#screenshot sunday adjacent lol

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Y’all remember that scene of iCarly where Carly is like “Please, for me?” to Freddie, and he basically acquiesces because he can’t say no to her?? 

In my humble opinion that’s Lydia and MC’s relationship in a nutshell, but I don’t think MC’s is fully aware of her power LOL

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“You think anyone will notice if I leave?”

Angelica Baker (name changeable)

Studious or slacker? Sweet or Sass Master? And just how many pairs of silly patterned socks do you own? Your high school years are going by fast, and before you know it, they’ll be over! But you have a plan this semester, a bucket list of sorts, but sometimes things don’t go all according to said plan.

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Dev Blog #16

“Previously on Hummingbird Games...”

Demo update went live and the people responded enthusiastically! Well, the increase in downloads and lack of poor ratings has convinced me, so I'll run with it. 

I bought a gaming laptop!!! New laptop was a bad egg. After returning it and finding out I wouldn’t get a replacement, the current laptop went on strike. The shift key decided to be the new villain. But then my dad swooped in and defeated the evil!!

*insert cheering sounds and victory music*

Before the day was saved however, the rest of the character and outfit refs were sent to the sprite artist and I got excited all over again! (Before I remembered that I’d be coding the new sprites in. Me. All by my lonesome. Yep, get ready to see future random posts of me complaining again LOL)

PLAN OF ATTACK (Immediate)

New (to y’all) characters aside, I’m still cleaning up typos in routes which has led me to let time pass in between each pass because I’m still catching grammar mistakes, or a whole missing scene (yeah, oops), or implementing a new feature I learned and that’s simple enough to replicate. (right now it’s timed choices, feel free to glare at me now LOL)

Start working on the music + SFX. Mostly placing the tracks where I want them to go and going back later to do editing (like a fade in here, sudden stop there, and so on). 

HOUSEKEEPING (Affectionate)

Not that this surprises anyone but as long as I’m running the Twitter account alone, it will function only as a hype-guy for other VN games and creators + the official announcement center for Hummingbird Games release stuff. If you want up-to-date or in between news, Tumblr is the source. I will only engage in tomfoolery on here. Twitter will be “hey, demo release update with blah blah blah” or *reblogs various posts/games/memes from fellow developers*. Dats it. 

Have I shot myself in the foot when it comes to promoting myself, my brand, and my current project? Oh for sure, but it is what it is. Also I just don’t vibe with the bird app. I keep trying and trying and I always feel mentally taxed when I’m there. 

OH WAIT, THERE’S MORE??? 

Did you read or skim all the way to the bottom?? For all your hard work:

WE’VE REACHED 280+ DOWNLOADS ON THE DEMO!!! 

No, it hasn’t sunk in yet...

Here’s a thank you doodle 💛 (courtesy of @aelwen-art​) featuring the two people who know loooots of embarrassing crap about MC 😂 Secrets whomst???

Hope you guys have a great weekend and talk to ya soon!

- Gemini