*Triggering topics include: abuse, suicide, noncon, etc. These are all fictional depictions and I do not support or condone their real life counterparts
You may or may not remember me, since it's been a... very long time. If not: Hello! I go by Sludge, and I was the sole creator of Spectral Vices, a rough draft game for my upcoming visual novel, Blithe Vices. You may have also seen some fanart I've done in the past, particularly the Goretober stuff from 2022. If you decide to look through my post history, however, you will see that most of those are gone. The same is true for Spectral Vices, and I'll explain why.
Ripping off the band-aid with the art. I took those posts down because I do not want to support the respective devs (I won't get into why because I also don't want to put a target on my back). Within a year, there were two separate instances in which I lost so much respect and admiration for an artist. For a while, I was debating on whether I even wanted to be in this community anymore after the second time. If you're reading this post, that means I decided to stay, but not without extreme trust issues. You likely won't see me drawing other people's cool murder OCs anymore, as a result. That's a huge bummer for me, because now I have love for other people's projects that I'm too afraid to express.
As for Spectral Vices, I decided to make the game private. I'm not entirely proud of its portrayal of suicide, namely how I implemented different methods in which the player character could kill themselves. The person who taught me (and many others) how to make these games, expressed that they did not want to stream any more of mine in front of an audience of mentally ill people. I'm honestly thankful they said anything about that, because that made me realize how others may be affected by the many different graphic depictions of... something they can readily do to themselves.
I know it's not my job as an artist to make sure my audience of adults is consuming fiction responsibly, and I don't want it to be. I don't plan on sanitizing my content, either. In fact, Juda's route is likely going to contain much more intense manipulation and mind-fuckery. All that's changing is that I'm shifting the focus to overall despair, instead of an "ABCs of Death" tutorial on how to kill yourself. It makes for a better story, anyway, in my opinion.
Yes, I'm still going to make my game. It may not be the first I release, since I'm collaborating with a friend on another project at the moment. Both, however, are going to take a while, due to both of us having offline things to take care of, and me currently working through burnout. I'll post updates whenever I make enough progress to warrant one. Additionally, I won't give a release date until I'm absolutely sure when the game will get finished.
Thank you all for your patience. Until next time, take care.
It has come to my attention that artist, writer, and indie gamedev Carnivorekitty/Niwinoodle has a twitter page full of likes that show some extremely toxic and dangerous viewpoints.
Likes include Gays Against Groomers (LGBTQIA+ hate group), Blaire White (Conservative transmedicalist, anti-feminist, racist), Stonetoss (A literal nazi), Transmedscum (toxic transmedicalist), Tim Pool (Far right conspiracy theorist), and general racist posts.
Considering the current climate and the recent declaration of LGBTQIA+ state of emergency in the USA, this is especially hurtful.
EDIT: Admission of transmed added, names censored for safety and wish for anonymity.
Edit 2: Screenshots of the shitty people he follows, so "i just liked the posts!" isnt an excuse.
Links and images under the cut
https://twitter.com/niwinoodle/likes
info of where to find me
Now, to cut off any excuses of "I was hacked!" as i often see, here's a transphobic like from months ago.
Unfortunately, I was only able to get halfway done with Sarah-Lee's route (and I'm 5k words in). This month has been very disorganized due to the holidays, but hopefully by next month I'll be back on track
I'm currently on a part of the route in which the MC's alone with Sarah-Lee's twin, Bobby. What he'll do to poor MC? You guys will just have to find out
Hello! I've just recently started playing courtin' cowboys and wanted to know if there will ever be a full bastard route in the future? Thank you for answering in advance!
Not for Courtin' Cowboys though, for a different project :D
As of today, I am a quarter of the way finished with writing Sarah-Lee’s route. Now that I’m dedicating more time to making this game, I’ve decided to construct an outline of what parts I’ll be completing for each month:
Dec 22 - Sarah-Lee route
Jan 23 - Juda route
Feb 23 - Brian route
Mar 23 - GUI
Apr 23 - Sprites: Sarah-Lee + Juda
May 23 - Sprites: Brian + Bobby
Jun 23 - Sprites: Mama + MC friends
Jul 23 - BGs
Aug 23 - CGs: Sarah-Lee + Bobby
Sep 23 - CGs: Brian + Juda
Oct 23 - CGs: MC friends
Nov 23 - Beta testing
Dec 23 - Public release
Some parts of the schedule are subject to change, depending on how quickly I get them done. I’ll try to get started of the CGs before summer since I’ll be busier in the second half of the year. However, as of right now, the predicted release date is December 2023. I’ll publish a free demo, and the full game will be $3-5 or higher.
I’ll also be posting updates for Blithe Vices at the end of each month. This way I can keep you guys in the loop, as well as hold myself accountable for getting this done
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