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Guy who is touch starved but emotionally repressed goading you into punching him for completely normal reasons

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i love characters who do the “i worship the myth i make of you” and in turn dehumanize and get wrong the object of their devotion and love. yes project a thing that does not exist onto a pedestal and kneel at it like it is your altar. this will surely not blow up in both of your faces eventually

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devlog 6

Hi friends,

I totally missed my devniversary last devlog! Whoa!

Time really flies by. Happy three years, and hopefully to many more!

More exciting news: my patreon will now occasionally have NSFW content! Yahoo! I'll be uploading something extra this month to make up for last month's tease in the character files.

I also have a NSFW bluesky account now--though I post very sporadically, it's nice to have a place to put things! If you're not into this stuff, don't worry. My OG bluesky will keep being dev things and SFW art only (plus silly sketches).

cropped previews of my bg3 tavs having a great time🥰

I'm almost done programming all the sprites, and made a few additions that came up while writing. I also started on another background that wormed its way into the script.

very necessary extra art assets

And since I want to play with ~cinematic exposition~ I've begun the art assets I'll need to make the opening scene.

that's all for now! for this year's reminiscing I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the games that are marinating in my mind palace below the cut \(＾▽＾)/

Once Resonance in Orbit's demo is out I might allow myself to work on one of the following;

a dark sci-fi erotica set in the same universe as RiO. this will be my first explicit game with morally irredeemable characters and a warning tag list as long as my arm. i may have already written for this one a little...!

a butch wlw vn in a cyberpunkesque setting. I have some really great ideas for this one, just not sure yet how to stitch it all together!

a very wholesome and cosy story set in our modern world. there will be cats, books, and a very aesthetic planning calendar. i started the concept for this one ages ago, but got stuck in how to execute it... so it's been sitting on the idea shelf.

a short(?) dark-ish cyber angel vn with at least one yandere love interest. I meant for this to be a short game jam idea, and then it grew five other heads...

a short modern fantasy game with a very wholesome erotic focus. I meant to do this for a jam last year but just didn't have the time back then; maybe next year?

annnd then there are a whole bunch of ideas that got scrapped... maybe to be reused one day! like a short wizard modern fantasy dating game, a wlw fairy game, or a medieval romance modeled after the war of the roses.

I hope I get to continue making games and sharing them with all of you. thank you so much for being here and reading all the way to the end!! ❤️❤️❤️

much love,

qk

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Hi! I've been replaying the Summit Library now that it's on steam, and I have some trouble with the achievements. They unlock in game but not on steam itself. Also, I have an issue with an achievement triggering incorrectly in chapter 1 - I picked Geohet as my character's home, but the achievement that unlocked is the one for picking Eon's Axis instead. Hope that helps! In any case, chapter 2 was so great! I love Aias so much!

Thanks so much for playing and for reporting those bugs to me, it's much appreciated!! I'll see about fixing that asap 🫶

Aias blows you a kiss for your efforts 😚

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Devlog #174

Hi-ho, Wudge here.

This past week, I coded in Griffin's new standing sprite!

Everything being displayed here (aside from the standalone wheelchair) is ALL packed into a single layeredimage so that I don't have to redraw Griffin's entire expression set. I found a way to tell renpy to vertically offset the hair, eyes, mouth, and brows by 320px whenever Griffin stands up.

I also have a layer for eyeshadow that switches on using a new fem/masc variable. Thinner brows and lipstick can also be added with minimal redrawing/recoloring.

While I'm sharing, here's a coding goof...

I don't even know how this happened. But I fixed it.

... I also wrote a bit and loaded some new backgrounds into the game. That's about it for now!

Stay safe and keep warm,

Wudge.

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when gamers say "gg" at the end of a match it means good girl

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Apologies for the delay, but here's the next introduction video--this time featuring the terrific Sky Santacruz as Patti! Sky is a phenomenal talent, and it has been an absolute gift hearing her bring Patti to life. ❤️

As ever, character art in the video is by the terrific Remnantation, and the musical score (Patti's theme, "La Reina de los Robles") is an original composition by the phenomenal John Åhlin

Next week, our sheriff will take a turn in the spotlight! ✨

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Fight crime. Be gay. Do things the magical girl way 💖

Our upcoming yuri magical girl visual novel, Lock & Key: A Magical Girl Mystery, will be holding a Kickstarter campaign real soon!

