Cosy Creator

Dev Log 20

Hey guys!

This is the first dev log of 0.7, but I'll mostly be talking about 0.6:

0.6.1

As I did a few updates ago with 0.4, I plan on releasing a slightly newer version (0.6.1) for the public release in a couple of weeks - this will contain a few new features and a few changes, but nothing that would make it worth your while replaying, so if you've already played 0.6 then don't worry about getting this one.

First, I've recently reread the entire gam...

0.6 Patreon Release

Hey guys!

0.6 Is now complete and ready to play!

Well, mostly - I realised at the last moment that I forgot to add the new side characters to the character bio screen, but I figured it wasn't worth holding the update up for that.

Please let me know if anything doesn't work and I'll try to get it fixed ASAP, and if you have any other feedback feel free to leave it here or on discord. Other than that, I'll speak to you all in the first dev log of 0.7 in a couple of weeks, and ...

Dev Log 19

Hey guys!

I've had a really productive couple of weeks working on 0.6. Since the last dev log I've completed 300 more renders, created multiple complex new environments, and made 20 new character models (the environments and models take a surprisingly large amount of time!).

I'm really happy with how the update is shaping up, and there's a good chance it will be finished next weekend (though I won't rule out pushing it back another week if the need arises.) - so this will be the f...

Dev Log 18

Dev Log 17

Hello again guys, time for another dev log.

0.6 is now fully written, and comes in at roughly 14k words. The story this time around is somewhat dominated by the founding family party after school, as you might expect, but there's a good amount of progress with the girls too (especially Lucy and Sarah). I'm particularly happy with the progress in Sarah's scenes, so if you're a fan of hers you'll probably like this update! As for the other girls, some of the less explored girls are going ...

Dev Log 16

Hey guys, it's dev log time again.

I want to start by welcoming all of the new patrons that have joined since 0.5 released. I really appreciate your support - thank you!

So now, on to the status update. I'm currently around 70% done with the writing for 0.6, which is going to be a single day update this time. Having said that, it's not going to be a particularly short update - day 18 (Tuesday) is once again going to break the record for day length, and it's actually going to be as...

0.5 Patreon Release

Hey guys!

In the end I underestimated the number of renders required (as usual!), so it took a day longer than I expected, but 0.5 is now complete. Download links can be found at the bottom of this post - I hope you enjoy it!

It probably goes without saying, but after a little break I'm going to get right on with developing 0.6, so I'll speak to you all in a new dev log in a couple of weeks.

Until then, please let me know if anything doesn't work with 0.5 and I'll try to get...

Dev Log 15

Hey guys,

0.5 is nearing completion, and it will release next weekend!

The current render count is at 740, and I expect the final count to be around 800. I've finished the animated scenes, which came to 25 videos, and the final word count is roughly 18k, which incidentally takes the total for the game up to almost exactly 100k words. All of this combines to make this the largest update ever!

Next week will be spent finishing off the final renders and adding scenes to the gal...

0.5 Preview Images - Day 16 (SPOILERS!)

Dev Log 14

Hey guys, just a short dev log this time.

I'm currently in the depths of the rendering phase at the moment - about half way through at 450 renders, with day 16 nearing completion.

I'm close enough now to give you a rough release date - I'm aiming for the 12th of August.

As mentioned in a previous dev log, this is going to be the longest update yet, with a good amount of progression on the founding families story line - 0.5 will finally peel back some of the mystery and give ...

Dev Log 13

Hey guys, it's devlog time again.

0.4.1

As mentioned in the previous log, I've been working on an enhanced version of 0.4 for the public release - it's now complete and went live yesterday. I've updated the links in the 0.4 release post in case any of you haven't played 0.4 yet, or simply want to play around with the new version.

It contains a completely redone day 1, ...

Dev Log 12

Hey guys!

How was 0.4? I hope you enjoyed it! Welcome to all of the new faces that have joined since its release, I really appreciate all of your support.

So, on to the devlog:

0.4.1

I mentioned in the release post for 0.4 that I would do another version with sound added to the entire game in a week or two, and obviously it's now two weeks later and that didn't happen. Why not? Mission creep. I've decided to do a few more things in 0.4.1 that I hope ...

0.4 Patreon Release

Hey guys!

0.4 is complete, download links can be found at the bottom of this post - I hope you enjoy it!

In the end I didn't have enough time to add sound effects to the entire game, so I only did 0.4 for now. Having played around with it though, I think that's probably a good thing, because I could use your feedback!

At the moment the use of sounds is fairly minimal, I actually had more for footsteps and moving around originally, but I found it got quite annoying after a wh...

0.4 Preview Images (SPOILERS!)

Hey guys, here are some preview images from the upcoming version 0.4.

I couldn't find a good Victoria preview that wasn't too spoilerish, but rest assured, she features in the update too!

