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Development Blog - January 3rd, 2021

Hello everyone! I hope the new year is treating you guys well so far, and that this year's gonna be a brighter one! Let's get started with some plans, shall we? This development blog is going to be brief but will go over what to expect this coming month.

Brief reminder that Patreon folks have access to my Discord server! It's kinda small and chill (and kinda spicy ;3) but drop by and chat if you want!

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Visual Novel Development:

This next Temptation's Ballad update will be the last one before I switch back to working on Repeat's development. The general plan is to work on Temptation's Ballad for half a year, and then Repeat for the other half. And so it cycles on and on. Sounds fair, right?

The next TB update will feature the first Cole x Sidd lewd scene, which I'm sure some folks are looking forward to. There's also plenty of cute character-bonding moments between the main characters as well as some of the side characters that we haven't heard from in a while. The outline for the next update is already done and the script is on the way. Tentatively, there are about 5 new illustrated scenes planned (most of them lewd ;3)

After this update, I will be moving back to Repeat and focusing on finishing Sissel's route since it is the closest one to completion. My goal is to completely finish Sissel's route within the first half of 2021. This might be a little ambitious, but I wanna see how far I can push the story forward. Wish me luck!

Other Projects:

Some other little related projects I have in the backburner include that Euca x Sissel comic, as well as creating more Repeat merch. I've already put in an order to restock more of those Sissel stickers (they're very popular, it turns out) and also planning to design another cutesy Owen sticker. Phillip will get a sticker design too later on. Let me know if there's something Repeat or Temptation's Ballad related that you'd like sticker-fied, and I'll try and get it done!

Now that my local post offices are fully functional again, I will continue with supplying merch store coupon codes for $10 patrons as well as host merch giveaways. Stay tuned for those!

My online merch shop: https://shirokoi.e-junkie.com/

Life updates:

I just wanted to apologize and take some time to explain what happened in my life over the past month. I really hope I didn't give off the impression that I was slacking off with all the delays. Unfortunately all the misfortune of 2020 concentrated into December for me and I kinda quickly lost control of my life. Just warning y'all that this might get a little depressing and rambly, so skip if you don't wanna read about this stuff. I just really needed to shout my frustrations into the void.

In the first week of December I caught a bad case of the flu and was bedridden for about a week, unable to work. Immediately afterwards, I caught strep-throat, which was less horrible but still severely impacted my productivity. During this time, the rest of my household also got sick. A little while later, my grandmother (who has helped raise me since I was a child) passed away in her sleep from a heart attack. As the only fluent English speaker of my household, I was in charge of organizing her funeral that was held a week later while fending off several vulturous relatives. The experience of finding a loved one cold and dead in their sleep has been haunting me for the last few weeks. I haven't even gotten a chance to really process my feelings because things have been moving too quickly. Immediately after my grandmother's funeral, my family's restaurant (where I also work part-time) had an employee who contracted COVID so the entire business had to be shut down and quarantined for 10 days. Again, as the most fluent English-speaker of my family, I had to deal with all the paperwork and organizing for this whole incident. Aaaand that leads us to now.

Conclusion:

Anyway, sorry if that got a little too real. I just needed to unload a little off my shoulders and apologize if I haven't been too productive recently. Now that all those disasters have been taken care of though, I hope that things will run smoothly from here on out! I wish everyone a safe and happy 2021, and look forward to telling more engaging Visual Novel stories for y'all!

Temptation's Ballad 0.1.6 - (January 1st, 2021)

Happy New Year y'all! Here's to hoping it'll be a better one. Thank you all so much for waiting patiently through the delay. December has hit me with the most emotionally draining IRL problems I've experienced throughout the entirety of 2020 so VN development kinda ended up on the wayside. I'll save the details for a future development blog. 

Anyway, here's another big chunky update, this time with a fair amount of action and yeen dads! Hope y'all enjoy!

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Changelog:

• 43 new pages of story for Chapter 2
• 3 new sprites for Ilia
• 8 new illustrated scenes!
• 3 new backgrounds!

Dev Blog - Patrons will NOT be charged for the month of December

Hello, I hope everyone is doing well! I'm still a little sick but am making a steady recovery. I'd like to tell everyone that I've decided to NOT charge Patreon patrons for the month of December and spend the rest of this month refining the update I'm currently working on. I had planned a fight/sparring scene in this update of Temptation's Ballad that included 8-9 illustrated artworks. Unfortunately my productivity has slowed down to a crawl due to my illness and I'll need the extra time to catch up on everything. Plus, long-time patrons know I usually have to deal with several 12-hour shifts during the holidays for my family, so my schedule is going to be tight for December anyhow.

