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Project: Help Violet Do a Thing
Alright raccoon buddies, I'm doing something very silly now and making an optional part of the game where you can ask an NPC about people and things in the setting. And instead of making this a menu-based thing, I'm letting players ask whatever they like with a text box.
Here's where you come in: I want to make sure I cover as much ground as possible and so I need to know what YOU would ask this NPC about. To that end, here's a Google form to fill out!
I'll leave it open for a week and reblog it when there's a day left to tackle it. Thanks for any input you give, it's going to be a huge help!
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GB Patch Games: Sensitivity Reader Update
Okay, well I am able to make another statement before Rose does. I can now explain much more easily why I didn’t fire Rose. There’s been new developments with the leakers. The people behind this have doxed Rose’s discord account (please don’t go looking for it) and also shared a screenshot of an email that was sent to my support address months ago. They believe that incriminates us somehow, but really all it’s done is shown in broad daylight what they were doing and why I was defending Rose so much. If I had brought up that email as a connection to this myself people understandably would’ve thought I was making a conspiracy.
However, it is out now. Here is the story- a few months ago someone who wanted to remain anonymous sent me an email with a screenshot where Rose called me a cracker. And I told them I appreciated the concern but it’s alright, was there evidence of Rose being unkind to players? They had nothing. No response.
As an aside, yes, I have been aware for a long time that Rose uses crude language when talking about me. That doesn’t mean I’ve hidden how evil they were from players. It means I’m allowed to choose what I’m comfortable with. That original “reveal” didn’t shock or upset me in any way. Our Life is a sensitive, wholesome game, but I’m a full-grown adult. I’m not innocent or pure. The game I released before OL is XOXO Blood Droplets. Something I wrote and released to the public is full of crude jokes, curse words, and violence. It’s cartoonish and comical, but edgy. Rose themselves likes to BS with bad words and I’m not accepting abuse because I think getting called a pussy is funny. I know Rose doesn’t hate me or wish me any harm. Rose also isn’t causing “discourse” for me and my games on purpose, they were joking that bringing up serious topics is “discourse” to some people. Ironically, the leakers who did this are trying to make some “discourse” on purpose.
Regardless, I initially thought that email was from someone earnestly worried for me and that they moved on when it was clear I was fine. But that’s not what happened. Them and at least one other person have been waiting for months to bring this up again. They went through almost a year’s worth of Rose’s private posts to collect as many unflattering screenshots as they could, and then they didn’t send them to me. They posted them publicly. I had a suspicion from the get go that it was the same person/people from before who couldn’t prove anything to me in private. And if true, how horrible is it that a bunch of the comments they shared were crude language towards me, something they already knew I’d brush off as nothing. They decided for me that it was wrong and they wanted the rest of the players to do the same. Or even less charitably, those extra posts were simply there to make Rose look as bad and untrustworthy as possible and they didn’t care that I was comfortable with it. I could not explain everything we were thinking/feeling at first, but behind the scenes we were discussing how this was personally motivated and not a knee-jerk act without forethought. And we do know for certain at least the main people involved now, and they do have personal issues with Rose.
Also, if you still believe that they just wanted to help the game at any length because Rose is that huge of a risk, showing that email and framing something innocuous about me (not fainting at the word “cracker” and politely being open to more proof) as serious “evidence of wrongdoing” at GB Patch Games makes me believe they want to smear Rose so bad they’ll try to turn players against me as well. Plus, the post is framed as “this email was anonymously sent to me”, but we know from account details that the people who could’ve gotten those screenshots of the discord and email are the same people who sent that email and started this situation, which is embarrassing. I’ve confirmed the screenshots shared in the email to me and the original public post came from the same private, “venting-safe” discord server. There’s very few people in there. We know it’s still you and not a separate source. I can’t prove they think I’m stupid or in their way, but I can’t see how anything they’re doing is trying to be beneficial to the creation of OL: NF. They told me in the email they’d give me more evidence if I requested it and I was ready to know, but instead they went silent for months and then did this.
I want it to be clear that this doesn’t mean players can’t wonder if Rose has enough experience to be a sensitivity reader right now, or to worry they’re so invested in the game that it’s going to effect how objective they are with their feedback, or to say that Rose is flawless and has never done anything hurtful. However, I hope you can understand why I was on Rose’s side and couldn’t just fire them over this. It felt so incredibly unfair. If another person tries to get their way by doing this in the future, I will not hail them as a hero and immediately fire at the target. And I don't tolerate any racial harassment of any kind to anyone on my team.
If those people want to continue to share Rose’s private posts in retaliation, you can fuck off. If you somehow reveal now that Rose is secretly a murderer, I’m not gonna apologize and say I was so wrong about you. If you had tons of evidence of Rose being horrible to players, you should’ve sent it all to me and with full context to begin with in the email like you offered to do. I just don’t understand.
Any players who like to see someone’s least flattering points portrayed in the worst possible way and continue flocking to the leaks as fandom drama, I don’t want you in this fandom. I don’t want you to enjoy my games.
Anyone who has been truly hurt by this and are left confused and angry, I do completely understand that. I didn’t know how to handle this, and it made a lot of people not know how to keep trusting me. I am still looking into getting a community manager to help me better communicate with players, especially when something serious happens. And I’ll always be around for you to reach out to if you have doubts about anything.
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🌙Introducing the Love Interest for our #VeloxFabula2 Submission: UNDER YOUR MOON🌙
Our LI has selectable pronouns and presentations, so you can pick the romance that fits you best!
Sprites by @_minthe_draws
Announcement card by @CatssAutumn
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HAPPY BDAY ODXNY 07/17 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
and ty for all the odxny fanart since release! The artist ( @saffein-e ) decided to use some of it as a celebration. Here is where you can find those pieces tacked on odxny's wall:
https://x.com/sanfangzhu58831/status/1795085888759697582
https://x.com/sintaabug/status/1792423066032574653
https://x.com/_minthe_draws/status/1792126187160096969
https://x.com/azul_hamlet/media
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Top Otomes of 2023
It's that time again! Normally this list is just whatever I played in the year and not new releases, but uh, for once I pretty much only played new releases lol. I'm gonna be honest, I hardly remember what I played because it's been a Year for me. But looking back, these are what stood out!
Norn9 Last Era
Look, I felt the need to add Norn9 on here in some capacity because it was one of the first big otome titles I played way back in 2015. I've been wanting the fandisc ever since, and getting it felt like a dream come true. If you played Norn9 recently you might enjoy this less, but since it's been a hot minute since I last replayed the original I didn't mind the rehashing of the story through the boys' perspectives and I enjoyed seeing their lives after the events of everything! This also helped with my biggest issue of the OG game; world building. Things were filled out and plot holes fixed and overall, it was nice to be with the cast again!
Titan Arum
I'm not sure I would have found this game if I hadn't joined the Velox Fabula game jam, but I really enjoyed this! Ironically, I also read one of the main inspirations for this game (The King in Yellow) this year as well, so seeing it being referenced was really cool. If you've been here a while, you know horror otomes are some of my favorites and I'm glad to have another one to add to the list of otomes I love!
Intertwine
This was just a feel good game that had my whole heart. Van was a lovely character through all life times, and considering I played it during the Worst Part of the Year for me, it really helped get my mind off things! I also will never shut up about the GUI in this game, it's so beautifully designed and some of the best I've seen in a VN!
Jack Jeanne
Is anyone surprised by my number one lol I was yelling about it for the entire month of July, and it was my most played Switch game of 2023 as well! The characters were fully realized and didn't just feel like the usual archetypes, the art was beautiful, the stories were wonderful (including the stories of the plays), and the music slapped. This game was truly the It Game of the genre this year and for good reason! Kisa is also one of my new favorite protags, she was fantastic. I'm really glad we were able to get an English release for this!
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Eros and Psyche IF
TAKE MY SOUL is an 18+ IF game being written in Twine. It's a retelling of the famous story of Eros and Psyche, just... with a few new added twists and turns!
Your sisters married off quick, you didn't. It was hard, harder than necessary for your parents to marry you off. Everyone seemed to kneel at the presence of your beauty but ended up never wanting to stay long enough for something to form.
You were practically a trophy for rich nobles to flaunt around. Cupid had failed you with this one.
Until one night, you felt a prick at your side, a rush of cold air, and suddenly your life flipped upside down when your parents came back to the castle with upsetting news about the rest of your life (or maybe the end of it?)
Customize YOUR own Psyche! Play as female, male, non-binary; straight, bisexual, pansexual, gay; asexual, and even, touch-averse! What hobbies should you have? What beliefs? What religion?
Follow the way the myth is supposed to unfold, or break away and create what you think should happen. Who said the minor god needed to get the person?
Find love in Cupid, or maybe even their mom?
Play as quite literally, one of the most beautiful people roaming Earth
Deal with your two obnoxious older sisters who only want to flaunt their husbands in your face
Enrich yourself in a story filled with new paths at every page and a whole ton of flavor text!
Have the occasional switch of POV, with the starring guest of Aphrodite, the Orcale?, and even your own love interest
CUPID
The god of love, albeit a minor one, but a god nonetheless. You've never seen them, as Eros likes to stay hidden whilst casting their arrows. But, from what your tutors teach you, they have these massive angel wings that preen out whenever they get into something mischievous. Cloth wraps around their naked body, Eros doesn't leave much to the imagination. However, in some readings, Eros is depicted as a female with hip-length black hair, while in others, the male version likes to keep it cropped and out of his way.
this is a draft! more romances may be introduced in the future, but currently, im sticking with Eros
DEMO COMING MAY 2ND!
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Our Velox Formido Submission, Flowers of Asphodel, is Out Now!
We made a game in 36 hours!! For you, there are no Doors that won't open-- until you find yourself trapped in a Library with an abrasive man whose help comes at a cost. Help him, and just maybe, you'll escape. https://shewassaying.itch.io/flowers-of-asphodel
Our Team:
Writing/Directing: Me
Sprites: @helloyinn
CGs: @aiixen_
Illustrations: @_minthe_draws
BG: @radicalhoodie (tumblr)
Coding: @Bukubukubuku9
QA/Coding: @rottentief
Editing: @CrescenceStudio @Icefire149
Music/Sfx: @ejtanmusic
QA assist: @cafeestar
VA: @alexiusminerva
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OHHOHOHOHOHOOHOHOHOHOHOHOOOOO
There is light in the world, if u only know where to look
"I'm afraid there's no getting out now. You're in 'til the end."
art by @saffein-e
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Aaaaaand the jam is jamming! Welcome to the start of our short hacker-sim otome project, "seekL".
We've finished up most of the fake programming logic already. Get ready to mine some data and extort some people! Yay! The UI you see there has a ways to go, so I'd ignore that for now. Polish comes later. First, our QA team (for now made up of only the lovely Selendri) has their work cut out for them.
Our solo love interest, odxny, has already gone through some iterations on their special mask. We'll see how that ends up as well by the end. The gorgeous call art is and will be all by @saffein-e! And, tying a nice bow on top, Mike Young will be our VA. I wonder where you've heard him before?
And music! We're teaming up with HIT3C to create some beats to hack to. He's already picked at some concepts for a couple tracks -- here's are some that he's started with.
Bringing odxny and their merry band of hackers to life is myself and Allie -- also, Destini is here. We aren't sure what they are doing yet. But I'm sure it'll be chaotic. Allie will be handling all the editing as well.
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Adonia work is continuing as scheduled. This is intended to be a short break, but not change our plans for the main game. Hope ya enjoy our morally gray hacker experience!
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working on a short chatsim (1 route) called "seekL" for chatsim jam btw. you'll be getting 1 new blorbo and will be learning some programming. excited for u to meet the new cast ��� everything subject to change as usual in the screenshots below
(we aren't doing 3+ routes bc oh my god we should not have even done that for bp. it was way too much work in 2 months and we have things to do) (like add voice lines to adonia scenes)
will post more about it as the month continues!
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Update #11 Added Four More Games to the Collections
Focused on yandere, romance, and dating sims games. Update #12 will be next week.
Upper Left: Trembling Essence, by @zombeebunnie
Upper Right: Titan Arum, by @shewassaying
Lower Left: Rewritten, by Weird Little Beasties
Lower Right: KLEIN, by HIMEIR0 on twitter
Please go check them out :)
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Lazy Afternoon
Just xyx, my oc ztun, and their cats
Very self-indulgent of me to make this but sometimes you gotta listen to the demons in your brain
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Thank you for loving our game this made my day 😭😭😭
Slowly playing other visual novels
I managed to Arum the Titan in one day
so here are some scribbles(lol) I made, I don’t know why Oscar looks like that either
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Video
never a bad time to share the video bard made of us trying to find a good NB replacement for “good girl”
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brand new pikmin character his name is newport and he loves cigarettes look for him in pikmin 5 and 6
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