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Development Blog - 06/12/2022

Hello folks! Here's a little status update on this month's VN update. I'm currently focusing on finishing overhauling ALL of Repeat's side character sprites. It's a bit of an ordeal and I kinda lost a week of productivity from catching a bout of stomach flu, but I've been making steady progress so far!

Bradley:

Sprite count: 2

Funnily enough, only the wish/ghost characters have cell-shading in Repeat's sprite artwork so these actually take a little longer than the normal ones, but I'm pretty proud of how these are turning out! My main goal here was to make Bradley look more similar to her appearances in her CG illustrations. I've also given the new Bradley sprites Cecilia's little feather charm for that optimal ✨v i s u a l  s y m b o l i s m ✨

Hershel:

Old:

New:

Sprite count: 14

Hershel gets a nude sprite because I say so. Not that it'll be used in-game at any point but I added one in there for completeness' sake :3

Hershel's sprites didn't need too many changes other than the usual lineart improvements and keeping all of his appearances on-model for once. I've also made an effort to make him look older to better fit his role in the story. Oh, and his tail appears more consistently now!

Echo:

Old:

New:

Sprite Count: 8

Jesus Christmas I never realized how inconsistent the lineart was on the old Echo sprites. Well now that it's fixed, hopefully folks will actually notice more small details haha. I was surprised how many people on the Discord never noticed that Echo's noose tightened over time until now. 

Conclusion:

Aand that's my progress so far! Working on the sprite overhaul is a pretty frustrating process since it takes so much damn time and most folks on the outside don't really care all that much about it, but I believe it's pretty important to the health of the game moving forward. 

Most of the remaining side characters (with the exception of Samuel and Oleander) don't have too many pose variations and don't require cell-shading, so I should be able to breeze through them relatively quickly. My work schedule has recently gotten a bit more cramped since I started a new job that requires me to commute to Boston fairly often, so I'm kinda scrambling to find time to continue working on my VNs nowadays ;w;

Anywho, thank you guys so much for your continued support, I appreciate you guys so much <3 <3 <3

30% Summer Merch Store Coupon Code:

Hello folks! It's been a while, but here is a 30% off discount code for my VN merch store! Go check it out if you're interested in grabbing some Repeat stickers, posters, and tarot cards. I might be adding some Temptation's Ballad merch (likely stickers of the main cast) in there sometime in the future after I get some space in my current work schedule. Let me know if there's anything specific you guys are looking forward to!

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This summer's coupon code is PATREON2022 and lasts until 07/31/2022.

It does not stack with the public 15% off code, SUMMER2022. 

Temptation's Ballad 0.2.4 (May, 27th, 2022)

Aaaand as of this update, Chapter 3 of Temptation's Ballad is complete! Thank you everyone for sticking with me throughout this whole thing! I've been trying to keep all my scenes in TB feel less filler-ish and adjust the pacing to be more engaging, so let me know what y'all think!

Some of you might finish the update and go "Wow Shirokoi, there's a lot of camera movements in this update, how creative!"

Haha yes, that's totally a creative decision and not me being a complete idiot and drawing all the illustrated scenes in the wrong aspect ratio for this update and had to fix things by zooming in and whatnot. Yup. Totally intentional ;;;;;w;;;;;;;;;

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Changelog:

• 24 pages of story. Chapter 3 is now complete!
• 2 new Artemi sprites
• 2 new Grank sprites
• 2 new Katrina sprites
• 2 new spell/FX animations
• 10+ illustrated scenes, 2 of them being large-scale landscape drawings.

Development Blog - May 19th, 2022

Hello everyone! Just giving you a little run-down of the current developments so far.

Right now I'm finishing up the writing/coding for the next Temptation's Ballad update, which will finally wrap up Chapter 3 in its entirety. All the artwork for the update has been finished, including:

-5 new sprites

-2 new sprite animations

-10+ illustrations, 2 of which include big landscape drawings that may have destroyed my wrist.

I've been spending basically all of my time trying to finish up the writing in a satisfactory fashion. I'm hoping to push the completed update out to y'all within a week or so. Sorry for the long wait, and thank you for your patience! ;w;/

May 2022 - Early Access HD Art Pack (Public Release)

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Edit: This bonus art post is now open for public viewing! (01/15/23)

Hey guys! Here's the early access art pack for May to all my $10 Patron supporters! I've been trying to draw more regularly on top of the artwork that needs to be done for VN development. This month is mostly arts of the Temptation's Ballad boys. I hope y'all enjoy!

