nimphradora

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Hi there! I’m Nim - artist and storyteller currently working on a visual novel The Remainder.

My other social media:

Artstation | Deviantart | Twitter | Instagram | Ko-fi

#my new blog #moved account

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I moved to the account @artofnim and now I post all my art there. 

Wooh, it’s been a while since I did a portrait commish and this one took a looong time to get just right. (15ish hours o_O) But it’s all about muscle memory so I just need to keep at and I’ll become faster.

Char name is Theo and they belong to @sharpenote

#moved account

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Moved account

Hello! I moved my art to @artofnim 

I’ll post my personal art, commissions and art of The Remainder there, so give me a follow if you fancy it. <3

#moved

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And done! These will become game backgrounds after I scan and edit them.

We decided on a deadline for the act2, we will publish it in July and I’d be lying if I said I’m not panicking a bit. At the same time having a deadline gives me a huge motivation boost.

Later today I’ll make a post about our new and shiny steam page. *_* it’s technically already up but I need to massage it a bit more before I share it everywhere. X)

And welcome to all the new faces around here and a huge thanks to everyone who shared and recommended our work! It’s so exciting and motivating to see people talking about our little project. ^_^

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I published a pack of painted nature backgrounds for sale on Itch.

Click here to go there.

It was a nice break from doing The Remainder stuff and who knows, maybe someone will find them useful. :)

Available for private and commercial use.

#game assets #backgrounds #environment #nature painting #visual novel

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Greetings fellow magi!

Android version of The Remainder Act1 is up and running and you can download it from our Itch.io page HERE.

Keep in mind that the desktop version is the most complete TR experience, since some features like gallery and animated backgrounds are not present in the mobile version. Any feedback is very welcome, Ze and I are constantly working on new content and editing Act 1 to make it as good as we can.

You can help us by rating our game on Itchio. It will help us be more visible and reach more people.

It’s pretty much the best thing for us at the moment and we give our heartfelt thanks to everybody who did it already.

Kind words from all you lovely people mean so much, especially when our spirits get low under all that work we piled on ourselves.

And here are some pretty screenshots from our new mobile version of TR. <3

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While Ze is writing the first draft for the Act 2 I’m procrastinating by drawing new Ilar sprites.

"We need them!" I gripped my pen tighter, not meeting the gaze of Client Work which is armed by the word "Responsibilities".

"We need them all." I repeat with more confidence.

My nemesis scoffs.

"It is work." I tap the pen once, twice and sensing my victory, I finish with a flourish. "It’s a responsible thing to do."

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At last, I can share with you the screenshot of our newest fuzzy baby.

Friend or foe? Time will tell.

We expanded the end of the demo to encompass the appearance of our second character and we hope the ending is even more cliffhangy than before. *w*

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Greetings weary travellers! If you are familiar with our story, you know it is all about two magi, Ilar and Vyn(the MC). Ze and I have always imagine Vyn as a very special character, with their history, their hopes and fears, someone who breathes and lives.

At the same time, I know that some readers like not having a visual representation, but rather like to step into the story and imagine how their MC looks, which is why I’d been avoiding illustrating scenes with both Ilar and the MC. At one point I thought about not showing Vyn at all in the game, but the more we wrote them the more vivid they became. I couldn’t let them go.

So I want to try giving you the option of playing as our Vyn, the design we felt the most fitting for the story, the one you see in in this post. Later when we get more funding, i can make more designs for you to choose from, so you can look like the magus that resonates with you. You will get to see yourself as Vyn represented in scene arts too.

And if you don’t want any of the designs, or simply prefer to not have the amorphous image in your mind be set in stone, you can choose not to have a visual design for the MC in the game, and you won’t see any scene art that involves them either.

It seems like the best of both worlds.

Lasttly, I want to thank everyone who liked us and left us comments and questions. I’m not very proficient at using tumblr so couldn’t figure out how to reply to individual comments easily, but I read every one of them and appreciate the support very much. Thank you, truly.

#Illustration #Character Design #digital art #art #artist on tumblr #the remainder #magus #magi #wizard #mage

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A cosy garden nook- a place where herbs are dried, catnip is offered and stress is relieved.

