!!

The harem inspector is finally out after 2 months of hard work. You can check it out here: https://mystery-zone-games.itch.io/harem-inspector

This is the first game I have done that has point'n'click sensibilities rather than classic visual novel designs.

I am really looking forward to hearing what you guys think of it, so please let me know if you like it.

The world of the harem inspector

This is the first couple of backgrounds I made for the game "Haren inspector", which is coming out really soon.

The game takes place on a harem that has been positioned on an island in the middle of nowhere. This game has been quite the challenge for me, since this is the first time I have been working with some point'n'click mechanics, but it has also been kinda fun.

This is also the first game with animated sex scenes, so I'll keep you posten on that development as it moves forw...