Script work has continued on GENBA no Kizuna‘s fourth chapter and, while it takes me once again longer than anticipated to finish the current part, I’m at least satisfied with how it’s shaping up and had quite a bit of fun writing these last couple of days. I really wish I could share some previous, but of course, being so deep into the story also means being very deep into spoiler territory…

Something I will be able to show a preview of very soon, however, is this year’s Christmas illustration which I have also started work on, this time drawing a comfy Christmas Ryuu!

There also have been some things going on behind the scenes, which I will elaborate on in our New Year’s posting, but for now, I’m just gonna say that I may or may not have taken a look at GENBA‘s Steam store page and made some preparations for launching it.
There’s still a lot of work involved in that, from all the store assets to a proper trailer, but given that we’re pretty far into the penultimate chapter now and therefore plan to release the game next year… it might be about time to get into the whole marketing side of things.

Finishing the actual game still takes priority, of course, so this will be a bit of a slow process, especially since it’s not like our team’s grown in members, meaning I gotta take care of all this stuff mostly by myself, too.

But yeah, it’s exciting to actually have gotten to the point where we seriously gotta think about this stuff.

Anyway, that’s about all I can say until our first blog post in 2023, so for now, please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care :3

This week, I’ve made some pretty good progress on the script for GENBA no Kizuna‘s forth chapter! Both Keiichi‘s and Rei‘s next investigation routes are fully written now! Although they are still in need of some more polish, you can at least read through both of them from beginning to end now. Together, they add another ~8,000 words worth of content to the game!

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As the title suggests, I’m currently working on the script for the third social phase of GENBA no Kizuna, which takes place in its penultimate chapter and, quite honestly, poses the most difficult part to write in the entire game thus far.

Outside of the usual difficulties, such as finding the right flow and structure for the conversations Keiichi is having with his teammates, there is also a lot of research involved in regards to a particular subject affecting one of our investigators. I obviously don’t want to go into much detail here, due to spoilers, but it’s a delicate issue and I want to do its portrayal justice.

Therefore, progress is a bit slow and it will probably take me a lot of revision passes to get satisfied with this.

This entire social phase is actually going to be the most crucial one, as Keiichi, for the first time, really needs to act like a leader and help the others overcome some of their difficulties in order to move the investigation forward.

To me, this is one of the key moments in the game and one of the aspects that really emphasizes the “kizuna” in its title, so I really want to get this right. Maybe that’s way my perfectionism is operating at maximum capacity again, haha.

In any case, the current goal is to get a “serviceable” version of this done first. Then, as I continue to work on the rest of the script, I will go back to this part every once in a while to polish it up until I’m happy with it. Because, knowing myself, I’ll probably not get anything else done for a while if I obsess over getting it perfect right away, ahahah…

I have actually already begun writing the next set of investigation phases following this and will probably shift more of my focus towards them this coming week. Also gotta get the Halloween artwork done, though, which I think I’m gonna get back to now!

So, as I do that, I hope that you’ll enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a spooky time!
Until next Saturday, take care °w°v