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Devblog 11/30/25

Hello folks, just wanted to give y'all a heads up on the current status of the Temptation's Ballad build. The current bottleneck is the 15 CGs + variants that I'm working on for the next sequence. Apologies for how slow things have been lately, this current section of Temptation's Ballad's story is very art-dense and is taking more time than I anticipated ;w;

(Preview of the current WIPs) - EXTREMELY SPOILER HEAVY, PEAK AT YOUR OWN RISK

Writing is going fairly well, I'm estimating the update to hover around 8,000 words. Been trying to streamline my writing so it's more to-the-point and only lingers on moments where necessary.

Next week I will be traveling to the MFF furry convention where I will be a guest-speaker in the 18+ FVN Panel, which will take up most of my working time next weekend. Hope to see some of you there! Afterwards, I intend to return home and lock in until the update is complete, hopefully around mid-December.

Thank you all again for your patience! QWQ/

Bonus Art: Adventuring Party Benefits

Cole personally ensures that all his party members have a high job satisfaction rating~

Except for Artemi. He just throws snacks in her general direction instead.

Bonus Art: Under Clyde's Desk

Some POV art of Cole sneaking underneath Clyde's crafting table back when he was still in the blacksmithing guild. I like to think those two were constantly going at it~ uwu

Bonus Animation - Hershel Alone Time

(Video Mirror - Dropbox)

Whoops, looks like Euca caught Hershel in the middle of some alone time. I wonder what the older bun is thinking about? :3

Yet another animated sequence I'm planning to add into Repeat: Side Stories eventually! In the meantime, enjoy the video version uwu

Bonus Animation - Sissel filling up his BF~

(Dropbox MP4 Mirror)

EDIT: Okay, preview GIF should be fixed! qwq/ (still recommend watching the MP4 mirror for better quality)

Aaand here's another animation of Sissel and Euca defiling their kitchen counter~

I'm planning on adding this into a future episode of Repeat: Side Stories but here's the video version for your viewing pleasure!

Main Menu Art for Repeat: Side Stories

Finally polished up some title page art for Repeat: Side Stories! It's nice to take a small break to just pump out a bunch of lewds for the Repeat boys between VN updates lol

Temptation's Ballad: Build 0.2.7 (October 4th, 2025)

Hey folks! I'm finally back with another TB update, this time featuring Artemi and Maeve's fun times at the 14th Laboratory. Thank you all again for your patience and I hope you guys enjoy! ;w;/

Community Links: (Bluesky) (Twitter) (Discord)

Windows: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

MAC: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Linux: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Android: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Changelog:

• 8,416 words of story have been added to Chapter 4!

• 15 New CGs

• 4 New background illustrations

• Maeve's sprites have been overhauled with clean lineart and cell-shading.

• 1 New Creature sprite

• Grammar/typo fixes

• Bug Fix: The dialogue arrows no longer appear in a misaligned position in scenes were text is centered on screen, ie. chapter titles and when demons speak.

Bonus Animation - Blaidd Pounding

Still chipping away at the next TB update, but here's a little self-indulgent animation of Blaidd pounding some hole in the meantime. Sorry for the long wait ;w;/

Updated Socials + Discord Links

Heyo folks! I figured I'd make a pinned post with all of my current socials and places I'm active so that it's easier to find me outside of Patreon. It's been harder to stay connected with folks due to how scattered the community is these days, so hopefully y'all find this helpful.

The invite link for the Patreon-exclusive Discord will be at the bottom of the post (visible onto to supporting members). You do not need to stay subscribed to retain access to the Discord server, I will simply verify that you've supported the Patreon at least once. I don't want folks to feel pressured to continue donating just to stay connected with the community ;w;/

I've also recently started up an art telegram channel to post WIPs of stuff I'm working on, so check that out if you're interested! :D

My Socials:

Linktree | Twitter | Bluesky | Tumblr | Telegram Art Channel | Furaffinity | Itchio | Reddit

Merch Stores:

Etsy (Higher Prices - International - NSFW Unavailable)

Shirokoi.Art (Lower Prices - Domestic USA - NSFW Available)

Patreon Discord:

(Discord Invite Link) - Make sure to submit an onboarding ticket after reading the rules to get full access!

