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I’ve finally started to work on the battle system properly. Well, kinda, since I’ll work on the balancing once all enemies are functional. But it’s a step!

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I don’t think I’ll manage to draw something for Halloween, so just have two of my boys in fall clothes. Also, I tried some cell-shading again, just to make sure I still know how to do it XD

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I’m finally back on working on “The Voices Within” and I’ve finally finished the second dungeon!

Other news:

I’ve decided to remake the way dialogue is presented. It will no longer be in a Visual Novel style, but instead speech bubbles with portraits. The VN busts were simply too big and distracted from what was going on on the map. However, I will (most likely) use a similar method for the skits.

Also, I managed to get a composer! The game will finally have custom music and I’m so happy about this! Look forward to their amazing work in the game.

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It is done! It is finished! My entry for this years IGMC is finally here!

Please take a look at “Project Ark” here:

https://blackrosemii.itch.io/project-ark

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It’s already week 3, but I didn’t have much to show during week 2 (due to my real life situation). But now I’ve been able to work almost non-stop, so development is going very smoothly! 10 out of 13 maps have been done and I’ve already started on making the events.

Here, have a screenshot:

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Week 1 of my IGMC entry this year: Finished a solid outline of the story, characters, locations and gameplay. Finished the first two maps and (almost) all character sprites. All in all, a pretty good start. I even have something to show already! 

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Quick update on The Voices Within

I’ve worked hard on the game, even though I don’t update much. But the development will be on hiatus for a while, since I will be joining this years IGMC! So look forward to that.

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The first dungeon is finally finished! It was quite a lot of work, but I think it was worth it.

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Finished some portraits and the first few scenes!

(Btw, they’re animated, but you obviously can’t see it in a screenshot XD)

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Finally, we have a title Logo!

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Todays update is a little preview of one of the maps. I'm doing my best to make the maps from scratch, without using any tilesets and make it look like a painting. It's a lot of work, but it should pay off.

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Concept Art for the the first characters you'll meet in the game.

(From left to right) Arryn, the main character, Leo, who lives together with Arryn and Allen, a boy they save.

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Working on a new game!

I know it’s been a really long time and you might have thought this blog was dead, but it isn’t! I was just focusing on other projects.

But now I have the motivation again to make a game! I’ve been working on it for a while now and wanted to reveal it when I have actually something to show.

Without further ado, let me present you

The Voices Within

It will be a fantasy rpg game made with the rpg maker vx ace and it's a story of angels, demons and humans and each of the races relationship with mana - the energy that gives life to everything. So far, the outline has been planned, characters made and I've started to work on the graphics. I'm planning on making it a medium-length game (under 10 hours), so that I can use this chance to try some things I wanted to add into my future games.

It will feature original graphics, 2 different endings and a battlesystem inspired by rock-paper-scissors. For more information, follow the link to the rpg maker forum:

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/the-voices-within.144733/#post-1250333

It's a story of angels, demons and humans and each of the races relationship with mana - the energy that gives life to everything. So far, the outline has been planned, characters made and I've started to work on the graphics. I'm planning on making it a medium-length game (under 10 hours), so that I can use this chance to try some things I wanted to add into my future games.

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The last version had a game-breaking bug, so I fixed it and uploaded a new version.

This is the link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/flpekxug0z7nbd2/Reap_what_you_sow%28BetaV2%29.exe/file

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BETA Version release!

I’ve finally finished everything and all that’s left is bug hunting. Obviously I can’t do that alone, so I’d like to ask everyone who plays the game for some feedback

For more information and the link to the full (beta) game, click here: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/rse-reap-what-you-sow-beta-version.108345/

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Release will be postponed

I’m sorry everyone who has waited for the beta-release, but unfortunately, I was only able to finish the dialogues. I haven’t had the time to draw the rest of the CGs, so I will move the release to a week later. (I also forgot that I had to test everything before releasing the beta ^^°)

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New Update!

I have now finished all storylines for the bachelors/bachelorettes! I still have to draw their CGs, but that should (hopefully) be also finished soon.

There are three other individual storylines I’d like to add, but I’m not sure if I can manage them all. One of them is kinda important to the love-interests so I really want to finish at least that one.

(Also, not an update, but something I realized: The main storyline would basically be the individual storyline if the main character was a love-interest)