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A look at To Heart Prerelease
A look at some assets and early designs shown before the release of ToHeart
If you've ever downloaded the original ToHeart, you may have noticed a strange sprite used during installation
Though it's clearly Akari, some features are a bit off, and the sprite itself never appears in any gameplay. Thats because this sprite is based off an earlier design of the character.
scan by Game Vecanti
Though there are plenty of designs for unused girls in To Heart's Fanbook, by the time promotional artwork started coming out the designs for the chosen girls were pretty solidified. So most changes we go over aren't gonna be anything too thrilling, but someone should has to do it : )
Design changes for all girls
all uniforms initially had a small yellow symbol on their collar, this would later be removed. Thats it.
Akari Kamigishi
Hair length shortened, in concept art even earlier in development it was much longer than this, though i'm going to keep most comparisons to this line of near-final designs
HMX-12 Multi
Hairstyle slightly changed to be a bit thinner in the back, her ear pieces became less metallic looking and moved to a more turned down placement
Lemmy Miyauchi
Given fangs, (you'll see it a bit clearer when comparing unused sprites), the front pieces of her hair are drawn a bit longer flowing
Shiho Nagaoka
Change in design of her socks and shoes
Serika Kurusugawa
Changed to black socks
Girls with no specific changes
Kotone Himekawa
Tomoko Hoshina
Aoi Matsubara
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Early game assets and their differences from Gimix
In Megastore Gimix Vol 5, a bunch of early game screenshots and assets were shown off, this section will go over any differences between these and the final game.
Special Thanks to Brad for letting me take a look at the files
Here's a broad comparison of every change, I'll talk in more in depth about some but others don't really need it
The Lemmy sprite shows her old design (no fangs). Asides from the change in colors of the background all the trees have been totally redrawn. Lemmy's also given an unusually bright eye color that not even her reference sheet had.
Along with the color change the shoe lockers are given more detail. Shiho's sprite would later be redrawn.
another sprite that would be redrawn
Redrawn trees and adjusted shading, it's most apparent on the roof
Aoi's face has been slightly redrawn, the shading on her uniform was also changed.
Shading style completely changed
also somehow this version of the cg ended up on the back of the box
next up is a look at the demo disc, due to the tumblr image limit, click here to continue
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a scarian au based on the 2004 critically acclaimed hit visual novel fate/stay night with multiple animated adaptations + various spin offs/aus + numerous manga, light novels, and game adaptations?????.???
#grian#gtwscar#hermitshipping#scarian#fate/life#aj art#more old art i need to redraw this#moreso based on 2014 UBW#it’s my favorite show in the history of forever#not exactly based on the vn i’ve never played it lol#don’t look too much into it
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Kickstarter Countdown Begins!
Your friendly student body president is here to remind you that our Kickstarter for Keyframes is set to launch in two weeks!
For the next fortnight (hah) we will be dropping teasers of the merch for the KS, and some really cool art collabs from artists that the team looks up to. Assss well as a little something something with a dope indie studio.
If you have any questions about the KS, don't hesitate to drop it in our inbox andddd we'll get to answering those as soon as we can!
Otherwise, look forward to the upcoming days with us!
(BLANK) House
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Art by Red Pen
Follow our Kickstarter pre-launch page HERE!
#keyframes vn#kf announcements!#blank house announcements#chewable chibi#me using the excuse of marketing to commission artists we adore#THE PERKS OF HAVING A STUDIO AND A GAME TO ADVERTISE HAHA#in what might be the first time in history I am excited to do some marketing haha
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Oh, I got an idea! How your OCs would react to y/n having a nightmare
Or the OCs search history <3
P.S.All the best to you bro
//: How would the LIs react to the MC having a nightmare?
Seth: "Aww, poor thing. I can stay here and hug you, I'll make sure nothing bad happens to you, don't worry I don't really need to sleep, I can stay awake and keep you safe all night long, yeah?" Tatsuya: "Oh, are you having a nightmare? Don't worry, I got you. Want me to make you something warm to drink? So you can relax and go back to sleep again. There there, you're so brave." Yuuta: "My mom used to sing to me when I had nightmares, I can try if you want... I'm not very good at signing but I can do it just for you, is that good enough?" Yotsuya: "I'm here, there's no need to think about all of those bad things. Wanna talk until you can fall asleep again? Maybe you can think of me as you fall asleep, I'll keep you safe there." Dr. Kurosaki: "Our dreams are influenced by many things, but mostly by our last memories before drifting off to sleep. If I kiss you enough, maybe you can dream about me instead of all those horrible nightmares, haha."
#the search history thing sounds fun though#I'll have it in consideration next time!#dies irae vn#the code answers#yandere male#yandere oc#yandere boy#anon ask
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“Lady with an Ermine” was painted by da Vinci, I really shouldn’t be surprised that my gaydar is blaring
#myart#furry#furry art#echo project#the smoke room#tsr vn#tsrvn#clifford tibbits#stoatally queer#if only my art history professor could see me now#queer artist#lgbtq#short comic#mini comic#fvn
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i feel like if anyone i can ask might know, it would probably be you. do you know of any english-language sources on the history and development of visual novels at all? i'm trying to do some more reading on early Japanese PC gaming culture and throwing up a total blank on where to look, as almost all english language writing on Japanese game cultures is console focused. i don't suppose you know of anything?
Mmm, I hate to dissapoint but I'm not sure how useful I can be >.< A lot of my knowledge is of the "info I've gathered through the years" variety and I can't exactly point to sources with a detailed deep cut of the history of the genre. If it helps you get a better idea of what to look for here's A brief history of visual novels and an article about Japanese retro computer gaming.
I would also reccomend Amelie Doree on youtube. She makes videos on different visual novels and dating sims and usually provides ample context surrounding these works. Also she's just cool to listen to.
#hope any of this helps and good luck#and if you happen to find like a book or something about the history of vns please share it with me
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Happy Pride! 🌈
Want to read a queer movie-length kinetic visual novel? Absolutely free? Consider checking out Sunshine & Roses!
Sam Williams is 50 and stagnant. When he decides to try some gardening to rebel against the monotony of his life, a chance encounter with the owner of the local gardening center shakes up more than he expected. Heath Rhodes is older than Sam but so full of life-- he should be everything that makes Sam feel bad about himself, but Heath's unabashed joy and kindness draw him in. As their relationship blossoms and Sam is contacted by his estranged daughter Daisy, he must learn how to nurture both his new plants and new relationships. It's not all sunshine and roses, but spring is in the air, and the tenderly grown flowers smell sweet.
Sunshine & Roses is a 20k-word story of sweet, heartfelt romance between older gay men that discusses queer identity across generations, the impact of the AIDs crisis, queer horror films, and never being too old to discover yourself and find happiness in life.
This pride month, consider supporting queer indie devs and maybe play this queer little story! It's completely free to play and it'd bring me and the amazing team who worked on it a little extra joy!
🌻Check out Sunshine & Roses here!🌹
#happy pride 🌈#pride month#queer#lgbtqia#indie dev#indie games#indie vn#queer games#queer history#old gays#reading recommendations#visual novels#support creatives#sunshine & roses
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Omg my laptop is alive... okay...
This morning, I booted it up and after loading for like 30 min, all it showed me was this concerning black screen with a tiny little 'app not loading' window?? What app??? Hello????? It was 3am and not only did I have to leave for work but I was entirely not awake enough to handle Creepypasta Death Screen. But hooray it's working now:3 it's fine:333
#i cnanot stress enough that i don't do Jack Shit on this laptop#i use it to draw and write. then deposit said works on their related websites. thats literally it#which sucks cuz i would love to get some vas like higurashi on steam..#vns! not vas wtf#..but am worried that even the slightest amount of fuckery is gonna push it over the edge#maybe i need to take it to a technician cuz alllll the cookie/history clearing etc ive done hasnt helped whatsoever#okay rant over (i will probably do nothing lol)
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Just to be clear, people posting about Palestine on Holocaust Remembrance Day was not an insult to Holocaust survivors.
An ethnonationalist cult of imperialism [carrying out a genocide]* while actively jailing dissenters and conscientious objectors on top of neglecting the Holocaust survivors in their own community, then having the audacity to use the Holocaust as a shield to whitewash and excuse its actions? That is vile. I could not think of a graver insult if I tried.
*which includes:
ongoing besiegement of a strip of land approximately 5 x 25 miles
ongoing intentional starvation
actively cutting off water, electricity, fuel, and telecommunications
actively delaying/denying entry of humanitarian aid
destroying humanitarian aid that was allowed entry
shooting at crowds that gathered to receive humanitarian aid
disguising explosives as food canisters and toys
bombing hospitals
bombing schools
bombing libraries
bombing ambulances
raiding cultural archives and displaying stolen relics in their house of government
shooting multiple people carrying white flags, including three of their own
kidnapping civilians, stripping them, and torturing them while filming the entire process and putting it on fucking tiktok
digging up graves, taking the bodies, mutilating the corpses just to cause more pain because there’s no way those bodies would still have viable organs, and then accusing people of blood libel when they are criticized for it
bulldozing tents with people inside
putting out food and then sniping at people (including children) who try to take it
shooting people and sniping at anyone who tries to rescue them
dropping chemical weapons on civilians
flying screaming drones overhead at all hours to deny the population of sleep
killing premature infants in NICU in MORE THAN ONE HOSPITAL via denial of fuel/electricity and refusing to allow them to be evacuated, resulting in the death of at least 6, 4 of whom were found decaying in their beds. after the invading army had promised to take care of these children. when they stormed the besieged hospital.
And I can’t even put this list into any particular order because all of these are still ongoing, including the premature babies because there are approximately 50k pregnant women in Gaza.
#honestly so sick of yt zios saying you can’t compare the Gaza/Palestine genocide to the Holocaust#THERE IS NOT A SINGLE COMPARISON MORE APPROPRIATE THAN THIS#even drawing from my own cultural history with all its parallels#the VN war simply does not compare. it was not a genocide.#palestine
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every day i lament that im never going to tell a story with as much emotional impact, as much sheer atmosphere, as gripping characters, as striking and intriguing a story as the hinterlands minotaur hotel
#june speaks#june games#i didnt appreciate them enough on my first playthrough bc they interrupted the main story but like. THEYRE SO GOOD#i GET how their story works within the wider minoho story as a foil to the player and asterion. and how ofc pedro’s family history is so#entwined w the history of the hotel. and i Get that its condensed nature makes the hinterlands pt3 so well balanced and poignant is the time#limit. BUT I NEED THE HINTERLANDS TO BE ITS OWN GAME. i need everyone who doesnt even play furry vns to play the hinterlands i need to go#crazy abt it w SOMEONE i need to discuss this w people english class round table style i need people to pick apart the themes and motifs and#symbolism and characterizations with. PLEASEEEEE#minotaur hotel
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Game: https://wwwormeow.itch.io/rotten-dinner
Based of this meme:
#NGL (⁄ ⁄•⁄_⁄•⁄ ⁄) I have a big soft spot for Nick.#Also if you play Rotten Dinner I recommend changing the settings to include the Rollback feature.#(or just reread your history) Nick says some really interesting dialogue a little too fast to read on your first attempt.#Rotten Dinner#Rotten Dinner Vn#Rotten Dinner Nick#Tw Blood#Blood#Tw Cannibalism#Cannibalism#Visual Novel#VN#Yandere#Yandere Visual Novel#MaddyMoreauPost#Tw Gore#Gore
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A look at To Heart Prerelease (Part 3)
more demo disc comparing
DEMO DISC - FINAL VERSION
Multi
face is redrawn
This library bg itself is pretty different from the final version
another face redraw, most notably she was given a bigger mouth
Kotone
with Kotone, most revisions are with how her eyes are drawn
Lemmy
another eye and blush change in this sprite. The background is quite different here with completely redone windows. The lighting is also much brighter in the final
face change
The style of eyelashes was originally drawn much thinner
after the character portraits in the opening, the cgs shown in are in a completely different order than the original op. All cgs are totally the same except for this Kotone with different lighting
Thats all for the demo disc!
As a final note, beta Akari appeared in Bishoujo Game Quiz King from 1997. People on the streets of Taipei would be asked what heroine they liked best.
and she won!
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Hi! Love your work so much and I adore the effort you put into your stuff. I'm making a genshin otome and was wondering if it'd be okay to ask for a promo of sorts in the future? It's absolutely completely 100% valid and understandable if you don't wish to promo other works in your own blog though! I just wanted to ask first for permission or whether it's okay or not! Thanks for reading! Love ya <3
Love your work so much
Press X to doubt, you sound saner than an average reader
Okay kidding aside, I'm not exactly the most influential/popular person so I'm not sure how I'd be able to help but I can reblog it(?) for sure! I enjoy genshin and otome games so yeah!!! Even if you didn't read my works I'd still look forward to this lmao. Wish you the best in making the game <333
#renpy? tyrannobuilder?#is it a coded video game if so is it like those online LNs or is it something you need to download?–#sorry I'm so curious!!!#is there a dainsleif rou– //shot#i may be a social media boomer but i know at least 0.00001% of how making VNs go lol#*online VNs btw. gosh dang it I've been reading light novels too much it seems#drawing sprites is a pain lol#naming files ain't my forte either lol my gremlin brain will not fail to write 'helookestupidhere.png' and i have to type all that#sprite has to appear hAHAHAHAG#coding is not for me and if you're having fun that sounds amazing!#best wishes to you anon my guy#I'll just call you otome anon for now#ngl i doubt you read my stuff considering how my history with making otome fics (ocmc and isekai!diluc) is violent af lmao#still doesn't mean I won't support you!!! hell yeah to otome genshin games!!!#ansy-stalks#ansy's stalking: otome anon <3
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Goodness 😵💫 brain fog was fogging, but this is just a blanket statement and a warning wrapped in one, so listen please:
Keegan is a trans black girl, uses she/her pronouns, and if I see any foolishness in the inbox or on future posts I make about Crushed concerning her, I. Am. Blocking. You.
(Find somewhere else to dump your transphobic/misogynistic/racist agendas.)
If I see people forgetting (AGAIN) that my current game characters are all minors, you’re getting blocked.
You need to have a long talk with your maker as to why all these 18+ indie titles exist but you’re harping on one little game where no one is legally able to give consent.
Basically…remember common sense, and if you wouldn’t say it to my face, don’t say it virtually.
I’m not reposting the filth from the ask box so if you’re a troll or otherwise attention starved, try Jesus not me!!!
#This Has Been A PSA#crushed vn#I started having flashbacks to HSDJY#I will actually lose it if history repeats itself
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The Widow's Boutique is now available on Steam!
Hi everyone!
In December I posted about our upcoming regency game and got so much support and feedback, so now I want to let you guys know it is finished and available on Steam! (https://bit.ly/widowsboutique)
We are so in love with historical costumes and know you guys will appreciate the clothing! But also the overall historical accuracy and setting! We have added more scenes, characters and artwork.
About the Visual novel game:
You are Mrs. Sem, recently widowed and back on the social scene of Christiania. Having inherited a drapery business from your late husband, you must maneuver prejudice as well as the challenging economic times. The game is closely inspired by history, actual persons, and happenings.
If you have any questions or would just like to talk about dresses or story please feel free to ask!! I would love or start a conversation about anything regency! Or other periods, I just love historical fashion!
If you want to read up on the game and backdrop we also have a website: widowsboutique.com
#thewidowsboutique#vn#visualnovel#regency visual novel#the widow's boutique#historical costuming#historical fashion#regency#gamedev#bridgerton aesthetic#indie games#available on steam#women in gaming#girl gamer#history of fashion
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speaking of furries have u seen what they’ve been doing in the medium of visual novels recently? magnificent work
#i mean dont get me wrong furries have been integral to visual novels forever from what i can tell#i cant read any of them but ive seen enough untranslated bara furry vns from like 20 years ago to get an idea#salutes#but recently its like every other day i find out about some extremely well rated high production value 20-50 hour long furry vn#that i swear didnt exist the other day. its great. love ur work#i havent gotten a chance to read much of any of them except making a couple minutes of a few but even just the little ive read has been good#was i good enough to dare grace myself with the fine name of furry i would absolutely become like#the giorgio vasari of furries in an art historical documentation sense. 2 seconds away from writing Lives of the Most Eminent Furry Painters#Furry Sculptors and Furry Architects. but alas i feel like someone whos the worlds first wannabe furry shouldnt take that honor#am i making sense? i think furries are an art movement of monumental importance and worth is what im saying#im an art history major u have to believe me
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