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Do you like romance? Do you like mystery? Do you like romance AND mystery?!

Then this summer get ready to play TWELVE amazing VNs, part of the Magic & Mystery Otome!

You can check these amazing titles at our itchio page, where you can quickly access our fellow devs' projects at the bottom of our own page! 💜 Here's to a summer full of gaming, of good romance, and of mysteriously mysterious mysteries!

#boost boost boost #magic & mystery otome #otome games #amare games

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☁️ What's real, and what's only a dream? ☁️

Dreambound, our story of a painter with the ability to enter dreams, is out NOW on Steam and itchio!

💛 Three love interests 💛 Beautiful original art by Sinran 💛 Ten different endings

Grab the launch discount ⤵️

Steam | itchio

You can also grab the guide and art book right now on itch.io (coming soon to Steam!)

#visual novel #two and a half studios #dreambound

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Amare Fortnightly Bulletin 15/04/24 - 30/04/24

Hi everyone!

Issue #15 of the news bulletin is out now,

Sorry it's a little later than usual but with Amare Fest wrapping up, it's been a little chaotic. This was a bit of a light week in terms of amare news but there are some cool new DLCs and game updates to look at so have a look through the issue to see what's going on in the amare game sphere for the last two weeks.

See you next issue!

~Amare News Team

Itch Link for Issue Download - https://amaregames.itch.io/amare-new-bulletin-2024/devlog/723831/issue-15-released-apr-15-apr-30

#amare bulletin #updates and things #amare game

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Have you ever wanted to play as a cheeky Faerie? Ally with a goose to defeat evil idiots? Potentially steal a love interest in the most Fae-like way possible?

Well, then I recommend this game here, which was a collab with some of my favourite people.

It's got a few hours of gameplay with two LIs and a pretty funny MC so check it out!

#YO GO PLAY I LURVE!!! #be a half fae. live your faerie dreams. #amare game #amare festival #visual novel #a faerie’s take

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devlog 33

Hi dear friends,

And thank you so much for all your kind words about A Tavern at Night: Firelight!! 🥺💖 I'm so appreciative of all the feedback you've given me, whether it's comments, tags, replies, or tweets. It means the world to me to hear that you enjoyed Azram's company a second time ♡

Onto the log!

All outfit variants for TSL are now completed! It took me a while to figure out something I was happy with for Thasar, but we got there in the end.

I also fixed up some odd ends with the achievements screen code, finished a CG for Aias, and made good progress on the walkthrough.

Along with the release of Firelight, it's been a productive two weeks!

Next up is continuing to whittle away at the backgrounds (and CGs…… gosh there's so many of them. Chapter 1 had 3 CGs; Chapter 2 has 8!)

Much love,

qk

#visual novel #amare game #updates and things #a tavern at night: firelight

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For fun, here's a comparison of my old DIY Actala logo and the new commissioned one!

(😭 I SWEAR I'M NEVER MAKING ANOTHER LOGO AGAIN IN MY LIFE, I'll leave it to the pros...)

#actala #visual novel #updates and things #ooooo ahhhh

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Infinite Blue - May 2024 Update

Hello everyone, we're at an interesting point in development where the art assets are nearly done, and all of the scripts are wrapping up. This means a focus is being put on the final stretch of finishing the game. They say that the last 10% of any work takes 90% of the time, and I think we'll find that to be true! On to the update...

ARTWORK

The CGs are nearly complete!! Currently waiting on Rory's second half of illustrations. Here's a peek at a couple of them.

WRITING

Leo's route has been sent out for programming, and Milo's is scheduled to be done this month. It's a huge relief getting these finished one by one.

Curious about what an average day's worth of gameplay looks like? Here's Leo's day 5 scripts.

VOICE ACTING

We have a plan in place for voice acting! As each route is mostly programmed in, we'll be going over the writing and phone calls in-game to make sure the script is where we want it to be. After that, we'll send out scripts to the voice actors of that particular route, rather than recruiting all of the VAs at the same time. The first scripts will be sent hopefully this month for Tobias's route.

PROGRAMMING

We've brought on a new programmer to handle the backend for the game. Particularly since it's a mobile game that will have a currency system, it'll be important to have a database to protect player's information and to keep the game safe from attacks and game manipulation.

