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New soundtracks, by any chance? 👀

no i would die

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happy rereading bloodbound: dark solstice day to all who celebrate

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i'm taking a break from finishing out the outline--part of what has taken so long in this aspect of the process is that i'm very much a PerfectionistTM which means that i want to keep this cool and tight which has been a pretty difficult process.

in the meantime, i've decided to use that energy in fixing some things up in the front end, mostly correcting bugs. other new features include:

clan brands

skill system--it's a little more binary than the bolas skill board, i'd say it's more comparable to the ilw personality points system

introduction of characters that i know some of y'all are gonna ask if you can romance once this drops.

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Quick question! Would you be addressing the character choice at the start of the demo (just like ILW did for a short scene) if the MC is trans? Inclusion is a big deal, and I'm so sorry if this is a rude question to ask.

this isn't a rude question at all! i do plan to address that.

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Sorry to bother you (I'm the anon from the Finn/MC fight bug ask), but has the bug been fixed yet? (It happens when MC wins against Finn, I didn't mention it before) I don't mean to be annoying, I know you have other things to do. It's just been in my mind ever since (I also want to feel the satisfaction of beating Finn's ass in the fight again 😁 I love Finn) I'm so excited to play game when it's released! Thanks for the awesome demo!

unfortunately no. i've mostly been focused on finishing out the story, rather than correcting the demo, but the programming issue you're referring to will be resolved in the official release.

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Quick Questions:

1) This will have multiple endings....right? 👀

2) Can we romance multiple characters without consequences like in ILW?

this will have multiple endings! i don't want to go into too much detail, but things will turn out pretty differently for your mc/their li depending on the route you decide to go down.

as for your second question, i wouldn't say no consequences, but certainly no significant consequences. for instance, i think a certain li might have something to say if she finds out you're also hooking up with her maker.

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Would you consider using AI for CGs and backgrounds?

no. for several reasons, besides environmental impact:

prior to my being aware of the environmental impact of ai, I was not opposed to its use in free projects like this one (essentially in instances where you had no intention of spending money to begin with). however, even prior to the hard-line stance i currently have with ai, there was an issue i had with it aesthetically, which leads me to point 2:

it's already really hard to get an ai image just right when you're not trying to emulate a certain art style. to me, it usually just,.,,.,doesn't look great. i think we're past the "you can always tell" point with some images and generative ai engines, but generally speaking, when it looks like ai, it really looks like ai.

Since i would be trying to emulate the art style of choices, i would most likely have to feed choices assets into an ai generator in order to get the generator to copy that style. to me, that seems quite unfair to the actual artists who have put time and effort into creating the really cool backgrounds/character assets that pixelberry uses. even though pixelberry no longer seems interested in preserving that, i don't think it's fair, and i'm not interested in making any ai image generator any smarter.

i spent a huge chunk of the summer of 2023 on the sag-aftra/wga picket lines, where one of the main points of contention was the use of ai. prior to this, i was somewhat agnostic about its use (see point 1). outside of environmental impact, to me, using generative ai for a creative project of any kind now feels like i'd be spitting in the face of the people i met on the picket line and the people who have made the tv shows/movies i love so great. it also feels antithetical to use a tool that could potentially kneecap the industry i've been working so hard to be a part of.

additionally, this is a midquel to a book series that already has a ton of backgrounds to choose from. there really isn't anything where i've gone "huh, it would be so great if i had a background of this, too bad pixelberry doesn't have a background of it." if i do have any leftover funds from my thesis, i am planning on commissioning an artist for a few cgs, but i don't think that cgs are an integral part of the story i am trying to tell, just a cool bonus.

so, all of that is to say, no ai, unless it's an ai generated background from pixelberry that i didn't catch.

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Have you got any idea how many chapters there would be for Siege?

Right now with the outline it's looking like it's going to be about 19 chapters, I'm really trying to keep everything tight and not too draggy, so that is definitely subject to change.

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Love that this is happening! I hope you'll make more references to the rest of the choices universe in the final release! Btw, Priya has to have those dirty thirty scenes. MANY!

during the pandemic i was so bored and out of my mind that i made an entire chart of the in-universe connections so I plan to put that knowledge to use as much as possible lol

as for priya....you'll see

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still happening btw lmao

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Thank you for your patience.

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Do you think we are okay? 🥹

We are not okay. We are being exterminated here.💔

It's not a cartoon scene or a photomontage, it's our homes being bombed.

This is how our homes in Gaza are being bombed. Every minute they are destroying entire neighborhoods.

We are done, please stay with us Support us to escape this damn war

Please Donate and Replog and Shaer For My Family 🙏

https://gofund.me/0511f253

https://gofund.me/0511f253

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Hey can I download ur app on Google playstore?

Currently, the demo is only available on itch.io, but I have been looking into getting on the google play store!

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I can't play after chapter 3

Aren't there more chapters? If yes then how can I continue??

There are currently only three demo chapters available! Hopefully there will be more soon (:

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Hi! I always wondered, how tall are the LIs?

Carmen is 5'6, Finn is 5'11, Lauren is 5'9, Gaius is 6'1, Priya is 5'5 but she's usually wearing heels so it's more like 5'8-5'10, Wes is 6'3.

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it's kind of interesting working w pixelberry assets bc i use a combo of the old stuff (like 2017-2022) and the new stuff (2022 onwards) bc there's a particular uniqueness to a lot of the older sprites that I feel often the newer stuff rlly lacks. most sprites are objectively pretty good looking, but older ones tend to have more interesting faces/features, because a lot of them have some kind of distinct feature (i.e., blunt chins, sharp jawlines, soft jawlines, large foreheads, narrow faces, angular features, huge eyes).

these are things in isolation that might make it sound like i'm pointing out flaws in these sprites' design, but i'm not! part of what makes these characters appealing is the fact that they look unique, and there aren't really other sprites you can compare them to, even if on paper, they sound like they'd look notably similar to another sprite (i.e., they both have dark hair, stubble, light eyes, and a pale complexion), both of their individual faces are unique that it's pretty unlikely you'd get them confused.

i don't want this to sound like i'm saying New Era Pixelberry Is Inherently Bad, because there are obviously exceptions to this post-2022 (every iteration of cas and gabe looks pretty unique, even when compared to counterparts they could potentially resemble; supernatural, non-human characters are still unique--to PB's credit, with valex and kieran, it's not like they slapped pointy elf ears on a generic but attractive face). but it definitely feels like a lot of the time, there's a lot less thought put into how to make each li, or heavily featured npc, stand out in their own way. with a lot of the newer sprites, that really isn't there. with a lot of them, i feel face blind whenever i see them, because it's a lot harder for me to immediately distinguish where they're from.

anyways all of this is to say bring back interesting faces! i miss them.

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Hey just wanted to wish u a nice day, can't wait for the game to come out!!

thank you!! i hope you have a nice day too!

love ur icon btw.