You'll be able to get physical game copies and more special goodies once it launches~

✨ Follow the Kickstarter ✨

💖 Play the demo 💖

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Dev Diaries

April 6, 2025

HOUSEKEEPING

Let's get some things out of the way first:

You can play this game!! It's romance flavored, with multiple endings annnnd you can knock it out in like 10 minutes 😝 please check it out!

You can read this sexy content!! A little something extra to follow the events of the game! Also you should just download so you can see the full art that my sibling Retro did heheheheehhehe...

You can play this game (and all the other jam entries)!!! On behalf of the 8Bit Baddies, we had a fun time putting this together and fingers crossed we can back in later and give Cori a little more polish and love.

HSDJY fans can view the main casts' student I.D. cards!! (yeah, I need to do better about promoting my stuff. Sigh.) There's a nice mix of free and paywall content, but tbh I really would like more ppl to see the free stuff ksfjkskzskd.

GAME DEVELOPMENT

HSD

I've slowly returned to HSDJY #2 production (which just means I'm writing routes again. For those unaware, we're 2 out 6 done. Lydia has the most words between the unfinished routes, and most of my brain space, so once I re-tweak her outline, I'll fully dive into her route.

I've more or less been writing things since I can see the shape of Lydia's route, and I know my outlines aren't everything, but they make me a slightly more confident (and on task) writer! So!

LOVED

Now that all my game jam nonsense is done #LovedVN has priority over everything else project wise (yes, even the above). The itch.io page will go live, next month??? and the exact game release for now is TBA. I have 1 more art thing to commission (which is why the release date is not confirmed publicly LOL). Also that darn trailer. That I said I'd do. Before the game release this summer.

Since we last spoke--on Tumblr-- the sfx and music has been finalized, the epilogue has been finalized and coded in too, annnd the main menu track and main menu key art are squared away. (I highly recommend searching the tags if you're curious for an early sneak peek or sneak listen.)

MISCELLANEOUS

A slight while back I teased another short project I was cooking up, one that I actually had in mind for the Josei Jam, but I think I might keep it on the ko-fi burner while I focus on Loved.

........

"And that's what you missed on Glee!"

- Gemini 😄✨

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It looks like we have a very clear winner 🤭 expect to see fun spicy stuff on the Patreon soon!

thank you everyone for voting!! 💖

Interest check for Patreon!

I've been toying with putting NSFW content on Patreon for a while (ie the NSFW alphabet). Given that current and upcoming games will have erotica in them it makes sense to me to also include that type on content behind other paywalls \(‾▿‾)/

Is that something people would be interested in?

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ethan being a giant in the devlog sneak peek…. why is he simply so biteable

after climbing Mt. Ethan it's only fair that you get to leave an "I was here" sticker!

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Me: *ready to be down bad for Yakyar*

Game: *knocks me up the side of my head with River*

Me: 😯😳 oh no I’m in danger™️

“Oh my. It seems a little dove has flown right into my arms.”

“Whatever should we do with you? Perhaps sit you right here, in my lap? That way you can tell me exactly just how you fell for me.”

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devlog 5

Hi friends,

We're closing in on finishing the rough draft of Resonance in Orbit's script!

I realised the demo is pretty much just hanging out with the LIs and some exposition, LOL. We currently sit at ~22k words, and I'm estimating ~25k words for the final demo. A lot of that will go to variables, but that does mean you're in for some great replay value if you want to chat up all the LIs!

I also put out a poll last week to ask if anyone would be interested in NSFW content on Patreon. if you haven't voted yet, there's still time to do so!

gotta bite the tummy--

CG sprites for Cipher, Nikolai, and Wolf are coming along nicely. I'm also debating on whether I want to add in cute little mini drawings... just for fun......... or so I tell myself while I sweat over my timeline........... :')

I know MC looks small here but it's really just Ethan being a giant...

much love,

qk

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if your lie is a good enough lie god will make it real

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BIRTHDAY????

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is darin reeeally a romance fan, or is mc the most obtuse keeper in the whole wide world (squints)

anyhow, anon from earlier; white-haired, sentimental masters of emotional repression seem to be my kryptonite... and darin got me by the balls 💔 tfw you might be in love with your long-term coworker slash friend but there's literal evil afoot. darin the character ever

oh my goshhh 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️ this is so incredibly gorgeous?? i just love how you designed their hair… and that expression!! slightly tortured and yearning 🥺 got them down to a T!

thank you so much for this, I (and Darin) will treasure it!! ❤️

and… MC might be a little obtuse…! but Darin has never dared to clarify just what they really mean to say </3