I'd like to thank everyone for being so patient with me through this messy time. Let me know if you have any questions! Stay safe and healthy y'all. ;w;/

Development Status

Hello everyone, I'd like to sincerely apologize for the lack of consistency in my updates lately. I've been bedridden for the past few days due to a high fever and haven't been able to finish up the work for the next build of Temptation's Ballad. Hopefully I'll recover relatively soon and be able to complete the build with in a week. 

Temptation's Ballad 0.1.5 - (November 9th, 2020)

Howdy y'alls, thank you for remaining patient this past week! A lot rough IRL stuff popped up last month that caused the delay but I'm glad I'm finally back on track. This month's update is a little chiller plot-wise and gives the characters a little more time to get to know each other. Plus some lewd moments with the yeen dads that I'm sure some of y'all will enjoy. 

Thank you all again for the continued support!

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Changelog:

• End-of-chapter character glossary is complete!
• Chapter 2 is now 30 pages complete! (I'm not using percentages to measure anymore since chapter lengths vary)
• 6 new sprites for a new character
• 1 new sprite for Katrina
• 2 new illustrated scenes!
• 1 new night/day versions of previous backgrounds

Development Blog - October 31st, 2020

Happy Halloween y'all! Hope the month has been treating everyone well. I'm afraid I received the short end of the stick however ;w;

My mother hurt her leg earlier this month so I've been working her shifts to help out. Unfortunately, this meant I had waaay fewer hours to put into VN development so the next update of Temptation's Ballad is understandably behind schedule. I'll probably need another week of development before the Chapter 2 update will be live for Patreon folk. The next update will optimistically be complete sometime next week.

 I'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience! I'll keep everyone posted about the update's status as the week goes on. Thank you for your understanding, and I'll do my best to make up for the lost time in the coming month. Let me know if you have any questions!

Temptation's Ballad 0.1.4 - (September 25th, 2020)

Yeehaw! As of this update, Chapter 1 of Temptation's Ballad is complete!  At 45 pages, this is also my biggest update I've ever worked on. The fight scenes and sprite animations have been super fun to work on. Hope everyone enjoys what this new update has to offer! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it! <3

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Changelog:

• Chapter 1 is now around 100% complete! 
• 4 new Artemi sprites + 3 spell animations
• 1 new sprites for a new character + 2 spell animations
• 1 new sprite for a new character
• 3 new 3D-modeled backgrounds + 3 night versions of previous backgrounds

Temptation's Ballad 0.1.3 - (August 20th, 2020)

Helloooo! Update 0.1.3 of Temptation's Ballad is here, along with this visual novel's first lewd scene~!

Besides the fun lewd bits, there are a few nice tender moments between a few of the characters that setup the path of their future character arcs. Hope you all enjoy what I managed to create so far! I can't wait to hear all of your thoughts :3

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Changelog:

• Chapter 1 is now around 65% complete! 
• 1 new Sidd sprites!
• 2 new Artemi sprites!
• 3 new Cole sprites!
• 1 new sprites for a new character
• 5 new 3D-modeled backgrounds
• 1 new animation set for Cole
• 1 new animation set for Artemi
• 5 new illustrated scene artworks!
• New artwork for the credits page.

Development Blog - August 15th, 2020

Heyo, how are y'all doing? I just wanna take a moment to thank you all who enjoyed my new visual novel and decided to continue to support me. It warms my heart to know y'all like my work <3

Anywho, let's jump right into this month's development progress!

Writing Progress:

So far, the script for update 0.1.2 is about 33 pages long! There are still quite a few scenes I need to finish writing before it is ready for release. I predict that this update will be around 40 pages when it's done, almost double the size of last month's update! It'll probably take another update or two before Chapter 1 is complete! Chapter 1 is pretty quick-paced in order to introduce the world-building, the main conflict, and all that good jazz. Things will slow down a bit at the beginning of Chapter 2, where we explore some more tender moments with the characters, so there's something to look forward to!

Art Progress:

More spellcasting sprite animations have been made for Cole and Artemi! 

Unfortunately, that last one with Artemi casting an aggressive spell probably won't make it into this update since the story hasn't reached that point yet. I also finished quite a few more expression sprites for the new characters.

Also! There are 5 planned illustrated scenes in this new update, including a lewd scene! 3 of those artworks are currently finished.

I've also finished 3D modeling the backgrounds for all the areas and rooms inside Clyde's fighting ring! 

Aaaand that about sums up all the progress I can show so far! I hope you all enjoy the new update when it comes out! If I were to hazard a guess, it'll probably be ready for release sometime next week? 

Since we're still in the early development stages, please let me know if there's anything you guys are particularly looking forward to! I'll be sure to adjust my future plans if any good ideas pop up!

