#Eliah Sterium

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WIP - Melodi Opening Cutscene

I won't be revealing a LOT of sneak previews of Melodi, but when this cutscene is complete, it will serve as a teaser for the game being officially in production.

For now, may this serve as a proof of concept and an introduction into what to expect in the world of Melodi.

Melodi is being produced in RPG Maker, and cutscenes will be in this style for storytelling purposes. Not fully animated, but sort of animatic. The animatic style is very much hearkening to using Tumblr's inline image viewing system to make pseudo-animations frame by frame.

The difference between red and gray backgrounds is that red is the color of unshaped dreams, while the other is the waking world. Melodi's species may not sleep, but they can daydream very vividly.

In this scene, we are introduced to our protagonist, Melodi, the scatterbrained Ellinai ("Moon Elf"), and her History Professor, the esteemed Eliah Sterium (He is a Whimzy, magical dream unicorns).

In Melodi's universe, a slap with a ruler isn't even close to the worst things a teacher will do to their students.

[Note: I will be making a Discord server for Melodi game development, and that server will be utilized for asking questions, seeing art production, WIPs and other things, as well as information about how you can support the production of Melodi, be it financially, technically (teaching me how to RPG Maker) or simply with vocal support. It will also have channels for discussion on different topics such as characters, lore, fan art, draw-along streams, spoiler discussion and theories about upcoming story beats. I'll be posting here when the Discord is created and I hope many of you join! Please keep in mind that the game is very violent and raunchy, but is not pornographic. It will be rated M but will not contain nudity. Sexual references, yes, but visually speaking it will not contain porn. I just wanted to make this clear right away before moving forward in production with the game.]

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Melodi Cast! (WIP)

All of the characters I've drawn (for this pic specifically) for Melodi!

Obviously more to come. Still need Yumi Pop, Feliza Ravenian, Boxu Kaiwu, Eidilon Archannon, Jay Tonique, Virra Ravenian, Relica, Bon Yi, Solett, Toque, The Ringmaster, and a few more that I can't think of off the top 'my head right now.

This post is also on my Patreon with descriptions of each character!

Also plz reblog this post right here to help me spread the word about Melodi thank you I love you thank you I love you thank you.

[luvtonique]

Workin on the Melodi trailer!

And practicing my voice for Eliah, since he'll be narrating during the trailer.

Also! Melodi has adopted, as of today, a new Pixel Art style for cutscenes, since turns out I'm pretty decent at it. :)

Oh hey that symbol looks familiar.

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Progress Update on Melodi

Hello, everyone!

Happy New Year!

On December 15th 2023, I made the public announcement that Lil Miss Rarity will receive no further comic updates from me, finally confirming a common theory that I had lost the will to continue creating it. Lil Miss Rarity, just to confirm here, is now public domain and I encourage fan-blogs and will proverbially pass the torch to anyone who would like to take up the mantle.

It wasn't an easy decision to make because of how many times I'd promised I would never stop updating it, and I did in fact have future plans for it (I will be making a video on YouTube describing how I'd planned to continue the story, and how I would have ended it if I ever did).

But in its wake came Melodi, a spiritual successor to Lil Miss Rarity, and I've decided that a story-driven video game with ongoing updates would be the smartest decision, at least for the introduction to the series.

And so along came this twiggy elf. (Important note: Her booby size on her sprite is exaggerated, same as her head size. The in-game art for cutscenes will show more proper body proportions.)

Melodi is now just four directional (diagonal movement) sprite animations away from being a complete character sprite, which means creating a proof of concept will be just a matter of time.

