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Travel DevLog 2.5 - making work for idle hands.

Been sick. Have been drawing lots to get through it. Here's Kirby with his hair in a towel.

Proper devlog will come next week.

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DoubleFree

Visualnovelty streamed Travel Devil! Thank you so much for sharing this full game playthrough! I'm really glad you liked that CG lol!

Happy Spooktober everyone!

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!

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DoubleFree

Hell yeah, I'm back! Travel Devil 2 - DevLog 3

Good news! Was sick. Got better! It wasn't anything major, just sucked for a while.

Bad news - Game development was pretty loosey goosey, but stuff still happened! Here's what I've been working on:

Storyboard of the prologue is planned.

Started working on a talk show set.

Concept sketches done for a demonic talk show host.

Menu art done.

Worked with the writer on the flow and pacing of the writing.

Many pose sketches done for CGs.

Development is going well, just a bit slowly but that's to be expected. We're still on track for a 2024 release on Travel Devil 2 but if you want some fiery, decision-making action you can check out the original narrative game here - Travel Devil - Episode 1 Paris. We hope you'll join us on our demonic travel vlog across Europe featuring your host Tornacense.

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Tunnel Vision and How to Summon a Demon. Spooktober Visual Novel Showcase!

Hello and welcome everyone,

It's great to have started playing the entries in the Annual Spooktober Visual Novel Jam. This year I'm hoping to play as many as possible to get into the Hallow'een spirirt!

So far I've given two spooky gems a go and I want to show them off so here goes!

Tunnel Vision

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Tunnel Vision by Melancholy Marionette, LazyPolarBear, Lanae, Polaris

March to the beat of obsession & oblivion.

The first one I've tried this year is Tunnel Vision and wow is this game something! Tunnel Visions was made in Unity and is a horror visual novel with five different endings. It opens up with some gorgeous artwork and user interface details. From the get-go this visual novel shows it's technical prowess. The story follow a charcter who wakes up in an unsetling predicament with no memory of how they got there. The story twists around, subverting expectations and changing your perception of the character that you are playing with some genuinely stomach dropping moments. I played this just before bed and felt incredibly creeped out as a result but also intrigued to know more so that's a big win for this team!

I want to take some time and touch on the sound design too. It was very immersive and great quality. I really enjoyed the music and sound effects too. Definitely complimented the story nicely.

This was a fantastic game to start my terror-riffic journey with!

How to Summon a Demon

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How to summon a Demon by Psyckomeico

Choose your Demon VN for SpooktoberGamejam23

After playing Tunnel Vision, I wanted to try something completely different and this visual novel was the perfect treat.

How to Summon a Demon is a visual novel devleoped in Ren'py about a demon summoning video tutorial and you had me at demons! I have a soft spot for putting them in my games and stories (as you may have guessed if you've seen my lastest game Travel Devil) so this game was a must play! Plus I was delighted that I could play it in my browser!

The game is downright adorable with wonderful character and scene design. The purpose of the game is to build a demon by making choices throughout the video. You choices can lead to summoning 20 different demons on different playthroughs and they look fantastic! The interface really elevated this game with gorgeous artwork, especially during the choices. On their itch page they mention that development is continuing beyond this jam so it looks like we'll see big things for this novel.

I'm looking forward to trying so many more games this Spooktober and have had a blast with the first two.

You can check out all the entries here:

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DoubleFree

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Going deeper into the forest

Doing some experimental drawing for my next visual novel project.

This blossoming tree has a spirit trapped inside. In this gentle fairytale you embark on a quest to release her.

I'm thinking the hand drawn style has a kind of story book charm which I like a lot. Especially as I'm hoping to submit this to the Once Upon a Time VN Jam.

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Once Upon A Time VN Jam - 2024

A game jam from 2024-09-30 to 2025-01-31 hosted by chimeriquement. Feature art by KookaburahSan Once upon a time, a game jam was held to cre