Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available] [RELEASED]

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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [KICKSTARTER +DEMO]

#46 Post by Ertal77 »

Only two days left to finish the Kickstarter!

Not only we are fully funded, but we also reached all the stretch goals we wanted :D

Thank you so much to everyone who has backed our project, shared it or give us feedback!

We'll keep you updated! :wink:
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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#47 Post by Ertal77 »

The Kickstarter campaign is finished!

Thank you very much again to all the awesome people who have help with funds, promotion or encouragement!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/10 ... sual-novel

I can't wait to share those funds with our artists and musicians and see this project taking a definitive shape!
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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#48 Post by Cirrocumulus-Cloud »

It's wonderful to see how much you raised! Can't wait to see how great this game will be! You definitely deserve all of the funds that you got. =)

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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#49 Post by Dovahkitteh »

Congrats!! You guys really knocked it out of the park, and I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. :D
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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#50 Post by Ertal77 »

Sorry for the long silence! I've just noticed I've been sharing some updates of the game in the Discord, but not here!

Well, the demo is now updated with more original music, some backgrounds, edited text and some minor changes, following your feedback.

In addition, the option of pre-order the game through itch.io has been added. Did you want to back us on Kickstarter and missed the chance? Just select your reward, send us an email to notify on what you want and place the pre-order on itch.io!
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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#51 Post by bobconway »

Glad you posted an update -- would have missed this otherwise.
This looks awesome, and I'll definitely be preordering. :)
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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#52 Post by Ertal77 »

I've just opened a new Discord server to share updates and teasers of Chasing the Stars and A Hand in the Darkness :wink:

Please bear in mind that my visual novels are BL and some NSFW will surely appear. But if you like that stuff, I'd be honored if you guys joined!
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#53 Post by Ertal77 »

From now to the end of January, A Hand in the Darkness and the preorder of Chasing the Stars are offered as a bundle at a special price :wink:

Plus, you'll find a new point and click scene added to the demo of Chasing the Stars: the game won't include puzzles, but you'll have the chance to interact with the backgrounds from time to time, whenever our protagonist, Tirs, must search for something. We hope you like this feature!
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#54 Post by Ertal77 »

It seems I haven't updated this post in... forever!

Time to share some screenshots, so you can check the progress :wink:


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#55 Post by Ertal77 »

Time to share our opening song!
[youtube]https://youtu.be/QU_OtHJ20to[/youtube]
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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#56 Post by balldancing »

Holy gawd jaysus those men are hot. Question: do you do commission for sprites? I can’t tell you how much I desire men like that in my VN *0*
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#57 Post by Ertal77 »

Hahaha, sorry, but I'm not the artist! I'm glad you like them, though.
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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#58 Post by Ertal77 »

I'm trying to post a weekly update on the progress, so here you are!
Progress
Writing 40% (50k words so far)
Sprites 75% (7 out of 11)
Backgrounds 75% aprox
GUI 80% (some options missing in Prefs, and Gallery not added yet)
Music 100%
Programming 40% (I do it as I write the script)

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#59 Post by Ertal77 »

Update time with more screenshots!
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Re: Chasing the Stars [BxB] [DEMO available]

#60 Post by Ertal77 »

Our demo is now live on Steam!

Link added to the main post. Current progress of the art: 99% finished! ^_^ So excited right now!
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