WIP Blog | Nova: Synthesis Creaturum

Welcome to the official WIP blog for Nova: Synthesis Creaturum, a free visual novel! If you have any questions pertaining to the project, shoot us a message!

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Thank you for the support so far!

Hello everyone! Just would like to say a quick thank you to all of you who have downloaded our VN since its June release. Please feel free to leave feedback and ask any questions--we would love to hear back from you! A quick shoutout to two creators who have played through part of our VN... Thank you so much to Shattered Controllers and Robskind Productions! Please check out their videos and follow them on their respective YouTube channels and social media.

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Download the full version of Nova now!

Download the ZIP file for Mac or PC either on Mediafire or Itch.io. Completely free!

After nearly 4.5 years, the Nova team is proud to present the first full version of our visual novel! Thank you so much to all of our followers and supporters who have been patiently awaiting for this day to arrive. We hope you will enjoy all the hard work and passion we put into this project and have fun partaking in this journey across Diolacov with Merona and her friends.

Check out our opening video!

If you experience any troubling bugs or have any feedback at all, please contact us and we will get back to you ASAP.

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Status Update (#30)

Long time no update! We are currently still wrapping things up, so be on the lookout for exciting news to come in the near future. While you're waiting, enjoy a preview of a lovely forest scenery at night~

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Status Update (#29) - Script is FINISHED!

Hello October!

One of the bigger updates this month is that the script for Nova is completely finished! Right now, our team is still in the process of completing the art and implementing everything else into the game engine, but we are very, very close to completion.

Here's a little preview of a special garden in Nova... What do you think will happen here?

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -100% -DONE!

|Art:| Menus -90%

Sprites -90% -2 in progress -11 finished / 14 in total

CGs -80% -11 in progress -47 finished / 58 in total

BGs -80% -4 in progress -75 finished / 79 in total |Voice Overs:| Submitted -40% -Partly up to Endings

Edited -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of Endings

|Music and Sounds:| Sounds -1 to do -29 edited / 30 in total

OST -DONE!

|Programming:| Menus -90%

Game (total) -70% -All planning done!

Game (demo version) -100%

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Status Update (#28)

Happy August! As summer comes to a close, enjoy a preview at this mysterious scene here... What do you think is happening?

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -90% -Chapter 9.8 of ? for 3/3 paths written

|Art:| Menus -90%

Sprites -70% -2 in progress -11 finished / 14 in total

CGs -50% -3 in progress -43 finished / 53 in total

BGs -60% -1 in progress -64 finished / 67 in total |Voice Overs:| Submitted  -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

Edited -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

|Music and Sounds:|  Sounds  -1 to do -29 edited / 30 in total

OST -DONE!

|Programming:| Menus -90%

Game (total) -50% -More planning of images and music -A Path positioned up to 9.6

Game (demo version) -100%

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Status Update (#27)

This month, check out some more gender benders our artist CatharsisGaze made of some characters!

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -80% -Chapter 9.6 of ? for 3/3 paths written

|Art:|

Menus -90%

Sprites -70% -2 in progress -11 finished / 14 in total

CGs -50% -9 in progress -42 finished / 51 in total

BGs -60% -3 in progress -62 finished / 65 in total |Voice Overs:|

Submitted -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

Edited -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

|Music and Sounds:|

Sounds -1 to do -29 edited / 30 in total

OST -DONE!

|Programming:|

Menus -90%

Game (total) -50% -More planning of images and music -A Path positioned up to 9.2

Game (demo version) -100%

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Status Update (#26)

A peek at the facial expressions of Voya. ^^

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -60% -Chapter 9.5 of ? for 3/3 paths written

|Art:|

Menus -90%

Sprites -70% -2 in progress -11 finished / 14 in total

CGs -50% -10 in progress -41 finished / 51 in total

BGs -60% -2 in progress -62 finished / 64 in total |Voice Overs:|

Submitted -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

Edited -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

|Music and Sounds:|

Sounds -1 to do -29 edited / 30 in total

OST -Added more music to have a more diverse soundtrack - DONE!

|Programming:|

Menus -90%

Game (total) -50% -More planning of images and music -A Path positioned up to 9.1

