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Hi everyone! Here is a sketch of our character, Sam Wong! 

We’ve recently update our blog. We talk about the art style and fashion found in our game and also discuss a bit about LGBTQ history in Hong Kong. Please check it out! 

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Merry Christmas, everyone! 

We appreciate everyone for your patience and support. We have been working on revamping our game to provide hours of more content, as well as improving our art and story. We’ll have a trailer and more updates to share in the new year! Please check out the blog section of our website for some more updates as well.  

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Updates to WLW Visual Novel ‘A Summer’s End’: Dev. Acknowledge Hong Kong Protests, Teases Trailer, Delays Release to 2020

Oracle & Bone Studio’s upcoming Yuri visual novel, A Summer’s End - Hong Kong, 1986, has been delayed to early 2020. It was initially scheduled for release in December 2019. The interactive game looks to pay homage to Asian cinema and LGBTQ history.

On December 26, the developer posted on Twitter that, although the game was delayed, “hours of more content” were added to the game, as well as improvements to the story and art. The studio also promised the release of a new trailer in 2020, which it teased in a short video.

A Summer’s End - Hong Kong, 1986, follows the story of Michelle, a young woman living in Hong Kong in the 1980s. She meets the free-spirited Sam, and the two begin a relationship. As the women grow closer, Michelle is forced to choose between her feelings and tradition.

The visual novel boasts over 300 unique art assets, including 30 CG cutscenes, divergent paths with two endings, and adult-orientated scenes. According to the studio, A Summer’s End will have an average playtime of five hours.

Oracle & Bone describe the visual novel as a “story about seeking identity and meaning in a rapidly changing world where conflicting worldviews and cultures collide.”

The studio is looking to pay homage to classic Asian cinema, such as Early Summer and Rouge. The artwork and character designs are inspired by 80s anime, such as City Hunter, as well as Hong Kong-based manhua and contemporary fashion.

In a post on the official A Summer’s End website, the developers expressed the importance of telling an accurate account of lesbian love in 1980s Hong Kong, “ When we began our project, we worried about the authenticity of the story’s premise… We wanted it to be a believable and realistic love story. We had to do our research.” Oracle & Bone looked at LGBTQ history in China, including specific accounts. Although they admit that written statements and history are few and often prejudicial, ultimately, Oracle & Bone decided to acknowledged and contribute to both the queer women of Southern China who were able to live “quiet but beautifully fulfilled lives” and those who experienced suffering and tragedy because of their identity.

Finally, the studio looked to the current situation in Hong Kong, the setting of their game. Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of China, has been experiencing massive ongoing protests about China’s control and influence (this is a drastic oversimplification). In a statement on its website (copied in its entirety below), Oracle & Bone acknowledge the “privilege of creating this work in a place where freedom of speech, right of assembly, and LGBT rights are relatively protected” and the “struggles that Hong Kong people are facing now.”

Keep reading

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“A Summer’s End -Hong Kong, 1986”

「夏天的一天 — 香港, 1986」

『あの夏の日 — 香港, 1986 』

A visual novel game coming soon this 2019! New updates here http://www.oracleandbone.com

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Black Ribbon

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Painting practice the color and mood from 'Millennium Mambo', Shu Qi.

-video recorded process-

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Officially announcing the launch of our website, www.oracleandbone.com ! Please see link in bio. We’re excited to be releasing this project soon by spring of this year. Hong Kong 1986 is a visual novel project. It tells the story of Michelle and how her chance meeting with Sam will change her life completely. Inspired from Asian cinema classics such as, “Chungking Express,” “Taipei Story,” and ”Butterfly,” this story explores similar themes of human connection in a place where Asian traditional values and Western idealism clash and converge. Please keep posted for updates. Thank you! 💛

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Her smile

sketch pencil on paper

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Your drawings are so beautiful <3<3<3 will Sam and Michelle have their own manga?

Thank you very much! I'm glad to hear you like and take interest in them. Right now we are focusing on the visual novel project first. But we certainly have multiple plans coming along for sure. Please look forward to it and feel fee to ask if you have any questions @oracleandbone and our website as well.

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"The small details of life often hide a great significance." –Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

Traditional drawing with graphite and inkbrush on paper.

Watch work in process & recorded video here

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Nice to see you #2019

Original ink and color marker sketch on paper

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Michelle 🍎 Sam

Original characters for an upcoming visual novel project "Hong Kong 1986" releasing early 2019. Please follow our @oracleandbone / Instagram and Twitter for updates!

Our official website

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"A peaceful life to arise her, noon and moon and moon. A letter a cold sleeve a blanket a shaving house and nearly the best and regular window."

- Gertrude Stein

Happy New Year 2019

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"Couldn't say"

Michelle sketch for upcoming visual novel project.

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