#burning midnight oil

[tokyoviee]

productivity day 15 & 16

day 15. morning 9 am to evening 8 pm.

physics - motion in a plane. [7 hr online lecture.]

botany - morphology of flowering plants. [reviewed the families.]

break - 8 pm - 10 pm.

pulled an all nighter. day 15 (10:15 pm) to day 16 (8:00 am)

10:15 pm to 12:00 am [ solved physics pyqs ]

12:00 am to 4:00 am [ zoology online lecture ]

5 : 00 am - break. [ watched an ep of grey’s anatomy ]

6 : 00 am to 8 : 00 am [ chemistry - structure of atom ]

note : i’m so tired, it's not even funny. i’ll go take a nap now.

[lynndrawsshit]

You…you I have plans for later

[foxglovegames]

DEV LOG: 2024 Recap

Helloooo everyone!

This year genuinely flew past us. As a studio, we had our ups-and-many-downs, but we're feeling more positive going into 2025. Let's start with what we got done this year before moving onto our plans for the future! :)

⭐Released Trouble Comes Twice: Bonus Stories!

Feels like we released this ages ago, but it hasn't even been a year yet! Back in April, we released the first (and only) public DLC for Trouble Comes Twice. For us, Bonus Stories was a satisfying goodbye to these characters after spending years with them; we hope that players who decided to give the DLC a chance feel the same.

It'll always be a bit bittersweet moving on from a project you've worked on for so long and dedicated so much towards. There's always going to be what-ifs, but we're mostly just proud of what we did achieve and kind of relieved we made it to the finish line haha. If you're interested in reading more about our experience working on Trouble Comes Twice and what we learned, do check out this post mortem we wrote! We hope it offers some insight for players who might be curious and other vn devs who'd like another dev's take.

⭐A tumultuous start for our next visual novel Burn the Midnight Oil

Since the end of 2023, we've worked on and off on our next visual novel Burn the Midnight Oil. The plan was to launch a Kickstarter campaign and demo before the end of 2024 - since it's now Dec and that never happened, you can imagine things did not go as planned ahah... Unfortunately, we experienced several setbacks, one of the biggest being that our lead artist had to leave the project some months ago due to health issues.

It took us a minute to find the right person to step in and take over the character art, but we recently welcomed a new lead artist whom we're incredibly excited to be working with!

So, where does the project stand right now?

Our new character artist is chipping away at the sprites and CGs for the game, which are the main assets we're still missing to finish the demo.

Script is written, edited and coded in

BGs are completed and the UI is close to completed

We're planning to tackle the soundtrack in the coming months, but our composer BellKallengar has already finished an amazing main menu theme! We can't wait for you to hear it.

For our own sanity and the expectations of our players, we're not making any promises or guesses on when you can expect the demo, Kickstarter, or official announcement until we know for certain. The only thing we can confidently confirm is that it's coming in 2025 (unless we're struck by the worst bad luck ever).

We're going to resume regular monthly updates when the game has been announced, but until then, we're sticking o quarterly updates instead so the next one would be in March. (Unless we manage to announce the game before that! A dev can dream.)

⭐PLANS FOR 2025

There's only one concrete plan - officially announcing Burn the Midnight Oil, releasing the Kickstarter demo, and launching our crowdfunding campaign! Melli and I already finished the demo script earlier this year, so we've been working on outlining (and writing) the routes for the full game. We hope to make as much progress as possible on that before the Kickstarter launches. Hopefully, that should save us a lot of time in the long run.

We hope everyone's having a fantastic holiday season! See you all in the new year! 🥂

[cartoonsbyandie]

Naka's doesn't want to ask Aoko to help change his gunshot-wound bandages. (Movie 27 is looking pretty good huh)

[zosa95]

[mudwerks]

(via Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (1987)

[kellymagovern]

Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning" [x]

[gameo-archive]

"My ?s for George Rexstrew were not that great, but he was still patiently trying to give each of them a proper answer. He answered my submissions OOO though. 1st vid but 2nd sub.

Mirror hop w/ the livings in bag of tricks

Crystal's passport & full name

#DeadBoyDetectives"

Is the show YA or adult?

Can you mirror hop with people by putting them in the bag of tricks?

How did Crystal international travel but was not aware of her full name/passport, or no passport and she uses her power?

"1st submission but 2nd video. (The order doesn't really matter. I just want to keep everything straight for myself.)

Charles & Crystal's goodbye kiss. Edwin's thought & feeling.

Did the out of order filming affect the scene?"

When I saw Charles and Crystal's goodbye kiss I thought, poor Edwin! How cruel of Charles to do that in front of him after the confession. It reminded me of that famous panel from the comics. I get that Charles thought it was the final goodbye but still. I want to know Edwin's thought and feeling in that moment. And also, do they change after inviting Crystal into the group?

Did the out of order filming affect the scene?

"A bit more info on the notebook.

Asked about the crossed out "Do not ring" for the Limbo's bell. (I'm still confused about his answer. Shouldn't it be NOT crossed out if it's correct to not ring?)

How DBD would deal w/ non-western cultures' monsters, myths, beliefs etc."

You said the maps of Hell have existed for a long time, so did Edwin draw them as soon as he got out?

How did they acquire the notebook and bag of tricks?

How was Edwin able to get the family emblem on it?

Why was 'do not ring' crossed out next to Limbo's bell?

How would DBD deal with non-Western cultures' monsters, mythologies, beliefs, etc.?

"(final Cameo)

Cut due to him mentioned my bday date. He was so wonderful about everything. Really appreciated this opportunity he's given us. And for a great cause as well.

Asked for fun facts/bts he hasn't shared with the press"

Can you share any fun facts or behind the scenes bloopers you haven't shared with the press?

[angeltreasure]

I’m really desiring to know God’s will for my life. Tonight, I started a journey to take notes from priests of how to discern God’s will. I made two pages so far!!—

[niceminipotato]

So I was exploring as one does in Ao3 and found this fic, Possession is Nine-Tenths (Or so they say) by Mistigris108, and like I’m only in chapter five and like wow I’m here for all of it please and thank you. It’s an older fic as in 2021 so maybe the potatoes have read it. To those of you who haven’t make sure to check the tw please.

… also it is complete! I think lol I’m barely at the beginning. One third down.

[incorrectwearetheseries]

[before an examination]

Peem: I’m gonna fail.

Q: Be positive, Peem!

Peem: I’m positive I’m gonna fail.

[tokyoviee]

girlhood spectrum on a monthly basis. 🪢🔪

[myimaginaryradio]

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil - 1987

[foxglovegames]

We're making some very exciting progress on the new sprites for Burn the Midnight Oil! Closer to the end of this month, we'll draft an update on the project's status and (roughly) when you can expect a more official announcement.🔮🖤

Also, with the announcement of Burn the Midnight Oil, we're going to post more frequently here and on BlueSky. It's sort of daunting to start over on a new social media (so we'll continue to be active on X/Twitter, since that's where most of our following is), but we hope Bsky will grow and we can be more active there instead. 🦋

[skitskatdacat63]

I started a "big" drawing of them, but didn't wanna get too into it, so here are some small Hussar Martian :)

[coolspacequips]

diggin around, found some old shance sketch i don't think i ever uploaded...

might touch it up a little, just to try and shake some of the rust off. i've been dying to tap back into ANY creative energy, maybe this is a good time to meditate on writing a bit while i draw, old fashioned style