A-413 wrote:wow this is really amazing stuff. i like how you design the characters and map <3 the art style you have is also really pro. i'll be keeping watch for this. the fact that it's in a steam punk setting is an added bonus. really unique. i look forward to playing it when it's done. :3
Aww thank you! We really appreciate it.
40% through with chapter three:
The game contains 2,411 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 43,992 words,
for an average of 18.2 words per screen.
The game contains 74 menus.
I've been writing faster recently, so hopefully this momentum keeps up. I'm taking a short break because the artist wants to come up with some scenarios for me to write. XD She has a soft spot for cute scenes, so.
If it were up to me, everyone would be some sort of crazy yandere, so you should thank the artist.
The voice acting auditions are winding down now. We've pretty much picked out our ideal cast out of the people who've auditioned and an official announcement will be made the first week of July. I'm really excited about our cast, so hopefully everyone likes them, too. <3
The character designs are also finishing up, so hopefully we have sprites done soon. I do plan to release a demo that contains just the first chapter or so, but that has to wait until all the sprites are done, at least. (err minus the ones that don't appear yet) I'm pretty sure the demo will keep the placeholder BGs we've been using, though. Idk, we'll see how it goes.
We've also more or less finalized our plans for some DLC content... Basically, there's a secret fifth guy (Jarmiel - working name lol) that you can date in the game if you purchase an expansion pack. He is very important to the main storyline, it's just that he isn't obtainable unless you buy the add-on content. We haven't decided on a price yet, but it'll definitely be $5 or less, so not too expensive, we hope. This is mostly just so we can make back the money we spent on music commissions and that sort of thing, but yeah. We do plan on primarily making free games, but offering these sorts of extras to support our free games. Anyway, we promise we'll make him worth your while! ;D The only drawback is that he won't be voiced, but then I suppose you can just use your imagination for him~
tl;dr we're hard at work, thanks to everyone for their support thus far. ;__; (I've already got my next game in planning/production and it's a BL game where you get to time travel, hehehe) Crazy to think that we just started this project at the end of April... I hope nobody judges our game too much just because it's our first VN, haha.