Let me know if you guys have any questions, and thank you all for the continued support! ;w;/

Temptation's Ballad 0.1.2 - (July 21st, 2020)

Y'all ready for Temptation's Ballad's second update? I've been having a blast writing for this and it's really been fueling me as an artist and writer haha~

This update sees our 3 heroes finally meeting and getting into trouble, as well as meeting a few new faces! Let me know what you guys think of the plot so far, I'd love to hear your thoughts, theories, and stuff you want to see in the future!

Oh and  a slight change to how updates are released: Builds will be released to the general public about a month after Patreon folks do, so essentially Patreon peeps will receive content a month in advance. This will let me fix any big issues before thousands of people fill my inbox reporting the same typo or grammar mistake. It also helps make Patreon folks have more of a bonus from supporting me. Thank you all again, I can't do this without ya! <3

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Changelog:

• 3 new Sidd sprites!
• 2 new Artemi sprites!
• 7 new Cole sprites!
• 3 new sprites for a new character
• 6 new sprites for another new character
• 4 new sprites for yet another new character
• 7 new 3D-modeled backgrounds
• 2 new animation sets for Cole
• Adjusted UI so to avoid text overflow on both computer and Android versions. Separated dialogue box from character name box. 
• Android versions should have a unique app icon instead of the default Renpy icon. Let me know if this is working! ;w;
• 30 pages of story added to Chapter 1.

Development Blog - July 15th, 2020

Good day to y'all! I'm so happy to hear all the positive reception to Temptation's Ballad! It's a relief to hear people are interested in my new project. I was very nervous about it when starting development ngl, but it was super satisfying to see your thoughts on it upon release!

Speaking of development, let's talk about the progress of the next update so far:

Writing Progress:

So far, update 0.1.2 is about 22 pages long and exceeds the length of last month's update. And we're only halfway through the month, so we're very ahead of schedule! I'm currently aiming to hit 30 pages by the end of the month for the update, but that goal is quite tentative since I'm determining how much new art I need to add. I'll be sure to keep y'all posted and notified of any big changes!

Art Progress:

Some of you might have already seen this on Twitter, but I've completed a few spellcasting animations for Cole in the next update!

I'm currently experimenting more simple sprite animations for the other characters. At some point I gotta animate Cole playing his lute and I am very afraid ;;;w;;;

I've also completed about 16 new sprite variations for the characters shown below!  Please note that not all of them may be introduced in the next update. 

Some of you already know, but for Temptation's Ballad, I am 3D modeling all of the backgrounds so that I can create unique locations in a reasonable amount of time. Below are some new location arts that I have completed:

Game UI Progress:

I'm planning to give the game a unique UI for the buttons, textbox, and menu layout at some point. However, this is currently not a priority so I'm just doing some light experimenting while I focus on developing the story. I've made a few adjustments for the text and dialogue box to hopefully fix that text-overflow issue that some players are experiencing on Android versions of the game.

Aaaaand that's all I've got to show for now! Thank you all again for supporting me on my new project, words can't describe how much I appreciate y'all!! <3 <3 <3

Let me know if you guys have any questions about the development. I'll see you guys in the next update! :D

Temptation's Ballad 0.1 - (June 24th, 2020)

Aaaaaaand here it is! The first build of my new visual novel, Temptation's Ballad! I spent the last month drawing and creating as much art as possible to build up the asset library of this new project. All the sprites are currently flat colored, but I plan to go back and cel shade everything later. I'm also 3D modeling all the backgrounds in this game since for more artistic direction and control. I'm learning a lot more coding and art tricks for this new VN, which has been super fun to implement! The first build's main purpose is to establish the story's world and introduce the 3 main characters and their unique backgrounds. Everything afterwards gets much more fun >w>

In any case, I hope y'all enjoy my brand new visual novel! Working on this has been a massive breath of fresh air. I feel alive as an artist and writer again aaaaaaaah <3

And for those wondering, yes. There will be very gay nsfw content in future updates :3

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Changelog:

• Cover Art complete!
• Over 50 new sprites for over 8 different characters!
• 3D modeled 6 different background scenes
• Illustrated overworld map of the city 
• Created simple character animations for Artemi and Sidd
• Frog
• New game Icon sprite
• Coded movable map markers!
• Chapter 1 is in progress! Currently at 25 pages of story so far.

Development Blog - June 13th, 2020

Hello y'all! Here's another little dev blog about the progress of Temptation's Ballad so far:

Instead of being separated into days like in Repeat, Temptation's Ballad will be separated into long chapters, each containing a pivotal story arc. The first few updates will likely be rather short as I work hard to create enough assets, sprites, and backgrounds to fill this new visual novel's library, but after a rough start, development should speed up significantly. 

