- My name's Fantasia. I am an artist and I do gamedev (Visual Novel Centered) as a hobby. My pronouns are she/her and I'm an aroace.
Programs used
- Paint tool Sai and Clip studio Paint for creating the artworks and sprites.
- RenPy for developing the game and Visual Studio as my coding program.
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I am not the police, your parent, your therapist. I am just one of the few developers in the internet and your personal issues ARE NOT MY CONCERN.
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The Kid at the Back
The Kid at the Back | TKaTB_VN | KaTB_VN is an 18+ psychological, romantic, thirller/horror fantasy visual novel about a group of friends in college with the MC aa our main character meeting a classmate they never realized was a classmate. Friendship bloomed... along with something else?
The game consists of:
Graphic Violence (Blood & Gore)
Usage of Arms (Guns/Pistols/Sharp Weapons)
Murder
Sexual Assault
Drugging
Implied Child Abuse
And many more.
See full list of WARNINGS here
NOTE: Warnings will add depending on each update so please do take your time checking.
If you are a Minor or ages below 18, please leave and do not interact with this blog or in any of my R18 socials and the game.
CHARACTER PROFILES
About Sol:
Fullname: Solivan 'Sol' Brugmansia
Sol is an average introvert that goes in the same school as the MC. Most people don't know him, much less notice him. He is the number one victim of bullies within the campus.
Happiest New Year to every soulmate with some new news for merchandise! To those who haven't gotten a chance to grab Official #TKaTB_VN merch, well now's your chance!
Fantasia_Kitt and Norns Design Studios PH happily announces their collaboration and will be selling my merch (and future merchandise as well) in their own shop!
Starting off with new items such as a Sol and Crowe 'Girl Dinner' shirt.
Thank you so much for this opportunity given!
Pre-Orders are now open for International shops, for Local, please stay tuned for further announcements made by Norns Studio!
International Shop | Norn's Tiktok | Norn's Facebook
For those who are unaware of itch's latest statement towards the NSFW build, you can read it here: link
As you may have noticed, I have hidden my NSFW build as of the moment and set my game to "No Payments", preventing from making future payments and access from the game's NSFW build for now and follow itch's rules to keep my game indexed.
So for now, the NSFW build for "The Kid at the Back" is unavailable until further notice, better yet, once their planned "Content Warnings" function arrives and hope that "The Kid at the Back" is still ok to stay indexed.
I have sent my questions regarding this to itch but for now, the best thing we can do is wait and thank itch's team for considering and creating a solution that would be most beneficial to both devs and consumers alike.
💚ANNOUCNEMENT💚 Mastercard/Visa problem + itch.io shadowbanning all r18 games and that included Visual Novel games
For those who are unaware, The Kid at the Back is still in itch.io, but just like any other game under the r18 tag,the game got shadowbanned and cannot be seen via search.
Regardless, I WILL NOT upload TKaTB anywhere other than itch unless future changes occur, I will be making an announcement if ever.
One more thing, starting from now (July 26, 2025) I will be hiding the NSFW version of the game to prevent people from buying/purchasing the game until the issue subsides.
I am still thinking of a solution on how to deal with this since I don't want people who already purchased the game to have their money wasted like this and not have their promised nsfw content once the full game is out.
But for now, I am truly hoping the petition wins and that we gain back our creative freedom.
I have been notified that someone is trying to impersonate me in Tiktok.
I would like to remind that I do not have an official Tiktok account for The Kid at the Back.
I would also like to add that I will NEVER make a TikTok account for my game due to the fact that there are multiple underaged users in that platform.
I have already reported in tiktok that they are pretending to be me but please help me report this account, this is fraud and clearly illegal trying to impersonate someone and dragging my name with them.
All of my social media accounts are linked in my carrd here: link
Sorry if this scared anyone- The game is still in development, dont worry!
As I have finished my first draft of the main story I have been doing a lot of thinking, and I just basically want to remind everyone that:
Favor is NOT meant to be a fantasy fulfillment romance game! Though there will be romance, Favor is a game that will have really heavy/ brutal moments and heavy themes in it.