Also, if there are any popular furry characters in media or games that you want to see in future art packs, let me know. I'll try and add them to my art to-do list for future packs. It'll be fun to see the hot men you guys request :3

Repeat - 0.7.3.3 - Art Overhaul Part 3

Alrighty, all fucking 54 of the new Owen sprites are now implemented! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH QWQ. I've gone through a bunch of the older Repeat scenes and made Owen actually emote with these new expressions. And also killed that "Huh, weird name. Sounds like a protagonist to a visual novel!" line that Phillip says in the beginning because that was written by a much younger me and it causes me great p a i n.

I've also taken the liberty of redrawing that blinding rainbow scene with Owen on Day 1 since that off-model Owen was killing me on the inside. Here are the new visuals shown below:

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April 2022 - Early Access HD Art Pack (Public Release)

Edit: This bonus art post is now open for public viewing! (1/09/2023)

Hello folks! I just wanted to give a huge thank you to all the $10+ Patrons who've supported me for so long even through my sporadic Patreon updates ;w;

As a way of showing my thanks, I'm going to try and create early access art packs semi-regularly. $10+ Patreon supporters can expect to receive semi-regular art packs from me containing finished doodles and other artworks that I've been working on. They won't be too massive since my main focus is still on VN development, but I hope you guys find them amusing nonetheless.

Also! I've recently created 2 new pages of that SisselxEuca comic that I started forever ago. That comic kinda pains me to look at though since the art quality fluctuates wildly from beginning to end, but at least it's hot in some places ;;w;;

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy the new arts!

Patrons will not be charged for the month of April

Hello folks! Some of you following me on Twitter or Discord already know, but I spent most of March crunching on a freelance job and had very little time to work on VN development. As such, the next round of Patreon monetization will be disabled.

I'm a little bummed that I had to spend an entire month away from my furry art, but I'm so glad to be back to working on VN dev again! 

Thank you guys for your patience! ;w;/

Repeat - 0.7.3.1 - Art Overhaul Part 2

All of Phillip's sprites have been overhauled! I won't be adding any new story content until ALL of Repeat's sprites have been redone. There's like over 100 left for me to do and the process is kinda super prone to burnout for me, so I'll be pacing myself carefully. Thank you for your patience throughout all this ;;w;;;;;

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Temptation's Ballad 0.2.3 (March, 2nd, 2022)

EDIT:  There was an update to the Renpy engine last month that changed how they read [brackets] which now causes an error every time a spell name pops up. I've now gone through the whole game and fixed the errors! Redownload the build to install these fixes. Sorry for any inconvenience! 

This update is tiny since I just did this on the side while working on Repeat's art overhaul. There's a ton of new art scenes for this one since it's pretty big moment in Cole's character arc. I hope this satisfies some of my TB audiences' appetites' while I continue with reworking over 100 Repeat sprites ;;w;;;;;/

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Changelog:

• 10 new pages of story for Chapter 3
• 12 new illustrations!
• wrist pain

Repeat - 0.7.3 - Art Overhaul Part 1

Let me start off by saying that there is no new story content in this update. My primary focus for the next few Repeat updates is to overhaul all of the old sprite artwork into a style more consistent with my current artstyle and also fix all the anatomy issues/off-model sprites.

Some of you might be resistant to the new look of the artwork, but this is my decision moving forward as the dev of this game, and I ask you to respect it. Repeat was started almost 5 years ago and I want to improve upon my old work. Please do not spam my inbox with belittling messages like several others have, as it will not change my mind. 

In this update, all of Sissel's sprites have been redone. Here is a comparison:

If the GIF isn't loading, you can get a clearer view here. 

Not all of the cutscene illustrations will be redone. In this update, I've just redone several of the early lewd scenes because I was a dumbass 5 years ago and drew a bunch of dicks upside-down and it still haunts me to this day. 

Moving forward, I plan to overhaul all of the sprite art for every character. You can expect Owen to look more like he does in the illustrated scenes in later parts of the VN. Phillip will have his older sprites changed to be more consistent with his newer sprites as shown below:

And that will be all! After struggling through the first hurdle of the art overhaul, I've decided to make some changes to how I update Repeat as I redo all the art. I'll keep you all notified in an upcoming dev blog. There will be some growing pains as I slowly make my way through all the sprites, but I ask for your patience and understanding. Thank you.