The first update will be dedicated to introducing our 3 main characters and their unique backgrounds, as well as doing a little world-building on the side. Temptation's Ballad will also contain a massive cast of side characters, including the main characters' parents and important individuals in the city of Axia. This means a lot more sprite-work for me to work on, but I feel like it's worth it ;w;/

Anyway, the following is a compilation of all the sprites I've completed so far. There's about 23 so far. I've still got 3 more characters to work on for this first update ;w;

For Temptation's Ballad, I will also be creating some simple animations for some characters to add to their expressiveness. My main goal for TB is to shift focus from illustrated scenes to reusable sprites so that I can continue writing and publishing updates without waiting weeks for artwork to finish.

As for the backgrounds, gone are the days where I slap some photoshop filters over photo and use it as a background for scenes. I'm currently 3D modeling each of the backgrounds for Temptation's Ballad. The 3D modeling lets me pump out backgrounds quickly while still allowing me to be expressive and creative with how locations are presented. Here are some examples below of the Bonebreaker's Mercenary Guild:

Some of you might have already noticed but there's gonna be a lot more world-building in Temptation's Ballad compared to Repeat. I'm aiming to create a rich, lore-filled world that feels truely lived in and with many moving parts. Here's a little city map of where the story will take place:

Aaaaaand that's all for now. I'm kinda dying a little with how much work there is to do, but I'm really excited to show everyone what I've got planned. As always, thank you all for your continued support! ;;w;;/

Development Blog: The New VN - June 2nd, 2020

Hello y'all! It's time to finally talk about the new Visual Novel I will begin working on now that Repeat is being put into a temporary hiatus. As I mentioned before, I still fully intend on completing Repeat, but after 5 years of nonstop development, I really need a new project to work on as a creative breath of fresh air.

Please note that I am also using this time to continue writing for Repeat in the background. This will be a good chance for me to review everything about Repeat's development and story progression without a massive deadline looming over my shoulder ;w;

The new VN will still be very gay and lewd, so if you're staying for the porn I assure that you have nothing to worry about haha. The working title is "Temptation's Ballad" and it will be a Dungeons & Dragons inspired fantasy story set in vaguely the medieval era in times of magic and adventurers. There will be 3 main characters with a much larger cast of side characters compared to Repeat. 

The 3 main characters of our new story are as follows:

Cole the Hyena (Bard) - The Liar

A trickster and tiny gremlin. Cole is the son of a famous mercenary captain who expects him to take over as the mercenary company's leader in the future. Cole would like to point out he is a tiny little man and can barely lift an axe, but his father is convinced he's simply a late bloomer. 

Sidd the Badger (Fighter) - The Commoner

Sidd is the son of a humble innkeeper and a lactose intolerant cheese-maker from the downtown area of the city. While he considers himself nothing more than a simple working man, he dreams of one day becoming an adventurer and carving a glorious path through history with heroic deeds. His parents worry for him constantly and urges him to refrain from pursuing the life of an adventurer until he finds trusted friends to form an adventuring party with. Thus far, he has yet to find such friends.

Artemi the Golden Retriever (Paladin) - The Chosen One

On the day she was born, a golden light descended from the sky and blessed Artemi as The Creater's Chosen One, a hero destined to "save the world" one day. Ever since then, she was raised and groomed to become the perfect Holy Knight. Artemi wishes to go out and help people, maintain peace, and generally be a good person, but the church had forbidden her from leaving the church district until very recently for her own safety. She grows frustrated from her leashed position and feels utterly inadequate and unprepared for her role as someone who will supposedly "save the world."

Cole would like everyone to note that "Artemi is a prudish goody-two-shoes with her shield stuck up her ass."

Artemi retorts that "Sir Cole is a crude little liar and is not to be trusted."

Development:

This month will be spent mostly creating assets, backgrounds, and character sprites for all of the new characters in Temptation's Ballad. Some developmental changes I'm planning for this VN compared to Repeat is a larger focus on character sprites and animation as opposed to illustrated scenes. As proud as I am of Repeat's over 100 illustrated scenes, they are a massive time sink and the artwork can only be used once throughout the store. In my new VN, I will be making many more character sprites that can be used continuously throughout the story. I also plan on creating very simple animations for the characters, similar to the Ace Attorney series. 

Temptation's Ballad will also be much more linear than Repeat was. The story is told in 3rd person and all 3 characters will experience major character development throughout the main storyline. 

As for lewds, there'll be a budding romance between a few of the characters that develops throughout the story. However, there will also be an abundance of casual lewd scenes because I find them pretty fun. Cole is a bard, and it's a bard's job to seduce his way out of problems. 

I hope to have a short, working demo by the end of this month that introduces the 3 main characters and the world of Temptation's Ballad. Let me know if any of you have questions or concerns about the project! I will also be posting regular status updates and WIP artworks in the #shirokoi-workshop section of my Discord server if you guys are interested in chatting about the game's development there!

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As always, thank you all for the continued support! I wouldn't have made it this far without you guys! ;;w;;/

Repeat 0.7.2 (May 28th, 2020) - Links fixed!

