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Repeat 0.5.7 (Mar.13.2018)

Well then, looks like my updating schedule got derailed and then steered off a cliff. On the bright side, my schoolwork has lightened up considerably lately, so I'll be able to put more time into Repeat these coming months. ;w;

This month's update is on the slower and shorter end of things, but there's a little surprise appearance at the end that I'm sure will make some you think real good. Hope you all enjoy it!

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

Mac: (Dropbox) (Mediafire) (Google Drive) 

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

Changelog:

• Sissel Day 11 is now 90% complete!
• 3 new Sissel sprites!
• 2 new Hershel sprites! (one of them I'm going to re-draw in the future since it looks kinda funky :/)
• 1 New character sprite!

Development Blog: Feb 22, 2018

Hello everyone! I figured it's time I give you all a heads up on how the next update of Repeat is going. I've been planning to post development blogs on my Patreon every two weeks so I can keep y'all in the know, but real-life kept getting in the way. But hey, I'm doing it now! Better late than never, am I right? ;;w;;/

Progress so far:

So far in February, I've completed a total of 5 new character sprites, 3 for Sissel and 2 for Hershel. As you can probably guess, the next update is going to be featuring Sissel's route again.

As for the writing, it's been going rather slow unfortunately. It's currently midterm season here at my university so I'm pretty much spending every waking moment stressing about my next assignment (Not to mention how February is a rather short month :/) . But worry not! I've already written around 10 pages for the next update with more coming, and progress is going pretty smoothly. However, due to some events and real-life obligations going on in the coming weeks, Repeat 0.5.7 is going to be released on the week of March 5th, which is about a week's delay. Sorry about that guys! qwq

Another announcement is that I've finally discovered time in my hectic schedule to sketch/make progress on the Repeat comic! i.e. I took my portable tablet into my lecture classes and drew furry art while my professor rambled for 4 hours. My friends were giving me the "look" when they saw furry shit on my screen. The things I do for you guys >:U  Anywho, while progress will be slow, the Repeat comic is back in the oven!

Plans for future updates:

I know a lot of you have been asking for more content for Phillip's route, and I'm happy to say that the outline for the first few days of his route is complete! The only issue is that it require a lot of new art, especially for a new character that'll be introduced, which means it'll take a bit of time to make while I'm juggling Sissel's route at the moment. I think you can all expect the first day of Phillip's route to be adding alongside a Sissel update sometime in Repeat 0.6.0. I'll be sure to keep ya'll posted with concept art and news!

And last but not least, I'm planning to go back to the beginning of Repeat and rewrite a few scenes, as well as adding art to a few character introductions. In the beginning of Repeat, readers don't really get the impression that there'll be a lot of CG art added to accompany the story, so I want to fix that. That rainbow-Owen drawing that you've seen floating around my social media will be used in this. There are also a fair few plotholes hanging about that I need to fix (ex. Phillip mentioning his "parents" when he only has a single mom). And simply put, there are a few scenes that I feel are just plain boring and need a bit of rewriting. 

One more announcement! I'll be attending the Anthro New England convention this weekend! I'm a social wreck at large events like this, but I hope to see some of you there! If you spot an idiot wearing this badge, feel free to say hi! :D

Alrighty, let me know what you guys think and if you have any concerns! Also, what do you think about the new Development Blog format? Should I make more of these in the future? Anything in particular you want to be added in the blogs? I may not reply to everything, but I do read everything you guys send to me, so any feedback is appreciated!

Repeat 0.5.6 (Feb.01.2018)

Alrighty, y'all ready for the new update? I wanted to let y'all know that despite focusing mainly on Sissel's route right now, I'm slowly developing both Phillip and Owen's routes on the side. I'll be sure to add more content to their routes whenever I feel like I've made enough progress to warrant an update! owo/

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

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

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

Changelog:

• Sissel Day 11 is now 70% complete!
• New Hershel sprite!
• Do you like the Remnant? Well, look forward to even creepier sound effects! (I've made sure their volume's toned down this time around so it's okay!.... maybe? ;w; )
• 2 new CG artworks!