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Changelog:

• All 58 of Sissel's sprites have been overhauled.
• Owen's shower lewd scene on Day 2 has been overhauled with 2 new illustrations.
• Sissel's post-volleyball shower scene on Day 3 has been overhauled with 2 new illustrations.
• Owen's post-swimming lewd scene on Day 3 has been overhauled with 2 new illustrations.

Development Blog - January 7th, 2022

Hello everyone! Hope the new year is treating you guys well!

Here's what you can expect from my Patreon for this month. I have officially switched development focus from Temptation's Ballad back to Repeat. Temptation's Ballad will be on hiatus for about a year while I focus on completing Sissel's route in Repeat for the majority of 2022.

For January, I plan to start off by doing a bit of a maintenance update. No major story updates are planned for this month. I will be redoing some old artwork and sprites to match my current art style and quality. Some of the assets include:

-Owen's shower scene on Day 2

-Sissel's forest lewd scene on Day 3

-Owen's forest lewd scene on Day 3

-ALL of Sissel's in-game sprites.

-Towards the end of Sissel's Route: Part B, you receive an old photograph from Mrs. Corlisse. There was supposed to be an actual illustration for this photograph but I never had time to finish it before that update was published. This artwork will hopefully be added back into the game in the January update.

I also plan to slowly cell-shade all of Repeat's character sprites over time, starting with Sissel. There's going to be some growing pains where certain characters will be cell-shaded while others aren't, but I hope to have everyone's sprite art fully polished by the end of the year. Thanks for bearing with me! ;w;/

And that's all folks. Let me know if you have any questions, and thank you all again for the continued support!

Holiday Merch Store Coupon

Hello folks! It's been a while since I've done one of these. The merch store has recently expanded with Repeat Tarot Cards and a new poster of the Repeat boys doing a very unproductive car wash~! Go grab some merch if any of this interests you! Unfortunately poster shipping is still limited to the USA, while smaller items are available in both USA and Canada.

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This season's coupon code is HOLIDAY2021 and will be available until January 15th.

Development Blog - December 6th, 2021

Hello everyone! Hope the holiday season is treating you well. Long-time Patreon supporters already know that December is an absolute hellscape for me scheduling-wise since I'll be working a bunch of 12 hour shifts throughout the holidays that leave me a shell of my former self. That's why this year I'll be taking a break for VN development for the entirety of December to sort myself out and prepare to continue development in January. As such, Patreon monetization has been turned off for the entirety of December. Thank you guys so much for the love and support all these years! ;w;/

As for future plans, I will now be switching development focus from Temptation's Ballad back to Repeat. My goal is to finish the entirety of Sissel's route before hopping back into TB. And then I'll be ping-ponging back and forth between the two VNs from there ;w;/

My first goal for Repeat's development is to publish one or two maintenance updates to polish up the game a bit. I was a beginner to VN writing and coding when I started Repeat as a wee young'un. A lot of my older artworks haven't aged well, and there's a lot of anatomy mistakes in the character sprites that I want to fix up. In a few of the early lewd scenes, I even drew the guys' dicks upside-down because I sucked as an artist back in the day and it kinda makes me die on the inside looking back aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Anyway, these are my plans for the upcoming few months. Let me know if you guys have any questions or concerns. Thank you all again for your support and I look forward to continuing drawing and writing for everyone here! <3

Temptation's Ballad 0.2.2 (November, 30, 2021)

Aaaand here's the new update! Thank you all for your patience throughout all this time, I can't express how much I appreciate y'all QWQ

After this update, I will be shifting focus back to Repeat for about a year or so. Long-time patrons already know, but December is usually a living hellscape for me since I've got several 12 hour shifts for the holidays, so I will be taking a break for this month and will not be charging Patreon for this period. In the meantime, I will shift focus to redoing some of the old art in Repeat and make a maintenance update before diving straight back into more story.

Anywhos, that's all for future me to deal with. Hope y'all have fun with this new Temptation's Ballad update! Merry Holidays y'alls <3

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Changelog:

• 38 new pages of story for Chapter 3
• 6 new illustrations!
• 3 new Marrow sprites
• 6 new Hamish sprites
• 1 new Calder sprite
• 1 new Agatha sprite
• my anxiety

Development Blog - November 1st, 2021

Hello everyone. I'm sorry for the lack of communication this past month. Things have been difficult on my end lately and development had stalled for a significant period of time, but right now I'm putting all my effort to finish up the next update as soon as I possibly can.

