Public Dev Log #3

Hi, everybody. Ryechu here. For those who don’t know who I am, I will be serving as the editor for this project, and you may recognize me from the monthly Kickstarter posts. Logic gave me magical powers so that I could also post here, because you guys are secretly my favorites (Shhh... don’t tell anybody!)

So, Logic wanted me to leave a few notes here, and then I’ll pick up anything else that needs mentioned. Let’s get busy~

Warning: This is going to be a MASSIVE wall of text. Logic is sick, and I don’t have any images other than the one above to share presently.

Here's What's Up

First, some notes from LewdLogic:

“So, I need to apologize. There are some reasons why I feel the need to do this. One, our first project is a visual novel, and because it’s a VN, we want to keep a lot of things a surprise. But even going as far as images, which are the main bread and butter of the game, can be major spoilers. Because of this, it looks like we’re not working on much, but we really are. Vehemently so.

After having a conversation with fellow Patreons, friends, developers, etc., I have changed my mentality about pledging to Critical Bliss. You guys are investing in us in such a way that you guys deserve to get more steady updates. We have some plans to do that:

For those Patrons who do not want to be spoiled, we will label all updates that are critical to the content of the game as spoilers. You will only see a blurred out image until you say you’re okay with seeing it, at which point the blur will be removed. Just so you know, sneak peeks will just include the base images (we’ll reveal sketches and sometimes colored or “in-progress” images, but again, you guys didn’t want the whole game spoiled, and I will honor that!), not the alternate CGs that go with them.

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 21, 2017, we are going to open a public Discord for Critical Bliss. This server will be for PATRONS only. We will be posting more updated information there, as well as on the Patreon. I am a firm believer in people being able to have access to the devs, and especially a line of contact with me.

To this end, we will be having a meeting/conversation every other Sunday. This first one is scheduled for September 24, 2017. We will have two separate meetings, one for our EU fans, one for our US fans. The times will be determined on the Discord channel in the very, very near future. Some people may already be on the Discord server, and they may either be involved in the project, or some of our higher-tier Kickstarter backers who have already been working with us.

As for other image updates, we will post up basically all of the BG work as we go, and the CGs will be what we’ve already discussed. Again, trying to give you as much content without ruining the game for you!

Okay, that’s all for me. I’ll let Ryechu take over from here. I’m going to sleep now. I’m sorry again, please forgive me.

Okay! I got this!

So, good news first. To show that we are still actually definitely working on things, we are giving everybody here some stuff that’s not going to go on the Kickstarter. In other words, for your eyes only!

First, let’s talk about our artists. Did you know we have a ton of artists? Like, a ton? Well, I’m gonna talk about a few of them.

First, I’d like to mention Shiory. Shiory is from Thailand, and he’s into a lot of fucked up degenerate stuff (compared to Lasterk, who isn’t averse to doing it, but he’s a lot more tame)... like me! Shiory is working on a micro-VN that is related to W!?MNAD!!?, and we will provide more information about that going forward as we are able. In short, he will be serving as our bonus content artist, and we will use him in more detailed projects (ie: “game” games, not VNs) if all works out. In other words, consider the micro-VN to be a test of his skills.

To that end, we will be releasing a poll in the near future. There will be six choices to choose from. The reason for the poll will be posted at that time. You will choose up to three choices, and Shiory will draw the top three results! Quick note here, we realized that people having multiple votes creates an unfair balance, so we’ll be reverting back to everybody having a single vote!

Next, I’d like to introduce Vui. He is a Vietnamese background artist with previous experience in the Anime industry. Unsurprisingly, he will be serving as our BG artist. He comes connected with Gionp, another well-known BG artist. These two will have very little involvement on the character side of things, but they will ensure that we have pristine, gorgeous backgrounds. In total, that puts at a rotating set of three background artists.

We are still screening additional artists to see if they will be a good fit for us. We will release information about those we have screened, as well as other high-tier contributors, as time goes on, so stay tuned?

Okay, let’s talk releases. On Kickstarter, we’ve been talking about the Chapter 1 release. We’re still diligently working on it, but due to Nutaku’s publishing rules, I am not sure that we will hit a release by the end of the month. So, we plan on releasing a work-in-progress standalone so we at least maintain some of the promise we made. It is currently in the final stages of production, and then it will need to go through editing. Because of my schedule (for those who don’t know, I am actively working for some major VN companies), we may release the WIP unedited, but Logic is a pretty fucking solid writer, and my time working with him has been smooth.

The Kickstarter update that we posted at the end of last month has any other random updates that need to be mentioned on that front.

ANYWAY. Did I tell you guys that I fucking love the music in this game? Logic put together a Dropbox containing 12 versions of the same song as they went through updated iterations and mastering and playing and “Ryechu listened to it and hated this part fix it” and all sorts of other stuff. We call it “Euphoric audio escalation.” Check it out.

Okay, I think that’s all I got. Remember, the Discord will be opening up tomorrow, and we’ll throw up a link in all the places, and then we’ll work on getting everybody in the right places. If you don’t see channels, just ping us and we will get it taken care of as quickly as possible.

Bear with us, the best is still coming.

Thank you for supporting us. Seriously. We had no idea that we would get this sort of reaction. Thank you.

Thank you.

~Ryechu