Bonus Animation: Subway Ride with Owen

Looks like Owen got bored during his commute and needed some onboard entertainment. Thankfully, Euca's here to provide~

I'm learning a bit more with my animations. This one features some parallax and post-processing shading. Hope you guys enjoy the small improvements! ;w;/

(Dropbox Video Mirror)

(Looping GIF)

🔊 Cole Tentacles - Dubbed Animation (Video/Audio Link Below)

(Dropbox Video Link with Audio - Patreon still won't let NSFW creators upload videos directly smh)

Mirrors: (Bluesky) (Twitter)

Heyo! The furry voice actor LunarLegacy made a wonderful dubbed video of the Cole tentacle animation and I figured I'd share it here. I'm sure many of you will find it quite fun~ uwu

Let me know if you guys enjoy this kind of thing. If reception is good, I might commission them to lend their voice for more animation dubs in the future!

LunarLegacy (Bluesky) (Twitter)

Experimental Game: Repeat Side Stories - PreAlpha 0.1.1

EDIT (07/29/2025): Updated the download link with a small hotfix:

• Fixed Euca's phone texts not showing up in the Android build.

• Minor grammar corrections.

Download links at the very bottom of the post!

Hello folks! I've been working on a little side project involving my Repeat characters and I'm excited to for you guys to finally try it out! Now, to set expectations: this side VN is mainly for me to experiment and text my coding skills in a small, low-risk setting. I plan on using it to test out small gameplay loops in Renpy, which I will show examples of below.

The episodes here are non-canon to the main story of Repeat and are kinda just an excuse for me to smoosh the Repeat boys together like barbie dolls for some light, lewd fun uwu. I'll be using some art and materials previously published in my Patreon's Bonus Arts collection and adding stories and writing to them. Each episode is mostly lewd-focused and leads up to a sex scene. Don't expect deep character development in this side VN, I'm saving that for Repeat's main story lol

Please note that the game is still in its early alpha stages so the UI and title page are heavily WIP. Thank you for your patience and understanding! qwq/

Game Access:

Repeat Side Stories will be immediately available to $10 Patreon supporters when an episode is complete! Whenever a new episode/build is complete, the previous build will become available to the rest of my Patreon supporters. I will also be testing Patreon's "Purchase Post" feature and allow lower tier/non-supporters to purchase access for $3 if they so choose (Please keep in mind this is still a very early pre-alpha and it'll come become available to supporters with time anyway. Purchases do no include access to future builds, and pricing may change as more content is added. Use at your own discretion ;w;/).

Also a reminder to avoid making a purchase through iOS apps because they charge you extra for some goddamn reason.

Episode 1 - Owen's Shopping Trip

• The first episode of Repeat Side Stories is Owen's Shopping Trip

• Episode features a short story at 8,427 words long.

• Some of my coding experiments in this episode include:

  • Custom UI experiments like a more stylized dialogue box/name box as well as Side Image sprites for every speaking character, including Euca:

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• A phone texting setup that shows conversations between multiple characters.

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• UI Notification pop ups that explain certain mechanics.

• Character "health" bars that change in response to player actions.

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• Clickable Image Maps that allow players to hover and interact with map objects:

  • Please note that the "hovering over objects to highlight" feature does not work on the Android version due to the usage of touch screens.

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• A brief Dress Up (or so I say dress down?) minigame where you help Owen with his clothes in the fitting room.

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• A short animated sex scene at the end of the episode.

• Coding improvements under the hood:

• All character sprites are now coded and stored as Layered Images.

  • Advantages:

    • This means a character's body, facial expression, and clothing are stored as separate images and layered on top of each other to fit each scene.

