#the demo will be done soon!

[octocookies]

*I have risen from my graves.*

As some of you may know, i have been working on a videogame this semester. Since ive been drawing a bunch, i thought i should post some of the stuff!

Designs are by the animalistic @ wo_oko (insta)

[hyakunana]

When you need to lie, but you're a good boy.

[hocopoko]

Hopeful Birthday

[dustandshadows-if]

Demo release!! Its very short (like 1k words short) but i wanted to let everyone have a taste of it to see if they like it🫶

Demo Includes:

You experiencing the worst pain imaginable

A helpful void?

A malevolent voice making sure you know you're theirs

You can play it here! As always, if you find any typos or mistakes, please send them in. Enjoy!

[tag-if]

How long is chapter 1 gonna be? :0

great question!

as of right now? not super long

think of it a bit like prologue part two

it's mostly going to be for customising, meeting some key characters, etc. and then your first (super easy) skill check just to give you a feel for what those will be like

starting in the new year i'll be giving you guys monthly progress reports, so you might get a better idea then

tl;dr not super exciting mega long, but with some decent content (i hope)

[hummingbird-games]

Making Yuri Jam (is this a confession???) my last hurrah for a heartbeat; there are some games/DLC I am itching out of my SKIN to either replay or try new-to-me routes, and I need to not be a creator and just be a cringy fangirl for a while 💩

[television-bodies]

i think it’s quite funny that all the ideas i had for exr fics when i started plotting things last year were from R’s perspective and yet now, months and months later, i still haven’t finished let alone published any of those meanwhile the two i have up on ao3 are both from enj’s perspective. R just has so many thoughts and feelings. i have to get them right. right for me anyway

[edienotsedgwick]

Saying this on all my “secret” socials so I’ll say it here! I’ve been in the studio yesterday. First time ever in a professional studio too.

[homecomingvn]

Do you have a date on when HOMECOMING demo is gonna be released?

As of right now, no. I’m currently working on a project that takes up most of my time so once I’m finished w/ that, official work on HOMECOMING will commence [15 Dec + onwards] !

Hopefully the demo will be out sometime in January / February, but I honestly have no set date or anything.

[ajdrawshq]

Is there any non-spoilery way you could talk about how isat isn't just about timeloops? because like I do want to check the game out eventually for sure if only because indie fun times but I'm busy for a while before I get the time and tbh I'm just not as curious because I don't know how it's gonna break that formula (also ngl no colors makes me lose 50% interest because I like. looking at colors. lots.)

UHM OK WELL UM. hm. how DO i do this without spoiling anything. im very not good at describing things especially things i Really enjoy so how do i put this . hold on i might need to look at some reviews so i know how to words. ok

as a disclaimer i havent fully interacted with a lot of (if any??) media that has timeloops so i cant say for certain what it does differently from similar media that makes it stand out from others. at the same time ive never seen something that is so directly About Timeloops in this way even if i consider stuff ive heard about in passing but i could be wrong (madoka n utena come to mind ?). ill try to think abt the things that arent Just timeloop related plus the stuff u mentioned and hope that helps it feel more interesting and less generic?

i think one of the main things i can say is that it Really makes you feel what the protagonist is feeling. more than anything ive ever watched or played or whatever . and thats saying a LOT given how much i empathize with protags in games. and its not even just an empathy thing here. both the story progression and the gameplay work in such a way that you experience pretty much everything the same way they do, while still having their own personal stuff u can learn about of course

on that note tho. that is actually something to be careful of for a few reasons. i know ur generally pretty good with darker content so i doubt thatll be a problem for u here (its not that bad tbh but there is IS a warning when u open the game/look at the steam page and it aint lying) but. due to the nature of timeloops. it CAN get tiring and this is very much intended. and this helps a lot w the story and themes in a way that its. like. think how kh days does repetition on purpose. its a lot like that (although i had way easier of a time getting thru isat than days? i cant remember how u feel abt days' gameplay but i think it was positive ? either way getting thru isat was way more bearable than days imo). it does do a good job at balancing this with a couple mechanics that mean u dont have to repeat everything all the time (i had like. Very few actual full loops by the time i finished) and theres ALWAYS new things happening, even if ur super thorough with everything. its pretty easy to do things at whatever pace u feel like and if u wanna focus on the main story only to make it easier it wouldnt take too much away from the experience (tho i do encourage talking to the npcs at least a few times), and theres always a goal to work towards. also dialogue skipping and the banana peel are ur best friends

sort of adding onto that. it really, really helps that u are sharing the experience with the protagonist. not only does that help u relate to them (even if u dont share as many traits w them as i do akvdjsn) but theyre probably the most beloved character in the game and for good reason!! its really fun to see their interactions with the rest of the main cast and the npcs, and watch them all develop in different ways throughout the game. and my goodness all of the characters are beautifully written - at first ur kinda thinking ok its a ragtag group of sillies in an rpg whats new. but their personalities and relationships and hobbies and problems and everything about them is just so well done.. they feel so natural. human even. every conversation feels real to me. one of the main themes of the game is the concept of change, and each of them represent and approach it differently, both positively and negatively. its hard not to fall in love with them as individuals and as a group because they just have so much going on, even the ones i didnt expect to like at all!!

the worldbuilding is also a fun spin on fantasy rpg worlds. it mostly revolves around the area u play in bc well. of course it does. but its vv interesting to learn about all the different cultures within the world and how they interact with and build on the themes of the game. theres all sorts of queer stuff going on and its all handled like a love letter to people who relate, and i can feel it even with what i dont relate to at all!! the way "magic" works and the ways people use it in battle and everyday life is super cool too, makes the whole thing feel a lot more believable and realistic :3 i dont wanna talk abt any specifics bc its more fun to learn abt this stuff ingame

OH AND THE TEXT.. EFFECTS?.. idk what to call that but the way dialogue (both internal and external) is written and programmed is funky as hell (affectionate). it was weird at first bc oftentimes (mostly for humor) its like. almost the way i type actually?? which feels strange in a legit game but it Works. it works so well and adds tone and vibes and a Voice in a way u usually cant get in a game without any voice acting. deltarune is also good at that but this one does it differently enough for me to consider it unique

HAVE I MENTIONED THE ART STYLE i love the art style . its so charming and expressive especially all the talking sprites n battle portraits. simultaneously silly n adorable while fully capable of being serious. and creepy. anyway look at the sillies i love them n their designs dearly (especially Siffrin (1st on the left) and Mirabelle (2nd on the left))

also on that note, the lack of colors....... i both totally understand being put off by that (i also love looking at colors n this part made me feel weird abt it when i was thinking abt getting it at first) and personally enjoy it? without saying anything spoilery (bc its really not), its just another part of the worldbuilding and themes that i now find really fun :3 should be noted that i usually have an anti blue light filter so it mightve been easier to look at w the yellowish tint going on. maybe it even looks better that way ? kinda reminded me of old films now that i think abt it.. neat!!

as a last thing i couldnt quite insert somewhere else. it is equal parts a comedy and a tragedy, and it is so, so effective at accomplishing this. the humor is fantastic and adds to the games' and characters' personality, every tragic moment is . for lack of a better word or phrase. absolutely fucking delicious. and i adore how well it can shift from one to the other gradually or in an instant, or just be both at once!!!! yippee!!!!!!!

aaand thats all i can say. i have no idea if that cleared anything up BUT i encourage u to give it a try bc i do think youd like it in the end. u probably wouldnt finish it as fast as i did but that might be a good thing jfbskndj but yeah!!!! in stars and time!!!!!! its good and i love it!!!!!!!!

[nerd-aleart]

It’s been weeks since I first played When the Night Comes but I’m eagerly waiting the day I forget everything that happens so I can play again <3

[magentagalaxies]

i have literally done nothing today except think about buddy cole and think about aubrey aubergine and as a result today has been great

[namakes]

Every time I play the last level of Ghostrunner I'm like "oh this is octo-expansion if Splatoon wasn't rated E" lol

Which maybe makes no sense to anyone but me and I probably sound like "guy who only played X" here but. You know. I'm gonna slap some words out about it anyway, which will not be organized at all. obviously huge GR and OE spoilers

Okay so disclaimer. it has also been a very long time since I played OE. BUT. Tartar's thing was basically about how he's sick of humanity's successor being "petty and violent" (given that society revolves around how fresh your outfit is and playing pretend war), and he wants to erase and start over with a new, perfect blend of DNA that will result a more "ideal" world.

Though not entirely the same, it came to me when I was playing the final level of GR that the Architect's goal is similar, though without the whole levelling a city thing. At the beginning/middle of the stage, his lines go something like: "Mara was wrong. Humanity must be protected. Not just from the outside world, but from itself as well. And to protect fully, I need full control." [GR: You want to enslave everyone?] "I want to unify them. There will only be one purpose, iron resolve, and a single will. Everyone will eat, sleep, breath, and breed according to the needs of the Tower. No more violence, no more conflict, no more corruption." (if you want to watch/listen to the lines, here's a playthrough of the last level. the delivery makes it better imo)(also you can listen to one of my favorite tracks in the game, it's a bop).

As I was writing this I realized 8's and Jack's storylines are... sort of similar as well? Following a voice you think is helping you, only for it to turn out that thing had other plans for your body (not you, of course. we don't need you)(see also Architect's "Why are you so selfish? This is how you can serve humanity!" line)

Anyway. my brain is mushy atm but. do you see my vision. Creating the "perfect" world through complete order... a sanitized society... something something.........

[mychemikuromance]

Have so much prep work to do for game jam ahhhh

[bobzora]

i dont think i ever shared pic...? old from a month(+?) ago and well its unlikely that i will ever get far with this but despite (or maybe because of) that...i thought id share lol

[apt502-if]

Want to update that I am nearly done with the first draft of episode 2 :> Before anyone celebrates :P the first draft has a lot of "finish writing" and choices that haven't been written out but seeing a beginning, middle, and end will be a weight off my shoulders. I hated how long the last one took so I was determined not to let that happen again. It's hard with my day job and the like but I'm glad to have been consistent the past month or so :> It helps that I had a lot of unusual free time since I dropped the last update :>

I usually go through many rounds of drafts before it's completed and I need to update the demo with certain things to reflect this new episode but I'm proud of what I have so far :> I wished to keep people in the loop of my process so that's where I'm at 😊 Fingers crossed I can finish this soon :>