Update Status Jan.30.2018

Heyo folks! The next Repeat update should be up sometime tomorrow night on Wednesday, or late into Thursday morning! I've got classes from 11AM to 9:30PM tomorrow, so I'll be a little stretched for time but things should be squared away fairly soon! ;w;/ 

Repeat 0.5.5 Android Build - Attempt #2

Welp, after hours of tinkering with the settings with Renpy, I completely uninstalled and reinstalled everything (including the Java programs on my laptop) and viola! The darn build finally decides to compile properly. Here are the download links to the Android App for 0.5.5 and let me know how it works out for your guys! The links in the original post have been updated as well! ;w;/

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

Repeat 0.5.5 (Dec.30.2017)

 Hey peeps, how's it going? Thank you all for your patience these past few months, and here is the latest Repeat update! Unfortunately this one's on the small side due to my current working situation, but the updates down the line should be much bigger once I get back into the swing of things. 

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

Mac: (Dropbox) (Google Drive)  (Mediafire) 

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

Changelog:

• Sissel Night 10 is now 100% complete!
• 2 CG artworks added for night scenes
• 2 new spites for Sissel
• 1 new sprite for Jinny
• New Repeat cover art!

Quick status update

Hello folks, just a little heads up that the Repeat update may be a few days late. I've been sick with the flu for the past few days and it really cut into my work time. Rest assured that the update will be completed by the end of December. Sorry for all the inconveniences!

Repeat Status Update

Hello folks! It's finally December and that means Repeat development is coming back full swing (almost)! You can all expect a new update to Sissel's route sometime around December 20th. It won't be the entirety of Sissel's Route: Part A that I originally planned since development slowed to a crawl these last few months, but it will be a mushy/romantic one I'm sure many of you will enjoy.

In the coming months, you can all expect regular updates to Sissel's route until it's full completion. I'm not sure how long it will take, but I am determined to finish Sissel's route by the end of 2018, with it optimistically taking much less time than that. After that, I will spread development between Phillip and Owen's routes until completion, and finally Jinny's route comes last.  

Thanks again for everyone's support, and let's all dive full steam ahead!

Repeat Comic - Page 6

Boi I thought Phillip was supposed to be the angsty one >:U

Anywho, hope everyone is doing well! Good news btw, my current full-time job ends on December 21st which means everyone can expect the new Repeat update to come out a little after that. I've got some mushy-romantic stuff for Sissel's route that you can all look forward too.

Thank you all so much for sticking with me through these messy release times! ;w;/

Repeat Comic - Page 5

Heyo I'm still alive! Here's a little update on the comic that I'm sure ya'll forgot about ;;w;;/

As a personal update, I'm currently trying to push out a Repeat update sometime in December! It probably won't be the entirety of Sissel's route as I originally planned since development crawled to a standstill, but it should be a pretty big one that I'm sure a lot of you will enjoy. ;w;/

Gotta say this again, but thank you guys so much for your continued support! Seriously, I've never felt more grateful in more life to have you guys sticking with my messy life qwq/

Going on hiatus until Dec 2017

Hello everyone! Hope you're doing well.

The last several months of Repeat development has been going very slowly. Those of you who follow me on social media already know that I have taken up a fulltime job that's eaten up much of my time during the day. Due to the massive new time sink in my daily life, there hasn't been much time for me to further develop Repeat as much as I'd like. I am only one person doing all the writing, coding, and art for this project and there simply isn't enough time in the day for me to do all this anymore.

With development going so incredibly slowly, I feel that it is unfair to continue charging my Patreon supporters for such little development with no updates. That's why I have decided to put the project on hiatus until December 2017, when my current job will end and I will have more time to focus on writing and drawing for Repeat. 

No worries though! I fully intend to continue working on Repeat during this hiatus, and accelerate my work after the hiatus ends. It's just that in my current situation, updates are going so slowly that charging my Patrons  just feels very uncomfortable for me. 

Patrons will not be charged any money during this hiatus.

I will also continue to work on the Repeat comic during this time.  $10+ Patrons will continue to gain early access. 

Thank you all for your understanding and continued support! I'll do my utmost to create greatest Visual Novel I can personally manage. 

Repeat Progress Report - Aug.13.2017

Alrighty folks, I'mma let you know how things are going so far! The story's main outline has already been set in stone, so all that's left is to create the scenes that connects everything together. 

Writer's block bitch-slapped me here and there, but I've battling it by juggling several scenes at a time. Turns out writing out of chronological order is pretty useful at time. I am approximately 40% done with the entirety of Sissel's Route Part A, although my progress in terms of artwork has been relatively slow with only 4 CG artworks so far.

 Here are a few small, (and fairly spoiler-free) cropped previews of them! 

