The Duenkhy [XxB][Otome][Fantasy] [CASSIUS CH 1!!]

[Lady-Cynic]

asdfghjkl; An otome game where the MC is genderfluid?! And those character designs! Definitely gonna follow this thread. I wanna play this so much now.

[Cafechan]

I kind of have a love-hate relationship with the otome genre, but this looks like it will be lots of fun! I really love the characters and their designs! Thanks for the breath of fresh air.

Wow!! Thank you for the nice comment!! I hope it doesn't disappoint! I'm very much adhering to the otome format, but I'm hoping to bend expectations and subvert some common pitfalls = )

Your character designs are absolutely lovely. *q* Definitely going to play Cassius' or Calisto' route first! Cassius looks like such a cutie patoot and I'm loving Calisto's tattoos.

Thank you so muuuuch!!!! Calisto's tattoos were a mistake for me as an artist, now I have to draw them so many times (laugh)

asdfghjkl; An otome game where the MC is genderfluid?! And those character designs! Definitely gonna follow this thread. I wanna play this so much now.

I'm happy to hear someone is enthusiastic about the MC! I'm excited about them. And I really appreciate your kind feedback.

Cassius looks so cute aaah would smooch 10/10
your cgs look great as well! i'd love to play when it's out. +q+

Omg, he'll be so happy! My mother laughed at him and said, "how are you ever going to kiss that?!" WE WILL FIND A WAY...



Thanks everyone!! Your words are encouraging me so much!! I'm almost completely finished writing Cassius' route! Then I'm going to get to work on a character portrait, maybe...

[Mad Harlequin]

I'm very much adhering to the otome format, but I'm hoping to bend expectations and subvert some common pitfalls = )

This is exactly why I'm excited to see what comes of the project. It may stick to the general format, but you're planning to do something new and interesting with it. I'm completely fine with that.

[PennJones]

Ooh, a game with a nonbinary(?) MC and interesting obtainable characters! I'm very much excited for the release of this game. Good luck on creating it.

[Cafechan]

Mad Harlequin,
Thank you!! I hope I don't disappoint!

Ooh, a game with a nonbinary(?) MC and interesting obtainable characters! I'm very much excited for the release of this game. Good luck on creating it.

I appreciate that! There aren't enough NB characters = )




Okay, people who are better at Ren'py than me! (AKA pretty much everyone) Here is my... conundrum......?

I'd really like the save/load windows to be small, semi-transparent windows that float over the current screen. Please note that these are bad mockups I made on a touchpad real fast (too lazy to plug in a tablet and draw something serious, haha), and do not reflect what I want to do with the GUI's actual looks or colors at all.

So here's a main menu.... (also very temporary)

And then I'd like the load window to pop up like so!

I'd like the save/load to do the same thing in-game as well.

......So w-where do I start? I've poked around for instructions on this before, but I must not be looking in the right places...

[Broodelin]

From my experience, the main menu save/load screen that you want should be fairly simple to do.

I'm not quite sure about having it pop up in game like that, but we can give it a try.

Once I get on my main computer, I'll send you a PM.

[plaster]

omfg casio keyboard guy that is fantastic

[Cafechan]

omfg casio keyboard guy that is fantastic

Hehehe, thank you!! His last name comes from Nick Rhodes, the keyboardist of Duran Duran... I asked my mother for a keyboard-related last name, and she blurted Rhodes because she had a huge crush on him as a kid.

In related news, the writing for Cassius' route is completely finished!!! Gonna move on to Calisto, whose first two (of four) chapters are done, and possibly finish up the last bits of Rafael's route that I never got around to (I was really dragging my feet about writing his bad ending for some reason...)

[KittyKatStar]

The XxB part intrigued me, and wow, I'm really happy to see a gender-neutral character, and then I got greeted with amazing looking characters. <3 (Lady and Tor <3 )

I wish you best of luck, 240 000 words isn't easy to write up. (I could just be a super slow writer though XD )

Loving the CGs as well. Good luck with The Duenkhy, I have a feeling it'll be a refreshing otome game.

[Cafechan]

I wish you best of luck, 240 000 words isn't easy to write up. (I could just be a super slow writer though XD )

Oh, no, trust me, it's not easy at all LOL ;_; I've been working on it (off and on) since November of last year, and I think I still have a few more months to go before it's completely done. I wish it were easier to recruit writing assistants, but writing is a hard thing to collaborate on!

Thank you so much for the nice feedback!!!! ♥

[Cafechan]

Sorry to double post! Here's a process.

So this sketch actually originally was done by my friend, Carmen, who is one of my art assistants ♥ She's a lifesaver!

I had to redraw a little, just to make sure it stayed consistent with his first sprite! Keeping sprites consistent is a huge pain in the butt, but I'm picky about it.

Lines.

My coloring process for these sprites is pretty basic. I don't do anything fancy, really. I try to keep it simple so that I don't go too insane.

Yay! I still have to draw more expressions, but I'm not in the mood for it right now. His apron is on another layer!

[Googaboga]

Everything looks great. I love the designs ^^.

I think the free time events sound very nice C:. It'd be a fun addition for sure. But if it becomes too overwhelming to write/program all those extra scenes I'm sure people wouldn't mind if you stuck with the original plan of just having individual character paths.

[Cafechan]

Thank you so much!!

I hope it'll be fun! I think it's small enough that it shouldn't be too difficult to incorporate...! (That's what I say now. LOL)

And another portrait done.

[Alera]

I love Cassius' design, I always find characters with objects as heads very interesting. *^* //has a few on her own
I'd play this just for him XD

The art is amazing as well!

[Morhighan]

So I was doing dishes with my fiance telling him about this project and I remembered this:

(Does that disqualify this game from being considered an otome game? I've been wondering this.)

Well, to be safe you could always call it a BROtome game, depending on the players. XP But if the game is at all targeted towards a stereotypical "female audience," it's considered otome from what I've heard. So I think it'll be okay. Unless you use "bro" as a gender neutral term like I do, haha.

Okay, bad puns done, I'm going back to the sidelines to cheer you on.