#vn history

[colasarchive]

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

[codemiracle]

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."

[vibrantvetty]

“Lady with an Ermine” was painted by da Vinci, I really shouldn’t be surprised that my gaydar is blaring

[betareki]

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?????.???

[quetzalpapalotl]

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.

[lunaraydue]

Happy Pride! 🌈

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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!

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[criminal-sen]

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

[inkwingart]

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.

[junietuesday]

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

[whensomethingelsecries]

every time i think about reading the umineko manga for its beautiful beautiful art and paneling i see a post talking about how the manga elaborated on some plot point or relationship that wasn't touched on much in the vn and i kinda balk at the idea of like. having more confirmed factual/biographical information than i do right now

[maddymoreau]

Game: https://wwwormeow.itch.io/rotten-dinner

Based of this meme:

[colasarchive]

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!

[tender-lesbian]

It's important Heaven Knows is on there bc it WAS at the top for like, three and a half years. Anyways. My top 12 according to Spotify ♡

And here's the link to the playlist of my top 50 ♡

[baladric]

my smut keeps getting interrupted by political worldbuilding, what has become of me???

[throwaway-yandere]

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

[declawedwildcat]

Are podfics something people enjoy? If I recorded audiobooks of my own stories is that something anyone would find useful to have?