PATREON

We've had 'Fae Alexei' and 'LoFi City Rory' illustrations done over on Patreon, as well as free respective headcanons found HERE.

Thanks for reading!

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#infinite blue #updates and things #visual novel

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May 2024 Monthly Forecast

I wrote 2025 twice. Bro, am I that over 2024? It's like 2020 happened and it just has not gotten any better.

I'm attacking this with the same energy as I did the patreon forecast. With my eye twitching, stomach growling, and the overwhelming need to grab my blanket and question why anyone ever decides to leave bed.

Alright, moving on. Fuck! My eye is really tweakin' right now.

Superstition

Don't copy and paste what you said on Patreon over here, be spontaneous.

Let's see. The entire *stares off into distance to try and focus* ... ... ... epi ... I'm writing what my brain is going through, you're welcome. I'm not about that "just get to the point" bullshit. We don't do that here. Still trying to come up with that word ... um ... season. There we go. The entire season won't be uploaded until it's complete BUT I will be updating the actual Superstition S1 link that can be found on itch.io as otherwise I have to make an entire link just for testing and no. So, if you want to help out or just read the updates cos of impatience then there you go.

The Prologue + Episode One will be out this week with hopefully Episode 2 close behind.

Throne of Ashes

I worked on ... is this text bigger than it should be or am I really in need of sleep ... Um, I worked on Nour a bit as well as Ozara. You'll be seeing the demo updated this month, period. Again, that update will be Nour's tweaked and either Ozara won't be changed because Patreon voted against it or it will literally be a different story cos Patreon okayed the story shift. I like to run a democracy, until it makes me mad and then it turns into a dictatorship.

These M&M's are my dinner. I am not a healthy person. Fuck I didn't even drink water today but had like two giant cups of sweet tea ... this is why my eye is messing with me. Too much sugar. Omfg, it really is too much sugar ... oops.

Sea of Stars

Nothing to report.

Riders of Abauruth

Nothing to report.

#at least you didn’t write something goofy like 2019 #(am I trying to go back?? no. am I having a perfectly good time in 2024? also no) #updates and things #also DRINK SOME WATER DANGIT 😂🫶🏾

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Devlog # 138

Hi-ho, Wudge here.

I'll be real, lately I've been struggling hardcore when it comes to design. Mia's hero outfit is giving me an honest to goodness run for my money; I try and try and yet each edition of her outfit doesn't feel quire right. It's not just the feeling that they're 'not good enough,' they also don't quite feel like her. And each time I try to take a new stab at it makes me feel all the more crazy for the effort -- something something expecting different results.

I keep trying to convince myself that it was much easier back when I started Herotome -- particularly Warden's hero costume, his big blue gimp suit just sprang into existence like shablamn!

But... I have to remind myself that it did take a while to put together Jade's and Dart's hero outfits. Hell, I wasn't entirely satisfied with Jade's even when I called it done. And another thing - as my mom pointed out when I complained to her about this lol - having created previous designs does make it more challenging to create new-and-different designs.

...With all this being said, here's where she's at:

These designs build off my established concepts of - she has to armor up due to how the nature of her powers will get her into scrapes, but she also wants to look cute. This led me to... essentially putting her in a maid cafe outfit and medieval plate mail. Mia is not a fantasy/JRPG girlie at all though, so ultimately this design isn't going to work.

And here, blurred out bc I'm still working on it, is my next take. I looked at how characters like Wonder Woman and Iron Man wore armor that had a very modern look, and I also... uh, looked at some crabs. Like, crustaceans. The ones in the ocean. They are truly beautiful creatures and I tried to take some color schemes from them. This led to a very, very red design with... what looks like a glowing petticoat? ;;; I worry that this would elicit a look of fire, and while Mia has a fiery personality she doesn't exactly have fire superpowers... so I'll keep at it. I at least like it more than the medieval jrpg maid though.

Other than that...

I started working on expressions for Griffin's sprite!!!

This one has a weird uncanny resemblance to the chick from hotel transylvania.

... Honestly uh, I've also been struggling with Griffin's sprite art here. I've done a lot more work for her (that I have not shared in this post) that just doesn't feel quite right. But I'll keep doing my best.

