akabur

Reniart Hctiw.

All "Rebel", "Agent" and "Investor" pledges received the letter. If you did not - let me know.Use this thread to leave your feedback. Also feel free to use the activity feed to create new threads and discuss whatever you want.And that is all I will be saying.

A secret meeting...

We already decided that having a forum would be an overkill. And I agree.But a person whose opinion I am happen to value (when it suits me :) voiced an idea of having a "special secret chat". At first I didn't get too excited about that, but then I gave it some more thought...I mean, I do love everything "special" and "secret"... So, maybe we should give it a try.Also we may not have much use for it at the moment, but when I release another game that could be a good place to hang and discuss thi...

Chained up...

Chained up Ashelin with a ton of new emotions to tell ANY story. No other news so far...

Christmas spirit. Not feeling it...

Rostov-on-Don have to be one of the worst kept cities in Russia. Seriously, there is dirt, garbage and dog shit EVERYWHERE! That being said I am still in a semi-euphoric state about being here. And rightfully so. All the things I've been missing in that village I used to live in are easily accessible here. Including a quite decent art supply store which is literally in a 10 minutes waking distance from my apartment. If previously I would order things from Moscow or even from abroad, now I can ...

Barns (the renegade).

Alright, here is Barns.In original "market" story-line you hire him right out of the Crimson Guard. But apparently it's going to be a bit different now, and when you meet him for the first time he is already a full-fledged renegade. So tried to incorporate that into his overall design.And I documented the whole process of coloring this time.In case your are curious how "magic" happens, here are the vids. And it took me a while to figure out how to rotate the picture instead of mirroring it horiz...

Tess...

And finally, Tess...Barns is next...-----------------------Still waiting for the thing... Takes a while but it is expected considering how much text the thing contains...

Keira... Tess is next.

Still waiting for the thing... Meanwhile testing my new desk. Seems to be working just fine :)

Drafting table!

Share anything you'd like (comments, links, etc.)My drafting table is here. Sharing the joy.http://dai.ly/x2br2mc

It's a riddle, surrounded by a mystery, wrapped inside an enigma, and stuffed inside a body bag.

A drawing I am working on today while waiting for that certain thing to be done.

Secrets on top of secrets...

Hm... Didn't mean to share this pic so early,and since I don't like to make posts without pictures...And I need to make this post to let you guys know that this morning I got paid some more... So, my previous post is sort of invalid now. Still there are quite a few patrons with rejected cards still just hanging there...Well, in any case. It is still all shrouded in secrecy and conspiracy here. And I mean ALL of it. And there is a good reason for that. Nevertheless I don't think it will last. Enj...

BOOP

Here is something to confuse the heck out of you. A drawing of Ashelin I am working on for something, while I am waiting for another something. Everything is a big secret wrapped in an even bigger secret. All shall be revealed soon though. Please don't try to guess what's going on and why am I suddenly drawing this. Just trust that there is a higher purpose for everything. Thank you for your support. And on unrelated (and yet very related) note: I got paid again. Yay! although surprisingly enoug...

November 2014 Patreon supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

Two quick things...

Two quick things:1. If you don't want your name in the credits, now would be the time to let me know. (In the comment section here or via Patreon PM).2. I need help with extremely tedious task of arranging all of your names in appropriate manner. If you up for it - contact me via Patreon PM.EDIT: Found the guy already. Thank you.

Getting there.

Been meaning to record another vid for a couple of days now. With no luck obviously. Just posting this quick thing before I hit the bed. (So tired I am basically on auto-pilot even when I type this). So, I am in Rostov-On-Don.My internet connection is still shit though. And apartment (whole building actually) has no heating still and my first night here I got so cold that I couldn't fall asleep. Even after I put on a hat and a jacket. Been doing sit-ups at 3:00 a.m. like a fucking jakass, just...

Leaving the ghetto behind... (Almost).

Hi, guys. Videos are great and all, but here is a quick recap. I am leaving for Rostov-on-Don in an hour, along with the first batch of my stuff. I am adding music and sounds to the game. One short scene is still missing from the game. All the extra (behind the scenes and making off) materials are still missing from the game. When I say that those are the only things that are missing from the game I don't take into account those additional sub-quests we were supposed to be adding with DAHR. Th...

