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Hi all! I’m here with another progress update. I’ve got some good news to share with you this week: the first draft of Sho’s route is 95% finished, and it’s been sent to my two awesome volunteer editors to begin the editing process while I finish that remaining 5%. It’s basically done except for the few minor things I have to finish writing. Yay!! ✨
I’m sure you’re wondering why it took so long to finish - or maybe you aren’t, but I’ll talk about it anyway. My original idea for the route way back in April or May was for Piper/the player to have the choice of what to cook with Sho for the cooking contest - and that depending on which one you pick, a large chunk of the middle of the route would be different. In practice, this ended up making the route fairly complicated, to the point that I was basically writing two routes that lead to the same possible endings. So, when Sho’s route is eventually finished, you’ll actually be able to play it again and see several completely different scenes and dialogue options.
I’m proud of how it’s turning out, but suffice to say, I probably won’t be doing something that complex with any of the other routes, once this one is done. ^^;; It’s caused the route to balloon into something much longer than I ever intended, and it’ll require a lot more proofreading and playtesting than if I had just employed a little creative self-control. But I’m learning how to make VNs as I go along, so I’m considering it a learning experience! ✨
That’s a real screenshot from the Google doc. I don’t think the route will go past 40,000 words by the time I finish the last 5%, but it might get very close. Whew! x_x
No idea when the route itself will be complete and uploaded to Itch.io, considering that all my estimations on those things have been wrong so far. On top of that, after my huge writing marathon during September, I’m in need of a short break. But my goal at this point is to ramp up my efforts to get the art assets finished once I’ve had my break, and you can be sure that everything I get done it eventually get posted here! ✌️
As always, thank you for playing and for reading! (and I’ll be posting this update to Itch.io today too, so sorry for the repetition if you follow me on both sites!)
The votes have been cast, and the next route to be made for Saucy Suitors is… Hunter!! Click here to read about it on itch.
Thank you to everyone who voted, and thank you for supporting Saucy Suitors! <3
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I’ve set up a little Google form to collect everyone’s thoughts on which route you’d like me to do next! I’ll probably choose the order of the remaining four myself, so if there’s one condimen whose route you really want to do asap, now’s the time to vote for them. Please pick up to 2 condimen only!
Thank you as always to everyone for playing and supporting my humble little project! ^_^
May I have your attention please: SAUCY SUITORS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ALPHA VERSION 0.11!
This means that Sho’s route is now available to download and play!!!
Click here to read the update’s devlog notes on itch.io and download the update!
Four months after finishing the demo, I finally did a daytime version of the background for Piper’s house.
In 100% unrelated news, the glow light layer effect in Clip Studio Paint is my best friend.
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Just posted a new update abt OS:TRi, the sci fi dystopian VN I’m currently developing, to my vn dev twitter, https://twitter.com/cattowngames going into the basic setting info, ft. these fancy logos and infographics I made (you have No Idea how long it took me to settle on logo designs for the sectors lmao)
The story takes place in a recently established Mars colony broken up into sectors based on different industries, all governed by Ares. Co, a Definitely Not Evil mega corporation
I’m also going to post some of the logo design process sketches to my patreon if ppl are interested in that, its mostly just rough sketches of the various designs I’ve tried out over the years https://www.patreon.com/mayorofcattown
Also transcription of the text in the images is under the cut (and also in the twitter post) if its annoying to read in the graphics
OS:LOG
Logistical Operations and Governance
OS:LOG was developed as the hub for the majority of the business, planning and technological innovation industry on Mars, and has over time become the de facto government due to their influence over the development of the Colony.
Much of this development is spearheaded by Ares. Co, the largest megacorporation on Mars and the source of much of the initial financial backing of the colony, who has based most of their infrastructure in OS:LOG.
OS:ETH
Emergency Technology and Healthcare
OS: ETH was the sector developed around mechanical engineering and the practical labour force in general, though much of it has become automated with recent developments in AI technology.
This sector also governs most of the emergency services, such as healthcare and the defense force, though each sector does have smaller local facilities for smaller incidents.
OS:PATH
Preservation of the Arts and Terrestrial History
The sector designed around the preservation of Earth culture and the arts in general for Mars citizens. It has since become the main centre for most of the entertainment media produced on Mars.
It’s citizens are often known for their rather extravagant presentation, especially since the advent of new holographic body augmentation technology that allows its users to make large changes to their appearance with minimal effort.
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More character bios for the vn I’m making, also on my vn dev twitter https://twitter.com/cattowngames
Next up is Ethan! He’s a rookie security guard working for ARES.CO, and only got involved in this whole mess after he prevented them from trying to murder Skyler for stealing their top secret AI program. He’s technically the group’s bodyguard, but spends most of his time stopping the others from doing anything stupid.
Ethan’s not exactly been forthcoming to Skyler about his background or why he’s even working for ARES.CO in the first place, but its hard to tell if he’s being secretive or if he just doesn’t like Skyler that much.
Also will be posting the rest of his sprites/expressions to patreon if ppl want to see more! https://www.patreon.com/mayorofcattown
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Started sharing character bios for my in progress sci fi VN here and on my vn dev twitter: https://twitter.com/cattowngames
Starting with Skyler, the protagonist and certified Disaster
Skyler came to Mars on a scholarship to a prestigious tech school, only to flunk most of her final exams and get stuck with a job fixing vacuum cleaners for a probably evil mega corporation.
She is definitely not bitter about this at all in any way, and definitely did not hack into their systems and steal their new top secret AI program… She is a good employee who totally respects authority!
(lbr tho all you really need to know about her is that she’s a Scorpio)
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Superstorm Melon Date has a new background! It’s an inner city park. Features include:
A fountain to throw coins into. It’s too bad physical currency was phased out years ago.
A cop that will rob you. Sorry. Wrong place, wrong time.
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I’m cleaning up the first section of my visual novel. Love is cool, so I’m really getting into writing these dating scenes!
I think I finally decided on a name. How do you feel about Superstorm Melon Date? Quirky yet mysterious, right?
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Here’s more from the visual novel I’m making: a melon person orders melons at a restaurant.
Here’s a spoiler: When the foods arrives, the melon person pranks you by pretending the melons are made from melon people and acting horrified.
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Yo! Check this out! I got a new backdrop done! This is the casual restaurant. It’s got a squash thicket hanging from the ceiling. It’s one of those places that looks like a dump, but it’s trendy so everything is expensive.
This is part of a visual novel I’m working on. It’s about dating a melon person! <3 <3 <3
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