Lemon Ink

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Hello, I'm LemonInk and I make games and YouTube videos! I've created and worked on a wide range of (mostly visual novel) games from Villainess x Reborn to Remember, You Will Die. I'd love to answer any of your burning questions and build a community on here!

Thank you! I was actually just recently forcing my friend to do a run-thru of the game so I could make some tweaks to earlier sections/refamiliarize myself with the writing and they had an absolutely miserable time! Which is exactly my goal, might I add :p

I love all the angst that comes with isekai/reincarnation stories, both from the original tragedy/unfairness of the situation, as well as seeing how even when things get better, the trauma of the past still sticks with characters. Pee in your cereal forever and all that jazz...

Actually considering putting out another partial Chapter 1 update not because I'm impatient, but because story-wise it should span a LOT more than any other chapter...

BUT YES all in all I find the artstyle immensely charming, the main character interesting (a real rarity) , and the setup ripe for a good story! Also I am now hopelessly obsessed with Foks (or… F0K5, potentially), but deeply dreading (the good kind of dread) the inevitable turn into tragedy (though I do earnestly hope there is room somewhere for a happy ending with foks, but given the game description, jam it was written for, constant reminder of his predator status, animal imagery, TITLE OF THE GAME, him using the pet name from presumably the mc’s abuser, seeming potential for typical yandere ignoring of boundaries (god I can NOT look at yandere do boys the same after that one btd2 fic…) potentially not being realtypical dichotomy between love interest routes in the medium especially with Kian seeming like the more immediately healthy one, and MAIN MENU OH MY GOD SO OMINOUS Foreshadowing, that seems dubious.

Gosh that’s a lot! I guess something about your game really inspires these sorts of rambly fanboy posts ( a good sign, no doubt), and no doubt I could talk for much longer, so instead have a pic of my little guy!

Hello!!! And how exciting, heheh. I'm glad the game was able to stand out and catch your attention! We of course are nothing but tasteful here in our fan service, no need to bring out the big guns on first (re)meeting.

Teeheehee [kicks my feet in lackadaisical joy], I'm excited to get into the story and journeys of the mc, Foks, and Kian! The tragedy and horror are to a certain extent, what your choices make of them, so who knows? Maybe a not-completely-dumpster-fire ending is in the cards for us!

Me when animal/nature symbolism and metaphors show up:

Can we extract the sprites from the game, or would you prefer not to?

Because I have an idea for a quick video but I would need the sprites, but if you don't want them I respect that and I won't do it

Hmm, while I personally prefer not to be the subject of code-diving, it would be hypocritical of me to say not to do it since I myself am nosey and like going through game files LMAO.

For sure! Credit somewhere would be appreciated (gotta milk that promo), but I'd be honored if you used it heehee!

Hello hello, if you're interested in Remember, You Will Die, Villains Leave No Graves, or Rabbits Burn Softly, then I recommend you check out this devlog to see how my workflow is planned!

Also if you want to see some bonus art as a thanks for 6k+ downloads heheh.

I promise I haven't deserted any of my games, it's just a tricky juggling act working around certain events this year, but I'm determined to continue pushing things out!

Yes! I actually posted a picture of the OG fox plushie I have, along with some other iconic inspiration plushies. Actually, the inspirations for Foks in relation to the mc before coming to life can be found in multiple plushies I've had! I was going to make a collage but I fear some pictures are so old and niche I have to ask my family to go through our drives to look for copies LOL. One day the purple hippo with a lavender-scented tummy of legend will make it's debut here. Just not today.

You can't see it here, but I actually have had to sew up and repair my fox and other plushies from pre-existing damages when I bought them. It makes me so sad when toys with little tears or easy to clean dirt get shoved to the back of the shelf and are never bought, so I try to fix them up myself!

Here is Panda, Fox (visual inspo), and Dino!

Side note, I actually saw some talk of the mc being a weirdo for the tucking Foks into bed scene and making a joke about serenading him and was like [gulps] [pulls at collar] t-that's me...! I'm the weirdo!!!

Proof:

im a guy in my twenties, still struggling with traumas and stuff, and one of my few coping mechanisms is having 'childish fantasies' by talking to my imaginary friends and even some of them are my plushies. i'm very self conscious about it, i even have to hide them from my very own family because they would make fun of every childish thing i do, even the smallest ones.

at first i hated and even scared of kian, he reminds me of someone i know who looks down on people who have lower grades than him. i still find kian suspicious but i grew to love him!!!! lol!!! i like how he comforted MC for liking the cartoon show. :") can't wait to learn more about him!!!

i love foks a lot, he reminds me of my childhood plushie that is a lion, i named him mr meow. sadly i lost him, i miss him dearly now and then. no plushies can compare to him. because of it, foks have a soft spot in my heart!!!! having your childhood plushie turns into a human sounds like a dream come true to me lol. i know you said you're neutral about it, but i'm sorry that people keep comparing him to another character or even reduced his character as merely a 'parody' of someone else or something. :/

anyway. i'm excited for week 2 update and to see my favorite boys again. take your time with the game and i hope you have a lovely day or evening !!! :D

AYYYY I'm always really happy when people like more than one of my games!! Speaking of vlng, I'm going to have to round in on finishing chapter 1 after all the rywd Steam stuff is done...

