Played A Great Visual Novel Demo Today! Super Writing And Lore Which I'm Looking Forward To Seeing More

Travel devil 2 - Shame the Devil, tell the truth - DevLog 4

Well folks it's been such a week. I've had some extra work on this week but fear not... Travel Devil 2 continues its march through development.

This week I have

Designed some additional menu assets

Worked on a talk show set

Designed some apocalypse assets based in Paris

Learned about the national dish of the Netherlands - Stamppot (critical cultural research and tonight's dinner)

Paris has fallen to the unholy march.

Unfortunately the talk show set is still a work in progress as it's not coming together in a way that I like. Also things are going a bit slower than I’ve expected. Just gotta keep my head up and keep on with it.

I've also got some news about the writing. Robert has been leading the story development and has

Been writing many new scenes

Started a point of view chapter for our new character Chloe (art reveal coming soon!)

Finished a secret scene

Carried out location research about demonic art in Amsterdam

Poster for the play "Lucifer" from 1910 painter by Richard Roland Holst (1868 -1938) - https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:WITS01:109324, Public Domain

I'm glad to say that things are still moving forward. These devlogs help me to recognise that. Next week is going to be hectic as well so I'm going to try and focus on character art. I'm also hoping to make some time to play some visual novels. There's a few I've been meaning to try and I always find it inspiring to see what magical creations other people are making.

If you’d like to see how the infernal story began you can download the original Travel Devil narrative game for free on the Valhallions itch page. You can also see my side projects and asset packs on the DoubleFree itch page.

Take care everyone!

DoubleFree

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Spirit Driver by NoodleDonut, Nox, Wayminh, Mashu, graduisc

A short, casual conversation simulator where your choices can affect the fates of people and spirits alike. Good luck!

The season of scare's dark tendrils are ebbing away to make room for winter's symphony but if you have time for one more supernatural story, give Spirit Driver a go.

This wonderfully cozy Halloween story took the first place winner in the Spooktober Visual Novel game jam and I wished I played it sooner!

The game features a cast of humans and supernatural beings and a cab driver who seems to walk in both worlds. There's heart warming dialogue, subtle and witty jokes and lovely pixel graphic art.

If you're thinking about giving it a go, please do!

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!

Thanks for stopping by!

DoubleFree

There's only 16 hours left of the Spooktober Visual Novel Game Jam!

I want to say a big thank you to everyone involved in the game jam this year! The quality has been amazing! So many talented creators are involved this year. You are all magnificent... the developers, artists, music makers, voice actors, streamers, and the organisers!

Of course I want to also give a big shout out to the players. All of you lovely folks give so much to us by playing the games and the feedback helps us to make things better in future.

If you're wanting to get involved, don't worry... there's still time!

Over 270 Spooktober Visual novels await you! Check them out below...

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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 The Awards Show is October 30th at 8 PM EDT! We'll be

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe my fiendish friends!

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:

Thanks for stopping by!

DoubleFree

Lydia really hates this statue. Why does she have a statue that she hates in her labyrinth?

https://valhallions.itch.io/lydiaslabyrinth

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Spooktober 5th Annual Visual Novel Jam

A game jam from 2023-09-01 to 2023-10-28 hosted by Remort Studios & Crystal Game Works. Welcome to our 5th annual Spooktober Visual Novel Ja

This was so much fun last year! I've already got some game ideas brewing!

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.

Getting some practice drawing done on a pretty spring day.

Going deeper into the forest