I think that's it for now.

Stay safe and keep warm,

Wudge.

#this is is unrelated but #the hotel Transylvania movies are bangers #(except the last movie. there is no 4th film) #herotome #updates and things #also I’m now gonna start making a chart to compare and contrast griffin and mavis LOL

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Nothing else matters but Cameron's opinion.

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Happy first of May! It is the month... of extended demo liberation... possibly lol

So far we've gotten a lot of people in our inbox looking forward to the release of the extended demo and the team and I are beyond excited to see the enthusiasm! It's seriously what's getting us through most of the laborious tasks, and as such we want to make sure it's as polished as it can be for all of you!

That being said-- it's safe to assume this demo's not releasing in the next two weeks. Sorry to dash any hopefuls out there! But you guys will get a more formal announcement with a date for the demo's release before we upload it on our page.

While we work toward that day though we'll keep feeding y'all any previews andddd teasers that we've got planned. Hehe I'm especially looking forward to showing y'all the first wave of them.

#keyframes vn #visual novel #updates and things

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๋࣭⭑ Devlog #40 | 5.1.24 ๋࣭⭑

Happy April (pretend I'm not late on this devlog)!!

April flew by in the blink of an eye. It's been a really busy month for me personally--I'm not sure about you all!

This devlog is going to be structured differently from the past devlogs for two reasons: 1) my concussion is lowkey kicking my ass and 2) I had a release going on almost every week this month because I am a Crazy Person HA!!!!

This month was filled with some kind of release every weekend, which is equal parts exciting and exhausting. Because releases always take a lot out of me, I basically spent every day this month cycling between phases of post-release euphoria, post-release depression, pre-release excitement, recovery burnout, burnout guilt, and just about every emotion in between.

THEN!! I got into an accident about a week ago and have been throwing hands with the resulting concussion since. So it's basically been a crazy month in the Crescence world.

That being said, let's run through the month in chronological order, and every weekend release :crazy eyes & hysterical laughter:

Kayn's Beta Route Out Now!

Kayn's Beta Route has been Finished!

In Extremely Exciting news, Kayn's beta route was finished during the first weekend of this month! I had put off publicly announcing it because I didn't want to clash with the demo release. But it was released quietly to patrons and beta-testers. Feedback so far has been very kind, and if you'd like to get access to Kayn's beta route, you can play it with the Hydra ($10) tier on my Patreon ^^

I will publicly announce the route sometime later. But for now, for those who bother reading my devlogs, here is a treat!

Enhanced Demo Release

Bro we fucking did it

Second weekend of April, we released the ENHANCED DEMO OFFICIALLY!!!! It was so exciting (and nerve-wracking) to be able to finally get this out to the public. Reception has been so nice, and it's been rewarding to see people finally be able to play the enhanced demo and see what I've been working so very hard on these past couple of months. I'm really glad you all liked it and appreciated all the details that I've painstakingly polished <3

I mentioned it before but I was really nervous for the release---I had no idea how it would go. But as always, I could not be more appreciative of the support you all give to little old me. Thank you, and I hope you all like the taste of what is to come in the Alaris world!

If you haven't gotten a chance to play the demo yet, please check it out here!

ALSO..... if five people want to rate the demo and haven't rated it yet...... it would make me very happy....... we are so close to 300 ratings.....

Velox Formida

Yes, I did help make a game in 36 hours.

Adding to the madness, I got sucked into this game jam by beloved and crazy @shewassaying. You have to make a game in 36 hours. It was a crazy whirlwind of an experience, but with people I always love being with. We finished a beautiful fantasy game if anyone would like to check it out!

Are you tired yet? I sure am.

A Faerie's Tale

We aren't done yet gamers

Finally, to round out the marathon, I created the GUI for this beautiful little game that was submitted to Amare Fest (which you should check out, since a lot of other cool games were submitted!). I had the opportunity to work with some extremely talented devs (@steamberrystudio, @jeneara, @windchimesgames, @tuffmallowinteractive, and feniks of OL fame), some of which are like titans in the VN community to me ;_;

The game is an enchanting, short little story (and FREE!) about a Fae. Something I know many of us are suckers for nyeheh. Please feel free to check it out here

That's it... Kinda.