I will include extensive content warnings for everything of course, but I really want to emphasize that Favor isn't a fantasy fulfillment feel good game so people don't walk into this thinking its a fun romance yandere dating vn - although this subversion was intended to be part of the point, I have decided it's better to be upfront about what Favor is, - or rather is not so people won't put a lot of excitement in this to only be disappointed.
(I know this next part sounds pretentious as hell, and im sorry for it 🥲) For Favor, you will need to employ media literacy and view it through a media critical lens rather than escapism.
I know a lot of people are bound to be disappointed, or possibly even genuinely dislike me because of Favor, but honestly Favor is turning out exactly how I wanted, my vision for it is not something I am going to change, It's a game that means a lot to me, and I'm super happy with how it's coming together.
I think the type of person this game is for will love it too 💕 I really look forward to the day it's done and like... the 3 people who end up liking it can yap with me about it because I've been in my head with it for farrrrr too long lol
One little thing, don't take everything in the old tumblr asks and post (2023-early 2024) of mine to heart, some of them are old information that I probably scrapped in the main plot.
I either:
1.) Forgot about it and never took note of it.
2.) Seeing how it's not that important to the main plot and decided to change a few things and/or get rid of them.
But the most reason why I forgot about it is because it's not important.
You guys just have to wait for the entire game to be out to know which ones are canon.
This isn't really a final FINAL announcement but an announcement regardless.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for sticking around for "The Kid at the Back" since first release up until now. I am still currently in hiatus, juggling both boothing, travelling and working on the game. For now, I'll just be answering some general questions here.
Are you a game company/team/group?
As I have stated in my IP Guidelines and multiple times throughout my journey, "The Kid at the Back" is made by ONE PERSON. I am not a company, I am not a team studio, I am simply a one-man dev, and I do all of the coding, the writing with the help of some friends, and most especially the art.
Second, I only made this Visual Novel for FUN. It is a passion project, and I don't have a proper schedule for working on it since I have other real-life jobs to do. I travel most of the time, and I do artist booths within my country, so my time is minimal. This means I only work on the game during my free time.
Are you accepting help with your game development?
Third, as much as I appreciate people willing to help me, I would rather have full control of my game, this is MY project and MY journey on game development so having people into the mix will crush my workflow.
Are you accepting collaborations?
The only official collaboration I have as of May 15, 2025 is with Plush Wonderland. Other than that, I don't accept collaborations at this moment.
Is the game complete/finished?
People keep mistaking my game to be finished when it is NOT.
it is still in progress and it is a very very SLOW progress, I have multiple lines to redo, re-code, and re-write and correct along with writing the last remaining days. doing new sprites and CG art.
When is the next update?/When will you release Day 3?
This question has been answered ages ago but I will be stating it here once and for all so that I don't have to keep repeating myself.
No, I won't be updating the DEMO anymore.
VERSION 2.3.3 will be the LAST demo update, slight grammatical errors and everything because I will be focusing on developing and fleshing out my game's dialogue and writing rather than thinking back on the demo and its errors, forcing me to not make any progress and staying stagnant which I do not want.
The next big "update" will be the full game itself.
I will occasionally post in my patreon about my progress but once again, it will be slow and I will only post if I feel like sharing do please don't expect a lot, I won't be increasing the slots for soulmates either.
Anything I post in twitter will just be regular announcements, as of May 17, 2025, "The Kid at the Back" is collaborating with Plush Wonderland on the new collaborative work on 20cm dolls, I don't handle the doll's development and shipping, etc, it's all on Plush Wonderland, I only do checking and approving on merchandise to be sold by Plush, so if you have any questions about the doll, please ask Plush Wonderland directly.
Best Regards, Fantasia.
Hello Everyone! This isn't really a final FINAL announcement but an announcement regardless. First of all, I would like to thank everyone fo
Geo has a special place in my heart since he reflect my own sexuality as well being an AroAce and I think this fits him more both personality and character wise.
So him getting not getting into romantic relationships is canon guys. He does not find the idea of being in a relationship beneficial nor he has the time for it.
