Dec 22
Once again, we’re closing off the year with the annual Winter Sale! So if you’re one of those awesome peeps who like to enjoy their holidays by unraveling the truth behind grotesque murder cases, now’s the perfect time to try our SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair or convince your buddies to finally give it a shot!
The sale lasts until January 5, 10:05 AM PST and, as usual, you can shave off an additional 10% by getting the soundtrack bundle!
Dec 18
As the title says, just a very quick update again today, as I’m sadly a little short on time and low on energy!
The majority of this past week has been dedicated to script work again, mainly revising Shinketsu‘s and Rei‘s investigation routes.
Whereas Shinketsu‘s is fully done now and only in need of one last proofreading pass (just like Keiichi‘s route), Rei‘s is just about to get to the same point. Two more days and I should have ironed out the last few passages I’m still not too happy with.
Outside of writing, I’ve also spent a bit more time drawing again, primarily working on the missing DPA-related images, such as the profile picture for our victim, which I will be able to preview soon!
Speaking of preview… I’ve also shared this little screenshot on my private Twitter! I had a lot of fun with using maps in SHINRAI to illustrate people’s movements, so that’s gonna be back in GENBA as well, haha.
Not much else to report beyond that, so sorry for the super short entry this time. I will have tons of stuff to say for our yearly retrospect, however, which I’m still debating whether to post next Saturday or on the 1st of January. There will also be our usual “goals for the new year” post, after all, so maybe I want to tackle that on the first day of 2022, rather than a week later. Guess we’ll see!
Anyway, please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, have a chill and festive time! :3
Dec 11
I’m officially on vacation from my day job for the rest of the year now and, as you might expect, I intend to make the most of it by fully devoting myself to GENBA no Kizuna. I’m already off to a very productive start as I’ve went through the entirety of Keiichi‘s route again yesterday, fixing the few remaining things I wasn’t quite satisfied with yet. As such, I can proudly announce that the script for it is fully done now, with the exception of one last proofreading pass I’ll do right before sending it, along with all the assets, over to Natsu.
For that to happen, I will need to wait for her to finish coloring the new sprites and profile pictures, though.
Dec 04
As you can tell from the title, this past week has been mostly dedicated to Shinketsu‘s route. As mentioned last time, I was rather worried that, compared to the other routes, it will end up being noticeably shorter and… it certainly will be a quicker experience.
That said, I’m surprised by how much I managed to get out of examining a single body, compared to three entire backgrounds with numerous objects in Rei‘s route, for instance. Right now, were sitting at 6,000 words, but I’m still missing the DNA analysis segment and the wrap-up scene, though I highly doubt I’ll get anywhere close to doubling the word count to match the other routes.
Nov 27
Script work has continued and, by now, Rei‘s route is basically done! Although it still requires some revisions and proofreading, it is fully written now and amounts to ~12,000 words, making it quite a bit longer than I originally anticipated. I was sure it would turn out much shorter than Keiichi‘s route, but they’re very close in length now!
Nov 20
Although script work on Himatsu‘s route is not entirely done yet, this week I’ve decided to tackle Rei‘s route and made some very good progress on it. I’m planning to have the first part of it, the actual investigation, done by tomorrow. Unlike Keiichi‘s and Himatsu‘s routes, in which you will have to interview the four members or Raptor Pack Productions, as well as the two mystery witnesses, Rei‘s route barely features any character interaction and focuses primarily on background investigation.
Nov 13
After wrapping up Keiichi‘s investigation route for chapter 2, I have now moved on to Himatsu‘s route and mostly dedicated myself to the script work again this past week. The intro and outro scenes are done and so is the interview with Raptor Pack Productions. Granted, I had already written these parts earlier this year, meaning that I simply needed to go through them for revision purposes, but it still feels good to have that checked off my to-do list finally, and I’m pretty satisfied with the writing to boot!
Nov 06
The spooky season lies past us now, unfortunately, and we’re entering the final stretch of the year, which is usually one of the busiest times for me (and for most of everyone else, I’d guess). There is a lot to do in order to achieve the goals I have set for myself before the end of 2021, but before we get into our plans for the coming weeks, I’d like to give a little reminder that our murder mystery SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair is now available on consoles!
(Check out my grumpy little daughter on the Nintendo Switch <3)
Oct 30
Now that SHINRAI has finally been released on consoles, today, I’d like to talk a little more about this whole porting endeavor.
It’s another milestone and, honestly, a rather momentous event for me, so this post is going to be a bit more on the personal side.
It’s still very surreal to see our little VN show up on the Nintendo eShop, the PlaySation Store and the Microsoft Store as well.
On PSN, it’s even listed right below Neptunia x Senran Kagura and, as a fan of both franchises, it made me very happy to see, haha.
(Seriously, it’s so strange to see this, I just can’t get over it w)
Oct 29
As of today, our little murder mystery visual novel SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair is officially available on consoles!
Thanks to the help of our friends at Ratalaika Games, you can now purchase the game on a variety of platforms:
