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Hi i’m stef! I’m a freelance artist that does concept art, illustration and background art for games and animation. I like to draw a lot of fanart and oc art of whatever i’m fixed on for the month.

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๋࣭⭑ Devlog #55 | 3.2.26 ๋࣭⭑

IT'S MARCH?? Time blindness strikes again...

HELLO... It's been a while. I apologize. The beginning of the year was a bit hectic, but also productive, which I will go into in this devlog!

I guess, with that being said, we can just dive right in! This devlog will cover about two month's worth of progress (kinda) so basically what I've been up to since the year started! I also think it might be helpful to give an overall view of where we're at with progress, period, as we near the final lap. More details in each individual section, but right now, this is where we're at for game development \o/

Writing: 100% Finished (0 Words Remain (!!!!))

Editing: 85% Finished (60k Words Remain)

Art: 85% Finished (0 BGs (!!!), 14 CGs, 3 Sprites Remain)

Coding: 80% Finished (55k Words Remain)

Voice Acting: 50% Finished

So where we left off last year was that I'd finished the base draft for Aisa's route, marking the completion of ALL routes in Alaris (EVERYONE CHEER). These past couple of months have been dedicated to fleshing out the last bits and pieces of Aisa's route. There were still some scenes I wanted to work on a bit more, and with the new edits, we've officially passed the 350k word count mark on Alaris (MEOW). It currently sits at 351,465 words! Aisa's route will probably still go up a bit in this coming month. But I anticipate wrapping up the last of the edits this upcoming month so that I can move on to almost exclusively focusing on art uwu

On the editors' side, Wudgey has been working hard on Aisa's developmental edits. We have entered the second arc (out of three) of Aisa's dev edits, yay! And Allie has been patiently chugging along with Kuna'a's line edits. As a reminder, once line edits wrap up with routes, they're basically finished, meaning Kuna'a's route is getting to the end of its final phase YEAA.

I also got started on some Kuna'a CGs this month. Not too many because admittedly I wanted to wrap up writing as fast as I could. I believe I finished 2-3 of Kuna'a's CGs, which brings our total CG count to 40!!! Our total count will be 54, so we are 3/4 of the way there!! Once I enter my art phase again, I think I'll be locking in on those, the same way I did for when we entered Early Access and will hopefully bang them out Fast as Fuck Boy.

Since I'm nearing the end of the tunnel on Aisa edits, I'm going to start working on some Aisa CGs to prep for the Aisa Beta release (NYEHE), which will hopefully happen sometime Soon.

In exciting news, at the beginning of this year, we entered BETA ACCESS for KUNA'A'S ROUTE!!!!

I was REALLY nervous about Kuna'a's route. Probably the most out of any route except for maybe Fenir. Partly because they're the most popular LIs so I wanted to make sure they live up to the hype. But also partly because Kuna'a specifically is the first Fae route and so is the first route that REALLY starts to get into the plot. Making sure I address every plot point I need to in a satisfying--and not confusing--way, while still leaving room for enough mystery to happen in Aisa's route was such a tricky balance, especially when I had to make sure the romance was also there.

BODY TEA. ALWAYS CRACKED @saffein-e

Luckily, the beta reception (which I think has had the most beta testers out of any route) has been really rewarding!!!!!! I literally banged my head against my keyboard so many times while dealing with Kuna'a's route (as expected of my bastard ragebaiter child). I think I made my dev editor bang their head on their keyboard too FLAJLSDFJLJ. But it feels like the effort was definitely worth it because the reception has been way more positive than I expected.

If you haven't had a chance to play, Kuna'a's beta will probably be up for about another month and available to all Hydra patrons!

Creating a Silly, Little Game called Alaris

As a hint to what's looming on the horizon, I hope to have Aisa's beta out soon enough, given Kuna'a's will only be around for a limited time heh. We'll see how fast I'm able to bang everything out. But fingers crossed!

Last, not market research. But I DID lead a super cracked team on a project for Shoujosei Jam!

Play our game here!

Somehow, in the span of three weeks, we were able to put together an entire stat-raiser game, complete with 7 BGs, 6 CGs, two love interests, 30k words, partial voice acting, RNG weather for unique playthroughs, and more! I really recommend playing it---the team worked so hard. This was my first time leading a project, and it was the best experience ever being surrounded by so many crazy, talented people!!

PLAY OUR GAME! ROMANCE OUR LIS!

Some of you may be wondering why the FAWK I'm entering a jam and making a big ass game like this when I have Alaris to work on, and please just know I haven't fully worked on a game outside of Alaris in about 3 years LMFAOOO. The last one was Intertwine, which was released in 2023, and after grinding Alaris for so long (I've finished four routes since then), I could feel my creative capacity running dry.

