Work on GENBA no Kizuna‘s third chapter continues and, as you can tell from today’s title, we’re nearing the finish line! After sadly running into some issues with his music programs, causing a bit of a delay, Solo has literally just provided me with the two variants of our “heated case debate” music and, as …
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May 14
Weekly Update #404: Chapter 3 Coding Progress
The coding phase for GENBA no Kizuna‘s third chapter is finally in full swing! Over this past week, Natsu has made the first third of it playable, meaning that, at long last, we now have some nifty evidence presentation sequences in the game as well! In the meantime, I’ve been busy getting the next part …
May 07
Weekly Update #403: Social Phase Complete
That’s right, thanks to Natsu‘s efforts, the next part of GENBA no Kizuna is now coded and fully playable! The “Social Phase” is a rather short (~7,000 words) segment between the first “Investigation Phase” (a.k.a. chapter 2) and the first “Confrontation Phase” (a.k.a. chapter 3), in which the player gets to spend a bit of …
Apr 30
Weekly Update #402: Coding Preparations
As you can tell from the title, this week, I’ve mostly focused on getting things ready so that Natsu can return to coding duties and finally get the next part of the game playable! I’m currently still revising and double-checking things, but tomorrow, I’d like to send her everything necessary for coding the first social …
Apr 23
Weekly Update #401: Soundtrack Progress
As you may have already seen over on Twitter, our composer Solo Acapello was quite a bit faster than I anticipated, so the new tracks I’ve talked about in last week’s blog post have been finished now! If you’re a patron, you can check out both pieces in full length here: Triassic Trial Grounds, Cornered …
Apr 16
Weekly Update #400: Sprite, Music & Writing Progress
Dang, we’ve hit another milestone there, eh? 400 consecutive weekly updates… I wish I could say I had something special prepared in celebration of it, but unfortunately, no grand announcements just yet! That will take a little more time, I’m afraid. We do have made quite a bit of progress again, however, so let’s get …
Apr 09
Weekly Update #399: Confrontation Phase
As mentioned in last week’s blog post, I’m currently working on the script for the first “Confrontation Phase” in GENBA no Kizuna. Here, our investigators face our suspects and confront them with the clues and evidence they have uncovered thus far. As such, the entire chapter is basically one long discussion that addresses some of …
Apr 02
Weekly Update #398: On To Chapter 3!
With GENBA no Kizuna‘s second chapter now completed (which patrons can actually check out themselves right here, in case you’ve missed it), it’s time to finally move on to the next part of the game! As mentioned in last week’s blog post, I’ve already been working on the first “Social Phase” which can be seen …
Mar 26
Weekly Update #397: Chapter 2 Feedback & Social Phases
Welp, this past week went a little differently than I initially expected. If you’re following my private Twitter account, you might already know, but last Sunday, I had to take a sudden trip to the hospital and undergo surgery one day later. I’m back home now and on my way to recovery, but needless to …
Mar 19
Weekly Update #396: Chapter 2 Complete
Yup, we finally did it! Not only is GENBA no Kizuna‘s second chapter fully playable now, as of today, patrons can even try it out themselves and once again help us with testing and further improving the experience!
