Hallo. Time for this week's devlog everyone.
This week I finished up with Noel's Chapter 9 scenes and have started on Raif. I have his scenes outlined out in pretty significant detail (with some narration and dialogue written out) so at this point I just have to write out t...
2023-10-28 04:15:31 +0000 UTC View Post
The second of the ten Qól Zodiac signs. Úchytfi. The exact translation is "The Water Bird" but an English comparison would be a crane.
Úchytfi is made up of 8 stars and is an "aether" (sky) sign. These diplomats are good listeners who crave justice, always seeking to settle arguments and help others see past their differences. However, they can be judgemental and critical of others while also being unable to take criticism themselves.
2023-10-24 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Aka - Let's show off the new BGs we've acquired so far!
The RS Ophelia is a 150 metre long deep space research vessel. Top of the line and owned by a private business based on Pelmiri IV, it's not a very big ship comparatively speaking.. It is top of the line and very well cared for.
There are hexagons everywhere and more lens flares than you can shake a stick at. But we embrace that stuff here. Are you even in space if you don't have some lens flares?
2023-10-23 23:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone - this is just a quick check-in. I'm sure some of you have realised from my repeated mentions of life being chaotic that I'm having a bit of a hard time right now. I'm still working on WSC and wrapping up the remaining GS stuff - that will continue. It's just a bit difficult to kind of sit down and be energetic about writing detailed updates.
So I hope this short form update is okay for a week or two until things hopefully calm down a little.
I am about halfway through...
2023-10-22 02:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The first of the 10 zodiac signs Lúchytha, the gazelle. "Gazelle" is used loosely since the native Veleian animal this constellation is based on has two heads.
A "fire sign", Lúchytha is characterised by energetic, curious and confident traits. Though those under this sign can also be arrogant, compulsive and hedonistic. These wanderers sometimes have difficulty finding a place to belong...
Supposedly.
2023-10-18 00:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post
And here is Kav's full sized image from the music room. This one had to be much more heavily cropped than some of the others since it's more vertical. I have some thoughts about this dork. But I'll keep them to myself. LoL
(Also I already learned that, apparently, that neck scar is going to be the troublesome feature on this guy because I totally forgot it and had to go back and add it in later.)
Hi everyone. Just popping in for a quick update this week as my week has involved repeated crushing migraines and I'm just a little tired at the moment.
I am nearly finished writing Kav's Chapter 9 scenes - I did hope to be done with that this week but realised the "common" scenes in th...
2023-10-14 01:21:29 +0000 UTC View Post
There are several languages that crop up during the course of When Stars Collide. Originally this language of the MC's was the only one that ever had phrases come up. But as the story progressed, it made sense for other characters to reference native languages in certain contexts.
Originally I just made up words for the occasional reference, but at some point I thought it would be nice to have some consistency in sentence and word structure.
I ended up generating a few languages w...
2023-10-10 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis topic is tied to my recent(ish) thoughts about routes verses paths. and also my general thoughts on game structure (which I haven't delved deeply into yet) - thoughts that are ever-evolving.
One of the things I've thought a lot about regarding game structure and the types of story content in visual novels is basically the concept of "content the player encounters on every single play through no matter what" and "content the player only encounters sometimes."
When you are play...
2023-10-07 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis was another pretty hard week for me and I spent most of Friday with a horrific headache. Funnily enough I realised I wrote almost the exact same amount of words I wrote last week (7378 last week and 7387 this week).
As a side note, I really detest Patreon's new set up for posts.
I try to not knee-jerk rea...
2023-10-07 01:22:50 +0000 UTC View PostHow long is the lore book going to be?
I have no idea unfortunately.
One of the things I'm doing right now is trying to decide *what* to include. Right now I have about 43,000 words of lore content. But I'm not sure about including all of it - and I am also adding more and fleshing out some things that weren't fully explained in the game.
Or else I'm adding commentary to explain how certain ideas developed.
When it comes to content I'm...
2023-10-07 01:11:46 +0000 UTC View Post
This isn't a sneak peek per se but I was originally drawing Yren in a Halloween costume then forgot halfway through that he was in a costume and not actually just some kind of forest Fae.
Oops.
So here is Yren as an actual Fae (and not in a costume). 🤣
2023-10-05 11:57:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Veleians, despite their technological advancements, remain a highly spiritual people.
Their belief is that we came from the stars, that they stars fuel our lives, that we consume them and thrive off them. And that, therefore, it's inherent the stars define our destinies to some degree.
Belief in the astrology has waned in Veleian culture but some still adhere to it to at least some degree.
I don't remember the reason I created the Veleian zodiac - I think it was just because...
2023-10-03 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Today starts the beginning of our next Q&A.
Just like before, I'll take questions for a week and then go through them and post all the answers.
As before, you can send questions about:
For any of my games and characters. I will collect them and then post a Q&A style post w...
2023-09-30 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostNot going to lie, this was a rough week everyone. Like really stressful and lots of distractions. Of course, part of that was releasing Yuu's route, which officially wraps up the game content for Gilded Shadows.
