This is a tutorial of sorts that tells you how to customize/change your title screen! It tells you how to change the font, the music, add fog effect, etc.!
Originally I came here to announce that the demo will be published soon, with all the programming done and only needing to redraw the portraits and CG but…..seems there was a change of plans.
My pixel artist Iggi was forced to left because we never could find time to work together and she’s currently busy with commissions. It sucks because this is the second time a pixel artist ditches me (my first pixel artist wasn’t as kind though and after agreeing to help me, he never answered any messages and….okay, that’s enough)
It’s sad that things didn’t work out. I wish Iggi-senpai good luck in her projects. But I have to look forward and continue working on the demo.
So as it seems, the pixel art progress for the game is back into square one and I’m looking once again for a pixel artist.
I’m just starting to fly through these maps. I have an easier time getting indoors finished since repeating patterns aren’t as noticeable as repeating trees. I still won’t have it done by the end of this year, but that’s ok. Have a deer.
The year is 1821. Nikanor finds himself at the bottom of a cliff and no memory of how he ended up there. Also his mother is nowhere to be seen and his house is not quite how he remembers it. Confused and determined to be reunited with his disappeared mother, Nikanor is forced to venture through the ethereal dreamscapes inside his house.
Will things ever go back to how they used to be?
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Alright, the final demo is here. Instead of the same demo with bug fixes or new portraits, I’ve extended it with more content to make it more interesting. More maps, more puzzles and more Amarant being annoying!
Just a polished version of the old demo with more content!
My internship will finish on a couple of weeks, so I can fully work on Claroscuro once I finish. Here’s the progress on the game for now.
Maps 100% ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Portraits 100% ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Music 0% ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪
Programming 100% ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Sprites 0% ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
CG 25% ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚪
Also, I’ve been thinking and I can start reworking on Expiatora after I publish the demo for Claroscuro. Then I can work on the completed Claroscuro once I publish the Expiatora demo. It’s kinda frustrating how it’s been 3 years working on it and still no demo…U_U
Btw, there’s another place where I post doodles and dev updates of Expiatora and Claroscuro. You can also find things that weren’t posted in the dev blogs!
You’re my most important treasure….. You’re all I have left…. But….I can’t leave you alone…. …..I can’t let you suffer…. That’s why…please….
9-year-old Nikanor finds himself at the bottom of a cliff and no memory of how he ended up there. Also his mother is nowhere to be seen and his house is not quite how he remembers it.
Confused and determined to be reunited with his disappeared mother, Nikanor is forced to venture through the nonsensical places inside his house. Will things ever go back to how they used to be?
Claroscuro is an RPGMaker adventure/horror game.
Surprise, surprise! This is the secret project I’ve been working for these past months. It’s a short game called Claroscuro, which is more-or-less a prequel of Expiatora.
Ah, just so you know, the demo is 70% done. It will be shorter than Expiatora in comparison.
Hey there. Just wanting to annouce that Expiatora will be on hiatus from now on. But the reason it’s because I’m working on a secret project.
All I can say is that it’s a very short game and it will be a prequelto Expiatora. Don’t worry, I’ll be resuming the game as soon as I finish. Fortunately I’ve learned a lot about sprites, maps and programming thanks to these years working on Expiatora, so I’m confident the developing will not take much time.
I’ll post more about this secret project later. Ximsol out!
