happy birthday baby boyy <3 here’s angst from my favorite movie ever
xal is the “in every universe”/“in any universe” guy ever and in all of them he’s getting shafted. i think this scene is the opposite of canon since. being a sovereign is probably the best off you can get but i don’t wanna come up w a new fit for him so this is all he gets. backgrounds from eeaao and limbo respectively bc i lazy
Solve crimes and steal hearts in Burn the Midnight Oil, a supernatural mystery romance visual novel about monsters, love, and other horrors.
We're fundraising on Kickstarter for just 48 more hours, ending on April 22nd. We're 76% funded right now and so close to our goal! Don't miss the chance to back us‼️
⭐Play as the flirty vampire detective Circe or the brash hellhound cop Dante!
⭐ Romance six different love interests (some more monstrous than others). Circe can date the grumpy vampire Abraxas, the human detective Edgar, or the mysterious witch Nocturne! Dante can pursue his human co worker Raoul, the playful wizard Zeno, or the mystical Iridis (a being of unknown origins)!
⭐ Original character art and design by Viiperfish and the rest of our lovely character art team! Our background art and UI and all other art you see in the game was lovingly designed and drawn by the best artists we could have asked for 💖
⭐ An original soundtrack by Bell Kalengar (best known for composing the score for Dead Plate)
⭐ And best of all? There's already a free demo that will take you anywhere from 2 to 4 hours! Available on Steam and itch.io.
Reblogs are super appreciated! Even donations as small as 5 euros/USD can make a massive difference when lots of people chime in, but if you can't donate, you can still help by spreading the word. There's less than 20k euros to go now! We've got this as long as we keep pushing! 💪✨
Oh, and don't forget to join our Discord server so we can nervously stare at the countdown together! 😉
Another month, another dollar! /silly. March has gone by extremely fast (I say that about every month, don't I), but there's a lot of progress to share with y'all, and so many WIPs that have us pumped up! Let's jump into it!
This month, Raquel finished Valor's sprite, one of the secondary characters you'll meet in Amon's first chapter! That means all the sprites for the chapter are ready! Raquel is going to start working on Valor's expression next, and I can't wait to code them!
Character-wise, what's next is working on the next secondary character for Amon's route; Madam Ejdo. You'll see her mentioned in Amon's first chapter, and that's all I'm saying for now!
With Dagalis' concept art finished, we moved to Amon's Golden Palace! Here's the finished concept art. Airyn did a wonderful job—as always—integrating the key elements of the city into the palace itself, while also pushing it even further into "Amon territory". My idea for the palace was something blocky, inspired by the structure of chinese military fortresses, tibetan dzongs, and mesoamerican pyramids. I learned a lot of stuff while investigating about these!
As of this month, Airyn has started working on furniture for the interior backgrounds, such as Amon's office, MC's room, and more! I prepared a huge moodboard with plenty of inspiration, and I'm sure Airyn will do a terrific job as per usual. Nothing new under the sun! Astro will start with the 3D model of the palace, and after the interiors are planned, we can really start working on the backgrounds for chapter one.
great things happening in the AMON: CH 1 document /silly
March has been a great month for me script-wise! My editing run has been briefly interrupted by a change of heart in a specific section of Amon's first chapter that I've almost finished writing. Sometimes I get so caught up in the zone that I forget the main goal of a first chapter: being a good cover letter of the love interest as well as establishing the dynamic between them and the main character, even if briefly.
In the meantime, our editor Allie has already started doing her proofreading and editing round, and she has been kind enough to not only correct my non-native english speaker ass, but also give me their opinion as a fellow writer and friend! Hating Amon (as in lovingly) is the reaction I hope everyone has when playing his first chapter!
I also finished writing the VA document for the auditions of Cécile, Vycar, and Valor, and holy hell, the amount of auditions we have and are still receiving! We can't be more grateful. I'll try to work on an automatic response system, if I can, so those who send an audition at least can know we received it. Doing it manually like in our first casting call would surely kill me /silly
And last but not least, I answered a tumblr ask of a decent length to include in our special Patreon ask-box!
