I don't garantee anything, but i'm willing to try.

A SLICE OF ICE pages in wip state! :)

Proof read yesterday evening, the VN is breadyy! It's a matter of days now. Yes i have scheduled a release on March 14th, aka White Day. 'Cause why not. uwu

*inhales* SO!

I just completed coding in some music. 🎵 Honestly, now that there is backgroud sound, the VN hits me so different now. I'm ... not really sure how to describe the feeling. Substanciality, maybe? Either way, it seems bare if i now mute the music, haha. x)

I think I'll also upload a compilation video of these tracks on my youtube. What do you think? :3

It's been a while (no, really), so here's recap !

CGs + Sprites + Menu image : completed

Code : not much messing around, just changed colors & fonts

Music : i've aquired some tracks, but i don't know what to choose

Aaand, while i was still figuring out what music to pick, I was wondering where a beginner such as myself should upload my VN ?Itchio or Steam ? 😮

(11th Dec 2021 update)

Sorry about the inactivity btw, aah. 8^)))

----- 29th Nov 2021 -----

I recently finished the sprites and coded all of my graphics in! I ended up discarding one more CG illu, although completed, 'cause it was sorta overcrowding. It also turns out i still have the most important thing to draw : the main menu image. <w<')

----- 1st Dec 2021 -----

Here are the sprites! (well the bases but still)

Fun fact : i've been struggling for a couple of minutes & trying find out why these wouldn't show when i test launched the VN.

I HAVE RETURNED--

✧ And i have good news! ✧

The illustration and background CGs-- A total of 18 pictures. All. Completed. Today. And at last. ┬┴┤( ✧ ω├┬┴

Now, technically, there was only 4 BGs made and about 14 illus were initially planned. However for the 1st - one BG comes in 3 variants and as a result i ended up with 6 ; and for the 2nd - i discarded two illus i deemed too extra for my liking and so finished the remaining 12.

(update from 27th October 2021)

So heyy. I'm back. After a month.

The good news is, by the power of frustration with modern technology, i finished shading my illustration CGs. There's like a total of 10. Fun fact, there was meant to be 12, but i decided trim out these due to them feeling too extra.

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<< Hi, here's an update real quick 'cause i just realised it's been ages since the last one.

- illustration CGs : flat colored but only 50% are shaded

- BG CGs : shaded, recently started lighting

- base sprites : inked

- coding : no changes rn

- is this how developpement hell starts?? >>

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Well, that was on Sept 25th. This project was actually going back to a steady pace. AND THEN ON THE 26th- MY COMPUTER DECIDED IT'D BE A FUCKING GREAT IDEA TO REBOOT BY ITSELF-

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<< This supposed-to-be-short project IS in developpement hell after all. I lost all my BG CGs & i have no idea why. It's either i do everything all over again or fight to recover the file. And either way, it makes me want to give up altogether. So pathetic ... >>

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To rephrase it all, this reboot situation disabled my file, although it was all saved. Plus when i checked, the file was still about 30 MB so, technically, stuff was still in it. It just didn't open/ show for ... some reason ...?

Legit all i did was leave the saved file open and close the computer lid. That's all. I remain beyond confused as to how any of this happened at all (because i never had this kind of issue before, not to mention i update my PC manually most of the time). 5 background CGs aka 6+ months of work POOF! gone.

I eventually mustered the courage to start bringing everything back to where i left it, and i've split all the CGs (the backgrounds and the illustrations) into different files for safe keeping, and in fear of loosing progress again.

Ok, so while i'm still trying to figure out what the character sprites are going to be like, i decided i'd do some shadow-mapping on the background CGs and the illustration CGs, just so i can project a mood onto these pictures.

As an example, let's take our favorite guinea pig CG, illu CG n°10.

For this beta shading, i simply made black-colored blobs and put the layer on low opacity. Although i do consider making a simple and readable kind of shading from this, it's gonna have a cell/ gradient variancy.

Maybe ... i'll add some textures too? hm.

Ngl, but ... I'm not sure as to how to approach this sprite deal. I'm drawing over these right now, trying to brainstorm sth. But sprites clearly cannot be envisionned the same way as illu CGs. At least, i don't think they can.

I drafted the turquoise ones a small while ago (as you can see by the date) and the dark blue one even earlier (at the time in-between finishing the lineart of the bg CGs and the drafting of the illu CGs), while have a background CG in a layer below.

It's this weird thing to draw, virtual puppets of which you have to consider proportions that'd be enough to make them stand out from a (semi) detailed bg, but also to not overtake the setting.

You also have to consider a palette of expressions, not too huge for some consistency, but not too limited either so the characters don't seem too wooden.

Oh hey. So there's this (possibly) promo art that was sitting in my folder, and i thought it'd share it with you. ┳━┳ノ( OωOノ)

Yeah, i did totally forget about its' existence, haha.

It's kind of interesting though, because this illustration was ment to be a sorta test in digital media for these characters. Especially with the overall color scheme. Turns out i managed to make it visually efficient without trying to hard.

Oh, yeah. I've been simultaneously flat-coloring these CGs. Otherwise working on them - aka only linearting then only coloring - would feel too monotonous. Also, linearting was a more frustrating step than i anticipated, so switching to just filling the sufaces with colors was rather relaxing. And i'm in fact pretty much done soon! ^-^)

I HAVE RETURNED FROM MY SLUMBERRR--

This took so long, wth- However, it's all good as this was pretty much the hardest part in terms of the VN. Now all i have left is the sprites, yayy~! èwé)9

There were moments i would be a little frustrated while linearting, because i would go back and forth with corrections (i stg i'm usually moderate on this, but i suppose a some sort perfectionnism is bound to emerge when you want to deliver a presentable project).