Click here to go to the game page and download the demo

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#art #Illustration #visual novel #garden #digital art #the remainder #drawing #artist on tumblr

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A nice cup of tea and some correspodence. Today they are drinking ginger-lemon blend.

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#drawing #ink drawing #Illustration #magus #wizard #study #traditional art #witchcraft #artist on tumblr #fantasy art #dark fantasy

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If you tried our Demo this fuzz is familiar to you. ^^ New art will be part of the next big update. 

#traditional art #black cat #ink drawing #ink art #artists on tumblr

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Out demo is released! We hope you'll try it out. ^^ 

Greetings!

We’ve just released the demo! (ver 0.02).

Download it from Itch.io

This being our first game, and the beginning of releasing playable content into the wild, we wanted to keep it somewhat small and cozy, without as much marketing fuss as we could have done.

If you’re reading this, you’ll be among a small handful of people who’re playing the game in its first incarnation. We think it’s a special thing because we truly believe The Remainder is something at least a bit interesting and will only get better with time If you play it at all, that would already be cool, but if you decide to tell us what you think about it, and potentially help us improve the game, that’d be cooler still, and you’ll have our gratitude. 

Also, do have fun! We hope you’re here because you’re genuinely intrigued by what you see and that you get some enjoyment out of the story.

On a related note, we set up a discord server for the project as a central hub to interact with you.

If you want to talk to us in real-time and interact with other fans and supporters of the game, it’ll be the place to be. It’s also where you can see more of our process, our inspirations, discarded ideas, works in progress, and all kinds of other development minutiae that won’t be seen anywhere else, most likely, things that a fan will care about. ;)

Click here To join. Thank for reading, we hope to see you around!

#visual novel #Interactive Novel #interactive story #interactive fiction #the remainder #indie game #indiedev

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A few more screenshots :)

The Remainder now has a page on Itch! Find it HERE

Also, join our Discord

Suddenly it all feels real. @_@

#visual novel #interactive fiction #fantasy art #indie game #dark fantasy #gamedev

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A few screenshots from the game I’ve been working on for the past few months.

Check it out and give us a follow if you want to be up to date with it’s development. 

In-game gallery contains everything you discover about your past. Objects, letters and journal entries. You were a renowned magi once, but something happened and you woke up in your arcane laboratory remembering nothing - with out of control magic threatening to pull you and your assistant into the abyss . What went wrong? What were you researching? Is there a way out?

The demo of The Remainder is coming soon.

Follow our Itchio page if you want to keep an eye out for it. :)

#visual novel #interactive fiction #indie game #indiedev #gamedev #hand drawn #dark fantasy #romance #otome game

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A light blooms, I open my eyes, the pain in my gut beats a hasty retreat.

I push myself up, looking at my hands, whole, then survey the maze of debris swirling around the Abyss’dvara.

This heartvessel… I’m still struggling, but a little less now. I stand a little straighter, feeling a bit taller, thinking maybe I can learn to stop struggling like I’ve done before, maybe.

Things come into sharp focus, I hear the rustling and clinking of debris, the wind and rain brushing across the roof.

I can do this. Dodging one debris after another, I can do this. Eyes fixed on the desk, on the escape, I can do this.

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Curious about the story of The Remainder?

Start from the beginning. (Just a taste, we are still working on it)

It is our hope to have a playable demo by the end of this year where our visuals and writing will come together.

We are so excited to share our small world with you and would welcome any feedback. This is our very fist game so we are discovering and learning new things day by day.

Please enjoy it and let us know what you think! If you wish to help us spread the word so more people can find our story.

Thank you <3

Nim(art)+Ze(writing)+Nimai(Ren’py)

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Check out the game my partner and I are making. <3 It’s still in very early stages but you can get the idea of how it will look and feel. :) 

Here is a mockup of how the game screen should look like. UI should be minimal, clicking the icon under text opens the menu and that’s about it.

At the moment pretty much everything is subject to change so any feedback is very welcome!

~Ilar is the only character you interact with during the story and you need to work together to resolve the situation you are in.~

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