    • Much smaller storage size, since I no longer save every expression/outfit/body pose combo as a separate image.

    • Despite the Repeat Side Story sprites being much higher res than the original Repeat sprites, they take up 1/8th of the file size.

    • Future facial expressions and outfits additions will be much easier to add.

• Implemented an action camera editor addon into Renpy.

  • Advantages:

    • Allows me to precisely control camera/artwork positions and movement during CG transitions.

    • Speeds up the coding workflow during CG scenes. Previously I had to do stuff like nudge a CG position by 0.1 in the code and then reload the entire game, see if the image moved to the correct spot, re-adjust the position again, rinse/repeat until it was just right. Now I can just move stuff directly on my screen and visibly see that the position is correct. This thing is literally a lifesaver ;;w;;

Community Links: (Bluesky) (Twitter) (Discord) (Merch Store)

Windows: (Dropbox)

MAC: (Dropbox)

Linux: (Dropbox)

Android: (Dropbox)

Bonus Art: Cole Ref + New Outfit Concepts

Edit (8/02/2025): Added some WIP lore notes and another version of Cole's outfit concepts.

I'm planning on giving the yeen family some outfit changes after a certain story turning point. Doodling out some ideas here (and also making a new ref for Cole since his old sprites are kinda outdated lol)

Bonus Art: Beach Time with Samuel

I've recently developed a newfound thirst for our favorite Repeat butler. A shame that I couldn't find a way to squeeze a sex scene with him

I've recently developed a newfound thirst for our favorite Repeat butler. A shame that I couldn't find a way to squeeze a sex scene with him into the VN without distracting from the story. I guess Samuel can distract us in other ways outside of canon~ uwu

Temptation's Ballad: Build 0.2.6 (July 3rd, 2025)

EDIT: (7/03/2025 4:02AM) Sorry, just recompiled and reuploaded the build to fix a small error! QWQ

Hello everyone, thank you for your patience! The next update of Temptation's Ballad is out, now focusing on Sidd and Calder's time in the 14th Laboratory. There's quite a few new animations and visual effects in this update and I really hope y'all enjoy how things turned out! Again, sorry for the long wait for this one, family matters sucked up a lot of my time these past few months ;;w;;

Community Links: (Bluesky) (Twitter) (Discord) (Merch Store)

Windows: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

MAC: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Linux: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Android: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Changelog:

• 10,659 words of story have been added to Chapter 4!

• 8 New CGs

• 3 New background illustrations

• 3 New sprites for Sidd

• 2 New sprite animations for Sidd

• 2 New Sprites for Calder

• 3 New sprite animations for Calder

• 6 New creature sprites

• 1 New spellcasting VFX animation

• 1 New attack VFX animation

• Small UI Fixes:

  • The dialogue arrow buttons now disappear alongside the dialogue box and will now be less intrusive during CG scenes.

  • Previously some folks found it hard to distinguish between the save/load buttons. The arrow on the Load Button now points up instead of down for more visual clarity.

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Announcement: NSFW Art Prints will be leaving my Etsy Store on June 30th

Hey folks! I'm back from my long trip and am currently hunkering down to try and get the next Temptation's Ballad ready, hopefully sometime next week! In the meantime, I have a small announcement involving my merch store.

Etsy has gotten more and more strict with their NSFW policies lately and have sent my store multiple warnings. To air on the safe side and avoid suspension, I will be moving all NSFW art prints out of my Etsy store (etsy.com/shop/shirokoi) at the end of the month on June 30th.

Worry not, all my NSFW prints will remain available on my Shopify store (shirokoi.art) but that store does not provide international shipping outside the USA. If you international folks want to nab my NSFW prints before the move-out date, use the promo code GOODBYEDONG for a 10% discount!

Sorry for any inconvenience, I will try to make international shipping available on my Shopify store eventually, but international taxes and VATs are a nightmare on that end so it's gonna take a while ;;w;;

Anyway, back into my cave to grind the next TB update. See you all soon hopefully!

Quick Devblog - 5/30/2025

Hey guys, so here's the situation right now:

Right after I returned from FWA, my family sprung sudden travel plans on me to travel to China between June 4th - 16th because my grandparents' health is failing and we decided we should spend time with them while we still could. It was a little sudden and along with other abrupt family obligations, it kinda threw my work schedule into freefall. That, along with the time spent at FWA (which I don't regret, I have a lovely time meeting some of y'all there!) has really cut into the time I thought I'd have for VN development.

I've been kinda falling apart lately because every time I feel like I'm starting to pull my life together, something comes at me and knocks everything down over all over again. I hate that at the end of every month, I have to ask you guys for more of your patience, so much so that it's become a regular thing. You guys have been more than accommodating and I really don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of your kindness.

Right now, I'm working on trying to push out the TB update and any outstanding commissions before I leave on June 4th. I've been basically working on TB nonstop between sleeping and eating this past week and I'm really close to getting it done. Unfortunately, China blocks a lot of social media/communication within the country, and my grandparents don't have wifi so I'm not sure if I'll be able to work on anything while I'm there.

Thank you guys again for being so kind and understanding with me all this time. I really wish I could stop leaning on that and actually show you my best self, but life keeps throwing me curveballs and keeping on top of everything has been a struggle.

Devblog - 5/24/2025

Hello folks! Just giving y'all a heads up on how development is going so far and what you can expect for the next update. This devblog contains some slight visual spoilers, but worry not, I've set them all behind Imgur links so you won't be flashbanged by them unless you click on the links!

The next update is a small one that focuses on Sidd and Calder's scenes at the 14th Laboratory. I'm estimating the update to total to around 7,000 words and am currently aiming to release the build by the end of the month.

Progress so far:

As of today, I've completed the following art assets:

• 3 new sprite animations and 4 new sprite artworks for Sidd: (MINOR SPOILER)

• 3 new sprite animations and 2 new sprite artworks for Calder: (MINOR SPOILER)

• 7 new sprite artworks for the Fragments: (MAJOR SPOILERS)

  • (Some of the the Fragment sprites will not be used in this update and will show up later in the Artemi + Maeve lab scenes)

Some of you may have already saw me rambling about this on Bluesky, but over the past few months, I've been learning to animate in Moho Pro and exporting the animations as compressed and transparent WEBM files. This allows me to make more complex animations than before and also further reduce the file sizes need to implement them in the Renpy engine. All 3 new Calder animations together only take up 933KB. This opens up a lot of exciting opportunities for new animations in Temptation's Ballad and I'm super stoked to show more of the TB squad in motion >:3

I still need to finish the following art assets to complete the update:

• 1 background artwork.

• 1 or 2 CG illustrations.

I'm hoping to get everything done by the end of next week and get the update out to y'all ASAP. Thank you all for your continued support and patience. I'm super grateful to be able to work on Temptation's Ballad bring my stories to life, and I wouldn't be able to do it without all of you <3 <3 <3

Bonus Art: Cole Caught by Tentacles (Still Image Version)

Aaand here's the still image version of the animation where Cole gets ravaged by slick wet tentacles~

Check out the animated version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-animation-127623954

The time-lapse/speedpaint video for this art piece is also attached below!

Bonus Animation - Cole Caught by Tentacles~

Edit: This bonus art post is now open for public viewing! (05/17/2025)

Figured I'd let folks see more of my recent animation experiments :3

Whoops, looks like Cole wandered into the woods behind Rotten Redd's Alley and got caught by one of the district's devious creatures. It doesn't look like him minds, though~

Bonus Animation: Ready for Breakfast~

(HD Video Mirror)

Made a little precursor to some of the earlier animations with Sissel and Euca~ Somewhere in the background, Hershel is burying his face in his hands and crying.

