Sep 03

Weekly Update #420: Quick Progress Update & New Artwork

Alrighty, I’ve literally just come back from a three day trip to London (to meet some dinosaurs) and I’m feeling pretty tired, so we’re gonna keep today’s blog post on the short side. Last week’s anniversary post was a pretty lengthy one, though, so I’d definitely suggest checking that one out if you haven’t yet and want to get an overview of our current progress and our plans for the future!

Now, given my little trip, I obviously wasn’t able to get all too much done this past week, but I did bring some VNdev materials with me and at least spent my evenings chapter planning and dialogue writing! A day before I left, I also finished my part on the newest GENBA CG which will be needed for chapter four. I’ll post a preview of it on Patreon during one of the next few days, so be sure to keep an eye out for that! I think it’s a pretty fun one w

Now, on the topic of artwork, Natsu sent me the finished version of our cheeky Himatsu in beachwear literally a day before I left as well, so if you haven’t seen her yet, here she is:

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Aug 27

Weekly Update #419: 6th Anniversary Update

To think it’s been six long years already since our little murder mystery SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair was first released on PC and that we’re also getting closer to the one year anniversary of its console port… time really proceeds at an unrelenting pace!

By now, our second project, GENBA no Kizuna, was long planned to be released and there are many reasons as to why it’s been taking so long, all of which I will eventually get thoroughly into, once we find ourselves post-release.

Something we are ever so closer to now!

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Aug 26

Anniversary Sale 2022

Today, we are celebrating SHINRAI‘s 6th anniversary and, as is customary by now, that means we’re once again running a sale!
If you’ve been wanting to play our lil’ murder mystery VN or know somebody who might enjoy it, now’s the perfect time to grab it!

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Aug 20

Weekly Update #418: Chapter 3 Beta-Testing

At long last, I’m finally able to go through the third chapter myself in its fully playable state! I’ll need at least one more day to finish my beta-test run, but the most complex and worrying part is already taken care of. There definitely are a couple of bugs left, mostly of the presentation kind, which don’t necessarily hinder gameplay, but do certainly affect the visual aspect of it. That said, the whole case debate seems to work just fine, which is a huge relief, of course!

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Aug 13

Weekly Update #417: Anniversary Preparations

It’s a pretty busy time. Tomorrow is going to be none other than Raiko‘s birthday and, in just two more weeks, we are going to celebrate the sixth anniversary of SHINRAI‘s release! I’ve mentioned it so many times already, but time really does fly by so fast…

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Aug 06

Weekly Update #416: Chapter III Demo Progress & Stats

So, this past week, Natsu has finished coding the rest of the discussion phase, meaning that the third chapter is essentially playable now! Of course, there is still testing left to be done and, for the demo release, we’re going to include the next social phase as well, so let’s take a quick look at what you can actually expect in terms of content:

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Jul 30

Weekly Update #415: Plans For August

So, July’s coming to a close and a new month is about to begin. As such, it’s time to think about our plans and goals again, so let’s have a look at what’s gonna happen throughout August!

Since it’s the anniversary month of SHINRAI, I’m currently working on a little artwork for the occasion. Although you will only get to see that one on the 26th, we’ll probably have the beachwear artworks of Himatsu and Rei done and posted before it. “Probably” because, after a good number of delays, our main priority is still going to be GENBA‘s third chapter. Both Natsu and myself have been going through some rough and busy times, but we really really want to finally get it done and out to patrons for beta-testing!

Since it’s mostly coding work, however, that will be primarily Natsu‘s task. I’m currently finishing up the script for the first part of chapter 4 and, although we will not include it in the next demo, I’d like for it to be playable by the end of the month as well, so I will do some more asset work and, once that is taken care of, move on to writing the next part of the chapter.

So yeah, August is definitely going to be a very busy month again, but hopefully the private life side of things will finally be a little… less tumultuous. I’ll also be off from my day job again for the last third of August and the beginning of September and although I’ll be going on a short three day trip (if all goes well), I want to dedicate most of that free time to GENBA, naturally.

With that in mind, I’m gonna get right back to work, so… please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care :3

Jul 23

Weekly Update #414: Quick Update & SHINRAI Switch Sale

Alrighty, I started out the week by doing quite a lot of script work and I’m beginning to finally feel satisfied with some of the stuff I’ve been working on recently, so by the end of this month, the first set of investigation routes for chapter 4 will hopefully be done!

Unfortunately, we’ve had quite an unforgiving heat wave ravaging the land here, so during the middle of the week, I took some time to literally chill, since I wasn’t in the mood to do anything that involved too much brain activity, meaning that script work and planning the next examinable background was put on hold. I was in a rather summery art mood, however, and thus ended up drawing something for fun… so, after Himatsu in a swimsuit, there now is also an artwork of Rei in beach wear! Patrons can check out a preview here!

Given that Natsu has also continued to suffer under the heat and coding still takes priority, the finished artworks will probably be posted some time in August, once she will be free to color them.

Now, in other news, the Nintendo Switch version of SHINRAI is currently on sale, so if you’ve been wanting to solve some mysteries on the go, now’s a good chance to strike, as it will be 50% off until August 1! Check out the store page here!

Well, guess that already wraps it up for this week, so please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care! :3

Jul 16

Weekly Update #413: BG Art Progress

As mentioned in last week’s blog post, I’ve gotten back into background art, as chapter 4 will take us to some new locations within the Kaseki residence, and the first background I’ve decided to tackle is by far the simplest out of all the new ones required.
Gotta start out chill and easy to slowly get back into it!

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Jul 09

Weekly Update #412: Chapter 4 Progress

These last few days, work on the script for GENBA no Kizuna‘s forth chapter has gone rather well. Set aside a couple more revision and proofreading passes in order to be fully satisfied, Rei‘s, Shinketsu‘s and Himatsu‘s first investigation routes are done now, while Keiichi‘s is around the 70% completion mark. Granted, the routes for the other three a really short, but it still feels pretty nice to have the first segment of the new chapter almost taken care of!

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