- Cosy Creator

Dev Log 11

Hey guys!

This will be the final dev log before the release of 0.4, which I'm currently aiming to put out around the 10th/11th of June.

Overall things have progressed pretty well since the last dev log, and the rendering is now around 80% complete, meaning that the bulk of the work remaining is a large animated scene, and then the sound rework that I've mentioned previously. I'm also currently working on a new location that's taking a lot of time, but it looks great and I really l...

Dev Log 10

Hey guys!

A short one this time, since I'm mostly just grinding through the rendering for 0.4.

As I speculated in the last dev log, day 15 ended up being quite long compared to previous days, around 10k words, so I've decided to release 0.4 as just a single day, instead of the two day updates I've done before. It works pretty well as a single update, with a satisfying ending and some good progression for Lucy and Victoria, but I think in the future I'll aim for longer updates as i...

Dev Log 9

Hey guys!

Welcome to the patrons that joined with the release of 0.3 - I hope you enjoyed it!

0.3

In the week since its release I've put out a slightly modified version of 0.3 that fixes a couple of bugs with the gallery, and also some typos (predominantly from 0.1 and 0.2) that were kindly pointed out by Arglebargle on discord. 

The new version also gets rid of the sections at the beginning and end of the early days in 0.1 where you had to clic...

0.3 Patreon Release

Hey guys!

0.3 is complete and ready to play, download links can be found at the bottom of this post - I hope you enjoy it!

Once again I underestimated the length - the final render count is 825, so it's been a bit of a grind hitting the release date, but I'm really happy with the result!

Let me know if anything doesn't work and I'll try to get it fixed ASAP, and if you have any feedback feel free to leave it here or on discord.

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0.3 Preview Images (batch 2)

Final batch of previews for 0.3!

- Cosy Creator

Dev Log 8

Hey guys!

This will be the final dev log before 0.3, which I aim to release next weekend!

I know I said early/mid april to begin with, but it turns out I always underestimate the size of these updates after the initial writing phase. 0.3 is currently on 620 renders, and will probably end in the 700-750 range, making it roughly the same size as 0.2, if not slightly larger. Day 13 has already taken the record for the longest day!

0.3 will also add another 2 animated scenes, on...

Day 13 Preview Images

Day 13 previews - enjoy!

- Cosy Creator

Dev Log 7

Hey guys!

Just a short update on the status of 0.3 this time, as I'm currently in the middle of the rendering grind.

0.3 is currently on 250 renders, and will probably end up between six and seven hundred when complete. This is slightly behind where I wanted to be at this point, but I'm hoping to make up some time over the coming bank holidays at Easter. This puts the release estimate at roughly 3 weeks. The length has also crept up to 13k words, which puts it a little closer to t...

Dev Log 6

Hey guys!

It's been a busy couple of weeks since the last dev log, and I've got a few things to update you on.

0.3
0.3 is fully written, and comes in at around 12,000 words. This is slightly shorter than 0.2 (15k) - but that's just where days 13 and 14 happened to land. I could add day 15 aswell, but that would extend the time between updates to longer than I really want it to be. As it is, I'm aiming for mid April for 0.3 (earlier is possible, but I don't want...

Dev Log 5

Hey guys! 

Welcome to all the new patrons that joined with 0.2, I hope you enjoyed it, and thanks for your support!

0.3

It probably goes without saying that I'm now working on 0.3. So far I've planned out days 13, 14, and 15 in detail, and fully written about half of day 13. I'm not sure if I will go for all 3 days in 0.3, or just stick to 2 days like I did in 0.2 - it depends on how long the days end up when fully written, and how long it takes me. Obv...

0.2 Patreon Release

Hey guys!

0.2 is complete and ready for you all to play, download links can be found at the bottom of this post - I hope you enjoy it!

Let me know if anything doesn't work and I'll try to get it fixed ASAP, and if you have any feedback feel free to leave it here or on discord. It would also be helpful to know roughly how long it takes you to finish the 0.2 content, and how long it took you to do 0.1 if you remember - but don't stress too much about timing yourself or anything, it'...

Day 12 Preview Images

Day 12 previews - enjoy!

- Cosy Creator

Dev Log 4

Day 11 Preview Images

Hey guys, as I said in the dev log day 11 is almost complete, so here's a selection of renders from throughout the day. Trying to pick ones that were interesting but don't give too much away was surprisingly difficult!

- Cosy Creator

Dev Log 3 - Small update

Hey guys, just a little update for you this time as I'm currently wading through the rendering process, which is by far the most time consuming part of creating the game. Day 11 is almost complete at 373 renders, and by the time it's finished I imagine it will surpass 400, making it the biggest day in the game so far.

Day 12 will probably be shorter in terms of number of renders, although it will have more animations and require me to create a new location, so overall I'm still predicti...

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