And here are some new Sissel sprites that I've completed so far:

For the most part, I'm pretty happy with how things are turning out. I don't have a time estimate yet of when Sissel's Route - Part A will be complete since I have a habit of completely deleting and rewriting scenes that I'm unsatisfied with. But I'm very optimistic with the story's development and am looking forward to see your reactions in the future! :)

Repeat Comic - Page 4

I can only defend this comic page with a nonchalant shrug. 

Announcement Regarding Repeat Development

Alrighty, so let's start off with an explanation. In my development notes/scripts, all the routes in Repeat (except for Jinny's) are split into Part A and Part B. 

I plan to use the upcoming months to complete the entirety of Sissel's route Part A in one go. This is because I feel like the monthly updates have caused me to subconsciously chop up the pieces of Repeat's story into episode-like segments that, while relatively entertaining, don't exactly fit together into the overarching narrative as well as I'd like. 

The opposite of this happened while working on the last Owen's route update, where I had an extra few weeks to polish the writing thanks to my trip to China. In that extra time, I felt like I was finally able to achieve the emotional high-points I was striving for without feeling like I was weighing the story down with filler. It was one of the few updates I felt legitimately proud of in the past year. I sincerely want to continue this trend in quality, which is why I'm planning to complete Sissel's route Part A in one fell swoop.

The bad news is that you guys will have to wait longer for the next update. Some of you may even discontinue your Patreon support due to the long lull in content. I don't blame you if you do. However, I want to ensure that the writing in Repeat is the best that I'm capable of, and this is the method I feel is necessary in order to achieve it. 

Of course, I won't be completely silent over the new few months. Every few weeks or so, I'll make a few progress report posts regarding the development and status of the game. And of course, I'll try and keep those Repeat comic pages coming in the meantime. 

Anywho, I thank you all for the support and hopefully I'll see y'all in the near-future with a completed Sissel Route: Part A!

Repeat Comic - Page 3

Euca's gonna be in his tank top most of this comic because his jacket's a pain in the ass to draw >:U

Speedpaint Video (spoilers?)

Aaaay what's up. I haven't made a speedpaint video in a long time, so I figured "why not?" and made a recording of something I'm working on. Sorry if there's too much flipping and zooming in/out in the vid, I tend to do that a lot while drawing ;w;

Anywho, I hope you guys enjoy this little thing, and let me know if you'd like to see more in the future! :)

Repeat Comic: Page 2

Drawing backgrounds is hard >:U

Repeat Comic: Page 1

This page is just here for the folks who might see this comic without knowing what Repeat is. I just wanted to give them a heads up in case they wanted to experience the game first. You guys obviously don't need this warning haha

Also shameless advertising ;w;/

Repeat Comic: Title Page

Aaaand here's the title page of the Repeat comic I'm working on. It'll be a little story between Euca (Protagonist) and Sissel. Of course, other characters will make a guest appearance as well. Hope ya'll will enjoy what I have in store! :)

New Perk for $10+ Patrons

Hello guys! Let me start by saying thank you from the bottom of my heart to each and every one of you. Your generosity and support has given me the time and stability to continue working on Repeat and telling the stories I have stuck in my head. It's been an honor creating content for you guys, and I plan on continue doing so with the best of my ability.

That being said, I'm afraid I've been a bit lacking when it comes to the Patreon perks of my $10+ patrons. I never felt like the HD art packs were worth much, and I constantly lacked the time to do the monthly Patreon raffles I was supposed to do. So now I have something new for all of you!

$10+ Patrons will now receive early access to the new Repeat comic that I'm currently working on! Ya'll will get to see the comic pages right after their completion. After that, the accumulated comic pages will be released to the public at the end of every month. I'm very excited about this little new project, and I hope everyone enjoys reading it! :)

Repeat 0.5.4 (July.5.2017)

Heyo everyone! Hope ya'll had a good day and all those fireworks didn't keep you up all night. Here's a new Repeat update to wind down to after the celebrations. :)

Originally this update was going to be in Sissel's route, but the scenes I was working on lacked the emotion punch I was aiming for. AKA writer's block clobbered me over the head and dumped my unconscious body into the ocean. So instead, I went back and continued Owen's route. I know some of ya'll are thirsty for some lewd. Hopefully this update with keep you satisfied owo/

Also, stay tuned because I'm going to be making some slight changes (good ones) to my Patreon this month >:3

PS: Oh by the way, I am now hosting the Repeat files on multiple websites. Hopefully this will give everyone more download options in case Mediafire isn't working for you.

