#whaleswaldo

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So Close We Can Feel It

We’re nearly done! The game is finished, and we just have some final testing left before we release tomorrow!

@doodlesatbreakfast did a beautiful job with the title screen:

Ms. Smith (drawn by @knickerspj ) offers some cookies and company:

Stein (drawn by @madoarts and written by @pmscenarios ) loves to sing:

Octavio (drawn by @nimbusphoenix and written by CrouchingBacon) runs a cozy little inn:

Leonard (drawn by @knickerspj and written by @bobcgames ) is small, but has a big heart:

Jacob (drawn by @nimbusphoenix and written by @doodlesatbreakfast ) would love for you to try his pastries?

Will you ever find your friend Waldo (drawn by CrouchingBacon)? You’ll have to play to find out!

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Sprite showcase part 2

Our last 2 boys are done and staged!

Finished Leonard sprite by @knickerspj 

And the sometimes angry, but very cute Octavio by @nimbusphoenix 2 days left! Practically the entire game is staged and coded, some polish and editing is still left, but everything is coming together!

We use a combination of photos, sprites and sound effects to achieve the combination of travel sim and chibi sea creatures. Most places you visit is based on a real life location. (Gui by lunachaili https://gumroad.com/lunachaili)

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Whale’s Waldo Release

Our collab Nanoreno project has been finished and released!!

Download and read more about it here!

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Sprite showcase

So many sprites are being finished, and staging has started for Whale’s Waldo - The cutest travel/sea creature dating sim VN

An example of the adorable faces Stein makes when you run into him in Bodo, Norway - Sprites by @madoarts

In Colorado you get offered both sweets and a place to sleep by the incredibly friendly great white, Jacob - Sprites by @nimbusphoenix

And maybe you might even find your old childhood friend Waldo - Sprites by CrouchingBacon/12amstatic

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Sometimes during staging things go a bit askew.. ^^

and sometimes you inadvertently make horror..

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Here’s Leonard’s final sprite, along with an early sketch of your neighbor Ms. Smith, both via @knickerspj

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Some example sketches of three of the dateable characters, via the talents of Bacon.

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The Origin of the Idea

The concept for Whale’s Waldo started, as many other things, as a joke on twitter

I want one of these now. Starfish dating sim? 🤔🌡️🌡️🌡️ (Reddit's already going on about a garlic bread dating sim, so this wouldn't be *too* farfetched.) https://t.co/C5SFH7zSJO

— Bob C (@bobcgames) January 9, 2018

Soon blossomed into a reference..

Hey, no fair stealing idea for a my sea animal dating sim! I'm writing Bob the Biscuit Starfish and @WafflesRtheBest is writing Charles the Shark. 😀 (And @PMscenarios is contributing the Leaf Sheep Sea Slug that may secretly be Shaymin the Pokemon?) (</sarcasm>, obviously.)

— Bob C (@bobcgames) January 27, 2018

Look into those eyes (or whatever they are) and tell me you wouldn't date the hell out of this little guy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/RQH8DAPW3Z

— Bob C (@bobcgames) January 27, 2018

And then became a real idea ;)

Although I kind of want someone to actually make this game now... 🤔

— Bob C (@bobcgames) January 27, 2018

I have no idea where this plot is going, but I'm so on board! ^^

— PMspeaks 🌃 (@PMscenarios) January 27, 2018

Ok team o/ nanoreno watch out!

— 12amstatic | Crouching Bacon (@CrouchingBacon) January 27, 2018

Did someone mention sharks?? 🦈🦈🦈 pic.twitter.com/M9wKbJh6Zy

— Jaime Bee (@WafflesRtheBest) January 27, 2018