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My merch store has moved!

Now that I've escaped Etsy's atrocious rates, I'm able to sell merch at a much lower price. Go check out shirokoi.art if you're interested in grabbing any Repeat or TemptationsBallad merch!

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Hey Tumblr, what’s the fucking point of the block function if the same dozen blogs reposting hot twitter takes still show up on my For You feed despite being blocked a dozen times???

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A real old doodle but my thirst for Wolf O’Donnell is still as fresh as ever.

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Some folks asked about the character name origins in Temptation's Ballad and I figured I'd share my thoughts in case anyone else finds it interesting.

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Agatha's sprites have received the clean lineart/cell-shading treatment. Her sprites have also been converted to WEBP format, reducing the file size from 1150KB to 460KB.

Her "daughter" Rosie's sprites have also received the same treatment in addition to receiving a new sprite. Her file size has been reduced from 238KB to 159KB.

Characters are from Temptation's Ballad (Visual Novel).

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Temptation's Ballad (Visual Novel) - Update 0.2.5.2 Public Release

Download Links Here

Hi guys! I'm sorry for the delay again, job and family obligations kinda popped up at the same time and grounded me into a fine paste. But in any case, I'm back home and ready to roll out more TB updates! This build contains the start of Chapter 4 and will contain some setup for the story moving forward. It feels so nice to write these characters again tbh. And working with a screen that's not 4:3 qwq

Changelog:

14,318 words of story have been added to Chapter 4!

10 of Calder's sprites have been redone!

13 of Grank's sprites have been redone and additional sprites have been added! They are not shown here for spoiler reasons.

1 new sprite for a new character

1 new spell FX animation for Ilia!

1 new spell FX animation for Cole!

New map icon art for Prince Cassius

2 new hand-drawn backgrounds!

Currently in the process of converting all the images in Temptation's Ballad from PNG/JPEGs to WEBP files. This will drastically reduce the file size of the game for smoother downloads in future updates. All new art has been given this treatment, while older assets will be converted as more updates roll out.

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Finished the script for the next Temptation's Ballad update at 11,378 words. All art is done, I'm aiming to have the update out within the next few days! qwq/

Remember when I said I'd start putting out smaller but more frequent updates? Yeaaaaah sorry, things kinda dragged on for a bit ;w;

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Hnnngg why must twitter continuously shit the bed. I just want to post art online peacefully smh

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For my creative writers out there, what's your process? Like, how many words do you write a day before you feel satisfied with your progress? I dunno, I always feel like I don't do enough in my writing sessions but I hit that fatigued, brain-fog state pretty quickly.

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Just Cole showing off, as per usual.

Character is from Temptation's Ballad (Visual Novel)

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Started drawing more storytelling pieces for Temptation's Ballad's character glossary instead of simple character portraits. Here's the artwork for the entries in Chapter 4, featuring our resident troubled mages.

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Old doodle of Calder getting bullied, as per usual.

Character is from Temptation's Ballad (Visual Novel)

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A little doodle in honor of Haruki's nudist bug in Tennis Ace. May our boy live his true exhibitionist self in future patches.

(uncensored art here)

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Trying to download Glaze to protect my art before uploading them anywhere, but the whole program is like 2.6BG and my forest wifi is struggling ;w;

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If any of y'all use Bluesky, feel free to add me @shirokoi.bsky.social! Been trying to diversify where I post my art now since Twitter can't stop making the worst decisions.

Hnnngg why must twitter continuously shit the bed. I just want to post art online peacefully smh

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Hnnngg why must twitter continuously shit the bed. I just want to post art online peacefully smh

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The rest of Artemi's sprites in Temptation's Ballad (Visual Novel) have been revised with clean lineart and shading! Her files have also been compressed from PNG to WEBP, reducing the storage from 3250KB to 872KB.

All sprite reworks will receive similar treatment to reduce download sizes.

Character is from Temptation's Ballad (Visual Novel)