As mentioned in last week’s blog post, I have now moved on to working on the credits for GENBA no Kizuna. Just like in SHINRAI, they aren’t just a sequence of development categories and names, but get interspliced with some short dialogue exchanges between the characters you have met throughout the game. As such, they do require quite a bit of work, but I’ve mostly wrapped them up over this past week. Of course, they will also need some more polish, but I’ve written everything out at least. Well, except for the very last scene. That one poses some difficulties, but I can’t really get into those due to spoilers.

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As you can tell from the title, this week, I’ve been working on the final social phase of GENBA no Kizuna. The game may not have a dedicated epilogue chapter like SHINRAI did, but that doesn’t mean that the story just ends with the credits right after the case has been successfully solved. You will get one more chance to talk to all three of your team members to wrap up their individual arcs.

All three conversations are basically separated into two parts. First, you exchange some general words with Himatsu, Shinketsu and Rei and then, if you have gathered all the required “social points” for them, you’ll get an additional bonus scene in which they will open up a bit to Keiichi about the true nature of their struggles and motivations.

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Last night, Natsu sent me the remaining two CGs for GENBA no Kizuna‘s final chapter fully colored, which means that her asset work is done again for now and that all the CGs are finally taken care of! That also means that, in terms of art assets in general, there isn’t really much left now. I definitely do need a few more sprite variations (primarily different facial expressions) for the end of the chapter, when things get a bit more emotional and we’ve got a couple character breakdowns, but other than that, there are only a  couple more DPA pictures missing, a few simple artworks to visually illustrate case-related things (think the depiction of a certain someone standing on a glass table in SHINRAI) and… well, something I don’t wanna really talk about yet to keep it a surprise!

But yeah, we’re slowly getting to the end in the art department. Now, as for the writing, I have continued working on the script and written the “the case is closed now” scene. I still need to do some revisions and flesh out the emotional parts mentioned above a bit more, but then I can move on to the final social phase. One more conversation with Himatsu, Rei and Shinketsu before Keiichi goes to the chief, the investigation gets officially concluded and we transition into the credits sequence!

It might not sound like much (and it really isn’t), but some of these scenes will be difficult to write for reasons I can’t really get into.
Still, I’m aiming to get all of it done by the end of the month and feel really excited to wrap things up!

Anyway, that’s about it, so while I’m gonna get back to the script now, I hope you’re having a super chill remainder of your weekend!
Until next Saturday, take care :3

Let’s start off with another reminder that we’ve recently adjusted our release plans for GENBA no Kizuna, which you can read all about in this post right here, so if you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check it out!

With that out of the way, I’m gonna go right ahead and warn you that today will be another really quick update, since I’m extraordinarily busy at the moment, so apologies for that!

Anyway, Natsu has already finished properly coloring and shading half of the art assets I’ve sent her last week, which includes one of the new CGs and a couple of new sprite variations! Sadly, I once again can’t show any of them off, because they’re too spoilery “orz

As for me, I’ve primarily been working on the script again, trying to wrap up the final case discussion. There’s currently a lot of jumping back and forth involved, as I’m trying to figure out a better flow for it, shift some topics around and adjust or clarify things earlier on in the chapter. So, in a sense, I guess you could say I’m already polishing things up, even though the chapter isn’t fully written out yet. I am getting closer to that point, however. There are essentially only two more scenes left before I can move on to the final “social phase” and finish the entire thing at long last. And to get there ASAP, I’m gonna get right back to work now!

As always, please enjoy the remainder of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care :3