I'm slowly getting better at animating with Moho Pro, but that fucking tongue animation alone took like 5 hours asdjkhfalskjdhfljkashdlfkja

Bonus Art: Kitchen Spread

You walk into the kitchen and see this cheeky fucker lounging on the breakfast table. What do you do? >:3

Temptation's Ballad: Hotfix 0.2.5.6 (April 15th, 2025)

EDIT: Patreon broke all the links after I posted. They should be fixed now! qwq/

Hello folks! Here to drop off a Temptation's Ballad hotfix with a lot of QOL fixes for minor errors that have stuck in the VN. The biggest fix is for the bug where character sprite animations could get interrupted by the reader skipping dialogue or clicking too quickly, resulting in situations like Artemi ascending into the skybox or Sidd planking horizontally for the rest of the scene.

There's also a lot of back-end cleanup in the code for loads of miscellaneous errors that the VN has accumulated over the years. Most readers probably won't notice the fixes, but it took a long time to go through each and every one so I hope it's worth it in the end ;w;/

Community Links: (Bluesky) (Twitter) (Discord) (Merch Store)

Windows: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

MAC: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Linux: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Android: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Changelog:

• Combed through the entire VN fixing instances where sprite animations could be interrupted by the reader skipping dialogue or clicking too quickly, causing unfortunate scenes like the one below. I've checked through every single scene in the VN to fix them one-by-one and I think I got them all, but let me know if you run into any I missed ;w;/

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• Massive sprite animation pass for Chapter 3. All character sprites now consistently perform a small flourish animation when speaking in accordance to their dialogue, as is consistent with my modern VN builds.

• Diversified sound clip usage in Chapter 3 and reduced the instances of "surprise.ogg" from 105 to 33.

• Massive bugfix sweep throughout the VN to fix miscellaneous instances where coding was slightly off, resulting in broken sound bytes or animations playing slightly incorrectly.

• Grammar/typo fixes.

• Adjusted the first conversation between Agatha and Calder in Chapter 3 to be slightly less antagonistic.

• Sidd no longer bonks Calder on the head with a baguette after their little heart-to-heart in Chapter 4. He instead gently pokes him into his chair. It felt a little insensitive to hit the guy right after learning hints about his abusive background.

Bonus Animation: Breakfast Shenanigans

(HD Video Mirror)

Edit: God damn it, Patreon broke the GIF preview. Apparently it's too big for the site. Gimme a sec while I try and fix it ;w;

Edit 2: Patreon still doesn't let NSFW accounts upload videos, so I gotta continue uploading crunchy GIFs as previews sadly. Make sure to click on the video mirror for a better viewing experience! QWQ

It's been a while since I've made an animation for y'all, so here's Euca and Sissel working together to slowly drive poor Hershel insane~ uwu

I recently switched from Spine2D to Moho Pro for my animations, and boy is it easier (but still sooooo time consuming). Hopefully I'll be able to create more animations for y'all as I learn how to use the software! ;w;/

Bonus Art: Under the Breakfast Table

Euca and Sissel can't keep their hands off each other most of the time, even around Hershel, and it leads to some stealthy shenanigans around the apartment~

Temptation's Ballad: Build 0.2.5.5 (April 1st, 2025)

Hello everyone! I'm so sorry for the long wait for this one, but it turned into a pretty big update so hopefully it was worth the wait. Again, thank you all so much for your patience and support from the bottom of my heart QWQ/

Community Links: (Bluesky) (Twitter) (Discord) (New! Merch Store)

Windows: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

MAC: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Linux: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Android: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

Changelog:

• 15,852 words of story have been added to Chapter 4!

• 23 New CGs

• 1 new sprite for a new character

• 1 new sprite for Cassius

• 1 new illustrated background + 2 item illustrations

Devblog 3/7/2025

Hello guys! Sorry for another devblog post, but I figured I should let you all know what's going on. The update may take a little longer than anticipated, sorry for the delay again. I'm currently dealing with a recent death in the family and I'm helping my relatives with the funeral arrangements since I'm one of the few English-speakers here.

