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Weekly update - Day3

I've been working on it for a little while now, and I'm still at the beginning of the script. A few new sprites have already been added, and two backgrounds have been updated! Since the previous update introduced a lot of new sprites, most of the upcoming scenes won't require many additional ones, although there will still be a few special scenes and brand-new backgrounds.

Before starting this update, I mentioned that I was cleaning up the game's code. Over the course of development, I've learned a lot and significantly improved the way I program, which has made everything much faster and easier to work on. The coffee shop scene is a bit long, so I only have two screenshots for you today Eu já venho trabalhando na atualização a algum tempo, e ainda stou no começo do roteiro. Alguns novos sprites foram adicionados, e dois backgrounds foram atualizados! Já que n atualização anterior eu adicionei varios novos sprites, boa parte das cenas não vai precisar de novos desenhos, mas ainda pode ter algumas cenas especiais com novoc backgrounds também. Antes de começar essa atualização eui mencionei que estava limpando o codigo. Com o desenvolvimento de tudo eu aprendi bastante e melhore bastante a forma de programar mais facil e isso vai deixar as coisas ao menos mais rapidas A cena do café é um pouco longa, eu tenho apenas 2 prints por hoje.

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I was planning originally to post this sentiment on just TikTok or such since I think that’s the source of this constant headache, but it might be a good idea to put this here as well since I fear it needs repeating:

For those who follow me and my videos on YouTube and on TikTok, please remember that The Freak Circus is not a game or media meant to be played by anyone under the age of 18.

It features dark, sensitive and graphic content that is meant for an adult audience.

Myself, Neko and the entirety of the TFC team are incredibly uncomfortable that there are people under the age of 18 interacting with the game and fandom, especially when we’ve taken a great amount of care to properly tag and label things across the board— its labeled as such on itchio, the official blog is clearly labeled as well with no room for misinterpretation:

The Freak Circus is not meant for anyone under the age of 18.

We are also not the parents of other people’s children, and are not responsible nor obligated to witch hunt every single minor that posts in the TFC tag or comments somewhere. I have become incredibly wary to interact with people who do not have a posted age (though people can and do lie on the internet, I’m quite aware of that) largely because there are many people who just don’t respect that boundary.

(There are a lot of fans who don’t respect many boundaries, but that’s a separate issue and one that I can ignore a lot easier.)

There’s very little an adult creator can do to restrict access to their adult-but-not-explicit media without also risking their media to be blacklisted, banned, restricted to those who show government IDs, ect. Even if someone is an adult, they should never be forced to show their photo ID to a company or to a government in order to access the internet or to interact with a piece of media, and it’s the biggest reason I use tags instead of labels to try and find a responsible but aware balance with who can see and access my content.

For context, the whole TFC team grew up and were fundamentally part of an internet where governments and companies did not have access to people’s personal information in the same way they do now— the idea of them even asking for more than your name was strange. I know I’m not the only adult who would agree that the internet is a very different place then where it started, and very much worse in some regards (I hate the state of modern day social media and the commodification of art) but there is only so much one person can do without going completely insane.

Me and Neko have agreed on many occasions how important it is to keep the game accessible for people, because there are plenty of adults who cannot access the game otherwise if there was a price tag on it or if the game itself was restricted behind Patreon or a similar process.

We just… fundamentally disagree on restricting it in that way, and its exhausting to take every reasonable measure to communicate this boundary and still have people disregard it or get angry that we aren’t ’doing more’.

I’m not out to vilify or lay moral judgement on anyone as being a horrible or irredeemable person (please dear god keep yourself safe, don’t trust companies with your information), but I’m also not going to act like I don’t stress about how I have to hold myself or figure out ways to clearly assert my personal boundaries (as I am a creator of suggestive/explicit works) so I can avoid using broken, ill-thought or outright malicious ‘verification’ procedures various social media platforms are trying to assert across the internet.

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HAPPY TRANS VISIBILITY DAY 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Why goodness, it is! A delightful day to celebrate the wonderful and wide spectrum of human experiences when it comes to gender and thensome <3

To anyone who falls under the umbrella of being trans (trans men, trans women, non-binary, agender, gender queer, people whose gender is a big ol’ shrug emoji— I MEAN ANYONE) I hope that you have a moment of gender euphoria today or find something about yourself that you feel proud of.