Hello y'all! Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these past few months! If you're getting a little bored during quarantine, I hope this new update can bring you some more entertainment! owo/

This is another update focused on Owen's route. While it's rather short, totaling at around 16 pages, it's got about 12 new illustrated scenes and is very story-dense and action packed! Let me know what y'all think! :D

As mentioned in previous dev blogs, Repeat will be going into a temporary hiatus after this update while I begin development on a second VN project (it will still be hosted on this Patreon page). After working on Repeat nonstop for 5 years, I feel like I've stagnated and have been growing increasingly frustrated with my own work, so I feel like this new project should give me a creative breath of fresh air. Thank you all for understanding! I will be posting regular updates about the new VN on this Patreon page and on the Patreon Discord server.

Also, CW: there are scenes of gun violence in the new update so view at your own discretion, especially considering recent events. 

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Changelog:

• 12 new illustrated scenes!
• 1 New Samuel Sprite
• 1 New Oleander Sprite
• Owen's Route Day 10 is now 100% complete. This is currently the longest day in the game so far, whoops ;w;

Development Blog - April 25th, 2019 (Patrons will not be charged for the month of April!)

Hello everyone! I hope y'all are doing well and staying safe. As for me, I just finished pulling 2 all-nighters in a row to finish my college degree project and am in somewhat of a delirious state. As those of you in my Discord server already know, I spent the majority of April working on my final project for college and did not have much time to spare for Repeat and my usual visual novel development. As a result, I will not be charging everyone on Patreon for the month of April. 

On a brighter note, I'M FINALLY DONE WITH COLLEGE YEEEHAAAAW

This means I'll have more time to spend on visual novel development during these next upcoming months. The next update will be a large, art-heavy one for Owen's route, so y'all can look forward to that! I will try to be more active on my Discord server and show WIPs there as well, so please drop by if any of y'all are interested in chatting! https://forms.gle/bEPBYfnh3XWD5js6A

Also, as stated in my previous development blog, after the next update I will be taking a small break from Repeat and starting a second visual novel for a little bit. I have been working on Repeat nonstop for the last 5 years and as much as I love Repeat, I feel that single-mindedly working on one project has caused my creativity to stagnate. I have been rather burnt-out on Repeat as of late and a little unsatisfied with my work. For the time being, I will be putting it to the side and starting a second project for a breath of fresh air. I hope you all understand my decision. Please be assured that I fully plan to finish Repeat in the future! For now, I just need a little break. 

Thank you all for your continued support! ;;w;;/

Shirokoi Discord Server!

Gonna be upfront and admit that I have very little experience with Discord and large chat groups kinda stress me out. But I do want to increase communication with y'all so here we go! It'll be a learning experience ;w;

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Please note that the Discord server is still fairly WIP so let me know if y'all got any tips for me to improve! It'll be a place for me to discuss future plans, story ideas, and share artwork. Just warning y'all that I'm not super active for chats most of the time, but I'll do my best to drop in at least once a day! 

Looking forward to chatting with y'all! ;w;/

EDIT: Fixed the expired link! This one should stay valid forever ;w;/

Repeat 0.7.1 (April 1st, 2020)

I promise there's no April Fools jokes in this update. Mostly because I am already an April fool ;w;

I'm happy to announce that this update is about 30 pages long, a healthy size that I'm pretty satisfied with. I hope everyone enjoys it! I've also changed my writing style slightly to write more to-the-point scenes and a more investigative VN structure. Let me know what you guys think, and as always I am open to feedback!

As for my RL situation, I am currently in survival mode desperately trying to finish my college degree project before its due date AKA I have to finish a 3D animated short film in 3 weeks in the midst of a pandemic. Overall though, I am fairly safe and I hope everyone here also stays healthy and safe in the coming months! Most of my time during April will probably be spent working on my degree project so Repeat development will likely slow down slightly. It should pick back up after my project due date on April 24th! I might collapse from stress before that though, who knows? ;w;

Oh! And I am currently in the process of creating a Discord server for everyone on my Patreon! It'll be a place for me to post artwork and discuss story ideas for y'all, as well as share my plans for upcoming projects. I've been meaning to communicate more with my dear Patreon folks and this seems like a good option. I'm a little inexperienced with Discord however, and chat groups kinda stress me out a little, but it'll be a learning experience! I'll be posting a dev blog with more info once the Discord server is set up!

As always, thank you guys so much for the continued support and I hope y'all stay safe!

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Changelog:

• 3 New Phillip Tuxedo sprites
• 2 New Samuel sprites
• 3 New sprites for Oleander Lorelei. His old sprites have been reworked/updated.
• 2 New sprites for an new character.
• Owen's Route Day 10 is now 90% complete.

