I need to talk about Cicada Season. (Patreon)

This is something that’s been on my mind for several weeks now, and I've been wanting to say something, but I wasn't sure how.

I’ve decided to shift the direction of my story, Cicada Season. When I finished Fireflies And Moonshine, I wasn’t quite sure what my next step should be. Part of me wanted to immediately dive into another game, while the other was eager to try something new. Since I’ve been drawing comics on and off since middle school, telling a story in comic form felt like the natural choice. But every time I sat down to sketch or take notes, I kept thinking, “Wouldn’t this make for a cool game mechanic?”—and before long, I found myself brainstorming ways to bring those ideas to life in a game setting. The more I wrote and sketched, the more I realized that my writing style doesn’t quite translate into comics the way I’d hoped. I write best when I can let the dialogue breathe—much like I did in my visual novel.

As someone currently pursuing a degree in software engineering, I see this project as a way to sharpen both my programming and artistic skills. The success of Fireflies And Moonshine gave me the confidence to take both more seriously, and I believe I can create something that tells a compelling story.

I don’t want to scrap all the work I put into sketching out the pages for Cicada Season, so I’ll take the rough sketches I made and use them to introduce some of the game’s characters, as well as flesh out the world a bit more. I’ll do my best to post those at regular intervals—depending on how things go with my other responsibilities IRL.

I’ll make a follow-up post soon with a quick plot summary, a visual direction for the game, and a rough development roadmap. It’ll be a while before I can announce anything to the wider public, but since it’s thanks to your support that I’m able to pursue this at all, I want to be as transparent as possible along the way!

Stay tuned guys!