Big Steps Studios

A cindy game studio // that's what we are

[bigstepsvn]

Just curious as to why you guys chose to make Rengar female :p

Good question!We wanted to spice it up a little with some gender bender and we thought: "Why not femgar?!" :3

[bigstepsvn]

I find it hard to defeat all the monsters in the dungeon AND talk to the characters for a good ending. I thought Baron Nashor was the end, but there seemed to be more after it and I didn't have enough time. Could you possibly tell us how many stages there are in the dungeon exactly? Thanks, btw, for an enjoyable game! :D

(SPOILER ALERT)

Baron is actually the last boss before you encounter the villain! 8D You were super close. Best of luck and thank you for the encouraging words. c:

[bigstepsvn]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is that youtuber Cryaotic voicing Cyrus? Love the game so far!

Cyrus is voiced by “Cloud” :D His YouTube channel is over here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBZKL0W9jC1-WoV6oG7K4Kw

Thanks a bunch <3

[bigstepsvn]

Hi! This game is super cool, I love it! Bit of an issue though, I was gunning for Daniel and after the event where he tells you he has an art show his icon shows up on the museum but he doesn't show up there :( Only the regular empty museum message.

Oh! Thanks a lot for the report. I just sent it to our dev for a heads up. :D

[bigstepsvn]

The song "Drawing Lines" for the VN is pretty good (congrats to everyone who worked on that). While I haven't had time to actually play what you've completed, I've been wondering what is the exact lyrics to the song and if you can post them somewhere it could be found.

Hi anon! Sorry for getting back to you late. We were digging through our files to find it.

Here are the lyrics!

I find myself alone tonightTomorrow looks too far away againI know that I’m waiting, waiting for youIf only I told you then

We’re standing backs against the wallIt doesn’t seem like things were meant to beI know that I’m holding onto a dreamI wish you were here with me

I’ll tell you to meet me thereWhere shadows chase as far as we dareDestiny calls us onIlluminate the darkness

We’ll see the light againAmong the stars, another worldSet eternal our heartsHere we areUnfolding, breaking free

Distant echoes, ohHeard forever in a sky so deepMay the winds bring me close to you

[bigstepsvn]

Oh my gosh, the game is great! I really enjoy it. Art is beautiful and the dungeon... I know the basics of Renpy, but it's almost impossible to me to imagine how it can be made. Thank you for this great work! Also, I have a question. On the Day 7(Cyrus/Viktor path) after the night I meet Teemo and... the game ends.(I have downoloaded updated version with hotfix). Nothing is said about surprise of a hacker or final battle. Oh... and I have waited for it :< Can you help?

Thank you very much!! I know right?! I don’t know how our coders did it. Too amazing * ^ *

As for the hacker - you have to defeat all the monsters in the dungeon by Day 7, action 1, to get the hacker ending. It sounds harsh, but if you pace yourself well, you can still get a good ending with a character and get a cut-story with the villain! :D

[bigstepsvn]

Quick question about the endings. Are the good endings with the characters separate from the save lol end? Or are the good ends intertwined with the saving lol part? Sorry to bother you guys. Good job though ! Voice acting was amazing.

The “good” endings with the characters are separate from the “hacker” endings (if you defeat him or you don’t). So if you fail to defeat the hacker, you can still have a happy ending with a sweetheart! 

And not a bother at all! C:

Glad to hear you enjoyed the voice acting. ^___^

[bigstepsvn]

hi! id just like to say that i love your game! i havent played lol before , but now im definitely going to give lol a shot! haha. but umm, in the 3rd day in the map, when you click daniel's icon on the library, you unlock a scene with cyrus instead? that and even without daniel's icon on the library, it seems like the event triggers anyway. also, if you dont mind me asking, will you guys be releasing a guide? ive been having some difficulties getting a proper ending. ;A; no pressure ofc though!

Thank you very much! Although I do have to warn you - LoL isn’t as cute and fluffy as our game makes it seem. Haha!

We’ve got the Daniel bug noted and should be fixed and ready to go for the upcoming patch. :)

Sorry to hear about the difficulty. T_T We feel bad because people have been telling us they’ve spent ~4-5 hours trying to unlock an ending... LOL. Definitely not our intention.Here’s a guide written by Rewin42 for all the routes available for Ezreal. 

We’ll see if we can get one out for Leona’s route some time! 

[bigstepsvn]

I can't seem to defeat the final boss. How do I do it? .__.

It is preeetty tricky!

Some quick tips:- Try to get as many relationship points (RP) as possible with your characters. More points = more power for your characters- You can increase RP by talking with them, going into the dungeon, and giving them gifts (the gift drops are random, and the trigger to give them the gift is very selective).- Use combos if you’ve got ‘em unlocked. Hope this helps!

