Before the Darkness - Devlog (Patreon)

Hi hi! Here I am with some updates!

Here are the sprites for young and older Geto. I think I went through four versions of young!Geto—sometimes I get too nitpicky with details, and it's definitely a problem I haven’t quite overcome yet 😔 I wasn’t planning on making a sprite for older Gojo, but I sketched him for fun, and he looked damn great, so I said screw it and decided to color it. At least his sprite is ready for whenever I make another game with him hehe

Photoshop was frustrating me, so I tried drawing the sprites on Paint Tool Sai since I’ve always loved the brushes there but never committed to finishing a piece with it. I don’t know what it is about Sai, but drawing there is just so much fun! I don’t feel that with any other software. Since it’s a bit limited, I still go back and forth between Sai and Photoshop (because I can never give up liquify, my beloved). But using Sai is totally worth the hassle.

These past weeks, I fixed a lot of bugs for Crimson Chains and created the Discord server (I’ll be answering the mod applications soon, btw!). I also tried to create mobile versions of the games, but it’s way more work than I have time for right now. Both Android and iOS versions are so complex that it’d be better to pay someone to do it in the future, when I can afford it.

About everything else, I'm kinda late in schedule hah I was trying to figure out why because I should've learned my lesson from last month, but one thing that happened this month was that I didn't really rest and that tiredness from before never left me, impacting my ability to work. At least meditation saved me from getting too stressed out. I’ve promised myself to take a break next month before jumping back into work—even if it’s just for two days.

I might have to simplify the smut scenes so I can deliver the game on time and avoid another burnout. We’ll see. But I’m really excited about this story, and I hope you are too!

And lastly, what do you think about making a playlist for each game every month? Each crewmember could suggest one song, and I’ll compile a playlist. I think it’ll be fun! If you're on board, let me know what songs you associate with our beloved Geto <3

Oh, and the name of this tape will probably be Before the Darkness! Ah, the angst...

Talk soon!!

With love,
Khywae