Game (demo version) -100%

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Nova Status Update #25

Introducing Voya! ^^

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -60% -Chapter 9.3 of ? for 3/3 paths written

|Art:|

Menus -90%

Sprites -70% -2 in progress -11 finished / 14 in total

CGs -50% -10 in progress -41 finished / 51 in total

BGs -60% -2 in progress -62 finished / 64 in total |Voice Overs:|

Submitted -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

Edited -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

|Music and Sounds:|

Sounds -1 to do -29 edited / 30 in total

OST -Added more music to have a more diverse soundtrack - DONE!

|Programming:|

Menus -90%

Game (total) -50% -More planning of images and music -A Path positioned up to 9.1

Game (demo version) -100%

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A darker preview at one of our forests. Lots of late night travels for the Nova gang~

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Nova Status Update #24

Another peek around the corner in Laneo~

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -60% -Chapter 9.3 of ? for 3/3 paths written

|Art:|

Menus -90%

Sprites -70% -3 in progress -10 finished / 14 in total

CGs -50% -10 in progress -41 finished / 51 in total

BGs -60% -2 in progress -62 finished / 64 in total |Voice Overs:|

Submitted -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

Edited -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

|Music and Sounds:|

Sounds -1 to do -29 edited / 30 in total

OST -Added more music to have a more diverse soundtrack - DONE!

|Programming:|

Menus -90%

Game (total) -50% -More planning of images and music -A Path positioned up to 9.1

Game (demo version) -100%

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Nova Mini Update (#20)

Step into one of the forests of Diolacov this week. ^_^

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Nova Status Update #23

Greetings from the humble Prowen~

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -60% -Chapter 9.2 of ? for 3/3 paths written

|Art:|

Menus -90%

Sprites  -70% -3 in progress  -10 finished / 14 in total 

CGs -50% -10 in progress  -41 finished / 51 in total 

BGs -60% -2 in progress -62 finished / 64 in total |Voice Overs:|

Submitted -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

Edited -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ?

|Music and Sounds:|

Sounds  -1 to do -29 edited / 30 in total

OST -Added more music to have a more diverse soundtrack - DONE!

|Programming:|

Menus -90%

Game (total) -50% -More planning of images and music -A Path positioned up to 9.1 

Game (demo version) -100%

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1st mini update of 2017! Take a look at this preview of Merona's room~

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Nova Status Update #22

Happy new year from the Nova team! Time to put 2016 behind us and charge forward into 2017~ Let's welcome the year with a CG WIP of Lexan!

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -60% -Chapter 9.0 of ? for 3/3 paths written

|Art:| Menus -90% Sprites -35% -9 of 16 characters done. CGs -30%-finished 35 of 48 sketched/flat-colored ones. BGs -finished 59 of 63 sketched/flat-colored ones. |Voice Overs:| Submitted -40% -Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ? Edited -10%-Partly up to chapter 8.5 of ? |Programming:| Menus -90% Game (total) -50% -More planning of images and music -A Path positioned up to 8.9. Game (demo version) -100%

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Nova Mini Update (#18)

Last update of the year! Check out this CG preview of a corridor in Nova--where do you think it leads to?

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Nova Status Update #21

Let's finish 2016 off with the final status update of the year! It's been a great year of work on Nova, and we'd like to thank everyone for following our progress~ This month, check out some fun gender-bender sketches and a drawing style meme of Merona done by one of our artists, CatharsisGaze!

Click here for info on how to play the demo for Nova!

Here’s this month’s current status:

|Story:| -60% -Chapter 8.9 of ? for 1/3 paths written

|Art:| Menus -90% Sprites -35% -9 of 16 characters done. CGs -30%-finished 27 of 47 sketched/flat-colored ones. BGs -finished 57 of 61 sketched/flat-colored ones. |Voice Overs:| Submitted -40% -Partly up to chapter 5.2 of ? Edited -10%-Partly up to chapter A5.2 of ? |Programming:| Menus -90% Game (total) -50% -More planning of images and music -A Path positioned up to 8.6. Game (demo version) -100%

Happy Holidays!

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Nova Mini Update (#17)

Time for a mid-month Nova update! ^^ Have a look at Headmaster Wriane's official sprite preview--what do you think she's like based on her design and her quote?