Monthly Merch Raffle + 30% Discount Code! (Winners: Runic Vale + Redder81)

Hello everyone! It's time for our monthly raffle of 2019! To enter, please fill out the Google Form below with your mailing information, and I will pick a randomized winner in about a week.  This month there will be 2 raffle winners to make up for the lateness!

Please note that this raffle is for USA addresses only. 

[RAFFLE LINK] 

To celebrate Spring Break, this month's discount code will be tripled to 30% all items in the merch store! [Check out the merch items here if you're interested!] 

This month's 30% discount code is PATREONMARCH and should last until March 20th, 2020. 

Thank you all for the continued support!

EDIT: The 2 winners of this month's raffle are Runic Vale and  Redder81 ! Your merch packages should be shipped to you within 3-5 business days. More information about the raffle should be emailed to you soon. Hope y'all enjoy your new stuff! :3

Development Blog - February 28th, 2019

Hello folks, hope you're all enjoying the beginning of the spring season! Here's a little update on my future plans on Repeat and my visual novel development process in general.

Repeat Update 0.7.1:

For the next Repeat update, you can expect to dive deeper into Owen's route. There'll be an "exploration" sequence similar to Day 12 of Sissel's route where you were searching through the school for Sissel, where you can interact with various people at the Visitor's Day dance and perhaps uncover some strange happenings. I'm changing up my writing style to get to plot points more quickly and character conversations will be shorter but more punchy and interesting. Hopefully this will help speed up the story pacing to a more exciting degree!

I also really appreciate the feedback you guys gave about the last update! It seems like most of you enjoyed the small retcons I made and that it added a good amount of intrigue/foreshadowing into the story. I'm sorry Owen's story suffered so many retcons in its development. Since then, I've created a new organization system for my writing with massive flowcharts and events, which should help prevent these issues in the future!

Please note that I am currently undergoing my final semester of college at the moment, so I'll have even less time to work on Repeat than usual. However, I will do my best to keep you guys updated and in the loop of my development progress! At my current pace, I predict that the next update will be ready sometime in mid to late March. 

The Future of My Visual Novel Development:

As many of the long-term patrons know, I have been working on Repeat almost nonstop over the course of the last 5 years. Repeat has been my magnum opus and at the center of my life for a very long time. But lately, I've hit a wall as both an artist and writer. After grinding on this singular project and story for so long, I'm starting to feel some major burnout in terms of creativity. 

I haven't been very happy with the quality of my work lately and feel that I have so much room to improve, but I've honestly been regressing over the past few months. I feel slightly trapped by the endless Repeat updates I have to work on one after another. I still love Repeat so much and it's my darling baby project that I fully want to see completely, but I think there comes a time where I need to take a break from it for a little bit. 

I currently have enough written plans to another 2 to 3 updates for Repeat. Afterwards these updates are complete, I have decided I will take a small break from Repeat and begin pre-production on a small-scale side project to refresh my work environment. I simply need something new to work on for a little while.

This will be an opportunity for me to look over the state of Repeat, my process as an artist, and where I want to be in the future. I understand that this decision will probably disappoint many of you, and you are all welcome to cease Patreon support if things go in a direction you are unhappy with. However, I believe that this decision is better for my long-term health and journey as an artist. Rest assured that I will return to Repeat after my break.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you all so much for your support these past few years, and I hope to continue creating great works for everyone to enjoy!

-Shirokoi

Sissel x Euca Comic (pages 1 - 6 complete)

Here's some progress on those comic doodles I posted a few months ago! Sometimes it's fun to skip the plot and go straight into the lewd fun haha~

I hope you guys enjoy what I've made so far! I'll keep working on this whenever I'm sleep deprived and need something to work on lol

Repeat 0.7 (February 13th, 2020)

This screenshot of Owen perfectly encapsulates my mental health nowadays. But hey, I got the update out! There may be a change of plans in Repeat's development soon, so stay tuned for a future development blog. I haven't been doing very well personally these days, unfortunately. But I hope you guys enjoy this new update of Owen's route in the meantime!

Windows: (Dropbox) (Mediafire) 

MAC:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire) 

Linux:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire) 

Android App:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire)   

Changelog:

• 12 New Owen sprites (well technically 4 with 3 different outfit variations)
• 4 New Samuel sprites
• 3 New CG Artworks
• Redrew the 2 Owen sprites from the previous update. They should now be more on-model!
• Owen's Route Day 10 is now 70% complete.
• PLEASE NOTE: There have been some minor retcons to Owen's Route Day 10. I recommend replaying that day to refresh yourself on his plot and see these new scenes.

Retcon scenes are as follows:

• Added CG artwork to the scene where you first see Samuel on Day 10, after your investigation night.
• Added CG artwork to the scene where you first see Owen on Day 10.
• Slightly tweaked the phone call with Morse on Day 10. Made more a little less callous and sarcastic. 