You are strong, you are brave, and I’m proud for you being yourself in whatever way you can safely express that. Be kind to those around you and keep fighting that good fight, even if the fight is just getting through the day!

Also fuck TERFS, fuck JK Rowling and everything she’s put her hands on, fuck gatekeeping, love and peace on planet earth ✌️

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Hello can I interest you all in some organic, homegrown memes/reaction images I’ve been holding onto and only now realized I never shared them on tumblr LOL

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JESTYN CONCEPT DESIGN

After Knighter, it’s time for me to show the concept design of our beloved freak jester, Jestyn.

As I mentioned before, Jestyn is a character I originally created around 2020. The image below is his very first design. (Yeah, his hair shown in his first design. But that hair in his first design isn't Canon anymore)

Later, when I wanted to use this story again for the Yandere VN Jam, I redesigned him. The hood design of Jestyn was inspired by this statue (and I honestly don’t know what statue it is, but it looks very beautiful. Maybe someone knows?)

However, because I still felt that the redesign was missing something, I ended up changing it a little more. And that’s how the Jestyn you know today was created

BONUS:

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My friends said my voice sounds like the Doctor's… So I tried speaking like him in Portuguese :v

*I used a cup to sound like he is using the mask and tried a lil of Portuguese/Russian accent??? It's really difficult to make it and it amaze me how @darthsuki can do it so well!

Also one of them ( @matchapan23 ) made this for me:

I have everyone's drawing and I think is really cute of them for making these <3 Thank you all I love you guys so much >w<

*I also did the other ones, but yea...idk if it sounds good tbh.

Doctor from The freak Circus By @nekoboydreams

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Ohhhhh heck yeah, you did a fantastic job! Even without adding an accent, Doctor’s overall tone or delivery can be a little tricky (at least to me). He’s such a monotone/direct sort of person, and sometimes we forget how much natural tone and inflection goes into what we say— but you did wonderful! :D

I like the touch with talking into a cup to try and get that ‘he’s speaking with a mask on’ vibe, normally I get the effect in Audacity depending on the project for him <3

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I'm so stupidly tempted to just make my own booba mousepad of him cos look at this:

DO Y'ALL SEE MY VISION???

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OH MY GOD, NOT Y'ALL FINDING THIS TTOTT)

HAHAHAHAHAHAA- I'M GLAD Y'ALL ENJOY IT X'D IT'S FUNNY AF TO SEE Y'ALL MENTION DARTH AS WELL

Thank you for making my days brighter

darthsuki

LINES RECORDED, REJOICE!

Now for the hard part of doing all the fancy visual effects and animating the panels in the specific way I wanna do lksadjflsdkjfds

but that's a project for later Darth, current Darth is mad eepy and is going to sleep LOL

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The askbox is now open!

Please make sure that you are reading the FAQ before sending your question in, as it will be deleted if it has already been answered within that page.

Also keep in mind that this is NOT the AMA (Ask Me Anything) series featuring character responses or eventually being voiced. If you want to have your questions answers within that format, you will have to subscribe to Neko’s Patreon and post your questions here!

The askbox will be closed on Sunday evening, and then the asks will be answered through the week. Thank you everyone who has been kind and patient with this blog transition!

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Comic Pierrot's outfit

A bit of context: this comic takes place quite a long time ago. They were younger and still figuring out how to make things work in the circus. The first version of their outfits wasn’t comfortable, since their bodies are different, which led to the redesign and custom-made clothes for all of them after this incident.

Besides the outfit changes, you’ll also get a small spoiler about Pierrot’s rule! Also! Thank you @destinysquared for helping me correct some poses and adjust a few things in the comic!

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Blog Update / Plans for Bug Reports and Translation Requests

Greetings and salutations little monsters, this is @darthsuki with a small but important update on some of the upcoming features for this blog!

These features are still being worked on, but many people have inquired about them previously via replies or direct messages before the publishing of this blog. Since our ask box is still closed until this weekend per the FAQ, we wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page!

First, I am working on a master list for all information regarding The Freak Circus, including all relevant posts/asks that were originally posted on Neko’s personal blog. While there is some information that we will be reblogging here for consistency’s sake and to try and make sure as much information is centralized as possible, the master list should include just about everything there is to know in terms of The Freak Circus’ lore and character information! This may take up to several weeks, but it should be completed by the end of March!

