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season of pride sale🌈

Hi dear friends,

A quick in-between announcement that the season of pride steam sale will be on very soon!

There's lots of amazing games on sale, so I highly encourage you to check it out!! It starts at Nov 21, 2024 at 10 am PST, and there will be a live showcase as well.

The Summit Library is also included in the lineup 🥰

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We're working on a short yuri game about a normal girl and her Dark Knight Girlfriend. Excited to show more soon!

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Social Media and Jam News!

We've got Otome Jam and Josei Jam Meet & Greet dates for next year!

12th April, 10AM EST will be on the Otome Dev 🍀 server that year and 26th April, 2PM EST will be on @vndev's Devtalk server!🍋

Mark those dates if you want to meet and greet some new people and their projects!

By the way, the Otome and Josei Jam run as usual on (Oto-)May 1st to July 1st for those who want to plan ahead of time 🍀

Furthermore, a date for Shoujosei Jam as well!

🍀 January 24th to February 14th, 2026 🍀

Unlike the OtoJosei Jams, Shoujosei Jam will only run for three weeks and only allow new projects. We wanted to make a shorter jam to make it easier for newcomers to make small projects with smaller scopes!

And final news, you can also find us on Bluesky 🦋 now! (Since, you know, Twitter and Musk doing shit again.)

We have also made our own Otome Dev feed and Otome & Shoujosei Devs Starter Pack that you can easily follow 🍀

Hopefully we can see some of you over there as well! Anyway, that's all folks 🍀

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devlog 44

Hi dear friends,

We have hit Prime Grind Time, aka me sweating over programming and playtesting...!

River and Berit's route previews have been fully programmed, and the writing for Aias and Thasar is nearly done. I've run a few playtests already and made according additions and changes in backgrounds, sprites, music, sfx, variables, and so on.

I've mentioned this previously, but some LIs are easier to pursue than others! Above is a snippet of Aias grilling you on what possessed you to ask him. As you can tell, he's one of the more difficult (annoying) LIs... hashtag # yikes!

You'll also get the chance to finally talk to (and dance with) Darin! There's always so much to say, and so little time to do it... I wonder just what Darin has been meaning to tell you.

Annnd lastly, another last-minute background popped up, so I've been sketching that out, too.

much love,

qk

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A quick doodle with Wolf :33

Here u go 🫶

😭💖🫶🫶

incredible omg… they look so cute!!! Wolf’s lil frowny face, my heart…!!!

thank you so much, I’ve been hoarding this in my inbox bc it makes me smile so much!

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After a lovely evening out on the town getting picked up, chased, thrown around, bitten, or [redacted] with some [redacted], im feeling eepy. Will Wolf be little spoon willingly or do i have to do everything around here my damn self. Also how does everyone else feel about spooning. What are the hot takes, the preferences

😂 you are so valid anon. Wolf sure makes you work for it, doesnt he!! the things you do around here...

if and once Wolf trusts you enough to sleep next to you he'll be much easier to persuade into doing what you want in general, and will upon your request be the little spoon. if not, his default is protectively curled around you!

as for the others;

Amarak - big spoon. likes feeling like she can take care of you, and wrapping you into her (huge) arms is one way of showing that. soft, warm, gentle, 10/10 spoon material.

Cipher - moves around too much in their sleep to be contained in a spoon. unless you count tangled limbs as spooning...?

Ethan - little spoon. loves the feeling of being clung to. he runs very warm, though, so you'll have to abandon the blankets at some point during the night.

Nikolai - perfectly happy to spoon or be spooned. is most comfortable curling up like a little shrimp under their mountain of blankets.

Naseem - not their preferred sleeping position; they're a light sleeper who is easily disrupted by breath on their face, getting too hot/cold, bending their arm in an uncomfortable spot, etc. will cuddle until you fall asleep though!

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ok. You can't make Wolf boopable shape and then proceed to tell me he's not boopable. ☹️ 💔.

I’m sorry!! Wolf simply does not allow for the boop… If you want boops you’ll have to turn to Cipher (enthusiastic), Ethan (endeared), Naseem (confused), or Nikolai (with some convincing).

But if you want to be picked up, chased, thrown around, bitten, or [redacted] with some [redacted] Wolf’s your guy 😌

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HIGH SCHOOL DAZE: JUNIOR YEAR 2

New semester, same you?!?

You've survived the first half of junior year...think you can tackle the last few months??

High School Daze: Junior Year 2 is a direct sequel that continues where you left off in the first game. Make your relationship official with your boyfriend/girlfriend and finally say the L word OR forego romance completely in favor of kicking it with friends in this slice-of-life visual novel. 

(There's no shortage of drama, school hijinks, or a deep appreciation for discounted sushi served all day on Wednesdays.)

(PLANNED) FEATURES

5 Romance Paths + 1 Friendship Path (aromantic and ace friendly) 

Attend 🌟prom🌟whether you like it or not!

Unlockable Achievements 

New tunes 

This game is currently rated 16+ for language, underage drinking, and suggestive humor/situations. The following topics are found in some routes and treated with the upmost care: internalized homophobia, racism/microaggressions, possessive/manipulative romantic relationships, and sexism in gaming spaces. Player discretion advised.

PLAY THE DEMO!!

Ko-fi

Bluesky

Game Updates

Character Aesthetic Boards

A Quiz??? A Quiz!!!

Art Treats

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why would you do this. my course was set for nikolai. but my toxic trait is secretly wanting to fight love interests with escalated flirting until someone gives in!!!!! wHY HAVE YOU CREATED WOLF OH NO

"...You are correct. Wolf is toxic waste. I recommend quarantine in the decontam room to cleanse yourself for two cycles at least."

"Heh heh. Think that's a one to zero for me, Nikolai. Good eye, babe--Nikolai doesn't know how to flirt if their life depended on it."

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BOOPING U AND EVERYONE IN THE CREW :33 (extra boop for Wolf) (no I do not have a favorite wdym)

boop!!!!!

pictured: us. I wish I could boop from side blogs but spiritually i am booping you all back!!

the mental image of booping the crew is absolutely delightful omg, thank you. if you try to boop:

Amarak: lets you. bemused. amused. generally unbothered, but does ask for a kiss if romanced.

Wolf: unboopable. he'll die before he lets this happen and if you try anyway he'll wrestle you down as much as necessary to stop you. boops you bc he can and to be annoying. he will do this romanced or unromanced lmao.

Ethan: finds this so cute!! very entertained. boops you back with a huge grin and if romanced gives you a big smooch.

Cipher: annoying and unbearable about it. gleefully turns it into psychological warfare to get their boop back-at-you.

Nikolai: self defense kicks in and they grab your wrist before you can boop...! but if you explain what you're doing and promise to be gentle they suffer it exactly like the average cat would.

Naseem: playfully exchanges boops if romanced. if not romanced they're a little taken aback by the casual intimacy but gracefully accept anyway.

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Blood Blush

If you're into comedic romances and vampires, Blood Blush is right up your alley!

Join Charlotte and her annoying narrator as she spends a night trying to help some poor sap human named Roy fix his master's blood machine. Will Roy become dinner or can Charlotte keep it together long enough to fix Roy's machine?

Features

A vampire!

An affection meter!

A narrator that spits sick rhymes!

4 endings!

Art by vsrstuff!

Where to Play?

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Wolf's pretty AND he bites?? (I mean it's in his name too I shouldn't be surprised tbh)

But that's nothing I can't handle, one of my love language is biting (affectionately) 💪 so I'd probably bite him in return

"You better not regret saying that, 'cause I'll be taking it as an invitation."

"Maybe if you're extra good I'll let you get a bite in, too."

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wanna straddle Wolf and pepper his face with sweet little kisses

🥺 awww gosh that's so cute... too cute for Wolf, definitely. once you're in a relationship/situationship he'll get cuteness aggression and squeeze/bite/drag you to the bedroom.

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I listened to wolf's song and im honestly concerned for him, after all that thrill im going to cuddle and soothe that man

you'll have to wrangle Wolf into a cuddle position and then watch as he stiffly and uncomfortably bears with the coddling lmaooo

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WOLF MY LOVE 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

Actually let out the biggest grin known to mankind when I saw him he's so prettyiqhsjhq

hehe yay!!! 🥰🥰 you’re going to have to call him pretty at your own risk though I’m afraid because he’ll wrestle you down and bite you if you do 😬

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devlog 43

Hi dear friends,

The moment you've all been waiting for: our final Orbit LI Wolf!

Wolf, gunner #1 and known menace, likes to push people's buttons until they blow up in his face like his favourite IEDs. A snarky thrillseeker at best and an acerbic vengeful asshole at worst, Wolf is also incredibly capable and deeply loyal to those he respects. That said, despite his friendship with Amarak Wolf makes no effort to hide how much he dislikes working for the GDC--which begs the question what he's staying for…

A song for Wolf, and a meme-y introduction variant:

And with that, our crew is complete! I'm so excited about the characters for Resonance in Orbit--after a lot of serious high fantasy for TSL it's been wonderful to lean into the sillygoofy side of this scifi story.

I decided to keep the game page in draft mode after all. I want some more time to make everything look pretty (and to be able to add in-game screenshots! though we're still a good way off from that...)

Also, speaking of TSL: Berit's route preview is now finished, and I've moved onto Thasar's.

I've also playtested Chapter 1 with its new additions, fixed code where necessary, and started on one of my least favourite parts of game design: the SFX for Chapter 2 🫠

One of said playtest goofs in action:

he sure is a tall guy!!

much love,

qk

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Hello , hope you're doing will I'm quite new here , I did find the summit library , and I LOVE IT !

Thank you for making this game , it helped me relax.

I'm wandering when will the full game be out?

And will it be free ?

I didn't check the other game's yet , and I'm carving the time for them :⁠-⁠)

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welcome!! ❤️ and thank you so much, that’s so wonderful to hear it made you feel relaxed! ☺️

Chapter 2 will be released soon-ish! Before the end of this year at the very least. With that the full demo will be complete, and this part of the game will be free to play. If you donate $3 or more once Ch2’s released you’ll get a real nifty walkthrough though! <3