POST [ 04/01/2025] UTC+8 No, this isn't an April Fool's Joke
Hello everyone! This post is just a short update about me, the game's development and along with a few boundaries I'd like to set for Patreon and in general.
First of all, I hope everyone enjoyed the little gag game "Rizz the Wolf" especially for Geo simps, but I did not make that for the sake of April Fool's alone, I made that as practice and I've been learning new stuff and polishing my methods in coding. To the people who aren't aware, I am no coding master; I have a college degree in animation and I have no idea what the fuck I am doing.
I did not learn how to code via school, I did it all out of pure interest, my love for visual novels/otome games and curiosity (basically I just raw dogged it all).
This tiny project was made to let me test out new methods I'd like to implement on my actual game. Basically, it's practice.
I never planned on being a game dev nor wanting to publish a game and I definitely did NOT expect for my game to get this popular it's honestly baffling and amazing and terrifying.
But to say I am not thankful is wrong, I AM VERY THANKFUL for this and the attention my game has gotten along with the appreciation and how many people I've inspired because of this game I made out of pure spite and stress due to college.
The Kid at the Back's development is still in progress, in fact, I'll be polishing the code starting now with the methods I've learned throughout my research and practice to make it cleaner and less of a mess.
I am still adamant of publishing my game as the full thing next update so please, all I ask from you all is patience, I am not sure when exactly I'll be done since writing dialogue itself is a pain (I have 5 more days to go) along with the weight of multiple expectations from so many people takes a toll on my mental health and motivation. So all I am asking is patience.
For Patreon, I won't be responding to DMs there since I am not really active in checking DMs there to give everyone the immediate response they deserve. For increasing Soulmates, I apologize but I won't be expanding it any further until I have something to offer since development is kind of slow, I will increase it once the full game is out so again, I'd like to apologize once again who can't be a Soulmate for now (I feel burdened not giving anything when 300+ people are subscribed to me).
With that said, I hope everyone has a great day and thank you so so much again for supporting me and "The Kid at the Back"!
Exciting news for #TKaTB_VN fans! After talking behind the scenes with PlushWonderland, the plushies are now official and has full permission from me. Please look forward to their production!
See the official link here: https://x.com/TKaTB_VN/status/1891881712763748731
No updates whatsoever! Just a few words of gratitude for this little surprise made by fans, I didn't expect this when I was boothing during BeeCon last weekend.
Thank you so much to the people in the fan discord server for hosting this little gift for me! (Also the sudden grocery list given to me in my booth, got me and my booth mate all rigged HDSHAD).
This is so sweet of you guys and I am really happy I get to inspire a lot of people because of my works, gets me all humble and embarrassed and stuff.
You all didn't need to do all of this but you guys paved the way and I couldn't be any more grateful, I'll treasure these gifts! (In the shrine it goes).
I'm going through the drive atm, you guys are crazy (Who owns this standee, this is peak insanity I love it) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FAN ARTS AND THE FAN LETTERS.
Thank you so so much again and for this lovely surprise!! I'll do my best on this game's works, to think you guys all like this silly personal project I made (and it inspired you guys?? That's insane, UEUEUE PLEASE I'M HAPPY TO BE ONE OF YOUR INSPIRATIONS WAHH.)
Some long-term followers may have noticed this subtle shift already (especially those who are in the 14DWY Discord server or have read this post), but I figured I'd make it official.
I'm no longer associating myself with the yandere VN community.
The TLDR is that the energy here really fuckin SUCKS!! And I don't want to be part of something so hostile and needlessly competitive.
The constant infighting and epicaricacy between communities is deeply upsetting, and it's very disheartening to see aspiring developers cancel their projects because of the unwarranted backlash and harassment they face.
Some entitled folks on here reeeeally need to understand that constantly harassing others for updates, encouraging developers to belittle others to make themselves/their project look better, complaining about a project not meeting the expectations you specifically put in place, attacking other communities because of the parasocial relationship you share with another developer, getting mad that you chose to ignore important PSAs or warnings and faced the repercussions, or even sending in hate messages on anon because you're bored are not things you should be doing — let alone be proud of.