Development Blog - Jan 21st, 2020

Hello y'all! Here's a quick status update on the January build so far. As mentioned in the last dev blog, I am now focusing on developing Owen's route, picking up where we left off on Day 10. I'm currently making a few small retcons on that day to polish up a few things.

Retcon 1: I am adding in 2 artworks for when you first meet up with Samuel and Owen on Day 10, respectively. These artworks are intended to hint at the nature and power of Owen's wish, as well as foreshadow a few upcoming story elements.

Retcon 2: I'm rewriting the scene containing the phone call with Morse. Or at least just tweaking it to remove the joke about making Oleander Lorelei strip. It was originally supposed to lead to a visual gag where Jinny tricks Oleander into wearing something ridiculous to be "hip and cool" with the kids. In hindsight, this joke would disrupt the story mood I'm aiming for, so I'm removing it. Sorry!

Retcon 3???: I might be renaming Owen's wish. "Leila" is a little lame and lacks the depth and symbolism that the other wishes' names had. TBH I kinda just picked "Leila" cuz it sounded like "Lorelei." Currently have no alternatives or plans for this yet, but it's something sitting on the backburner. 

Owen's route seems to be the one full of retcons and rewrites, which I apologize for. His story is much more complicated than Sissel's route, with so many family backstories and secrets that sometimes I have trouble keeping everything in order. Hopefully this will be the last of the retcons and we can keep moving forward cleanly from here!

Art Progress:

As mentioned in the last dev blog, I felt that Owen's new sprites in 0.6.9 were off-model and spent some time redrawing them! I've made the lineart thinner and more consistent with his other sprites so it's less distracting during transitions. Here's the improved versions!

I am also adding 4 illustrated scenes in this next update! 2 of the artworks are already complete, with the 3rd and 4th artworks 80% finished.

I am also redesigning the sprites for Oleander, (Owen's father.)  Some of you may remember his previous sprites looking like this:

I'm currently redesigning his appearance to match my current art style a little more, as well as give him more defined facial features. Here's the concept sketches I have so far:

Writing Progress:

Originally I had 20 pages finished at this point in time. But then I went back and reread everything, and about 10 of those pages are complete garbage so I'm going back to rewrite them. That's basically a writer's job summed up: rewrite shit over and over again until it's fairly decent. I'm unsure how long this upcoming update will be, but I'm hoping to cover a significant amount of plot. 

I hope you guys enjoyed the "exploration" mechanic used in Sissel's route in update 0.6.9. It's a very useful visual novel mechanic and allows y'all to make some choices and also lets me pack in a lot of story in a short time frame in-game. You guys can probably expect more of this in the future!

At the moment, I'm estimating the release date of the new update to be either the last week of January or the first week of February. I'm a little shaky on the dates since I'm struggling to keep up with deadlines on my Capstone project at school as well. Please bear with me while I keep working on Repeat's development! ;;w;;/

Let me know if y'all got any questions, and thank you for the continued support! <3

Repeat 0.6.9 (December 30th, 2019)

Happy holidays guys! Sorry for the long wait, the last few weeks have been a stress-filled hurricane for me, but I finally managed to get the update out! This update's scripted totaled up to 33 pages, the largest update I've written in a while. Hope you all enjoy it!

After this update, Sissel's story will be taking a backseat while I focus on Owen's Route. Thank you all for supporting Repeat, none of this would be possible without you <3

Windows: (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive) 

MAC:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive)  

Linux:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive) 

Android App:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive)  

Changelog:

• Save buttons are now bigger and more accessible! Android users, rejoice!
• 4 New modified versions of pre-existing Hershel sprites.
• Redrew 2 of Hershel's old sprites from scratch (because frankly the old versions sucked and I was too embarrassed to use them).
• 3 New naked versions of Sissel's sprites.
• 2 New Owen Sprites (in hindsight they're slightly off model and I plan to redraw them in the near future)
• 2 New sprites for new characters!
• Sissel's Route Part B: Day 12 is now 65% complete!

Monthly Merch Raffle + Discount Code! [Winner - Jerry Racqoon]

Hello everyone! It's time for the last merch raffle of 2019! To enter, please fill out the Google Form below with your mailing information, and I will pick a randomized winner in about a week. We've got a much wider selection of merch to choose form this time around. Hope y'all enjoy the new posters and stickers! Please note that this raffle is for USA addresses only. 

[RAFFLE LINK] 

This month's 10% discount code is HOLIDAY19 and should last until January 20th, 2020. 

Thank you all for the continued support!

EDIT:

The winner of this month's raffle is Jerry Racqoon! You'll receive more details in an upcoming email! :)

Development Blog - December 16th, 2019

Hello everyone, hope you're all having a wonderful winter! I just wanted to apologize for the lack of activity over the last few weeks. As long-time patrons already know, my work schedule goes through the gutter during this time of year due to final exams, school and family obligations, etc. Unfortunately, Repeat development during these past weeks slowed to a halt while I tried to wrestle my capstone project into submission. 

