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Ewan CG Progress

 Just a progress post showing how we got from concept to "final lines" for one of Ewan's CGs.

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Padded Rooms

Wherein Nora and Elliot discuss magical doors and the consequences of telling people you have a school in your closet.

(Trying to repost this as the video wasn't showing up properly for me so I have...

Ewan Clip

This is a short clip from about mid-way through Ewan's route, involving Nora and Spencer. In spite of his anger and bullying, Spencer is still Nora's little brother and she loves him a great deal. Rep...

Do My Characters Talk to Me?

I think it's the pragmatic part of my mind that rails against the idea of characters that "talk to me."

When I was much younger, I often talked about my "muse" and how it would slap me ar...

Dan was totally...what??

Another short clip from Ewan's route. Nora chats with Danny and Elliot in the club room...

A Very Important Question

Well, the title and clip say it all really.

This clip is from a little later in Ewan's route when they've started to become friends. Ewan has just given Nora a ride to school and she asks him a very...

Least Favorite "Type" of Love Interest

In this poll, we're offering the same types  before, but this time you can select your top 2-3 least favorites. Again, we'd really love to know why you dislike them - or, at least, why you're lea...

Favorite "Type" of Love Interest

This is related to our previous poll about specific traits people like, but is more a look at overall types that you guys tend to be more drawn to.  You should be able to pick more than one, but ...

You Favorite Love Interest Traits

This is one of two polls we'll be releasing on similar topics. This one deals with your favorite traits in love interests. You should be able to vote for more than one (but please, no more than three)...

Changeling's Faeries

Changeling has quite a few Fae creatures that appear throughout the game.

I've always loved the artwork ...

Danny - Shirtless?? =O

A WIP from a CG set in Danny's route. Nora in her PJs, Danny without a shirt.

Not looking forward to having to replicate that tattoo for this CG set. ;A;

Ewan Route Clip (chapter one)

A short clip of Nora and Ewan's first interaction in his route. There are a few small typos but this is just a sneak peek so those will definitely be fixed in the final product!

Elliot - Forehead kiss

Just another sneak peek of Elliot CGs. I don't think I've posted this one yet. 

Still need to tweak it here and there to make some anatomical corrections. For some reason, Elliot is always a li...

Ewan - Bike Ride Progression

So this shows how CG progression usually goes from concept to completion.

1. The original concept art. Most CGs were conceptualized by other artists (not all - a few of them are my work start to fin...

VROOM VROOM! (Ewan CG lines)

Another CG from Ewan's route. Well, just the lines for it. Nora gets the cool helmet. OwO

Ewan CG WIP (spoiler)

This CG is from Ewan's route. And I won't give too much more away about it except that yes, that is Ewan.

And yes, this is obviously still unfinished. LoL I'll also be posting the CG when it's compl...

Ewan WIP? Snuggles!?

A scene from Ewan's route - it involves......snuggles. And lots of floofy hair.

N'aawww Danny

A CG from Danny's route - well, the lines for it anyway. Lookit dat cute smile. OwO

Content Feedback

Hey everyone! Just wanted to quickly check in and ask something.

One of the subjects we're intending to post here (and have, somewhat already) is related to the ins and outs of game development - ho...

Future Project Ideas

We just wanted to share some of the ideas we're batting around for our next project or future projects. 

You'll notice that I really like writing worlds and settings that have some form of magi...

William Concepts

So this particular concept art is for an "extra" CG meaning this CG won't be in the final game on its initial release but will hopefully be added in as a later update. 

2018-05-03 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Marc, I wouldn't...do that.

What is an otome without a kabedon moment? 

An otome that definitely missed an opportunity for amusement.

2018-05-01 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Nora's Sneaky Capers!

For one scene in Elliot's route, we decided to add in a single use of a royalty free track mostly to pull off a gag related to how much sneaking around and eavesdropping Nora does in this route. We ar...

The Truth About Editing

Today I wanted to write up a quick bit on the editing and revision process.

In my experience, many visual novels are clearly not edited to an extensive degree. You can tell by plo...

Complete game or Route by Route?

How do you prefer your games released? Do you prefer having a complete game that is released all at once or a game that comes out faster but is released route by route?

Many times during the course ...

New Elliot CG Preview

A CG I haven't really shown off anywhere. Comes from a scene in Elliot's route that is only unlocked if you meet certain criteria which I shall not be explaining here.

Mwa ha ha.

Sprocket's Bloops + Sprite talk

Sprocket saved some of her best bloopers from her night of testing Marc's completed beta. 

And now we share them with you! 

First, Sprocket learns (again) that ren'py does not like t...

'Punk' settings?

Sprocket and I are big fans of retro-futuristic and futuristic settings. While these are not the only settings we'll be exploring in future projects, we are curious which of these our patrons are most...

A little sneak peek of Elliot?

For those eager for some sneak peek content, have a little glimpse some CG lines for Elliot's route. 

Otome games are fully of serendipitous moments - two characters fall in a way that just hap...