Dev Diary #14

Nocturnal Affair Release

Nocturnal Affair is finally released!

Busy Jamming + Real Life

Hi! Sorry for the lack of posts here.

I've been busy both with Nocturnal Affair and real life stuff. Not to mention I started working for a whole week straight this month which is really tiring me out.

The game is coming along fine, art-wise. I managed to figure out a problem with some codes thanks to a coder's help at Lemmasoft. We will be releasing the demo for the game since we only have 4 more weeks left until the end of the jam.

In any case, I sometimes update my personal blog on tumblr so if you want, you can check me out there!

Have a nice day!

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. (•‿•)

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.

SAI is acting cold...

September and I still have not finished Before the Tale's last CG. Due to, perhaps, greater forces my beloved 5 years relationship with Paint tool SAI is unstable until today.
First the brush moved at slower phase or hardly even followed my hand movement from the graphic tablet. I did checked some solutions online but to no avail. So after days of deep thoughts and considerations I opted to uninstall it but alas, I forgot to backup my brush settings.
Reinstalling SAI program I thought or rather, hoped, it would work like it used to again. Smooth and brush movements paralleled to mine. For a couple of minutes it did, but then slow phased movement yet again.
Honestly speaking I have no idea what the heck I'm suppose to do now. I can't work digitally and my mood is dropping again.
How can one work and draw if one's materials do not collaborate? This is seriously getting on my nerves! Sorry you guys had to read this.

20 Days Later....

Here I am still troubling over how I'll ever finish at least one Visual Novel. Nicht gut!!! 2015 is revealing to become more challenging than ever! - Didn't I have enough days-off already? :< -  Ugh!!! So frustrating!
Good thing is, I at least continued writing E. E. and once it finishes I'm planning of finding myself a proof reader. - Let's face it my grammar is a disaster xD -
 Also sometime around summer I might stop posting updates here 'cause I will probably move this blog. For now I still need more time to finish customizing it. So please continue dropping by here for future posts update. - Wait, didn't I said it already? 0.o -
 Gosh... this is definitely the shortest post I ever wrote.

Game Proposal

It's was time! I was starting to wonder wither if it was better for me to quit. Mood swings! How much I hate it! One moment you're excessively hard-working with a positive outlook on life and the next you're there sulking about how miserable you have become. ＼(●o○;)ノ To make matters worse I've been seeing sad movies on tv around lately. What the heck?!
So, while my artistic mood has gone off somewhere I was in constant dilemma with my future projects and if it was still worth it to continue making Visual Novels. Let's face it, I know most of you think I'm all words and no deed! Worse is I hardly even completed a single decent game! -Bus Stop was something which was done in two weeks-
So you know what? I came to a conclusion. I will present an idea and recruit trustworthy people willing to work with me free. If there ever comes a moment I ever go in gloom mood for a year again I will leave them the project with the hope that they will make a decent game out of it.
How does that sound? Any thoughts about it? I wanna hear all your opinions.

Contemplating...8

I wonder why we don't receive any feedbacks on LSF? Do you not find it interesting enough? Does it lack something? Or maybe with more graphics you'll notice us more?
It's mind wrecking not knowing your opinions, but no matter what you do I'll give my best to this project -mainly because it's not mine so I can't slack off-
Do you find it unusual that I'm working on a dark story other than my usual fluffy works? I'm a macabre cute lover through and through!
Ah well~~~ no use complaining... (▰˘︹˘▰)

If you're wandering what I'm talking about try stopping by here ↴

⇥CLICK HERE⇤ for our thread on LSF

⇥CLICK HERE⇤ for the project's blog

I'll make sure you keep an eye for us! ヾ(@°▽°@)ノ

So Sorry!!!

I'm soo sorry if I didn't make any post on the very last weeks of August. Once I arrived home I learned the internet got cut-off. TT_TT
Now here I am still waiting until they put on a new one - It's been hard without internet I swear- I can't even watch Miyazaki's last animation! I heard they're showing it from September 13 to 16 in cinema theatres , but I prefer watching with subs. -Ha!-
I'm using an internet point since I only felt like going out just today.
As for the game script, the only progress I'm making is the number of words present. I no longer have any idea where the heck the story and characters' dialogues are going. I better admit I'm kind of putting it aside right now. It's still an WiP but until I have my internet back I'll surely be working on it lazily... So much for post-vacation blues or August goal...
Better go now, though I'll explain -or maybe not- everything once I can go online next time. Hoping that I'll finally get my connection back! In other words Conspiracy's once again in break mode for indefinite period of time. Hope to write again soon. :/

Perhaps I'm Stupid...

Today I tried understanding and making the gallery section following the documentation in Ren'Py, and some code tips in LSF.

Followed the documentation code

Really I'm trying my best to understand the codes, but perhaps it's better if I concentrate more on the art and script part since the results are far from what I was expecting... I'm getting discourage about it and no matter how much I try it all looks like hieroglyphic to me （；へ：）I'm not kidding...
Maybe if I look into it again in the future, after finishing both script and art part, things might go for the right way.
In the meantime I accepted another request on dA from the same person who requested the previous comic panel.

The previous love pairs from the comic panel

I need some good news to cheer me up, and another boost of energy filled with positive thoughts. (⊙_☉) I need to play some games I've suspended for long and watch anime. A lot of anime...

Code Problems Solve!

Alright! Today I finally managed to solve the problem with saving achievements! I've been troubled by it for three days and now I'm glad I got that thing of my conscience. This just revealed that I can't handle coding that well enough, in fact I'm thinking of asking for collaborations to finish the full version.

This is the result after obtaining 2 endings

The demo might be release on May 25 and as established the walk-through (in case player finds difficulty obtaining CGs) will be posted 15 days later. The same time the demo is release I'll be posting for help, though I prefer calling it collaboration, to finish the full version. I'm looking forward on hearing your comments!

Code Problems

Day 2 after completing sprites' settings, my only problem is that the code for the unlocked endings doesn't work. I mean it does, but whenever I start the game again, it forgets the unlocked parts. :(
This code issue has been tormenting me, but I'm still looking forward on its release perhaps around next week if the problem gets fix.

Problems!

Argh! I'm sorry to inform you that the laptop I'm working on has yet experienced another damage (all thanks to me -.-) specially on the screen part which makes it hard to see although some parts are still distinct. Just now I was copying some files and transferred them on my notebook (which surely will experience damage itself) so until I can get it repaired I'll have to keep up with a medium size screen. I hate myself!!! TT^TT  Okay! Starting from today my goal shall be buying a portable hard drive USB!!! At least I'll have some backup in case of problems. I hope this won't be much of a problem :S