I try to avoid bringing up these topics as it's not the vibe I want to have on this blog (nor do I want to negatively contribute to the Streisand Effect and blow things out of proportion), but I'm genuinely getting tired of being on the receiving end of all this harassment and negativity, seeing it happen to others, and watching other indie developers encourage such vile behaviour. I'm done.
For those wondering what this means for "14 Days With You": for the most part, everything will still continue like usual. I've said this from the very beginning, but 14DWY is just a passion project I pursue whenever I feel like it. It's something I do for fun as a hobby — not because I want to publish a well-known game or turn it into a career. I've been on Tumblr for over thirteen years now, and it's taught me how to grow thick skin, so everything that I'm yapping and yammering about won't stop me from working on 14DWY.
However, this does mean that I won't be as interactive with other developers or their communities anymore; many ill-natured people have ruined this for me.
Because of them, I'm no longer able to voice my opinion on other games without some opinionated rat whispering in my ear about how the developer is "problematic" or that I could get cancelled for simply following them on Twitter. I can't interact with certain games without its parasocial community becoming hostile or gatekeepy towards anyone they don't like. I've seen communities belittle and devalue promising demos because in their eyes, nothing can compare to their favourite game (or their favourite developer). I have been harassed, bullied, and doxxed by other communities and have seen the same thing happen to others as well. I've heard about the developers who weaponise their community's loyalty to attack and drive out their competition. And I've witnessed more than enough developers expressing how badly they want to take a hiatus due to how much unwarranted negativity they receive, but don't want to disappoint their community by doing so.
By saying all of this, you can understand why I dislike being here so much, as well as why I no longer find any enjoyment in interacting with the yandere VN community.
Many people here — fans and developers alike — are so needlessly pushy about their standards and personal opinions being the norm, and if anyone else goes against them, they'll purposefully try to ostracise and bully them out of the community. This place isn't as laid-back or inclusive as it used to be, and I don't want to be associated with a community that acts so hostile and aggressive towards anyone who shares a differing opinion — nor do I want to be part of a space that caters towards developers who'll tear down others in order to have a moment of relevancy.
We're all doing our own thing and making our own games; it shouldn't be a competition. But if you see it as such, then I urge you to take a moment to stop and rethink your actions — or, at the very least, understand how it's affecting you and others around you.
So until there's a reasonable change and people can go back to being less... demanding, hypercritical, and gatekeepy about who interacts with what, I'll be stepping away and continuing to stay in my own bubble, as I have for the past two years now. I've already unfollowed everyone associated with the yandere community many months ago, but I think I'll just unfollow everyone entirely now for my own peace of mind. I will also no longer be interacting with any yandere VN communities (aside from close friends), nor will I be as public with my interests from this moment on. Everything on this blog will be strictly related to 14DWY like usual, and I will continue to block and report any spiteful "anons"/burner accounts sent my way and delete their messages.
Again, this isn't really much of an announcement — it's more so just paragraphs of me bitchin and moanin 🫶 — but I wanted to get this all out there instead of leaving things unsaid and having people come to their own conclusions as to why I've suddenly become less active, less optimistic, and why I've stopped engaging with a majority of the yandere community in the last two years.
So, yeah... ^^; If there's anything I want y'all to take away from this entire post, it's to be kind, open, and understanding towards everyone — developers and communities alike — and to spread support rather than negativity. It's what I want my own community to be known for, so please be mindful of how you treat others online.
And if you find yourself being surrounded by constant toxicity and negativity (be it from friends, mutuals, or even other developers or communities), please don't feel ashamed to step away or cut them off entirely. Put yourself and your mental health first. I also think it'll be good for me to leave all this negative energy behind and continue to kick off 2025 in a better light, so if y'all need to let out any frustrations of your own, feel free to go ham in the replies (obviously, be kind and civil though jghsjg T_T)
I've updated my rules in my carrd!
Please do give it a read! People tend to forget I have a carrd and I have all of my listed rules there so please I'm begging y'all to give it a quick read:
