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FAREWELL, 2025, AND WELCOME 2026

Hi, everyone!

2025 was rough for many of us, me included. As cliché as it is, let us hope this year bring us better times, even if it's just the smallest improvement.

I apologise for the lack of updates; progress has been embarrassingly slow for many months now, more so than I've liked. There's been sudden bursts where the stars aligned just right, and I've been blessed with enough time, motivation, confidence and executive functions to do adequate work. Those bursts, sadly, haven't been many or lasted long.

The latest burst, though, gave me such a good push I've managed to take complete control over what I've decided is going to be a demo. And with me feeling better (or good enough), I'm more confident than I've been for a long time.

I don't have anything solid to share at the moment (most of the progress have been script-wise), but the year has only begun.

Thank you all for your patience; I'll try my best to make it worth it. ♥

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Happy Season!

Yes, this project is still in the works; things are just going slow due to personal reasons (I also have a much smaller thing on the side that I want to finish first). However, there have been some updates here and there, script as well as art-wise. I made a complete overhaul on one of the backgrounds I've used, and now, it looks exactly like I wanted it to!

I present to you: Ai's and Flame's apartments!

These will only appear on the Aiball and Fireball routes, but not necessarily in just romantic moments. Both of them will have four different variations, depending on time of the day.

They're not completely done, though; both of them lack one crucial detail, but I want that to be a surprise when the game is out~. ♥

Thank you everyone for your patience. I'm still excited to finish this and share it with you! ♥

Have a nice season, everyone, and remember to stay hydrated. ♥

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So I randomly stumbled across this and it looks really neat!! Are you still working on it? How are things going? It looks like the last update was around New Years, do you have any more news (even something small, if you don't have anything big)? I'd be super interested to hear!! (P.S. godspeed soldier, idk much about it but I know coding and game-making can be a huge task)

Oh, hello there! Thank you for your kind words. ;w;

Yup, I'm still working on it, the only reason progress is so slow is because real life has kept getting in the way, sadly enough. It's been many frustrations and disappointments these past months. If I'd had it my way, I would've finished a demo last autumn at the very latest.

We'll get there eventually, and I have to stop beating myself over it. I do apologise for the wait, though, and while it's not much, I still want to share what has been done since the last update:

Ryouken's part of the demo is in its final editing stage, so he's so close to being finished!

I found the last audio files I needed, and one of them was something I've searched a long time for, so that was a huge relief.

I've decided on how the cover images will look like and have sketched up one of them and started inking and painting the other.

I've managed to finish another CG, as well as make 3 sketches for Yuusaku's route. He still needs some proper planning with how many more branches he has compared to Takeru and Ryouken, but I'm having so much fun with it.

Future drinking games for players: take a shot every time Ryouken deems something as irrelevant, Yuusaku shrugs, or Takeru says "what".

I'm not sure how interesting the coding process can be, but I did some editing to the randomise function and now, it works splendidly while looking neater!

I promise coding is fun and not as complicated as it might look like!

That's it for now. Hopefully, the summer will be better than it was last year. Thank you again for stopping by, I appreciate it! ♥♥♥

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Last update for 2023

Hellu, guys! I hope the year, with all of its ups and downs, has treated you well despite passing by in such a rush.

I got stuck in overtime hell at my workplace these past few months, so my productivity has been down to zero on pretty much everything, including VL. I'm sad and disappointed, since I'd wished to have something more concrete by now, like the demo or at least a release date for the demo, but I don't even have that. I sincerely apologise for the lack of updates; next year seems brighter (pepper pepper knock on wood).

However, that doesn't mean nothing has happened; there has been some work here and there wherever and whenever I've had time or energy to squeeze something in!

Ryouken's part of the demo is so, so, sooo close to be finished! Just a bit more, and it's editing and proofreading time!

I've also done a tiny overhaul on Yuusaku's route, mostly for the sake of keeping track on his route progressions without pulling my hair. And I've finally added Roboppi as a sprite, too! And with that, all the planned sprites are finished! Wohoo!

Takeru's demo parts are practically done (still need to finish the last CG for him), so I've just typed a bit here and there on his later parts/ship routes whenever inspiration's struck me. We're getting there, even if it's slow.

I've also done some belated GUI work and gotten those last things exactly how I want them, but that's not very interesting, I believe. ^^;;;

That's about it for now, unless I start throwing around more spoiler-y screenshots.

Have a happy new year, everyone! See you all in 2024! ♥♥♥

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Almost-end-of-summer log

Hello, everyone, I hope the warm/cold weather have treated all of you well! ^^

I worked two jobs this summer, sadly enough, which resulted in too little sleep and too little energy to do anything. So I have to admit I haven't worked much on VL these months. Fear not, there has been some development, so it didn't stand completely still, even if it wasn't as much as I'd wanted to.

Writing continues to go forward, both on the stuff for the relevant parts, as well as scenes coming later, but being all too fun to write variations of.

The art department has just recently been picked up again; I've barely had time to draw all summer, sadly enough. We're getting close to finishing all the assets needed for the demo!

Updates will come more regularly now when autumn has come. Stay tuned for more!

And happy fourth anniversary to the final episode of VRAINS!!! ♥♥♥

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Happy 6th Anniversary!!!

It's been 6 years now since VRAINS aired its first episode! Gawd, time really flies, doesn't it? And here we are, years later, still loving this show and its characters! ♥♥♥

So, to commemorate the anniversary, I've got something special to share with all of you: a small clip featuring sneak-peeks of the boys' routes!

DISCLAIMER: The content is still a work in progress and won't necessarily match the final game.

I can't even begin to express how excited I am about finishing this! Stay tuned for future updates and thank you all for your support. ^w^

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GGs: #1 Round Reveal!

Guys, thank you so much for participating in the first round of the Guessing Games! I hope everyone had fun guessing the identity of the first exclusive love interest for Veiled Links. With this post, the first round is now officially closed and I'm happy to announce the winner: @nat-in-the-night! Congratulations on the win, Nat. :D I'll be sending the prize to you via DMs as soon as this post is up! For everyone else, here's the reveal: The identity for the first exclusive love interest is... Ai!!!

Ai will be the exclusive love interest for Yuusaku's route. With one down, there are two more rounds to play, so look forward to that! If you want to stay up to date with the latest news on VL and participate in the second round of the GGs, keep an eye out on the blog. Thank you all for participating! ♥♥♥

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So, VRAINS fandom, I have a surprise in the making! :3c

I’m in the process of creating a visual novel dating simulator, featuring the disaster trio in a high school setting, where the card game isn’t in the focus and only a handful of canon elements have been used.

The game takes place during one year of high school; the first for Yuusaku and Takeru, and the third for Ryouken. You choose to play as either of the three, with each of them having their own unique route. All three have the option during the story to date each other, as well as one more exclusive character each, but it’s possible to play the game without romance at all (no complete escape from the friendships, though, lol).

There are events that overlap between their routes, but they don’t play out the same necessarily, leaving room for new material to discover on replays. Events don’t always play out in the same order, either.

In case it hasn’t been clear, it’s a game for multi-shippers. I wouldn’t recommend it for the ones who might have one or more of the 6 ships presented as their NOTPs, since the options leading up to the ships aren’t always crystal clear.

Also, this will not be a project for profit, and will be available on PC and Mac (hopefully, also on Android, but no promises on that one). Because of some suggestive as well as darker themes, it’ll have a 16+ rating, but proper content warnings will be present at release.

When’s the release, you might ask? Who knows, I rely a lot on public domain assets, but this is still a one person project, meaning I’m alone with the art, script, design, programming and building. With the magnitude of the game’s estimated size, it’ll take time (especially since I’m far from an expert in coding and English isn’t my first language). But at the very least, I hope to release a small demo in a few months.

I hope you’ll enjoy it when it’s finally done! ♥♥♥

See ya in future updates!

/Tara