But also just real life is being intense right now. I wrote significantly less than I have been, managing only 7300 words for the full week.
And here is the last profile and stat sheet. (I may eventually make them for the side characters IF people request them once we meet more of the cast but for now, this is the last.)
Yren is a really balanced character compared to some of the others. Ha ha.
As before, if you want to learn all character background information in the game when it starts to release, probably skip the big paragraph on the profile sheet since a lot of that will get revealed in the game.
2023-09-27 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo this is a general question about playing games with sexual content and love scenes. Bearing in mind that my games always have a "fade to black" toggle to skip this content and that there are certain things I won't draw because either I don't want to, I don't feel I'm good at it, or I don't want to bump my own maturity rating up higher...
I am curious how you all feel about nudity in CGs.
It goes from "no nudity" to "explicit" because I want all the options there but I know abou...
2023-09-26 01:27:34 +0000 UTC View PostHallo! And now it is time for the WSC devlog for this week.
Let us begin...
It was a pretty productive week this for writing and basically...just writing. Which is fine because that is what I'm focusing on and where I need to be making progress! I have reached something of a crossroads writing-wise where I have to give some though...
2023-09-23 03:46:56 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone - this is just a quick little update on GS and Yuu's Route.
I think everything is set to release; I just need a day when I am free to focus on uploading and then making sure no one finds any issues. That should be tomorrow (Sunday) or the day after (Monday) for me (bearing it mind it's Saturday morning for me at the moment).
So Yuu's route should release in the next couple of days.
My schedule is really busy at the moment and things are chaotic in general because...
2023-09-23 01:31:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Here is the full sized image of Daaz's music room image. This will be unlockable in the game to be able to have as the image when you are listening to tracks in the music room. But this is the full sized image for use as a wallpaper if you like.
As always, please do not repost of patreon. This is only for personal use by patrons.
~Esh
2023-09-21 04:30:40 +0000 UTC View Post
And here we have Raif's profile and stats sheet.
Another very reliable character - but his stats skew a very different direction compared to Noel. His poor agreeable stat. 🤣
As before, if you want to learn all character background information in the game when it starts to release, probably skip the big paragraph on the profile sheet since a lot of that will get revealed in the game.
2023-09-20 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Here is this week's WSC devlog! Apologies if this is a little disorganised - it was a rough week and I'm actually incredibly tired. LoL
Let's get into it....(spoiler alert...it's basically all writing).
I will be in writing purgatory for a while in regards to this pro...
2023-09-16 08:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostHalloooo! Time for the GS devlog for this week!
This week was trash. It was just a garbage week full of stupid things and stress (that's why I'm a little bit later in the day than usual). But I made it through somehow. 💪
I want to sleep for the next two weeks as a result though. 🤣😴
So let us jump into the update.
This Week's Summary:
The Ramble: 2023-09-16 08:35:30 +0000 UTC View Post
By now, you know the drill. If you want to find out *every* big of information in the game, then it's best to avoid the body of info on the profile sheet. Some of that information will be brought up in the game. But, as usual does not contain any major plot-significant spoilers.
When I created Kav (whose name I can never say normally. I always say "Kaz" or "Tav" - my fault for his name sounding even vaguely like Daaz's name) I wasn't sure what position he would hold on the ship. But thi...
2023-09-13 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we have Noel's "stat" sheet and profile page.
It's always fun trying to quantify personality traits like being reliable or agreeable, but here we are.
As before, if you want to learn all character background information in the game when it starts to release, probably skip the big paragraph on the profile sheet since a lot of that will get revealed in the game.
2023-09-13 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostLet's get into it....
So I finally finished catching Kav up to everyone else. Noel, Raif, and Yren are all completed up to the end of chapter six. So I was trying to get Kav up to that point as well. 2023-09-09 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hallooo~oooo! Time for the GS devlog for this week!
This Week's Summary:
The Ramble:
So beta testing continues for Yuu's route. I think now testers are focusing on making sure the flowchart fully unlocks and that the CGs with Morgan all work properly with all the customisation variations rather than focusing as much on the text...
2023-09-09 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here are the answers for this month's questions! This month, the focus was mostly on WSC!
How graphic are the sex scenes in WSC?
I feel like I've talked about this a couple of times. But I also don't remember when or where. Basically they're written to be a little more spicy than GS - a little more clarity on what's happening or stronger allusions to specific body parts being involved in the activities, so to speak.
There is st...
2023-09-08 02:43:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Just like with Asher, if you want no spoilers - not even minor or insubstantial ones, I recommend you pass over the information in the main body of the profile sheet for now. Some of it gets mentioned in the game (particularly his back story info) but is generally not something that has any impact on the story or plot. It's just general character background.
It's generally common for Kuyu to have four or five names like Daaz does. His second name, Io, has to do with his birth order (whi...
2023-09-06 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHallooo~oooo! Time for the GS devlog for this week!
This Week's Summary:
The Ramble:
Another really short update this week as I have not really checked in on the feedback yet as I just want to let it build up before I dive in.
I have made a few small corrections of things that were shown to me vs put on the google doc (like the eye-less sprite that sc...
2023-09-02 00:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post