So Things Were Hectic For Many Reasons Last Week, And Thus I Wasn't Able To Finish "Forget Me Nots Club"

Here's a quick screenshot from The Hate Show - an interlude to the Travel Devil story. Development hit a couple of roadblocks but things are back on track and I'm feeling fiendishly hopeful!

The next devlog will follow soon.

Take care of yourselves... and each other.

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!

Travel Dev(il)Log – And so it begins...

Hello and welcome to the first DevLog of Travel Devil 2!

Ever wanted to get out of the daily grind and escape to a paradise of travel-vlogging in Europe? Well, so did Tornacense the demon! The Travel Devil series follows Tornacense and the (un)lucky human who summoned him, Kirby.

In Travel Devil 2, Tornacense and Kirby are going to Amsterdam to enjoy all the fabulous delights that this city has to offer! The outline is done and development is beginning! Robert has been writing away and has sent over the summary. Now it’s time for me to get stuck in to the art and the code.

So to keep me on track, I'm making weekly progress lists to help keep me motivated. This week I have:

Practised drawing the characters lots (I haven’t worked with these characters since October so I’m a bit rusty!)

Designed our new character Chloe, reveal coming soon – she’s a peach!

Watched a lot of travel guides for Amsterdam – it’s been years since I’ve been there so I hope I can do this fantastic city justice.

Researched art from famous Dutch artists to give the game an air of culture and sophistication - Amsterdam isn’t all red lights and smoking and we want to showcase all the great aspects of this famous city!

Travel Devil 2 is the sequel to a game that I made for a game jam. It was set in beautiful Paris and showed the first episode of Travel Devil featuring the overnight doomtube sensation, Tornacense. I had so much fun making it that I’m diving back in and we’re heading to the Netherlands on the next step of the Journey.

If you want to check out the first instalment it’s right here waiting for you to come enjoy it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Anyone else love getting back to the basics? Been having a blast working up these paragraph dividers using a ballpoint pen and pencil!

Game jam stuff - today the writer wanted a tiger for the labyrinth!

A tiger getting ready to strike...

So I know I'm not gonna get time to hand draw a vicious tiger so I thought I'd see what I could cobble together from available images on pexels and pixabay.

With a bit of tweaking and some filters I came up with a tiger. This project is getting big so I'm having to resort to some quick and dirty tactics. Here's hoping it works!

Lydia's Labyrinth is coming to the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam 2024 - now with a tiger!

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CHEATERS (demo) by Venado Artificial

A dangerous ritual, one big mansion, two friends, and three days. (IN DEVELOPMENT)

Played a great visual novel demo today! Super writing and lore which I'm looking forward to seeing more of.

Also thanks for using Mr Fuffington as the cat!

Lydia's Labyrinth has made it to over 100 downloads!

🖤❤️💜Thank you to everyone who has supported this and helped us to make it here!💜❤️🖤

We're a two person dev team who make short games for free and for fun so having this many people downloading Lydia's Labyrinth is incredible for us! Genuinely, thank you so much.

If escaping a deadly labyrinth while being chided by a cute yet deranged vampire sounds appealing to you, then check it out below!

https://valhallions.itch.io/lydiaslabyrinth

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Lydia's Labyrinth by Valhallions, DoubleFree

Welcome to my labyrinth darling! Do please try not to die too quickly, will you?

Thanks for stopping by and allow me to raise a glass to you for being a part of this journey.

Cheers!

Once upon a time...

I wrote a story about a powerful spirit trapped in a tree and the bard that helps to break the curse.

It was written for a very special little bard who was just learning to read. Some years have passed and the bard has grown and now we're adapting the story into a visual novel using Ren'Py.

We're working on bringing the fairytale to life for the Once Upon a Time VN Jam, including the magical song.

I'm working on it using a kalimba as it's a great portable little instrument... Perfect for a travelling bard.

Hopefully I can make a song worthy of such a special quest.

What is the key to surviving the ever shifting edges of the Blade Room?

A hidden panel, a memory locked away or just dumb luck?

"Choose Your Fate" in Lydia's Labyrinth the game book - coming soon.

I'm currently rearranging the art from landscape graphics from the visual novel game to portrait book style. I'm also recolouring for print and ebook :D

The game experience will be similar to the "choose your own adventure" novels. The the writing is done and now, the writer and I are working on the formatting and editing. Things are moving forward fast and I'm really excited about it all. Just got to stay focused and get the work done!

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Spooktober 6th Annual Visual Novel Jam

A game jam from 2024-09-01 to 2024-10-31 hosted by Nai @ MakeVisualNovels. Event News Jam Submission Files Unlocked! The judge archive has b

The nights are growing colder as the barrier between this world and the next weakens. The season of scare is well and truly upon us.

If you're looking for something to stir your cauldron you can check out this years Spooktober Visual Novel Jam where over 270 free and new spooky experiences await your ghoulish delight. If you like any of the horrific offerings please give them your support by rating them for the jam! Time grows short as there's only a week left to rate.

You can see my entry, a choose your own adventure game here.

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Lydia's Labyrinth by Valhallions, DoubleFree

Welcome to my labyrinth darling! Do please try not to die too quickly, will you?

Thanks for stopping by and take care in the Autumnal air.