Happy Halloween! + Contemplating....15

I started celebrating Halloween yesterday by watching Guillermo del Toro's new movie titled "Crimson Peak". I was dying to watch it considering it's set in the 19th century and has your typical Gothic-styled mansion which are elements I love most! Be warned this post contains spoiler for those interested in watching it.

Also Before the Tale light version is out! Check it out on the Games' section.

Contemplating....14

With the termination of my short second visual novel I am currently at loss.
I know I should stop playing around the bush with Conspiracy's script and work on it yet at the same time I can't bring myself to write with the same mood I used to be in when I started this otome project. Not to mention my currently undergoing problem with the art programs. Sigh...
Despite all these I want to bring life to all my archived ideas and projects so people who enjoy VNs like I do may play it.
Honestly if it weren't for the VN world I don't think I would be facing each day like I am doing now. It saved me from further sinking in the void and partially filled my empty heart. - whoops serious mode on - 
Anyway, I think I'll start with finishing the script and move further on art side for a "possibly" new work in progress visual novel project which will run alongside Conspiracy. Once the script is done I'll start opening a thread, I'm still undecided whether to use Cloudnovel or Ren'py for it though.
Right now I'm at a point in my life where I'm starting to be surrounded by real life dilemmas and I can't seem to avoid my responsibilities anymore. Becoming an adult sure is tough... That's all for today's post. (•‿•)

Before the Tale

I'm happy to announce that Before the Tale is finally playable! 

This was suppose to be an entry for Cloud Novel's Summer Jam which eventually became a trial project as well. A psychological horror, it's a short kinectic novel told by Baron Claude Fortier before meeting Eloise Rimmer. Please let me hear your thoughts!

You can play the game by visiting the Games' section page!

Halloween 2015

C'est fantastique! This year DeviantArt is holding another Halloween Event. This time however it's about visiting a Haunted House. Unlike the previous event which was in 2013 ( if I'm not wrong ) it's a single person challenge rather than group one.
This year's puzzle seems more difficult, but then again, even the "Who Killed Cinderella?" mystery was not as easy as it looked like. I'm much more interested in participating rather than actually winning anyway.  That's all for now I guess.

What?!

Weeks ago while I was visiting this online shop I started admiring ( my first order arrived 4 days later! ), I see a pre-order of Chizuru Yukimura's Hakuoki Sweet School Life cosplay. Which I thought was more or less affordable and with free shipping to booth (due to their price shipping policy)! I've saved enough money to actually buy it, but in the meantime I was still waiting for my card's activation.
This morning, having received at last the go to use my card, as soon as I get home I visit the site ready to order. Signed in, I go to my wishlists and what to do I see?

❝This good can't be shipped in your country.❞

Fatal blow to my heart! Now I'm grieving and my trust level dropped a whole lot.
Seriously, what's the point of worldwide shipping? Now I'll have to look for cosplay sites again...

Moving on, I also went to the library today and guess what?

I'm so happy I could die ❤

Yes! They're finally selling in Italy books which inspired most animations of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli!  Truth be told I was doubting whether this day would ever come. I bow down to the publishers who manage to gain rights and translate them. Now if only some other novels would be possible... let's say something like Ai no Kusabe?

Anyway now I have to look for another cosplay site and hope for the best! If any of you know some trusted sites to buy cosplay please comment!

Active Projects Status

In a way or another I manage to work on my active projects. Specially Before the Tale's last set of CGs. For Conspiracy on the other hand I still can't come up with the right UI for the game, though I'll start working on it one of these days.

Anyway here's goes my current projects' status:

CONSPIRACY

❝ Statistic:

The game contains 2,719 dialogue blocks, containing 19,756 words and 103,514 characters, for an average of 7.3 words and 38 characters per block. ❞

I'm still missing the Gold Ending and Special Ending 2, after that I will have to start re-organizing the variables - hoping with the help of someone good with codes - and at the same time design the UI.

BEFORE THE TALE

Working at last on the last set of CGs. If I finish coloring and editing it, I might - *crosses fingers* - release it before the end of the month! At long last! Although I know it won't be much enjoyable considering the horrible backgrounds and senseless story I made lol.

Not Quite Working

After my SAI problems I had to remake all my brush settings. Using it again, but it appears the problem may actually be wacom's latest update which is causing all log problems.
It's awful! I can't work decently, and the slow paced movement is truly getting on my nerves.
Thankfully there are moments the brush moves according to my hands, but then I must restart the system again due to log issues.
All I can do now is to patiently wait for the next intous system update and see if things change for the better.
In the meantime, I managed to work on Before the Tale's last CG lineart and finish writing one of the two endings on Conspiracy's special arc. Right after finishing the script I'll start looking for someone who can work on the game's code. The rest of the UI change and art are still untouched, and I can't tell when I can work on it or if I can work on it soon.