Again, apologies for another delay. I feel really frustrated, to continue asking for your patience right after I just started getting my life together, but I keep getting hit with circumstances that are taking my attention elsewhere. Thank you again for your understanding, I will make it up to you as soon as I can!

Bonus Arts: Hold Tight

Edit: This bonus art post is now open for public viewing! (11/06/2025)

I'm fucking going through it right now so I doodled some yeen dads to let out some feelings. This bonus art post is available to all Patreon

I'm fucking going through it right now so I doodled some yeen dads to let out some feelings.

This bonus art post is available to all Patreon supports as a small apology for how long this update has been taking. Thank you for your patience! ;w;/

(Timelapse video attached below!)

Bonus Arts: Sidd & Cole Doodles

Been doing a lot of sketch practice lately of my TB boys. Hoping to get a little quicker as time goes on.

This bonus art post is available to all Patreon supports as a small apology for how long this update has been taking. Thank you for your patience! ;w;/

Devblog + Personal Update 2/25/2025

Hello everyone, I hope this year has been treating you well! Here's a devblog on how the current Temptation's Ballad build is going, but first I'd like to make a quick update on my personal life.

Personal Life Update:

I've been struggling with ADHD for the better part of 5 years now, though I've never been formally diagnosed until recently. At first the symptoms were fairly mild and I thought I would be able to keep it in check with the usual methods. You know, reduce screen time, block all distractions during work hours, the pomodoro method, etc. Unfortunately my symptoms kept getting worse until it started negatively affecting all parts of my life, both social and in my art career.

I'm rather proud of the VN work I've managed to put out over the past few years, but most of it was done in very unhealthy cycles. Large swaths of unproductive time passed while I hated myself for being unable to function like a normal adult, followed by a frenzy of sleep-deprived days where I neglected my health to hit deadlines. As the years passed this just kept getting worse and worse. During this entire time, I kept beating myself up and felt like I wasn't trying hard enough. I'm sure some of you have noticed that I've been taking more and more time to push out updates, and for that, I'm sorry. I'm eternally grateful for everyone who continued to support me anyway.

After some talks with concerned friends, they encouraged me to finally get the help I needed. About a week and a half ago on Feb. 14th, I was officially diagnosed with ADHD and received medication for my symptoms.

The change in my life has been incredible. I finally had the focus to complete tasks during the day, and get restful sleep without feeling that I was wasting time. For the first time in years, I no longer feel like a ghost in my own body. In the mere week and a half since I started taking my medication, I've been vastly more productive and got more work done for my visual novels than I have for whole months. My passion for art and writing has come flooding back and I feel so empowered to continue working hard on Temptation's Ballad.

Now I'm just kicking myself for being stubborn and not seeking help earlier. Thank you all for your patience with me during these last few years, I'm so grateful! Going forward, I'm determined to push out more VN updates to you all in a timely matter and I finally feel like it's within my power. I'll work hard to continue earning your trust and support, thank you all so much! ;;w;;/

Temptation's Ballad Progress Report:

Alrighty, now that my ramblings are done, here's the status report on the next Temptation's Ballad build! I'm aiming to have the build ready for release sometime next week.

I'm currently working on 15 illustrations for the next update. I can't show any previews here since they're very spoilery, but they're all currently linearted and flat-colored and should be completed relatively soon. You can see the WIPs on the Discord's #sketch-dump-gallery channel, but mind the spoilers.

There's also 2 new character sprites and 1 new background in the works.

As for the writing, the update's currently hovering at around ~10,000 words, but I'm still in the editing stage so that may change quite a bit as I adjust the scenes.

Thank you all again for your patience with me these past few years! I'm very excited to finally be in the groove again and bring you more stories in Temptation's Ballad! ;w;/