Thankfully, this game gave me everything I needed---fun with friends, and another creative outlet that let me feel refreshed again. I feel ready to sit down and grind Alaris out again for the day this game fully releases, which hopefully looms Just Beyond the Horizon.

Anyway, until next time! Stay safe, everyone \o/

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Kuna'a's Beta Route Out NOW!

beautiful stunning gorgeous commission by @saffein-e

THE CUNT IS HERE!!!!!! For all the Kuna'a lovers and haters, our local ragebaiter's beta route is FINALLY READY TO PLAY. Find out what it's like to romance a professional, grade A cunt in our newest beta build, which currently includes:

55k words spanning over 6 chapters

2 CGs (and a couple random placeholder illustrations LMAOO)

BEEFY PLOT. Find out the secret behind so many mysteries the Central routes touched upon

Ragebaiting

MORE RAGE BAITING

Available on Patreon to all Hydra supporters! Our second to last Alaris route is OUTTTTTTT YYYEEEEAAAAAA!!!!

Creating a Silly, Little Game called Alaris

#GO GO GO GO GO!!!!#alaris #projects ive worked on

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๋࣭⭑ Devlog #54 | 12.9.25 ๋࣭⭑

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

I was going to make this an end of year post but then I figured I might actually make this a quick devlog and save the full recap for the actual end of the year! MAINLY BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW OFF A LIL SOMETHING SOMETHING LATER....

If you all haven't heard, we opened our community Discord server this year. And to celebrate the holidays, we're hosting our first community event!

This year, we're going to be "decorating a tree" together! Gamers are invited to draw an ornament of anything Crescence-themed (aka any of the games that I've been a part of), and in a couple weeks, I'll hang the ornaments on the tree so we can see what our community has created together ^^ Details and submissions for the ornaments are in the Discord server, so if you'd like to take part, check out the join link!

In other news, we continue forward with Alaris progress, so let's get to the devlog!

With our last two Fae routes, Kuna'a's developmental edits are basically done, and Aisa's first draft is..... so........close.............

It's so frustrating because I was pretty confident about finishing Aisa's route this past month, but unfortunately my brain is just not cooperating with me T_T My head's been in a bit of weird space lately for a couple of different reasons (which I will not be disclosing), so it's been hard to focus and be as productive as I usually am.

At this point Aisa has about 5k-7k words left, which is really not a lot. Normally, I could crank that out in a week. But with where my head's been at lately, it's been taking me longer. I'm trying to be kind to myself; at the same time, I grow more desperate by the day to be done with the script LAJFLSDJF........

I'd like to say by the end-of-year post, Aisa's route will be done since finishing the script and entering Early Access were my two biggest goals this year, but we'll see! I'm only human, I guess :bangs my head against the wall:

For art progress, we actually finished our very last character design this past month. Which means all characters are DESIGNED!!! It's a bit sentimental since I've been working with Saf on these designs for a couple years now. So the fact that it's over is bittersweet ;A;

To celebrate, I'll show the least-spoilery one. Have I shown this one before in a public devlog? I'm not sure. If I have, welcome back, queen. If I haven't, welcome, queen. LFJALSDJF

((@saffein-e does gorgeous work. anyone looking for a character designer should def check them out))

I've been locked in on writing, so no other art progress this month aside from an Exciting commission that will come with an Exciting announcement!

The only other thing is that Alaris will be on sale until December 22 for the holidays ^^

We are currently in a Steam Festival, which has a lot of other narrative games on sale that I highly recommend checking out!

Personally, I played My Life as a Teenage Exocolonist (which is in this festival) recently and was, well, obsessed. Definitely recommend for people into stat management games and/or visual novels!

And, um!!! WELL.... THAT'S ACTUALLY IT FOR THIS DEVLOG....

I told you it'd be a short one FJALDJSLFJ. November was rough on me, but I hope it was a bit easier on some of you! Here's to the holiday season. Hope you all get to spend it in a relaxing way, and I'll see you in the end-of-year recap!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

#BABY GORL REVEAL!!!#adored getting to design this character im excited for people to meet the rest of the side characters!!#it has been an honour getting to be part of alaris 😭😭😭💜💜💜💜💜#alaris

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Hello SeekL fans

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another Cloudyling to the collection 🥺

my alaris oc lol

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You're exploring an abandoned observatory with old books, notebooks, and a ritual space. A ghost appears. Will you talk to him? He might have interesting things to say. Usual June is an action adventure game with flexible combat, a witty cast, and a story that is equal parts terrifying, funny, and sweet. 👻 Check it out on Steam!

