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Doing some work on a direction indicator system to tell players where they should go for certain quests!

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Character Spotlight: Nahima

By now, you should be more familiar with Nahima, who is Kionna’s trusted companion in Chronotopia: Second Skin and is featured quite a lot in the demo. Minor spoilers ahead: Nahima’s theme is revealed.

If you’ve read the original fairytale, you probably know that there is no friend the heroine can rely on in it. So why did I create a brand new character? Nahima actually serves as a contrast to the fairy. In Perrault’s version, the latter is the one giving very bad advices to the princess when she suggests she should ask for the magical dresses, then the infamous skin. And it didn’t quite fit with an ancient being with god-like powers. I thought it would be hard to take the fairy seriously if she was that incompetent.  

Nahima’s in-game sprite, by Anako. She also has a coat when she needs to travel 

That’s why Nahima now fulfills that role: she’s only trying to help her friend with her limited human understanding of the world which makes the failing of her strategy way more believable and her concern more genuine. She’s kind of a “temporary godmother”, if you will. And I think Nahima goes well with the rest of the medieval setting: it makes more sense for the princess to have friends, after all.  

Nahima’s concept art, by Anako. I think the blue dress was the best fit for her~

I could have left her like that but then she wouldn’t have a role anymore after the demo. Instead I decided to make that contrast key to her character. Nahima makes Kionna’s exile more painful because she has something of value to leave behind, it adds stakes to her journey and constantly haunts her.

I think this CG by @jubberry and @adirosa perfectly illustrates the different steps in their relationship.

And that’s the whole theme of their relationship: to be able to escape fate, Kionna has to grow and become a better person. But the more she changes, the more she becomes a stranger to Nahima. And the latter is very much aware of that situation but is powerless to avoid it, growing more and more frustrated in the process. That’s the tension at play throughout the story: Nahima represents the past, a comfortable bubble, the known and safe. But to save herself, Kionna has to leave the past behind and with it her only friend…in the hope that they can start anew before it’s too late.  

Of course, the result is different depending on the ending you get and how central you want her to be in the princess’ life. You can mend their relationship, go for romance, or just let it fall apart~

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Did you miss the panel or the stream? Watch it here! <3 

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Did you miss the panel or the stream? Watch it here! <3 

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Panel starts in less than an hour!

Come see us at RTX Austin! Our panel is on August 4th at 1pm, in Room 8, ACC Level 3. Watercress: Storytelling in Indie Games.

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Romancing of Heroes: Boys’ Side is finally done!

Check out its Yaoi Game Jam page here!

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The demo for metamorphoser 2.0 is out!

Do you like BL/yaoi, robots, and lovecraftian horror?! Are you a fan of Nitro+Chiral? metamorphoser 2.0 has a new demo out! Liveblog your escapades with #metamorphoser2demo (so I can yell excitedly as i read them)

Story

Isaac is a new student in Carter’s form group. He’s handsome, charming, extremely intelligent… but something about him feels somehow wrong. Never being one to pay much attention to gut feelings, Carter ends up going along with it when Isaac asks him out on a date and from then on, things start to get very strange…

Demo features

2 endings

2 CGs

~5000 words

18+ only. This game contains scenes of a violent, grotesque, and sexual nature. Please bear this in mind before playing.

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This was a running joke on the Beyond Yesterday’s Grasp team, and eventually someone made a proper meme out of it. Who doesn’t love Caelum? 

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Come see us at RTX Austin! Our panel is on August 4th at 1pm, in Room 8, ACC Level 3. Watercress: Storytelling in Indie Games.

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Friendly reminder that we have a Patreon!  If you like our content, consider supporting us! 

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Come see us at RTX Austin! Our panel is on August 4th at 1pm, in Room 8, ACC Level 3. Watercress: Storytelling in Indie Games.

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Come see us at RTX Austin! Our panel is on August 4th at 1pm, in Room 8, ACC Level 3. Watercress: Storytelling in Indie Games.

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Magical Warrior Diamond Heart is now LIVE on KickStarter!

The crystal Kingdom of Chalcedonia was once a beautiful place, under the rule of the Princess Rosalia, they lived happy peaceful lives. Until one day, monsters called Nightmares destroyed the kingdom. 

Princess Rosalia and her fairy knight, Diana hid deep in the castle, praying that their last hope, the magical Rose Crystal Mirror would produce a miracle and save their home, however, they were attacked by the leader of the Nightmare Agency, Druzy. Diana fought helplessly before finding herself transported Earth, but her Princess was no where to be seen.

Unfortunately the nightmares began to attack this new world too. Valerie Amaranth, an ordinary 16 year old, has her world changed forever when she receives the powers of the Legendary Crystal Warrior Diamond Heart. Now with the help of Diana, she must find her allies, defeat the Nightmares, and rescue the missing princess Rosalia.

Play as Valerie Amaranth and decide the fate of the world, eat delicious donuts, and even smooch lots of cuties! Will Val defeat the Nightmares, make new friends, and perhaps find the love of her life along the way? Or will she meet her tragic end? Your choices decide her fate and the fate of humanity in this magical visual novel! 

There are 7* romanceable characters to date from varying backgrounds, You can play the demo here: https://pyonkotchi.itch.io/mwdh-demo which features the first 7 episodes of the story!

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Voice Actor Auditions

Auditions are going so well guys! Forgot to post this link earlier, you can give it a go yourself here: https://www.castingcall.club/projects/the-pretenders-guild-vn

Thank you to all the wonderful people who have tried out so far!

The deadline is July 5th, 10pm EST!

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Concept for a potential new start screen! What do you think?

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HELLO EVERYONE! The Kickstarter for Dead Wishes is OPEN!!

Our campaign page features a lot of information about the game as well as previews, character bios, and MUCH MORE. 

Just as a little incentive, if you support our campaign at the 10$ tier, you will receive a key copy of the game at release (so, basically, if you support the Kickstarter, you’ve pre-ordered a copy of the game!)

If you have any questions, you can message us here or use our support email (listed in our description).

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“I have all these OCs! But no story…”

bruh

make a fighting game