[bigstepsvn]

Quick question/bug report(?) about Summoner Sweetheart: on the map, I keep getting a Gwen event that seems to be at the Library, but when I go there I get the "It's empty" text. None of the other areas have any Gwen events in them either when this happens. I'm not sure, but this is a bug, right?

Thanks for the notice! Can you tell us, if you remember, what day this was on and what other characters you might have encountered?

Sending this over to the devs now. :)

[bigstepsvn]

Summoner Sweetheart 1.0

… is out!!

Download the game at http://bigsteps.itch.io/summoner-sweetheart

Thank you to everyone who made this possible and all your support even with our hiccups! It was been a blessing to work with the people on the team.

We have a Post-Mortem Report as well.

[leagueofahri]

At Summoner’s Academy located in the city of Demacia, a cohort of students with one common interest create the high school’s first League of Legends club. The game warps the players inside a virtual reality using a digital headset produced by Rito Games. All is well until an evil self-proclaimed genius hacker thwarts the corporation’s success by infiltrating a highly encrypted glitch into the system! With a countdown of 7 days set by the perpetrator, the distressed CEO puts up a reward of 1 million Rito Points (a currency within the game) to unearth the miscreant in conjunction with sending out the company’s own specialized hacker force. If the villain claims victory, League of Legends will be terminated forever. 

[bigstepsvn]

A reblog for those who might have missed it earlier! :) We’ve got hot fixes out and currently working on a quick update to fix the occasional dungeon crashes and small issues that people have been pointing out.

Feel free to let us know if you find anything weird or a mishap!

[bigstepsvn]

Thanks for all your hard work and congrats on your final release! I'm enjoying the game, but I've been having issues with the dungeon and wondering if it's just me (on Windows): the background shows up, but none of the character sprites/avatars or enemies show up on the screen, just floating blue arrows, so I have no idea if I'm fighting or losing health or dying. Is this just another issue that didn't make it? I'm still struggling to get any ending, so I hope this is the key. Thanks :)

Thank you very much, special anon!

That’s a bug we haven’t heard for this release. I’ll shoot it over to the devs to check it out!

As for the ending - it is a bit difficult to get the “happy” ending with our characters. Some dialogue choices give you RP or subtract RP (relationship points), so be careful what you choose!

[bigstepsvn]

I found your game yesterday because i needed more vn's to play (12 isnt enough XD) And i was rubbing my entire keyboard to do something during the in game league thing. But after the invention thing, jason left forever....

LOL! HAHA. Well, we made it slightly harder than “easy” to get an ending with our characters, so be sure to choose wisely when you have dialogue options! Also, entering the dungeon will increase RP as well. :)

Hope Jason doesn’t leave you this time!

[thumbz-down]

Baron Nashor from League of Legends I did a while back for the Dungeon part of Summoner’s Sweetheart by Big Steps Studios. Big Steps Studios’ Website: www.bigsteps.moe/ Link to download Summoner Sweetheart: http://bigsteps.itch.io/summoner-sweetheart  DeviantArt: http://fav.me/d8yjhc0

[bigstepsvn]

An awesome GIF process of how our pixel artist created Baron Nashor for “Summoner Sweetheart”! This guy is super duper talented.

[bigstepsvn]

Summoner Sweetheart 1.0

... is out!!

Download the game at http://bigsteps.itch.io/summoner-sweetheart

Thank you to everyone who made this possible and all your support even with our hiccups! It was been a blessing to work with the people on the team.

We have a Post-Mortem Report as well.

[bigstepsvn]

It’s Time

Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us even through the lack of updates and what seemed to be a dying project. We were working behind the scenes, as quietly as possible, so as not to disappoint again.

But now.... I can bring you news!

Our game is DONE! Finished. Completed. Fully developed.

Does this mean the game is perfect? No. Far from it, friends. There are so many things we can list that make this game not what we had hoped it to be (some having already been mentioned by Tumblr users).

But, what we want to emphasize is that the core, fundamental features we wanted to have in there... is there. You can read through a silly story, fight monsters in dungeons, and get a happy or sad ending.

I won’t bore you with the details, so let me tell you when it’ll be out...

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 11:59PM PST is the launch date for Summoner Sweetheart Version 1.0.

So, this time, we are making a promise we can deliver.

I would like to give a really big, special shoutout and thank you to Matthew Fournier for working so hard and diligently on top of his other obligations to make the dungeon a playable feature in our visual novel. Without you, this wouldn’t have been possible.

[bigstepsvn]

Hi ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ How are you guys doing? Haven't heard anything from you for a long time (╯︵╰,)

HIII PRECIOUS ANON <3

Sorry for lack of updates, but one is coming up real soon! c: