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Thank you for the comment! I definitely dont want to fully scrap the sprites either after getting so far into them and the games progress, but I still wanted to make an educated decision by getting some of y'alls input before i fully decided on anything. 

Right now we're actually leaning towards the 3rd option because someone reached out willing to help complete the sprites that need to be shaded still! 

Trust me i know that feeling all too well! Regardless of what happens, the story choices and endings are coded in so its already 'done' storywise at least and what we have now will be published at bare minimum if we dont finish the rest because I hate incomplete stories </3 

Thank you so so much! <3 And youre totally welcome to reach out to me on twitter or discord if you wanna help with sprites! most of them are already lined with flats and just need shading/expression tweaks. I've genuinely gotten so close to complete for them that its almost depressing lol

Former fellow pagan here! Always happy to include as many types of people :D I hope you'll enjoy the full release when its out! <3

Thats definitely on the list! I've just been bouncing around as I work so I can get as much done as quick as I can between work and some of the finishing touches are definitely not on there yet


AND THANK YOU!!! Im really hoping the full release will be just as enjoyable for everyone 

if u guys cant tell i have NO idea how to write a proper devlog either so I just ramble to you guys in them instead <3 

Convention Crush is actually one of my other projects!! :D I'm glad you liked the nod to it! I tried to include a lot of fellow indie VN devs projects in convention crush a easter eggs, and may have included my own too ;p 

Ahhh thank you!! I hope it lives up to your expectations <3

THANK UUUU
CUTE ICON BTW !!

i need u all to know ur comments have kept me so motivated to keep working on this that we may end up releasing earlier than originally planned <3

he's all seeing and everywhere

THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SO OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE TYSM

Oh absolutely! All of my projects have always been and will always be free! I'm just here to have a good time

like ive thought abt this comment for days, thank u so much for being invested!! as scary as it is, seeing the support still is so motivating

I need u to know this is the scariest comment ive ever gotten but it has singlehandedly lit a fire under my ass to finish these assets <3

Sorry for the late reply!!!

I'm so happy to hear this! Thankfully, you won't have to wait too long hopefully as we're in our final QA phases right now for the full release!!

oh my goodness, thank you! I'll get this patched as soon as I'm able :)) 

Uh oh! Does it give you any form of error message or code? Or would you maybe be willing to send me a screenshot of the error on X or via email? I'd love to get this taken care of! 

you know where to find me!! I'd love to have you on!

Thank you so so much!! You have good timing too, we just finished editing the final script for the full release last night <3 Im really glad to hear you enjoyed it!!!

Thank you!!
And don't fret, i still have some tentative plans for a mini update at some point with an Isa route! 

Nope! They're just random with which ones they pull :) The card image doesn't affect anything (I wish I was smart enough to do something with that haha) 

Aaaah!! I'm so glad you liked it <3 It was a nice change of pace for me

Not awkward at all dont worry!
Relatability is always a huge focus with my games so I'm so glad you were able to get that from Micah! It genuinely makes me so happy that people are able to enjoy the characters that in depth (insert a sobbing emoji here that i cant find) 

If youre curious about more:
Micah's fears are actually directly to him being trans and afraid of what the world was like, because all he's known has been the hatred and lack of information on it before the carnival, and then the carnival itself. 

That said, I completely understand what you mean! Although mine is more mental illness than physical illness, that fear tends to always eat at you. <3 

Ahh, i hope you  like it!! <3 

Hey!

I totally get why this is confusing, but a lot of Lark's story is instead of fighting his battles for him, letting him grow and break away from Isadora's abuse on his own! There is a lot of parallels between Lark and Isadora's relationship and then a toxic/abusive relationship. A big thing when we were writing was that if this was a real scenario, and not paranormal, if you yell at someone to leave or push them before they're ready to do it own their own it can often times make things worse! 

Another thing is standing up directly to Isadora (the abuser in this case) is only causing her to double down harder and she would be attempting to paint MC, who is a stranger that just got stuck there one night, as a bad person who doesn't know them. Overall Isadora is super controlling over Lark in virtually every way, down to borderline grooming behavior to make him the perfect companion for her


Hope that makes a little more sense!

HEY???

DONT HURT MY FEELINGS LIKE THIS


also i really loved the touch of the menu art changing!! the va was amazing!! and the use of the NVL screen really gave me the interest court jester/screenplay vibes!

that era of being on the internet, that like PEAK 2014 tumblr fandom energy, is exactly what inspired this project in the first place! 

So would this apply to coded in squares and rectangles as well?

For example,. we have one coded in as a screen with fixed rectangles to cover part of the screen (not to get around bg or anything, but like the square is between mc and the background)

would that still be allowed or no?

I know you said as long as its all coded, but I don't wanna push the rules too far. Just trynna get creative 

Hi! I had a question regarding the shaders in renpy!

I know you mentioned above in the thread that there was only one normal map for lighting was allowed, does this apply to shaders as well for gradient effects for example?
Like would I be able to have multiple coded in shader gradients (EX: 1 black to transparent, and then 1 like black to red) or are those just limited to one as well? 

dw this game is mostly just self call outs, so ur not alone <3
(glad you liked it! The full release will be out at the end of summer!) 

PLS THE UI IS PHENOMONAL !!! 

I hope you enjoy it!!
We're working on releasing the rest of this game by fall!! 

you're an icon for this <3 

Aside from forcing my fiance to make some tracks and a friend on emojis, yes!!

it was,... a huge blunder on my part LMFAO and i regret not having a team. But i learned a lot from it at least!!

Hey!

For the UI  I designed all of it in Figma, its free and cloud based, so great to work with other devs too! I use a lot of image buttons and text labels, and figma makes it easier to grab the x and ypos as well as see how itll look layout wise!

The project is all renpy though! It's pretty straight forward for standard visual novels! Chatsims like this, or anything else with extra features, can get a bit confusing, but the community is super helpful!

Man i really like milk in this story, huh


On a real note! awesome work you guys!! you all KILLED it! The GUI, the character design, the writing, the music? its all so good! I'm so impressed with the layout if the chatsim and stream portion! the choice in the text box for chat? LOVED it

its all so wonderful! I can't wait for the finsihed version :D 

I HAVENT STARTED YET BUT HELP MY SOUL THE GAME PAGE IS SO CU TE 

THANK YOU!!!

its been so nice seeing ur videos pop up in my feed in real time on youtube, so im so so glad you enjoyed it!