Aug 07
Today, I’d like to introduce you to a little something we’ve been building up behind the scenes with a number of fellow mystery devs:
An entire little community that aims at mystery developers coming together to help and support each other in their endeavors!
But that’s not all! Despite the name, we’re not open solely to developers of mystery games, but also to their enjoyers!
Aug 05
Can’t believe the year’s progressed this far already, but welp… here we are at the start of August again! And as you should know by know, it’s a month that holds very special meaning to us, since it’s the one in which we released SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair all the way back in 2016, so… a whole fricking seven years ago! Holy crap!
Jul 29
As you may have already seen on Twitter, all of the background art for GENBA no Kizuna is finally done! Which not only means that we are another big step closer to its completion, but that I can also give you some final stats on this category of assets now:
Jul 22
So, this past week has once again been dedicated to mainly two things: script work and background art.
I have actually finished up the final scene of our penultimate “chapter” now, but still need to work a bit more on the script for the last couple of investigation segments. Definitely wanna get that done by the end of the month, so that will be my focus for next week!
Jul 15
As you can see from the title, I’ve primarily returned to script work this past week. With the BG art for the backyard done now, I can finally finish up the investigation segment for it, so that’s one part I’ve spent a lot of time on: thinking up and writing the background examination comments and dialogues.
I’m simultaneously also working on the conclusion to the second investigation phase, however. Before it’s time for the final showdown with Raptor Pack Productions to unravel all the remaining mysteries and identify the actual killer, Keiichi can approach the members of his team one last time to have a final, quick conversation with them before they gather up to confront the suspects.
Jul 08
As mentioned in last week’s blog post, I’ve spent last Sunday fully dedicated to background art again and did, in fact, finally finish up both backyard BGs along with all of their variations! With this, almost all the BG art for GENBA no Kizuna is done! There is only one more location I gotta work on: Terano‘s room. That will be the last place you get to investigate in the game, although it won’t be a full room investigation. Instead, it will be more focused on accessing Terano‘s laptop. As such, I am still a bit indecisive as to how much of the room I should depict. Should I offer a view similar to Ryuunosuke‘s room, meaning that basically half of it is visible? Or should it just be a close up of Terano‘s desk, given that his computer is the main (and really only) point of focus?
Jul 01
Alright, so there’s your first look at the backyard of the Kaseki residence! It’s not 100% done yet, as I still need to fix the lighting conditions, but other than that, nothing else will change. By tomorrow evening, I’m planning to have both backyard BGs, including their variations (the investigation is supposed to take place at the beginning of the “golden hour”), fully done.
Jun 29
Summer’s in full swing and you know as well as I do that the best way to cool off from the hot temperatures is to experience a chilling murder mystery! Luckily, the Summer Sale has just begun, meaning that SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair has once again fallen victim to a heavy price cut, so… what are you waiting for? Go right ahead and grab it!
Jun 24
Phew, this was quite a busy week and, as you can tell from the title, it was primarily spent working on the missing background art!
Honestly, I haven’t really worked on much else regarding GENBA. I’m just utterly committed to finishing the backyard of the Kaseki residence at the moment and will continue to work on it in the next couple of days. I can’t (or rather “don’t want”) to share any public previews just yet, but I have published a new Patreon post in which you can see a couple work-in-progress glimpses that show the evolution of the background, from simple line art to a little test screenshot. So if you’re curious about that, you can find the post here!
I wish I had more to say, but that really wraps it up progress-wise and, since I’ve been so busy again today, I’m also short on time.
Therefore, I guess we’ll come to a close already and leave things at a super short update again. I will have a longer one for you next Saturday, however, when Jurassic June will sadly have come to a close. I can’t fricking believe how fast time just zooms by again “orz
But yeah, until then, I wish you to have some fun and relaxing summer days! Take care :3
Jun 17
We are still continuing work on GENBA no Kizuna‘s final investigation phase, which, at the moment, primarily revolves around art asset creation for me. If you want to learn a bit more about what exactly is on my to-do list and even see some examples of recently created assets, be sure to check out last week’s blog post! If you’re a patron, you can also see some additional asset previews in a newly published post right here! And if you’d like to learn more about the structure and scope of the second investigation phase in general (or our “penultimate chapter”, as I’ve been referring to it mostly), you might also wanna read the first blog post of this month, which goes pretty in-depth on the topic!