Changelog:

• Owen Day 10 is now 80% complete
• Owen lewd scene now available on Day 10
• s u c c
• 3 CG artworks added for the lewd scene 
• New Jinny and Phillip "what the fuck" sprites

Windows: (Mediafire) (Dropbox) (GoogleDrive)  

Mac: (Mediafire) (Dropbox)  (GoogleDrive)  

Android App: (Mediafire) (Dropbox) (GoogleDrive) 

Repeat 0.5.3 HD Art Pack

And this is why I'm a terrible organizer among other things. Anyway, here's the HD Art pack for the the last few updates. I've included HD PNG files from both Owen's route, Sissel's route, and other miscellaneous Repeat-related art/doodles I had lying around. Hope ya'll enjoy! ;w;/

ps: my files are named weird idk

(Repeat 0.5.3 HD Art Pack) 

Update 0.5.3 Bug Fix

Hello everyone! Just letting you know that I have fixed the little text bug towards the end of this update and have reuploaded the build. Just redownload the game from the link in the Repeat 0.5.3 post for the fixed build. Thank you for your patience!

Repeat 0.5.3 (May.17.2017)

Hello folks! I'm sorry for how off-schedule things have been lately. The peeps who follow me on Twitter probably already know, but I was in China for the past 3 weeks visiting family.  I had this update bright and ready, but sadly China blocks many of the websites I needed to use to update Repeat, hence the delay. Again, sorry! 

Hopefully the fact that this update is like 3x the size of my regular updates makes up for my tardiness. I also experimented with a few different scene structure techniques in the later parts of this update to create a more varied experience. I hope you all enjoy, and I look forward to your feedback!

(Windows) 

(Mac) 

(Android App) 

Changelog:

• Owen's Route - Day 9 is complete!
• Owen's Route - Day 10 is 30% complete!
• 9 new CG artworks
• Crying children
• Grammar and spelling fixes

Repeat 0.5.2 [Public Build] (March.19.2017)

 I AM SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY

(Also I have been encouraged to post public release notices so that non-patrons can comment and give feedback as well.)

Life has been a bit of a roller coaster lately so I'm struggling a bit to catch up. Needless to say, my Repeat updating scheduling is completely messed up. For future updates, I just continuously work on an update and release it as soon as it's ready instead of aiming for any specific deadline. With some luck, I will be back to a monthly release cycle before long. Again, sorry for all the inconvenience! ;w;/

As for this new update, I have begun completely rewriting Owen's route starting from Day 9. There were quite a few problems in the previous verion that I hope to fix in the new rewrite:

• While I'm sure many of you love Samuel's character, he had unfortunately taken center stage in Owen's route and overshadowed him as the main character. Samuel will still play a pivitol role in the story, but hopefully not in a way to interferes with Owen's own character development.
• There's quite a few background details that I did not reveal in the previous version. Without these details, Owen's actions in his route felt a bit asinine and unrelateable otherwise. 
• I'm debating on removing Samuel's sex scene with Euca (the main character). While I'm sure many of you enjoy it, the sex makes no sense within the story, and I hope the plot stays as uninfluenced by the need for sex appeal as possible. To make up for it, I might end up making small comics or illustrations of lewd!Samuel outside of the game.
• There was a rather....lack of emotional connection with Owen in the previous version that I hope to improve upon in the rewrite.

Please let me know your thoughts on the new rewrite! If you have any comments or suggestions, leave a comment! I may not reply to all of them,  but rest assured that I read every single one. Your feedback is what helps me improve Repeat! :)

(Windows) 

(Mac) 

(Android) 

Changelog:

• Owen's route rewrite: Day 9 is now 70% complete
• New Owen sprites!
• A little history lession.
• New CG artwork!
• Grammar and spelling fixes.

