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I live, even if I wish otherwise.

Work continues.

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I

have not been a productive person lately.

But I’m chugging along.

Edited Em and Thala’s sprites because they were a bit off

Write some more for the script

Finished Sinclaire’s formal outfit and Unia’s military outfit (special sprites)

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Hello! It is now another Monday. Sadly, I didn’t really have time to work on the project thanks to commissions and college, but I got some designs done. What would actually show up, though, is the leftmost one-- Mrs. Wandestinee’s party outfit will be in the demo, and I can’t wait to draw it.

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I’m one day late, but if you squint and look at it from another timezone...

Here’s the progress done this week!

Lineart for Sinclaire’s formal dress sprite

Around 2k more written for the script

Finished editing according to beta-read feedback!

Not my doing, but Ksen’s been up to doing music stuffs (eyes emoji @ him)

It’s a busy week for me, and it hadn’t been the best either. Tons of unfortunate events happened, pretty much. But I’ll keep chugging along.

I’ll see you next week!

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hirschlein replied to your photoset “Sorry for not updating as much here! It’s quite a bit of work,...”

Oh! What program are you using for the bgs? :D They look lovely!

I used Sketchup! It’s pretty fun to play with, even though I’m not exactly good with it. Thank you!

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Sorry for not updating as much here! It’s quite a bit of work, juggling the dev stuffs along with multiple social media accounts, so apologies there.

Changes so far:

Thala got a new sprite, this time specifically made for this scene.

Em got a new pose, along with one when he was a child with Ally.

The mini CGs for the demo are roughly 65% done.

Models for backgrounds are 40% done.

Refined the main GUI, finished some minor tasks.

Another 2.4k words have been added to the demo. Script currently being beta-read.

Rewrote sections according to feedback! Thank you so much for that.

I will try to give an update next Monday, too. I’ll see you then!

PS. I’m far more active on Twitter.

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Looking for beta readers!

Hello!

After a couple of days of roadtrip (right after NaNo, no less) I am back and ready to work. The NaNoDemo for To Weave a Thread has been out for almost a week, now, and the official demo release is set to be this month, hopefully before the very end of it.

So now, I’m looking for beta readers. Here’s the details:

You can be a one-off checker for the demo only or be a project-long one! Just state your wishes; I’m very happy to have your help.

Script will be sent periodically upon reaching writing milestones. These will be in a communal Google Docs in which you can comment; this is to make sure that old mistakes don’t get called out again and again, and for clarity of communication. (feel free to debate in the comments, though)

A point I’m particularly interested in is clarity of information delivery through dialogue, if anyone’s interested in commenting on that. (this is an incredibly fascinating topic I’m in love with, if anyone would care to indulge me)

If you haven’t played the NaNoDemo and would like to see what sort of waters you’re jumping into, go ahead and check it out here!

If you have, and you’re still interested, then feel free to either send an ask, start a message, reply on the Lemmasoft Forums thread, hit me up on Twitter, OR e-mail me at [email protected]!

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[ THIS DEMO IS FOR NANORENO 2017 SUBMISSION ONLY AND WILL BE REPLACED IN APRIL.]

Download here:

itch.io

Despite all odds, a demo managed to surface before NaNoRenO 2017 jam ended in itch.io. :’D

And it’s all thanks to Ksen, who not only allowed me to use the characters but also did all the work on the last day to get this out. Seriously, my thanks is endless here.

Content Notes:

Comparing to the real demo that will be released later in April, this demo has:

Full script-- nothing’s missing here!

Placeholder arts and GUI; at least half of the assets are still being produced.

Absolutely no music. It’s total silence.

Partial testing. So far it seems to work fine on Mac, but no extensive Windows testing has been done yet. Linux build not yet released; hit me up if you want a build right now or is willing to test the Linux build for the full demo! :’D

One person beta-reading and beta-testing it. It’s a fairly straightforward visual novel with no galleries, but so far problems are still a question-marks-ground.

I’d love to see your thoughts, be it on this version or on whether you’d be interested in downloading the full demo!

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I’ve drawn more stylized birds in this one project than I’ve ever had in my entire life.

On the upside, I’m pretty with the GUI despite it’s simplicity.

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Some more screenshots + sprites  (    o  ) 9

I’m about 4.3k in script so far; I think the demo will end up around 6k words. It’s not much, but I’m pretty happy with the writing so there’s that.

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Been over a week since my last update, but mostly because I only finished sprites without putting it in the game quite yet, so there’s not much to show ;;

(Also, classes are dieing me)

CGs!

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GUI update! I really need to get on actually writing the script but yanno, I never do things I’m supposed to do.

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Character designs post. It’s missing several important characters (cough Anastasiy) but Trello is telling me I have 5 more days to procrastinate on that, so I’ll be fine.

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NaNoRenO 2017: To Weave A Thread

Hello! It’s been a long while, I know. It is currently 2 AM and I have 8 AM class, so let’s get down to it.

This March, I’m working on a very... elaborate, pretty-long piece of fanfiction of my friend Ksen’s OCs, who for some reason didn’t mind me making shit up 2 days before NaNoRenO starts. (one day soon, he’ll finally name the game I’m using the cast for here.) ((sorry not sorry))

The particularly uncouth would say that the Celestes are an unholy union of a family: the prophetic visions of the mother, the insights to the past from the father, joined in a lineage— their three children are practically born to be the three boys of fate, spinning and cutting the threads of life and destiny. Emilyan "Em" Celeste prefers never to think of his family and their dubious legacy. Dysfunctional is putting their messy history lightly; more aptly, perhaps, they're a collective failure. Thala Wandestinee is destined for greatness. It is a great shame that he will die by the end of the summer. Confronted by his gift of premonition and with Thala's life and fate in his hands, Em must choose whether changing the future for many is worth the price: his own life, to everything he has ever feared. Or, indeed, whether things are really what he thinks they are— or whether fate really is inescapable.

Follow the developments on LSF and Twitter!

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Eid Mubarak, everyone! Hope that you’re having a wonderful day– and rest of the week– and I hope you can forgive me for *clears throat* my past transgressions.

\o/

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As a side note, I'll most likely be unable to do any work at all (rather than sometimes sneaking in a sentence or script or two in between gaming sessions) because my family will be spending today and tomorrow most likely visiting family graves. Still! Hope everyone's having wonderful weeks <3

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HELLO I am Internally Screaming at the thought of having to do More Lines so I’m done for the day

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BYE GUYS I AM CURRENTLY DEAD BC OF HAYES FROM HUSTLE CAT BC OF A CERTAIN CHARACTER IN A CERTAIN MANGA