On the bright side, my semester is finally over and I'm preparing to focus all of my attention back on developing Repeat. Optimistically, I should be able to release another update by the end of this month. If I don't manage to do so, rest assured that Patreon patrons will not be charged for this month.  I never feel comfortable charging money when I haven't managed to create significant content ;w;

As far as update focus goes, the next update will be the last Sissel update for a long while. Afterwards, I will steer focus back onto Owen's route. It's only fair, Sissel has taken the spotlight for the better part of the year now. Soon it'll be Owen's time to shine!

On another note, more items have been added to the Repeat merch store!  Prints of Sissel's kiss scenes have been added, as well as new Owen stickers! $10+ Patrons should receive a 10% discount code soon, as well as entries into the monthly merch raffle. 

Thank you all so much for the continued support! I can't thank you all enough <3

Repeat 0.6.8 (November 18th, 2019)

Aaaaand we've finally reached the climax of Sissel's date night. Literally >:3c

This update's a pretty short one, but it's super art heavy. Lewd art, specifically~! There's a splash of story here and there but this update's mostly porn that I'm sure many of you have been waiting for, so please enjoy! <3

Windows: (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive) 

MAC:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive)  

Linux:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive) 

Android App:  (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive)  

Changelog:

• 6 New CG Artworks for Sissel's sex scene!
• 2 New Hershel sprites
• 3 New shirtless versions of pre-existing Sissel sprites + one naked version.
• Sissel's Route Part B: Day 11 is now 100% complete!
• Grammar/Spelling fix-ups.

Mini Development Blog - November 11th, 2019

Hey folks, just giving y'all a quick heads up on what to expect in over the next month!

The current update's grown a little bigger than I anticipated, so I've decided to break it up and release it in 2 parts. I figured it'd be better to keep the update schedule semi-regular than to force everyone to wait another month for the entire update to be ready. Also, it's my last year of college and my capstone project is kicking my ass, so the timing on these things are gonna be a little shaky ;;w;;

The first part of the update will be ready by the end of this week, and contains a little bit of story, but mostly just Sissel's lewd scene. It contains 6 illustrations, and turned out to be bigger than I expected.  The scene is bigger, I mean, not his-- well, you get the idea.

The second part of the update will be ready in about 3 weeks after the first part, and is shaping up to have around 20-30 pages worth of story for Sissel's Route B: Day 12, so hope y'all look forward to that!

Anywho, that concludes this quick mini dev blog, let me know if y'all have any questions!

Monthly Merch Raffle! - [Winner - HeiroftheSunGod]

Hello y'all! It's time for our first monthly merch raffle! To enter, please fill out the Google Form below with your mailing information, and I will pick a randomized winner in about a week. The winner will receive either a free Owen Pin-up Poster, or 3 Angry Sissel stickers!

Unfortunately, the raffle is restricted to addresses in the USA at the moment. Sorry!

Anywho, have fun and hope y'all enjoy! :D

https://forms.gle/8EzG6vXf3bkEcyGb7

Raffle winner has been randomly selected! 

Congrats to [Heir of the Sun God], hope you enjoy your new Owen pin-up poster! It will be mailed out to you tomorrow and should arrive within 3-5 business days! 

Thank you all for participating! Hopefully I'll be able to add more merch options to y'all in the future!

Development Blog - October 29th, 2019

Hello everyone! Here's a quick update on how the current update is going so far to keep y'all in the loop. 

Art:

This next update is pretty huge art-wise. There are 7 new illustrations for Sissel's sex scene that's coming up. These are nearly complete, just need to tidy up the cell-shading and add some highlights here and there. Here are some sneak peaks:

Just enjoying Sissel's 5 dollar footlong, nothing lewd happening here~!

I also plan to create some more sprites for Sissel and Hershel soon if I have the time. If not, I will add them in later! qwq/

Writing:

The entirety of Day 12 for Sissel has already been outlined, and 10 pages worth of scripting have been completed so far for the next update! Most of the update so far is just Sissel/Euca lewd times. I'm trying to finish it up so I can finally get back to the story of Sissel's route ;w;

Unfortunately, due to how much art I had to create for this update + my class workload increasing, I think I'll need a few more weeks to complete this current update. I've been kinda neglecting my school projects and assignments to work on Repeat lately, and it's starting to show in my grades ;w; I'm afraid I'll have to lessen the time I put into Repeat and budget more of it into my college work, which means updates may take a little longer. Sorry for any inconveniences!

I predict that the next update will be completed for Patreon sometime in the second week of November. Thank you everyone for your patience! ;w;/

Let me know if you have any questions, and thank you all for the continued support! <3