Repeat 0.5.2 (March.19.2017)

I AM SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY

Life has been a bit of a roller coaster lately so I'm struggling a bit to catch up. Needless to say, my Repeat updating scheduling is completely messed up. For future updates, I just continuously work on an update and release it as soon as it's ready instead of aiming for any specific deadline. With some luck, I will be back to a monthly release cycle before long. Again, sorry for all the inconvenience! ;w;/

As for this new update, I have begun completely rewriting Owen's route starting from Day 9. There were quite a few problems in the previous verion that I hope to fix in the new rewrite:

• While I'm sure many of you love Samuel's character, he had unfortunately taken center stage in Owen's route and overshadowed him as the main character. Samuel will still play a pivitol role in the story, but hopefully not in a way to interferes with Owen's own character development.
• There's quite a few background details that I did not reveal in the previous version. Without these details, Owen's actions in his route felt a bit asinine and unrelateable otherwise. 
• I'm debating on removing Samuel's sex scene with Euca (the main character). While I'm sure many of you enjoy it, the sex makes no sense within the story, and I hope the plot stays as uninfluenced by the need for sex appeal as possible. To make up for it, I might end up making small comics or illustrations of lewd!Samuel outside of the game.
• There was a rather....lack of emotional connection with Owen in the previous version that I hope to improve upon in the rewrite.

Please let me know your thoughts on the new rewrite! If you have any comments or suggestions, leave a comment! I may not reply to all of them,  but rest assured that I read every single one. Your feedback is what helps me improve Repeat! :)

(Windows) 

(Mac) 

(Android) 

Changelog:

• Owen's route rewrite: Day 9 is now 70% complete
• New Owen sprites!
• A little history lession.
• New CG artwork!
• Grammar and spelling fixes.

I am a mess

Hello my wonderful wonderful patrons! And friends! And maybe random stranger. Hello!

This is Shirokoi, bringing you some even more bad news! Those of you who follow me on twitter can probably guess what it is. Everything in real life seemed to dump their deadlines onto this week, including my college animation projects, job applications, interviews, exams etc. I haven't slept in the last 35 hours and dear lord I wish I have the strength to finish the Repeat update by the deadline, but it does not look very probable. 

I'm really sorry guys, I've been delaying updates several times already but things just keep popping up irl. I honestly feel really shitty delaying it once again, but college life has me on a leash.

I will do my damn best to finish the Repeat update as soon as humanly possible, but it will probably be released to Patrons sometime this weekend. I am sincerely sorry for the inconveniences and lack of consistency in my updates. Thank you all for your understand and support!  ;w;/

Repeat 0.5.1 (Jan.31.2017)

Hellooooo everyone! Hope y'all had a happy new year and that you enjoy this new update!

Also, a quick heads up! I'll be completely rewriting/retconning a large part of Owen's route in the next update, so take anything you've learned in his story with a grain of salt. 

And another note for Android users! I'm terribly sorry for those of you who were unable to install the last update of Repeat. I messed up with some of the coding and made it impossible for the app to update on certain devices. But now if you delete the old version off of your device before installing the new one, it should work fine! Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks again!

(Windows) 

(Mac) 

(Android) 

Changelog:

• Day 10 of Sissel's route is complete!
• New Sissel expression sprites.
• 2 new CG artworks.
• Even more grammar fixes
• Clowns?
• Added Phoenix Wright-ish screen shake effects to certain scenes for dramatic effect
• Learned how to use particle effects! 

Repeat - January Announcements

Hello everyone! I hope ya'll had a wonderful New Year and a good start into 2017!

My start's going rather lopsided of I'm being honest. You're all probably wondering what happened to the December update of Repeat. Well I'm wondering that too.

I've written and rewritten the entirety Day 10 of Sissel's route at least 6 times and am still not very happy with how it's turned out. I might be just nitpicking but I really want the story and tone to go in a better direction than I currently have it in. My previous writing on it is decent, but it just doesn't flow very well in my head, you know? Speaking of rewritings, I plan to retcon a huge chunk of Owen's route and rewrite it from the ground up in the future. A lot of things are staying the same but I can't help but feel like there's a lot of missing pieces in his route as well.

Again, apologies for all the inconveniences! I hope to compile all my work in December into that of January to create a big-ass update at the end of this month. I hope everyone enjoys what I have planned, and thank you all for your support and understanding! ;w;/  

Temporary Changes for December

Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a fantastic winter holiday so far! I wanted to give a quick heads up that for this month, I will be temporarily changing the Patreon payment settings to Per Month instead of Per Update. 

The reason behind this is because I will be (forced) to work for my parents from December 20th to January 2nd, 12 hours a day. It's uh, a family tradition I guess. Needless to say I'll be scrambling to find time to work on Repeat. As a result, this update will probably be slightly late and be uploaded a few days into January instead of the usual 31st of this month. 

Rest assured that I will immediately revert back the usual Payment Per Update setting as soon as this holiday is over and I'm back to my usual schedule. Thank you all for your understanding and I thank you all for your continued support! ;w;/