In Stasis And In Space

It took me a couple of times reading the script to realize that this VN version had lost its umph! moment that it had when it was still a purely text-based game. 

Somehow, the Kell in this VN felt a bit different from the CYOA, like he was missing a part of his key feature since the beginning of chapter 1. Yet I've transposed them word per word, choice on every choice, until I went to its ending and figured out what Kell was missing.

Kell lacked the possessiveness for the player character.

So I brought it back in this new update.

I try to deviate from the CS version. There were a lot of loopholes waiting to happen with those scenes, and I’m correcting them with this new version. 

What I try not to change is how the ROs interact with the MC, the key being their overprotectiveness, jealousy, and how differently they viewed the world.

Chapter 2 will feature this perfectly, with the MC’s mom being in the mix of the story. Rex will be drawn in and be given the spotlight as a potential RO, and as I recall in the feedback during its CS days, Rex won many hearts over the readers in that chapter.

We’ll see how it goes, hopefully I can pump out the art and the words fast enough to not keep you all waiting.

When I started porting ISAIS from choicescript to ren’py, I didn’t know how taxing it was until I got to the point of learning how to actually coding it. 

Not to say that learning ren’py is gruesome or anything— this is just me being lazy af in studying the ren’py cookbook and instead relying on Youtube tutorials. Even then, my attention span doesn’t exceed that of a goldfish, so I end up just staring at my screen for a solid 15 mins because I forgot to place a semi-colon in a line.

But every successful project begins with baby steps, so no matter how small your progress is for the day, it’s important that you simply be consistent about it. No matter how daunting it is, it’s better to start now than never at all.

To those who are too afraid of learning how to code, who are anxious in sharing their art, who doubt themselves in their writing, or those who are too afraid to share their stories to the world...

Post it! Share it! Believe in yourself because what do we have to lose if we haven’t started anything to begin with?

So get out there, champ, and do your thing!  ❤️

First off, I want to say hello to you all and I hope you are living your best life! 

It’s been awhile since I posted anything, and I blame that in my incapability of focusing on one project at a time. 

Recently been juggling between work and personal priorities that I ended up putting In Stasis And In Space in the backburner.

Which leads me to my second point of this post: I wanna say I’m so fcking sorry for not reaching back to your lovely messages in my inbox 😭 I hear you, and I’m doing okay, and ISAIS continues on as a visual novel from here on out.

Here’s a direct link on the itch.io page!

I’m taking a risk of doing my own art despite me not having a single artistic bone in my body, There’s still a lot more room for improvement, and we’ll get there one day. Just gotta keep practicing and drink more coffee and drain more energy drinks and ql;jkdjfaopidfl;k

Look, I made a naked alien man...

Some of you were asking why I emptied my Tumblr page. A couple of reasons had led me in that decision. 

Mainly, porting the title as a text-adventure game into a visual novel granted me opportunities I couldn’t do as a purely narrative CYOA game. That results to a drastic change in the plot, which is why I hid the contents of this blog so no one will get confused about it.

Some (but not all) changes I made so far:

Chapter reconstruction. The visual novel version ends differently from the choicescript version.

Characters. It breaks my heart to announce that I’m cutting down some ROs we originally talked about during its choicescript days due to my inability to fcking draw them. Apparently, I suck at drawing long, majestic beards that I can’t do justice to them at all.

Species. I don’t know why, but I’m having a hard time drawing tentacles, so I had to change the octopus-headed humanoid race into something more human-like. If I can get it right, maybe one day I can bring them back.

Species name. I came to realize that ‘tresterians’ and ‘terrestrials’ are tongue twisters. I’ve changed it to ‘tusserians’.

Spoilers. After rereading the past questions in this blog, plenty of them inspired me to put it in the VN version. I’m sending out a big thank you to those who sent me those asks, and I hope you get to see it in the later chapters  ❤️

Additionally, I wanted to put this VN with a clean start. I might have driven some expectations to things that weren’t a hundred percent guaranteed to be seen in the plot, and so to avoid confusion I’ve set them all to private.

Someone also asked what would happen to the choicescript version of the game. Sadly, the CS version will be discontinued. I do not plan to continue ISAIS anymore as a CS, but maybe in the future I’ll be writing other CYOA games under the Hosted Game label if given the opportunity. Just gotta do one project at a time~!

To wrap things up, I want to repeatedly say thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for telling me that you’ve been replaying my game during the months I was gone. Whoever you guys are, please continue showing your support to your favorite authors, artists, and developers 🥰 It’s truly a wonderful feeling to be on the receiving end, and most people who would think they’ve hit rock bottom can slowly rise back to the surface with your simple act of kindness. It does wonders, believe me!

And so, am I really back on Tumblr? Meh. I’ll be on and off like flicking a switch, much like how Rex Reynolds would flick MC’s nipple with his tongue while he’s asleep and asdfl;kjqwepoingds

Take care, you beautiful person, you. Stay happy~!