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7k milestone post (+ important question)

Pulsatio Cordis (DEMO)
A downloadable visual novel

Hello again! I was originally planning to make this post for 5k downloads, but before I knew it... 7k??? (and nearly 8k as we speak!!!)

Thank you all so much for the overwhelming support! I'm not really sure what else I can say that hasn't already been said... It really does keep me going to see so many people loving my game and my characters. 

I was going through a pretty dark period mentally last year and even though I never really posted any updates in that time, it cheered me up to read people's comments on my game.  But the good news is that I managed to pass my final semester of second year, so this year should (fingers crossed) be my last year of university!

Though that makes me feel pretty guilty for not updating the game in any way since then... And since this year will likely be pretty hectic, I will probably not be able to work on it much until I at the very least finish my first semester of third year in late June. 

Therefore I would like to ask... Would you guys like for me to upload the progress I have made? I know that I originally planned to only update the game when it was fully finished, to keep people guessing. But I overestimated myself. Still, if I were to go through with the idea, I'd probably only allow people to play up to the very last scenes before any endings. What do you guys think? Would you prefer to see more of the story now, or would you rather keep the suspense up?

Also, Happy (very late) Valentine's Day!!! I spent it alone, so I wasn't really in the mood to post anything special for that day, haha. But there was a question on my CuriousCat (that I stupidly deleted when I accidentally thought that sharing the post would duplicate it...) that asked what Liev was doing for Valentine's Day, so here's the answer! 

(mild spoilers ahead if you haven't played the game)

"Hmm... Since Valentine's is a school day, I don't have a lot of time to spend following Quinn arou- I mean, talking to them! Ahh, it's not as if l've been able to after they approached me with their... problem. I took care of it already, but how else can I express my love? Telling them how I... Oh no no no no!! They might reject me and hate me forever and I can't have that! Err... Oh! That's it! I'II leave a love note and a little gift in their locker!"


Isn't he such a romantic? <3

Also! I have a CuriousCat page now! I posted about it already on Twitter (@Ct4623) but I never got around to posting about it here until now since I was caught up in figuring out what to say in my milestone post. 

Here's the link to the page: https://curiouscat.live/LuciaLily. Ask away! 

On my CuriousCat page, I talk a bit about what I've been doing for the game and the sketches I've done (and I have done a lot. Maybe I haven't been actively working on the game, but I sure do think about it a lot!). Since CuriousCat only allows you to share one image at a time, here are a few that I quite like!


Was mostly testing new lineart techniques on CSP, as well as trying out the Multiply lighting trick.


Well, I think that's about everything I want to say. Enjoy the sketches! I may post more on Twitter if I have anymore I want to share. Please please do let me know in the comments what you think of my idea!

- LuciaLily

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