WIP of the Compendium icon by @/saturni_idae on instagram and twitter!!
Saturni put the pedal to the metal during March with the (almost) finished prototype of our Compendium! If the WIP we showed you last time was already beautiful, the almost-finished version is just absolutely mind-blowing. Saturni still wants to polish a few things, but we can't wait to show our programmer the whole compendium! Kayden will be the one working on the final icons for the whole thing, and above you can see a few explorations of the compendium icon!
During March I finished writing the voice acting document for Vycar, Cécile and Valor's auditions (as I said above!). I also worked on the small graphic you see above, and I'm reworking all the character sheets we initially had of our cast (those who have been following us on tumblr since our humble beginnings surely remember them) so the artstyle matches our current one!
The sample of our Kickstarter-exclusive mini artbook (what a mouthful) arrived safely on the 30th! On Saturday, we all met in person to take a look at it to send our feedback to the manufacturer, who has been nothing but accommodating the whole time (we finally have some luck in that field). Some images need a bit of tweaking as they look a tiny bit dark, but nothing major! This week Astro and I will work on the modifications and send the files back to the manufacturer, who will give us an estimated shipping time for the whole batch of artbooks.
This month we have also sent our business info to another counseling office in hopes to change consultants. Sadly, our current consultant is still giving us trouble. We'd rather not get into details, but the "boss" even refuses to pick up my calls or reply to our texts. They also ignore my emails, yay! Hopefully we get news soon from the new office. Also, it has been a DOING TAXES MONTH, and I hate the DTM.
Also, during March I've been working alongside @/nena0me to bring Raeya's first Patreon illustration to life! Well, Nena has done all the work while I just threw the theme her way!
For now, you public folks can enjoy this Patreon special artpiece by @remirado, from back in January!
As for me, I sent a very important paper to a magazine and started working on another two papers (PhD hell and all that jazz). Raquel joined me in one of them and sent an abstract to see if it gets approved! It'd be so much fun if we went to a congress together, as boring as it can be sometimes. Mentally, March has been a pretty good month for my OCD! Physically, my legs have given me some trouble due to my genu valgum (knock-knees!), but thankfully some physiotherapy has helped and will continue helping. I also have a set of exercises I must do everyday to improve, or at least so it doesn't get worse. The "moving out" situation is a bit slow and anxiety-inducing, but patience is key!
Astro has been working and studying (he had an exam last Wednesday!) and unfortunately he fell a bit sick (had a fever two days ago, but it seems to be miraculously gone?) so he has been trying to rest a little.
Raquel is a bit stressed due to work and some AI shenanigans in the workspace, and she forgot to bring the roscos she baked with her family to our Ravenstar meeting. Therefore, she's fired (/j).
Kayden is there! Mad at me because he wants to play Resident Evil VII but has to wait for me. Also he's wearing his hair longer than usual and he looks so handsome! (Don't tell him I said that /silly)
March was a good month overall! The moment the physical artbook is ready to be shipped, we will get a huge weight off our shoulders. There are a few things we want to talk about in the near-future, but what's first comes first, and that's our Kickstarter Backers getting their orders once and for all.
And that's all! Thank you all so much for your support and kindness, as always. See you soon!
Congrats @foxglovegames releasing their demo!!!~~ I've been waiting for this game demo for so long!!! And thank you for creating my beautiful goddess circe💖
Solve crimes and steal hearts in Burn the Midnight Oil, a supernatural neon-noir romance visual novel now live on Kickstarter!
Make sure to also check out our free demo (it's around 40,000 words long with plenty of characters and illustrations to discover)! Available on Steam and itch.io.
RTs are super appreciated! Even if you can't donate to the campaign, just sharing the word with your friends and followers can make a huge difference ✨
i can't believe it's been over a year since ive been obsessed with this game UWAAA <333 sheds tears i love everyone involved in this community. even this asshole deserves a quick sketch (i totally did not forget about this until last night i definitely am such a True Fan and remember Everyone's Birthdays absolutely)
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