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art by @niochemblyat

Only on tumblr do I feel completely at ease to post art lmaoooo

Designed some outfits for my Alaris OC Harpy 💜💜💜

#my art #my ocs #harpy oc #alaris

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๋࣭⭑ Devlog #51 | 8.25.25 ๋࣭⭑

BUCKLE IN FOLKS THIS IS THE DEVLOG TO READ. IF U HAVE NEVER READ A DEVLOG U SHOULD READ THIS ONE

This one's loaded we're gonna jump right into it. I would normally put this news in Miscellaneous but it's so important I'm gonna say it Now.

ALARIS EA WILL BE RELEASED NEXT MONTH!!!

Date will be announced closer to the release, but for now, start getting EXCITEDDDDDD YEEAAHHHHH!!!! This brings me to my other Important Point for this devlog, which is Alaris' price upon release. For those who have seen the ask related to this, you won't be surprised, but for anyone who missed it:

Alaris EA Will Be $11.99

The reason for this has been stated before, and I know it's higher than what I have said in past years. But after consideration on the content in this game and after talking with Many developers and fans, I thought pricing Alaris at lower price points would be unfair to me, the game, and everyone else who has worked on it. Indie games, and especially visual novels, should be valued just as highly as other games because it takes just as much work to make. I know this news may be disappointing to some, and I do want to say that I will eventually (much later) have sales on the game so you can scoop it up at lower price points if you'd like. But I hope that as people who enjoy the game, you all can understand and support me and our Alaris babies.

Speaking of EA Release, we hit 10K+ wishlists on Steam a while back, and to celebrate, I commissioned this piece (which YOU ALL funded through Patreon and donations!!! Crazy!!!). Thank you all so much and can't wait to get this game in your hands!!!!!!

Now that the Big Stuff is out of the way, let's get into the devlog and see where this bad boy is AT.

This month, we actually made some nice progress on writing! I Finally Finished the last of Kuna'a's edits and we're entering the last stages of his developmental editing. Since it's been so long since we gave a writing update, here's a little snippet. As a Treat.

Sneak Peek at the slut's route

It took a while for me to flesh out some of his scenes and get them to where I wanted them. There's a lot going on in Kuna'a's route, and especially since it's my first Fae route where we get into the Meat of the plot, it was hard to balance romance with plot without getting too lost in the sauce.

But this month, since a big bulk of EA work finished, I was able to get back into scripting and finally tackle those edits I've been meaning to work on. And with a lot of that stress out of the way, I can focus more on Aisa's route AKA OUR LAST ROUTE!!!! Until EA drops, I don't anticipate working too heavily on Aisa's route yet, but it's exciting to finally, finally get to the last route of the game ^o^ !

Art.... This month I worked on a lot of sprite work. It was mostly polishing and finishing touches. I finally updated all of the side characters so that their rendering was consistent with the LIs. Honestly, it was such a small change, but I'm really happy with the end result! I think everything looks pretty in game and the art looks much more consistent.

Same scene, different line LOL. But Before versus After! Looks much more vibrant RIGHTTT

I also resized all of the sprites in game so that they fit. I don't know who will remember this in the current demo, but some of the sprites get the tops of their heads chopped off, and that was because the way I had sized them in game made them a bit bigger so they didn't fit well on the screen. This month, I painstakingly went back in and resized all the sprites so they fit on the screen. It's a Very Small difference but it does make the game look more polished. I will say it was A Bitch to do because of how I do camera work and sprite movements so I had to readjust a lot of things aoisdjfaosidfj. But after putting my brain in a blender, we finished and I'm loving how everything looks!

They just fit on the screen better ykwim

I also did a lot of backend stuff this month to put the final QOL and extra features into the game that I've always wanted! First up is the communicator. Before, when you got new messages, there would be no indicator aside from a little star on the side chat bar.

But NOWWW, there's both a "New" Line that shows up for new messages (kinda like Discord), AND time stamps. I think this helps to keep track of messages better AND helps ground the game in some sense of time! I'm really in love with it, and wouldn't have been able to do it without dear, goated Feniks, so everyone thank Renpy god!

We also finished our first voice acting session this past month! All of the first round of lines came in, and if you've been around on Tumblr you know I've already started showing some of them off. If you've missed them, well...

Featuring shiny new voiced lines, a certain SOMEONE'S route sneak peek, and a brand new voice replay feature YEEEAAAAAA

Introducing our brand new VA Replay feature in the history log! Another feature that got added in this month and that I'm super happy with!!

And then last thing that got a big update this month was the Preferences Screen! It's been on my list for a long time, but I'd never had the time to get around to it. And finally, as we gear up for public release (NEXT MONTH WOOOO), I got to add them in.

Now in the game: you can change the text font, adjust ambient volume, and individual voice volumes!

I actually got to finally play Dicentra (by @saffein-e . oh wait did u know they also have designed a bunch of alaris characters. yes they're cracked). While I didn't make fanart yet..... I need people to play this game...... Be sure to read the content warnings if you give it a go but....... it's stunning........ like u Will be gagged