Straight!? Gay Visual Novel

The official Dev blog for Straight?! the work-in-progress adult gay visual novel. You will find game content, rants, and a backstage pass on the continued development of the game. Asks are turned on, so if you have feedback or questions, hit me up. To download the most recent copy of the game, check out the Overview tab at https://www.patreon.com/aaryn

[str8vn]

Downloaded the game but can't find it on my phone to play

I dont think it actually works on mobile. I havent made a mobile specific version yet

[str8vn]

Straight?! Discord is Live!!!

Hey all,

Come join the fun on the official Straight?! Discord channel to interact and chat with others who enjoy the game. In the future this will have Patreon exclusive content and channels as well as Q & A with the game developers. 

You can access the server here

If you’re a supporting Patron, ensure you link your Discord in your Patreon account settings.

[just-shower-thoughts]

The Fellowship couldn’t ride the eagles to Mount Doom because you must first travel to location before unlocking Fast Travel.

[str8vn]

You should make a twitter account as well :(

Its sorta on the list. I'm hoping to push out some of this stuff before too long when I get caught up on other things.

[str8vn]

Just wanna say I love your work and if you end up making a discord sever, I know I would totally join and many more!

Imma look into it. It was on my list awhile back. Like I said, I even downloaded the program. I just never set it up

[str8vn]

Just wondering, but do you perhaps have a discord sever for this game? I would love to check it out! I just finished up with the current update too and I gotta say, I love this soo much!!!

I honestly don’t. I have Discord installed but never set it up. I honestly didn’t know how much interest there would be for it. It’s something I can look into, though :)

[str8vn]

So, not sure what you guys can even see anymore. Apparently Tumblr now flags all of your blogs as adult content if you've ever liked something that was adult. Half my images are gone like my avatar and I cant even see my own blog on a computer. App seems to work but desktop is completely broken

[catpacks-deactivated20240223]

[theafricanemperor]

The Tumblr Staff on December 17th

[str8vn]

"Holy fuck, you're gonna study?

I feel like I should narrate this with an overly offensive Australian accent.

The rare occurrence of the ''Zack,'' in his natural environment, ritualistically cracking open a textbook.

If you're really quiet...you can hear the spine of the fresh textbook, months into class, being opened for the very first time!"

-Braden

[str8vn]

what do you use to make the character models for the game? i think they all look really great

It's a program called DAZ3D. It's free but most of the characters models cost. It's a really tough program to learn imo. Steep learning curve which is why you can see a noticeable difference in the quality of the game as each update progresses..I slowly get better at stuff as I learn more.

For my characters, they're a mix of multiple character models from the DAZ store to try and make them unique. Sometime when I have more time, I may post the 'recipe" for the characters so people can make fan art if they want.

[umbridge-against-shipping]

[shacklesburst]

oh i’m loving this already

[str8vn]

So tumblr's banning adult content... does this mean you're abandoning this blog?

I dont know yet. I'm looking for alternatives. While theres not a lot of actual adult content on here yet..I had planned for their to be. I'll keep you guys informed. Just trying to get the next update finished right now

[just-shower-thoughts]

Turtlenecks are just uncircumsized sweaters

[str8vn]

Would it be possible to take a quick peek in your work process? Like how do you brainstorm and eventually take that brainstorm to reality? Maybe the basic steps how you work on the game? Like do you write the scenes and then make graphics for them or do you write everything first before the graphics then scripting? It would be really interesting to see how the game is made behind the scenes. Oh and what stage do you think takes the longest and hardest? Writing? Scripting? Modeling? :)

Holy crap.I really like this question. Sure, I could whip something up like that. I'm not gonna do it in the answer here. I can do a separate post on it, though. Let me get more caught up on the next update then I'll see what I can do.

[str8vn]

I was not criticizing at all! What I meant is that time flew by playing it. And don't worry - quality wa great as always ;)

No offense taken. I promise :)

I know how much it sucks to wait like a month only to have a few minutes of playable time. I sorta look at these updates like a monthly comic book. Its just a short chapter that only takes a few minutes to complete. However, some updates have been really long. V10 I think was the longest playable time. Past few have been shorter though because I was trying to close up some plotlines and the writing was required to be more succinct.

I'm glad you liked it though. This one felt good to get behind me.

[str8vn]

Another great update! It really felt so short to me, I played it all in minutes

It was short and the story behind that is really long. Basically, I could have done v11 and v12 together but the narrative and conversations were really important to get right so I split the responsibility into 2 updates.

Also, the environments of the park and bar were really image heavy and took hours per image to make. On top of that, I had three family members in and out of the hospital, 2 of which are terminal...sooo, shit was just nuts.

There was just a lot going into this update. Initially, it shouldnt have taken as long as it did but all the obstacles pushed me back. Plus the animation I used in this update was the first one I made from scratch so that took like a month to figure out. Lol. Lot of behind the scenes in this one to get such a short update. Hopefully the quality was ok despite the shortness of it.