Hey! Thanks so much for the feedback! Chapter three will be out once chapter six is finished. It's a bit too early to say when that will be, since I just finished chapter five last month.
The Steam demo is the same as this one!
The graphics of the game are made with Blender. The game itself is written with Renpy. I didn't make all the audio, so I can't really say which softwares were used, but I edit audio with Ocenaudio.
I won't discuss my income on here. But I can share with you that I've been doing this for about a year and a half, and it has been much better for me than the animations I did before.
Hey, thank you! I publish one free chapter per every two chapters, going through them linearly. Since the next free chapter is chapter 3, then it'll be a while until chapter 5 is free, yeah. When I release the next chapter though (chapter 6) I'll be making chapter 3 free.
The composer will definitely be flattered to know this! At the time, they are choosing to stay anonymous, but I let them know every time someone requests to hear more from them. I am trying to get them to put themselves out there, but that'll be completely up to them.
That's awesome, man. I'll definitely take it as a compliment. When it comes to translations, I've got a possible deal through the publisher for it. So I might have to get some news from them about it before I can reach out to anyone. I'll let you know!
I have a discord server with a public channel for updates/tweets/etc. At the moment I'm not sharing the invite everywhere, cause I'm a little scared of flooding the discord. But I will probably have a discord link somewhere in the game, or on the game's pages (itch, steam) at some point once I feel ready.
Yeah, the Mac and the developer license is what's stopping me at the moment... Most likely if I evern am to do it, I'll involve someone else who can help me with it.
Then there's the whole Apple store thing. I've got no hopes of getting my game approved for the Apple store. Is it possible to build apps on the iOS without the AppStore? Similar to .apk with android, I mean?
Lmao I feel you. Idk how old you are but it's definitely relatable. I had a scare yesterday starting my 3DS for the first time in years to play Majora's Mask on it, and it said the last time I played it was 2015. Weird how a decade can feel so short
Atm I'm not sure how viable it is. It's a lot of extra work releasing on iOS, and iOS support is still a work in progress for the renpy platform. I do have hopes of releasing it on iOS some day though
I am releasing older chapters for free on itch. There will be more free chapters in the future. I get that you want to purchase the game, and I appreciate that, but there is no need to be rude. Once the game is complete, it will be available for purchase on Steam and Itch.
You are referring to "blenderknight.hooked.program(...).apk"? .apk files are for android phones. I see I have forgotten to mark it as an android file. If you want to play on PC, you need the "Hooked-0.2.0-pc.zip" file and nothing more!
Thank you so much! There's at least three different songs in that scene, two of them made by an artist who prefers to stay anonymous. The third is "Reflected Light"
I don't know where they get their info from, I talked about my easter trip on Patreon, but I've been back to work since monday. Chapter five will be in development for a few months, shouldn't be much longer than the previous ones, if at all!
Thanks so much for the support! I'll consider making other tiers, gotta be careful not to increase the workload too much, though. First priority will be to finish the game!
Jonathan's link is as good as my advice would be, essentially. I've been using Blender for about 10 years now, give or take. Any tutorials I'd recommend would have been outdated for years. Just google "Blender beginner tutorial" and find something that catches your eye! And only do the tutorials you think look fun, cause if it's not fun then it's hard to get through.