And that's about it for this month! As you can see..... it was very much a back-to-back month. Because of that, I'm trying to use right now as a break (everyone thank my concussion for forcing me to take a break, yippee!).

Some other things that I want to highlight this month:

We released an official trailer for Alaris. She's stunning, and if you haven't seen it yet...... well, what are you waiting for....

intertwine is part of a Palestinian Relief Bundle. For only $8, you can get access to over 300 cracked games and support an important cause. If you haven't donated yet, please consider doing so. We are close to almost half a million dollars raised! Bundle ends in 4 days, so please consider buying if you haven't already

Alaris is part of a small little collaboration/cross-promotion of other magical and mystery otome. If you like sexy games by cracked devs, please check them out at the bottom of my itchio page. Some of the other games include Obscura, Lost in Limbo, The Good People, Save the Villainess, Snow White Ashes, and more! I would link them here, but I'm starting to get a headache teehee.

Anyways, that rounds out this month and a bunch of exciting news! I know it can be overwhelming to look at. Per usual, I never expect anyone to play every single game I am involved with. But if any of them catch your eye, I encourage you to check them out since many of the people I work with are very talented and you never know what new devs/games you'll get introduced to as a result!

See you all next month! <3

#yuuuuussssss #LOTS OF GOODIES!!! #also bad concussion but GOOD resting time!!! #alaris #other games #updates and things #visual novel

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Word search: stone

"A memory of a flash of white hair standing among the gravestones, pale red eyes watching me behind dark glasses."

#w h e e z e

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THE KNIGHT DANCE IS LIVE!!!

CURRENT FEATURES

2 endings

~10 mins gameplay

All the storybook feels!!!

Partial voice acting

#amare tea break #amare game festival 2024 #game jam #navigation #yuri game #visual novel #short game #indie games

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21 QUESTIONS IS OUT !

My entry for amare jam and also a very important game for me as it was the first project i ever started to draft ( back in 2022 ) and finaly finished it all fresh and new !

Content:

Starting university in a new country is always challenging, but thankfully, you've made some friends. Eating together,  playing games,  and venting about classes... What could possibly go wrong ?

21 questions is a queer slice of life / romance visual novel that focus on your relationship with the main character Clément, a students who struggle in their first year of university.

Features : 

20K Words

4 Endings ( 2 neutral, 1 platonic, 1 romantic )

4 CGs

1 Non binary love interest

Partial voicing

Custom pronouns

All my love and tears

Warning : the game contains  scenes with reference  to depression and self harm ( no explicit imagery  ) If you're sensible to this themes play with precautions. 

#you had me at slice of life 👀 #visual novel #21 questions #Amare Games Festival 2024 #amare game

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Y'all, I really miss my chaotic reviews on here. The side blog is a thing now, and it's great, but I feel like once I was forced to separate my dev persona with my player persona, I toned down a bit 🤣

#I mean there *is* my date with death review which was written by a possessed woman (me) #but the old reviews on the main blog compared to the ones on the side are night and day LOL #also I just remembered I’m so much busier now than when I first started 🥹

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Ever wanted to control a villainess who has to fend off an assassin... who could be any of her gorgeous love interests?!

If so, try Save the Villainess - our upcoming otome isekai roleplaying game!

Interested in a fully animated black comedy murder mystery game with unique love interests that may or may not want to destroy you?

🦋Join Save the Villainess' Kickstarter Pre-Launch.

🦋Wishlist Save the Villainess on Steam.

🦋Follow Save the Villainess on Itch.

🦋Sign up to the Mailing List for exclusive character cards every month.

Credits: Characters by Somate Studio; item art by @arodude; background by Karel Kok.

#save the villainess #visual novel #upcoming games

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🎙️PAID CASTING CALL (2M)🎙️

We have 2 open roles right now, with a priority on trans-masculine voice actors & black voice actors for our upcoming visual novel 'Threads of You: Beyond the Bay'!

More info in the doc below!

🚨 DEADLINE: MAY 15 🚨

#visual novel #voice acting #threads of you: beyond the bay #signal boost