Always Happy To See A Good Grisly Mystery! Just Played "Disconnected" A Fantastic Visual Novel By Teharra

Game jam stuff - today the writer wanted a tiger for the labyrinth!

A tiger getting ready to strike...

So I know I'm not gonna get time to hand draw a vicious tiger so I thought I'd see what I could cobble together from available images on pexels and pixabay.

With a bit of tweaking and some filters I came up with a tiger. This project is getting big so I'm having to resort to some quick and dirty tactics. Here's hoping it works!

Lydia's Labyrinth is coming to the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam 2024 - now with a tiger!

Travel Dev(il)Log – And so it begins...

Hello and welcome to the first DevLog of Travel Devil 2!

Ever wanted to get out of the daily grind and escape to a paradise of travel-vlogging in Europe? Well, so did Tornacense the demon! The Travel Devil series follows Tornacense and the (un)lucky human who summoned him, Kirby.

In Travel Devil 2, Tornacense and Kirby are going to Amsterdam to enjoy all the fabulous delights that this city has to offer! The outline is done and development is beginning! Robert has been writing away and has sent over the summary. Now it’s time for me to get stuck in to the art and the code.

So to keep me on track, I'm making weekly progress lists to help keep me motivated. This week I have:

Practised drawing the characters lots (I haven’t worked with these characters since October so I’m a bit rusty!)

Designed our new character Chloe, reveal coming soon – she’s a peach!

Watched a lot of travel guides for Amsterdam – it’s been years since I’ve been there so I hope I can do this fantastic city justice.

Researched art from famous Dutch artists to give the game an air of culture and sophistication - Amsterdam isn’t all red lights and smoking and we want to showcase all the great aspects of this famous city!

Travel Devil 2 is the sequel to a game that I made for a game jam. It was set in beautiful Paris and showed the first episode of Travel Devil featuring the overnight doomtube sensation, Tornacense. I had so much fun making it that I’m diving back in and we’re heading to the Netherlands on the next step of the Journey.

If you want to check out the first instalment it’s right here waiting for you to come enjoy it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lydia really hates this statue. Why does she have a statue that she hates in her labyrinth?

https://valhallions.itch.io/lydiaslabyrinth

Once upon a time...

I wrote a story about a powerful spirit trapped in a tree and the bard that helps to break the curse.

It was written for a very special little bard who was just learning to read. Some years have passed and the bard has grown and now we're adapting the story into a visual novel using Ren'Py.

We're working on bringing the fairytale to life for the Once Upon a Time VN Jam, including the magical song.

I'm working on it using a kalimba as it's a great portable little instrument... Perfect for a travelling bard.

Hopefully I can make a song worthy of such a special quest.

Candy, Costumes, & Canines?!? and Eldritch Idol - Trying out games for the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam

For the past couple of days I've been trying to make a web build in ren'py of my visual novel for the jam but my efforts have proved less than stellar. The sound cues are slightly wrong and as Travel Devil relies on sound effects and music to play a part in the humour and narrative it's looking like a bust for now.

Ah well... At least I know how to do a web build now so that's good.

And it leads nicely into a game I tried recently that's web build worked great.

Candy, Costumes, & Canines?!?

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Candy, Costumes, & Canines?!? by Colorsqueaks

Mysteries and dogs in costumes. What more could you want?

Canines, Costumes & Canines?!? is a visual novel made in ren'py for the Spooktober 23 game jam and it's a cozy Hallowe'en narrative game. It features adorable costumes (seriously the sausage dog costume is delightful) and well designed cartoon style characters.

The story is about a canine costume contest and follows a mystery of how one of the contestants got poisoned. It has a nice twist and good ending.

The game has slight flickering on the character sprites in the browser version but that is far from a deal breaker. It's definitely charming and it's easy to get past that.

Eldritch Idol

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Eldritch Idol by ebi-hime

An idol-raising statsim with a Lovecraftian twist. Do your best to raise Cthulhu into a cute idol! ♡

I'm really enjoying cute games this year so naturally I had to check out Eldritch Idol.

The presentation here is strong.

Eldritch Idol is another ren'py devloped visual novel with a whopping 28 endings! The GUI and menus are really well designed and just feel so polished.

There's a couple of nice character choices for you as the producer to Kuku the cute, if terrifying, idol.

The story features plenty of reminders that this world is full of unspeakable abominations but Kuku presents it all in a perky and adorable way.

The gameplay follows managing Kuku's stats by doing daily activities to improve her abilities all in the hopes of creating the ultimate idol. There's sweet costumes and romance options too.

Eldritch Idol is a great, well made visual novel with an irrestable charm.

I'm not sure what I'll be playing next as I'm still going to battle with my own entry in the jam to try and get that web browser build done! I have a couple of ideas on how to make though, so fingers crossed!

Thanks for stopping by!

DoubleFree

Getting some practice drawing done on a pretty spring day.

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Spooktober 5th Annual Visual Novel Jam

A game jam from 2023-09-01 to 2023-10-28 hosted by Remort Studios & Crystal Game Works. Welcome to our 5th annual Spooktober Visual Novel Ja

This was so much fun last year! I've already got some game ideas brewing!

Look, i`ve never been too good at talking politics, but i do wish to make a statement that what happened today in the US elections was fucked. A whole lot of people are going to be fucked. If you are one of those stuck there....please...just do your best to stay alive...

Here's a quick screenshot from The Hate Show - an interlude to the Travel Devil story. Development hit a couple of roadblocks but things are back on track and I'm feeling fiendishly hopeful!

The next devlog will follow soon.

Take care of yourselves... and each other.

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CHEATERS (demo) by Venado Artificial

A dangerous ritual, one big mansion, two friends, and three days. (IN DEVELOPMENT)

Played a great visual novel demo today! Super writing and lore which I'm looking forward to seeing more of.

Also thanks for using Mr Fuffington as the cat!