The writing for update 0.2.2 is 100% complete with a total of 37 pages. Most of the planned artwork (6 illustrations, 9 new sprites) is currently in a WIP state. I'm afraid I'm going to need another week or so to finish up the assets and get the update ready for release. I'd like to apologize again for the lack of consistency in my update schedule. I don't want to keep blaming my failures on my mental health and I'm sure everyone's tired of hearing my apologies this past year. 

So right now I'm hunkering down to finish up update 0.2.2 for Temptation's Ballad ASAP and then afterward I'll be shifting development back to Repeat. I'd like to thank everyone for your patience throughout all of this.

Temptation's Ballad 0.2.1 (September 26th, 2021)

Aaaaaand it's finally here! That goddamn 30-part fight scene that I've been slaving over is finally out aaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH

This update is short length-wise but it's easily the densest one I've made to date. Thank you all again for your patience with me without this mess and I hope you enjoy what I've managed to make! qwq/

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Changelog:

• 26 new pages of story for Chapter 3
• 30 new illustrations!
• 3 new Cole sprites
• 2 new Emil sprites
• 2 new Hooded Figure sprites
• 3 new character sprites
• 2 FX sprites
• 1 new 3D background
• jesus christ there's a lot of new sound effects for that new fight scene
• the pain train never ends

Small Status Update: Patrons will not be charged for the month of October

Alright, change of plans. I'm going to chop the update in half and focus on shipping the first half that's ready to be published. Afterwards, I'll finish up the rest of the content I have been working on and ship it out to you guys as soon as I can. I'm really sorry for my mess of a schedule these past few months. I was really hung up on the idea of this being my last Temptation's Ballad update in a long while and tried to make this as big as possible, but the scope had grown unfeasible and the I have been growing increasingly stressed over how long it's been taking. It's been taking a toll on me and I don't have the capacity to crunch out content in the way I used to. If I had scheduled and planned things better, I probably could have pulled off something this ambitious, but things didn't turn out as well as I hoped. Again, I'm terribly sorry! You can expect a small, but extremely art-dense update in a few days, and then another update probably a week or two afterwards. Thank you all for your patience throughout this whole mess! QWQ

I also plan to turn off monetization on my Patreon for the month of October while I finish up the second half of the update while transitioning back to Repeat content. I don't feel comfortable asking for money while struggling to catch up on my own blunders. Again, thank you all for your patience and understanding ;;w;;;; (edited)

Devblog - Quick Status Update!

Hello everyone! Sorry for another bungling of the deadlines but it looks like I need a few more days to finish up this update. The scope has grown yet again and I'm currently in the process of adding several new scenes at the end to round out a certain character arc before I put down Temptation's Ballad in favor of Repeat. It includes 6 more illustrations and a handful of more sprites. Unfortunately this will take more time than previously estimated. I'm sorry for any the long wait yet again! Thank you all for your understanding!  ;;w;;

Development Blog - August 25th, 2021

Hello y'alls! Hope everyone's been having a good summer!

As most of you already know, this next update of Temptation's Ballad will be my last before I move back to developing Repeat and finishing up Sissel's route. This is why I want to make this a big one and depart Temptation's Ballad on a high note. Similar to the previous two updates, this current build will take around month and a half, which means it will be released around September 15th give or take. Apologies for the long wait, but the build currently has over 25 illustrated scenes and dozens of new sprite artwork, so I assure y'all it'll be well worth it! QWQ/

You guys can get more frequent updates on the status of the VN development in the #shirokois-workshop channel in my Discord server here: https://forms.gle/bEPBYfnh3XWD5js6A

Again, thank you all for your patience with me and I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions to the new update in a few weeks! Let me know if you have any questions! owo/

Temptation's Ballad 0.2 - (August 1st, 2021)

Howdy y'alls! This update is probably my biggest artwise, with the most new art assets in a single update. These new animations really took a lot out of me, but I hope you enjoy it! There's a lot of action packed into this one.