Hello, guys. It's been a while since my last update. But you guys have been taking my silence stoically and I think I should be ashamed to expect any less from you. One of the reasons I went quiet for a while was that I was away in Rostov-on-Don. Did some apartment hunting. I decided that "there is no tomorrow" and that the time for action is now. The trip went well. I didn't bring back any videos but I found a perfect, tiny (22 square meters) but cosy apartment. Location is perfect, rent is a...

The chit chat option...

Alright, time for another update. I fill a bit emotional today, but I'll try and keep my cool while I'm typing this. Let's start with the progress report then. A couple of days ago I finished working on a final big thing that's been missing from the game. After that I thought that I finally reached the point where I could test the game properly for the first time. And I mean test it for real. With all the events in place and leveling up mechanics and triggers and flags and EVERYTHING that is ...

Potatoes for supper...

Juts a quick update. Not very informative I'm afraid. More of a "I'm still alive" kind of thing.

October 2014 Patreon supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

Crisis averted!

Alright. Something good actually came form me making this post few hours ago: a kind soul by the name "Rob" left a comment saying: ""Two arguments"? Maybe you've accidentally defined d3 as two separate functions?" And the moment I read it I realized that's exactly what happened. This morning a defined a new character as "d3". And now there are two functions defined as "d3" and that's that's my problem right here. Very happy it's been resolved so swiftly.Now I need to send an "abort mission" em...

An exception has occurred. (BEEN SOLVED!)

A couple of years ago, when I discovered "ren'py" for the first time I was completely blown away by it's simplicity and more importantly by it's absolute lack of any "unexplained" bugs or crashes... Well in the past couple of weeks I have been proved wrong harshly. Well complaining about it surely won't do any good for anyone. I am just happy that I have an opportunity to let Xaljio take care of the problems like this. The downside of that is that I have to wait. For example right now Xaljio is...

Alright, I have several things I want to talk about, so I will break this update into increments... 1. I am working on the tittle illustration. (pic above). It feels strangely exciting to be drawing again. I didn't realize it's been so long since I drew something significant. I don't think I am spoiling to much by showing you this one. Also I spent yesterday's evening and today's entire morning working on some (super secret) feature that I previously gave up on because of the lack of time. But ...

Don't count the cost...

Alright, it's been a couple of days already... My apartment does not reek of smoke as much anymore... Could be because the smell is wearing off or maybe because I am just getting used to it. Probably the little of both. My internet connection is still down (I am leeching this one from a neighbor's wi-fi). When I called the company they promised to send a crew to install new cables on Monday. Also the guy I was talking to on the phone remarked on how they used to have five apartments connected t...

I am fine.

I am alive and well. My apartment was not touched by the fire (apart from ruined wallpapers, door and ceiling in the corridor). The game will still be released on schedule. Schedule being: "Coming soon!". Bottom line is: "shit happens". Also everything smells of smoke now... :(

Why "Studio AKABUR" did not happen yet.

http://youtu.be/D-0ieh32hMw Just a real quick reply to a question.

NOT the game!

So it's been pointed out to me that instead of making big updates once in a century I could do very small updates but more frequently and just let you guys know what I am working on on this particular day.Well, here we go. I am working on the store today. Adding books and items and making sure everything works the way it supposed to.The downside of such updates is that I will be probably doing the same thing tomorrow and the day after because all this is VERY time consuming. And there is a possi...

Untitled

It's been a while since my last update. I have no news to report as of yet though... Working on the game of course. Things are getting done. Posting this here just to let you guys know that I am alive and well.

POLL!!!!!!

I just had a rather interesting conversation with Xaljio. He brought my attention to how blend the buttons look in the game. Me, I don't even pay attention to those freaking things anymore. Don't even notice them. They get the job done - that's all I need. But on the early stages I did plan to do that so I put together this quick mock up for you. Now the question: should I bother with them? ====> Poll: http://strawpoll.me/27...

Do we need a forum?

Share anything you'd like (comments, links, etc.)Oh, and just a quick question here.Do you guys think we need a forum? Like an actual forum where you could create threads even without my participation and such?Or would it be too much?I mean it would not me take long to set up a decent forum through my site but I'm not sure if we need it...Just let me know what you think.And the picture on top is a place-holder. Simply because I don't like to make posts without visual content.Those are some books...