I'm sorry that you have to hide something that brings you comfort from your family. Trust that I also have routines and tendencies I've developed that I keep firmly under lock and key, but this game is definitely a practice in being a bit more open about some of it! As much as being with others can help, there's no shame or wrongness in finding more comfort in other things like animals, objects, etc.

And I can confidently say that while Kian is a lot, he's definitely not an elitist bully. He's ambitious and always looking for a way to get a foothold, but he's never maliciously fake. I'm excited to show more of him and his story as he interacts with the mc, and maybe hopefully rubs a little confidence off on them!

Mr. Meow sounds lovely, and it really sucks that you haven't been able to find him. Hopefully he's doing good wherever he is!

I used to always dream of my plushies coming to life, but the romantic aspect was definitely made up just for the game's story LMAO. I've had so many plushies that it's hard to come up with one main example that I based Foks off of, and that's including the actual fox plushie he was based on design-wise! I'd name some, but like the mc, I'm pretty straightforward when it comes to naming stuffed animals (Dinosaur, Fox, Panda, Hippo, Puppy, Elefante, etc.).

It's definitely not the most fun to have a bunch of comparison comments, but it comes with the territory, so I'll take them on chin up! All I can hope for is that my game proves itself to be original and that people stay for the actual content of it if they give it a chance. :)

-First, I have to congratulate you on the designs, they're beautiful. I literally spend hours looking at Forks. Kian is beautiful too, I love him, but Forks won my heart.

And that, combined with the fact that I love your drawing style, is so pleasing to the eye,The coloring is simple yet beautiful, and I love how you do the lines and how the colors blend together—it's all a beautiful mix.And that, combined with the fact that the sprites are animated, I won't lie, I first stare at how their mouths move, then I look at the text, and when Fork's tail and ears move AAAAAA,And I'll probabl donate you. I like helping people, and since I don't have to pay anything yet, even though I'm of legal age, I use my money to help others.

-Fork:Yeah,i love Fork,As I said,I'm mesmerized watching him, and I have proof,I'm also afraid that he'll The reason of cannibalism, because we've already seen that he doesn't care about hurting himself ,so what if he hurt himself to feed us, or that Kian is a cannibal,Although we remember Forks is a fox and might "hunt" someone for food, in short, one of the love interests is a cannibal.Also I don't know how the MC managed to resist to tell Forks to sleep in the same bed with them because I would,I would fall asleep curled up with him,I also find it funny to think that Forks is jealous of Mc's fictional crushes(Because he's probably jealous of all of MC's real-life crushes, because we know MC tells him everything, so they tell him about they crushes too)

Like him being Jealousy, I don't know, Kaito From vocaloid is so funny to me (although he's probably jealous of the character on the keychain that MC carries, I can't remember the name of the series, sorry) yeah another also I feel like To caress him and kissing his bandages; I hope there are more options of MC being very clingy/affectionate with him And I love the detail of the black gradient on he hands. He also has it on his feet? (Because I can't remember right now) Also, to me, MC being myself and me being be neurodivergent I like to think that Fork now helps my Mc remember things (because ADHD without hyperactivity in my case) And now that I think about it, does Fork know how to read? Maybe since he was with MC since they were little, he learned to read whit MC,and I'm planning to make a small ita bag of Forks (I make the badges myself, so it won't go through any company, in case you're worried about them stealing the designs or using AI) If you give me permission, I might sound annoying always asking for permission, but after all, they're YOURS OCs and You dictate what can and cannot be done,And another thing, I don't know why, but I think the song or a fragment of the song "Steampianist-Things" would suit Forks,Because if he was aware of everything when he was a doll, imagine not being able to talk to the person he loves most. Then he's jealous of humans; he wants hands like theirs, eyes that cry like theirs,idk I thought of him when I heard The song

Other things I liked: I don't know if you did it on purpose, but the fact that Kian, for example, isn't visible at the beginning and is crossed out reminds me of Silent Voice,And I also like that MC can say be not good at being social; for example, my Mc is terrible because of anxiety (I still don't know how I'm working up the courage to do this haha) And I love Ashley, she's so cute, I love her so much, I love how she cares about MC and how sociable she is,she is cute potato,But I'm afraid she might die because of crazy love interests, don't worry baby girl in another universe nothing bad will happen to you,haha,I'll cry if something bad happens to her, and also a funny fact: I don't know why I thought Kian had dog ears, like he was a golden retriever. And another thing I wonder about is the characters have nationality?I don't know if you have it, but I also ask because I usually make my MCs Spanish because I am, and I almost always use a very Hispanic surname,And I wonder if MC has a canon nationality and affects The Lore,Oh! And another question: do the rabbit icons affect anything? Because, for example, I chose one that's closer to my skin tone. Do you plan to add skin tones in the future? And speaking of that, I'm really intrigued by the options, for example, the mobile phone. What will we be able to do with it? Will we be able to text to the characters? And I'm also intrigued by how the calendar works, even though it sounds dum

And I think that's all. I might be forgetting something, and I'm sorry if it's disorganized or too long and I keep going around in circles, but I'm really passionate about the game,And I hope I've written everything correctly, having dyslexia isn't for the faint of heart, haha.

First off, thank you for all your praise! I'm glad you enjoyed the game's narrative and design :DDD It's funny, actually. I was in this dev server a while ago absolutely lamenting how I thought none of my games were getting clicks because my art style didn't qualify as good-looking enough to warrant people's attention (and in that post was the first time I floated the original concept of RBS omg), but here I am now! Honestly feels unreal when I hear someone likes my graphics, and part of the reason why they're animated is because I feel like I need to compensate in every area possible to make up for the gaps in my abilities, but I honestly think that's the self-critic in me winning dominance. Obviously there's a lot more I can do to improve my actual art, but I'm happy that people still enjoy it as it is now.

Ooh okay this answer's got layers to it because I've made comments in videos but I want an official record of it here!

I first want to start off with clarifying that I don't have anything against people who see the visual similarities between the two, it's sort of a given with the fox guy x tank top combo. But it really all just comes down to coincidence and fox guys being fox guys lol. Foks is actually based on a real plushie I own and most of his characterization is inspired by my own ideas and songs that I like to cram together on character playlists when I brainstorm lol. Like I've said before, the clothing thing was because I wanted his home outfit to expose a lot of his fox features and make him look a bit vulnerable, and well, it's hard to get more vulnerable than a teeny tiny pair of shorts and a tank top, items I'd always see in my laundry room's abandoned clothing piles!

That being said, while I feel neutral on the comparison, I don't really appreciate the people that just refer to him as a Ren Hana lookalike or boil my game down to a Gatobob fangame, both because I wouldn't disrespect Gatobob's boundaries, but also because I put so much effort into making this game as a standalone piece that it kinda hurts to be seen as like a spinoff or sneaky copy haha. The implication that I'm trying to pull a gotcha on Gatobob both makes me sound like a terrible person and my game come off as a gimmick that doesn't really match its actual story. I don't want to be seen as someone trying to waddle around in another creator's shadow, and I'm really not egotistical enough to think what I make will ever match that level of popularity and success. I just want to make my own things and be recognized for myself and my work, not someone else's.

But in the end, I can't control what people say or think. The most I can do is just make my stance on the matter clear and request that people don't take comparisons too far. That's once again not to say that I'm mad at any comparison, there's some laughter to be had! But for the most part, I'd like to be known for the original things I make, and when I make fan work, which I do enjoy doing, I make it clear that that's what it is. So while I probably won't tend to repost things that compare the two because I don't want to fuel the misconception that my game's identity is tied to another, just know that if it's in good taste, that I probably still find whatever it was funny/cool/cute and am grateful for your work!

(I actually made a doodle of the two characters together, but maybe considering the time and place, it isn't fit for inclusion on this post JHGFDSFHJ) RBS is its own game and Foks is his own character, and I can only hope that the material will speak for itself to prove that!

Anyways, if you've read all of this--thank you! I talk too much, don't I, LOL? In exchange, have a sneak peek at Foks's main disguise which will debut in Week 2! Hopefully he'll look less Ren Hana-ful while he's pretending to be a totally chill and normal dude...! 🕵️🥸🦊

In short, I want to create content And I want to know if there's a do's list and a don'ts list.

Have a day or night, take care of yourself ^^

Hello! Thank you, the thought that someone is thinking about my stuff without me shoving it in their face and making them talk about it makes me so happy heeheehee :DDD

As for your ask--In general I'm pretty lenient with everything as long as it doesn't involve harassing people or promoting bigotry or other problematic values I don't want my work to stand for. The characters are all adults so people can goon and headcanon and whatever else they want as long as they're not hurting someone over it. 👍

Essentially just be cool and nice and tag things properly and go wild! Also feel free to tag me pretty please~ If it's on a popular social media platform, I probably have an account, or you can always submit a link here!

Besides, I believe that self and oc x canon shipping is the spice of life and the backbone of fandom. This game has a customizable mc and I literally write x readers under my fanfic pseud, so I'll never disparage the yumes. We are one and the same <333