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Changelog:

• 36 new pages of story for Chapter 3
• 17 new illustrations!
• 9-frame sprite animation for Reinier
• 9-frame sprite animation for Sidd
• Fight scene galore! 
• more  p a i n

Temptation's Ballad 0.1.9 - (June 14th, 2021)

Aaaaaah sorry for the delay! Hopefully, the big flood of new art in this update makes up for it! ;;w;;

The crew meets up with many new and old faces and makes their way towards the Firefly Festival tournament. There'll be some shenanigans that ensure. Hope you guys enjoy! owo/

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Changelog:

• 42 new pages of story for Chapter 3
• 14 new illustrations!
• 2 new sprites for Calder
• 1 new sprite for Cole
• 7 new sprites for a new character
• 2 new sprites for another new character
• 2 new sprites for yet another new character
• p a i n

Development Blog - The update is coming! Just need a few more days ;;w;;

Hello all! Hope everyone is doing well! This update is pretty heavy chonky with art this time around, so I'll need a few more days to iron things out. Sorry for the inconsistent update schedule these days ;w;/

Those who are on the Patreon Discord server (https://forms.gle/bEPBYfnh3XWD5js6A) have already seen the sneak peak of the artwork and know that this update is kinda loaded. I'll need a bit of extra time, one week at the latest. Thank you all again for your patience!

Temptation's Ballad 0.1.8 - (May 1st, 2021)

Hello everyone! I just want to thank you all again for your unending patience with me. Most of my VN development plans kinda fell into a pit along with my mental health these past few months, but I'm slowly climbing my way out! Anywho, I hope you guys enjoy what I've written for the beginning of Chapter 3. ;w;/

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Changelog:

• 37 new pages of story for Chapter 3
• 4 new illustrations!
• 3 new sprites for Sidd
• Half a new sprite for Cole. Sorta?
• 7 new sprites for a new character
• 7 new sprites for another new character
• 5 illustrated items for end-of-chapter glossary
• 2 new glossary profile artworks for Marrow and Hamish!

Dev Blog - Patrons will not be charged for March 2021

Hello everyone. I'm sorry if it seems every other post of mine seems to bring bad news, but unfortunately I've been dealing with some personal issues that have cut into my VN development time. It's a little on the personal side so I won't go into much detail, but I have been speaking with my doctor and am currently looking into therapy as an option. With some help, I'm hoping to get everything sorted out and be back into a more productive state soon. 

While some progress on the new Repeat update has been made this month, I do not feel that it is enough to be worth y'all the monthly Patreon amount, so I have canceled billing for this month. I may be a mess of a person right now, but at least I still have a bit of integrity haha. I hope to get back into fighting shape and release the new Repeat update by mid/late April.

Thank you everyone for your patience and generosity throughout these past few months! Hopefully I'll be able to make it worth your while! ;w;/

Monthly Merch Store Coupon!

EDIT: I'm an absolute dumbass and forgot to include the link to the merch store. Sorry! QWQ

Hey folks! It's been a while since I've released one of these, but here's the coupon code for 15% the Shirokoi Merch store for this month!

MARCH21

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This code is available until April 15th, 2021. Feel free to check it out if you're interested in grabbing any Repeat-themed stickers and posters! I also recently added a limited stock of Owen keychains. There's only 10 available so go grab one while they're still in stock.

The Repeat tarot cards I talked about in the last dev blog are currently in production and should be available by the end of the month. Thank you guys for all your support!

Development Blog - February 28th, 2021

VN Development Plans:

Hello y'all! Now that the new Temptation's Ballad update is out, I will be focusing my efforts back into Repeat for the next 6 months. And then switching back to Temptation's Ballad for another 6 month cycle, rinse and repeat (pun was unintentional but I'll take full credit for it).

My main goal now is to fully complete Sissel's route by the end of this cycle. It's gonna be a hard road though because I sat down yesterday to start scripting the next update, and I'm diving straight into the most art-heavy part of Sissel's route to date ;;;w;;;

I'm barely a few pages in and there's already 12 planned illustrations, with more incoming. I'm not sure if I can promise that this update will be ready by the end of the month, but I'll do my hardest to release it to y'all at a reasonable date!

In terms of release schedules, Patreon folks will still get updates a month in advance and be one build ahead of the general public.

Side Content:

Other projects I'll be working on will include that Sissel x Euca comic that I've been brewing on in the sidelines. New pages will be released to $10 Patreon folks as soon as they're ready, and regular Patreon folks will get the pages a month later.