Second, there will be a bug report system created through google forms in order to streamline the process of reporting errors or bugs without using the askbox, since that is on its own schedule. This should be completed within the next week or two.

Finally, we are creating a request form for anyone interested in helping translate the game into other languages! I have personally received many requests and have tried to keep track of them as best I can, but this form will be the official format to send them going forward once it’s finished! I don’t currently have an estimated date for when this will be done, but we will make an announcement as soon as it is, so keep your eyes out!

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How does it feel to be the official voice actor for the freak circus?

Honestly? Completely and utterly surreal! At no point in the small series of events and actions did I ever expect to have my voice in any kind of visual novel— I just loved the game for what it was and made fannish works based off of that excitement and passion like I’ve done for any fandom I’ve been apart of!

But it’s humbling that the same series of events led to me making several wonderful friends and finding a passion for a whole new media that I never would have approached before! I love voice acting and I love entertaining people, I love being part of this fandom and being able to share it with the people I adore and care about more than anything!

I’m just one random 31-year-old trans man with a tolerable day job and a passion for uplifting people and entertaining them. I love seeing other people try voice acting for the game! I love getting to learn about and appreciate so many other cultures, languages and background that I never was directly exposed to in other fandoms!

I may get overwhelmed often by social interactions, but I also love that I’ve gotten to meet so many awesome people who have all been touched positively and meaningfully by these characters and Neko’s story!

I also love that I love my voice a little more because of it c:

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Hello again, everyone! Long time no see, right? Well, as you may remember, I had to step away from social media for a while to take care of my mental health. Little by little, I’ll be returning to posting again. Thank you all so much for the kind and supportive messages they were incredibly comforting, especially amidst others that weren’t so gentle. Soon, we’ll be opening an official The Freak Circus side blog, managed by Darthsuki, so I can get help running Tumblr, answering your questions, and keeping all official information in one place. To help reduce translation-related issues, I’ll also be keeping my posts here in both Portuguese and English. Yes, everyone! I’m Brazilian, English is not my native language, so please be patient with me! I’d also like to thank @destinysquared, @darthsuki, and @tazz-was-herefor supporting me during difficult moments and for helping me not give up on my game when recent events made me question my decisions. Thank you for standing up for my ideas! That said, I’m continuing to work on the script for the next update, and little by little I’ll be sharing more about it. Soon I’ll also bring more news that I’ve already mentioned on Patreon, such as the official shop, the Pierrot plushie, and the new comic I’m working on while developing the script. I’ll also be posting the Patreon-exclusive AMA answers here again. Thank you all for your patience! ------- Português Olá de novo pessoal, quanto tempo não? Bom vocês devem se lembrar que precisei me afastar um pouco das redes sociais por um tempo para cuidar da minha saúde mental, aos poucos estarei voltando com as postagens agora. Obrigado a todos pelas mensagens carinhosas de apoio e carinho, elas foram muito acolhedoras em meio a outras não tão gentis. Em breve abriremos um side blog oficial de The freak Circus sendo feito pelo Darthsuki para que eu possa ter ajuda em administrar o Tumblr, responder suas dúvidas e manter toda informação oficial concentrada em um lugar só. Para ajudar a ter menos conflito com tradução, também manterei minhas postagens em português e inglês. Sim pessoal! Eu sou brasileiro, eu não falo inglês nativo, então por favor tenham paciência comigo! Eu gostaria de agradecer também a @destinysquared, @darthsukie e @tazz-was-here, por terem me apoiado em momentos difíceis e me ajudado a não desistir do meu jogo quando os últimos acontecimentos me fizeram questionar minhas decisões. Obrigado pessoal por defenderem minhas ideias! Dito isso eu continuo trabalhando no roteiro para a próxima atualização, então aos poucos falarei um pouco mais sobre isso, em breve trarei mais novidades que já mencionei no Patreon, como a loja oficial, a pelúcia do Pierrot e a nova comic que estou fazendo enquanto trabalho no roteiro, também voltarei a postar as respostas dos AMAs exclusivo para os patreons aqui. Obrigado a todos pela paciência!