As of today, I have completed:

The intro cutscene for the game, leading to the introduction of Melodi and her teacher, Eliah Sterium (Multiple full color images accompany that cutscene)

Seven unique songs entirely composed by myself (Literally learned how to make music a week ago just for this project)

Four directional movement sprites consisting of 6 frames of pixel animation each direction (Including separating each part to make them usable for other characters' sprites)

Four directional idle animations consisting of 6 frames of animation each direction (Again, making paperdolls to use later for other characters)

A discord server for the ongoing production of Melodi RPG where I'll be answering questions, including answering as the characters from the game similar to the LMR ask-blog

27 (just counted) preliminary sketches to flesh out character designs and have reference for myself

Eliah Sterium's design, making the ladies go gaga

Mountains of lore (a lot of which can be found in the Discord's lore channels)

Personalities for the primary cast of deadbeat magic school students

Art for the title screen

The entire storyboard for Episode 1 and Episode 2

The pricing model for the game (Episode 1 will be a free demo, and all remaining episodes will be bundled together in a $10 purchase)

The "Pet Cwow" option on the Quit Game menu and what happens when you pet him (You'll see)

The entire intro in-engine (Screencapped above with Eliah there)

Many new fans/friends who've introduced themselves in the Discord

And, I have received (on December 31st) my very first negative review of the game, which I will cherish. Someone who knew nothing other than "It's a game about an elf who goes psychotic" and saw the title art said that the game was basically doomed to fail because Melodi has large breasts, to which I replied "Imagine being this fucking butthurt over tits existing" which set him off into an obnoxious and insulting rage that ended with "Enjoy nothing but horny virgins playing your game and ignoring the dog water, generic ass story." A quote that I will never, ever, ever forget, and if I someday make a physical release of the game, I promise you, that quote will be on the back of the box.

There's even more than just all this, I've already sunk tons of hours of time and effort into the production of Melodi and I am super excited to continue.

I want to thank everyone for the support of the game so far, and I hope once people know more about the story and characters, the game sees the same kind of fandom that Lil Miss Rarity once had.

Luv you all

~Jay Tonique

[luvtonique]

I'm really happy to say

That the reaction from the ladies to Eliah Sterium is exactly what I'd hoped for

This game is off to a very good start

[luvtonique]

Eliah Kabe Don

Bad Teacher

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"What I am teaching you in my class is paramount to your survival in this world of ours. If you continue to put in as little effort as you are, those broken ribs will be a cherished happy memory someday. Now get back in your seat."

-Professor Eliah Sterium.

Melodi's teacher, and one of the antagonists of Episode 1 of Melodi.

We're getting close to the point where I'm gonna stop showing off what I'm working on and I'm gonna just hammer out the game and release it.

Few more character profiles and then I'm going full force on the first teaser trailer and a playable demo! :)

[luvtonique]

Eliah Is A Bad Teacher

But to some thirsty goth chicks with daddy issues he's a very good one.

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Mr. Sterium

Melodi's history teacher. Don't let his polite looks or the fact that he's a Whimzy fool you, this motherfucker is rude as all hell.

A complete hard-ass, and absolutely not against smacking his students when they don't pay attention.

One of the antagonists of Melodi.

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Melodi RPG Progress Report

An extremely large portion of the intro cutscene is now complete, and today I will be finishing it, as well as beginning to make the character sprites for the top-down RPG sections of the game.

While a vast majority of the game is going to be a visual novel using artwork like pictured above, there will be plenty of actual gameplay, using social interactions and observations as puzzle pieces to proverbial puzzles you have to solve to progress the game.

Melodi is very much a story-driven game, and an enormous portion of it is dialogue and storytelling. It will not have combat of any traditional kind, equipment, consumables, stats, anything like that.

Instead, "Combat" will be resolved the same as any conversation in the game in which you are given opportunities to fight back or flee, in a choose-your-own-adventure style "The wrong choice could have dire consequences" sort of way.

I can't wait to show people what I have in store.

I expect a teaser-trailer and the full intro to the game to be complete within a week to two weeks. The train is very much rolling full steam with 14 out of 16 full color images for the intro cutscene already being complete, the story already written, and a large amount of systems in RPG Maker MV already programmed.

For updates that happen as the development happens, consider joining the Melodi RPG Discord Server.

To help support the development of the game, consider supporting my Patreon (New $20 tier reward: Melodi cutscene images that don't contain major spoilers will be posted in full resolution), or donating money for food or vitamin supplements to my PayPal donate button in the upper right corner of my page.

Love you all, and thank you all for the support so far for Melodi!

[luvtonique]

Some Melodi WIPS

Character paperdolls for Eliah Sterium and Bon Yi