The merch store is also back up and running, and I'll be resuming releasing monthly coupon codes to the $10 Patreon folks as planned. Unfortunately Patreon updated their guidelines and I'm not allowed to host Patreon exclusive giveaways anymore. To make up for this, I'll be giving a bigger discount percentage in my coupon codes.

In case you haven't heard, there are new Owen and Phillip stickers on sale now, so grab 'em if you're interested! (If you're a $10 Patreon though, you should wait a few days. I'm planning on releasing a discount coupon code to y'all real soon).

Another merch idea I'm planning on adding into the store are little printed tarot cards of the ones you've seen in the Repeat transition screens. I've had a lot of people requesting for this kinda thing as merch, so I'll be putting in some orders to make it a reality sometime soon!

And that about does it for announcements. I'll try to make these dev blogs more frequent as I make progress through updates. Thank you guys so much for your support! I couldn't have made it this far without you guys ;w;/

Temptation's Ballad 0.1.7 - (February 22nd, 2021)

Okay, I'd feel a lot worse about how long this took if it weren't for the fact that this update is double the size of my usual builds.  With this update, chapter 2 of Temptation's Ballad is now complete. Thank you guys for your patience, I really appreciate it! ;;w;;

With this update comes the Cole x Sidd lewd scene I'm sure many of you are waiting for. I hope you enjoy ;3

After this update, I will be shifting focus from Temptation's Ballad back to Repeat for the next 6 months. Those of you who are waiting for the rest of Sissel's route will be pleased! Thank you guys for sticking with me through thick and thin. Let's make 2021 a great year!

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Changelog:

• 68 new pages of story for Chapter 2. Chapter 2 is now complete!
• 10 illustrations! 
• Cole x Sidd lewd scene!
• Grank received a visual overhaul! 4 new sprites for our polar bear knight.
• 3 new Artemi sprite
• 1 new Cole sprite
• 4 new outfit sprites of Clyde
• 2 new backgrounds!

Development Blog - January 31st, 2021

Hello everyone! Hope your first month of the new year has been going smoothly! I'm here to give you a quick update on the development of the next Temptation's Ballad update. Currently all the artwork and new backgrounds are done, but the writing and coding is a little behind schedule. I'll need a few more days in order to get it ready for release. I'm sorry for the inconvenience! I've been doing a lot of catch-up in terms of my schedule ever since all the stuff that happened last month, so development is still slightly rocky. Things should smooth out soon and be back on schedule soon though! QWQ/

Artwork:

There are 10 illustrations completed for the next update of Temptation's Ballad, 9 of which are purely for the upcoming Cole x Sidd scene. I'm sure most of you will enjoy it ;3

Here's a sneak preview of what you can expect:

For the sprite aspect of things, Knight Commander Grank has received an entire visual overhaul. I didn't like the look of his previous sprites, so I redesigned him from the ground up. The new sprites are more in-character with what I want Grank to be: big, friendly, but somewhat intimidating. He also gets a new cape! 

Clyde also gets new sprites and outfits in this update, along with a new job. You know, cuz his old job got buried under a pile of rubble.

I also plan to take some extra time this week to add a few more expression sprites to Grank, Artemi, and Cole if I get the chance. 

There's also two new 3D backgrounds coming up. One of them includes the Bonebreaker Guild Library:

Writing:

Most of the writing is complete for the next update. However, there's some polishing issues I'd like to address before moving forward, which could take some time. I predict that this update will be around the same size as the previous one, at around 30 to 40 pages. I'm doing something new with this update, where the writing is less linear. The player will get to choose locations throughout the city of Axia to explore and check out. I think this will give the VN a more interactive feel, but it's taking some time to figure out all the coding for it ;w;

And that concludes this round's development blog. Thank you everyone who's stuck with me so far! I promise to get back on schedule as soon as possible. Hopefully this update will be available no later than next week. Thank you for your patience! ;;w;;/

Sissel x Euca Comic (pages 7 - 9)

EDIT: Now that it's been a month, these comic pages are now available for all patron tiers!

It's been like a damn century but here are the next few pages to that Sissel x Euca comic I was working on! Previous pages here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sissel-x-euca-1-34223225

This whole project started off as a way to help me get better at linearting with Procreate and a small thank you to all the $10 patrons' generosity. I hope some of you enjoy this little treat! ;w;/