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Hello hello! TSOM is coming to the Amare Games Festival 2026 edition!

The Festival is a wonderful opportunity to discover new Amare games and enjoy new experiences in the VN community! <3 I hope that all of you will take your time to check out all the wonderful entries, yes? ദ്ദി(｡•̀ ,<)~✩‧₊

Now, onto my update:

Welcome to The Ships of Men update 1.2.4.

This version of TSOM includes several new features. I will go over all of them in this post, in categories!

ºCharacter Creator Updates:

Four new hairstyles are now available for masc and fem frames. The hairstyles are the following, and have 7 color variations each:

-Afro-textured braided hairstyle with moon-shaped tika. 

-Straight, decorative style with soft pink ribbon

-Bridal Hairstyle, the 100+ Download fem milestone reward.

-Pagri style, the 100+ Download masc milestone reward.

Three new outfits, available for masc and fem frames. The outfits are the following:

-Teal and soft pink dhoti + pallu, accompanied by pearl jewelry. 

-Shiny Bridal wave sari and Bridal wave kurta (for fem frames)

-Shiny Bridal wave sari and Bridal wave kurta (for masc frames)

Mehndi extra accessory in three colors, available for masc and fem frames

ºUI UPDATES:

-The buttons of the UI have been tweaked for better readability. The colors of the buttons when hovered over and idle have been changed to a darker color, for improved contrast against the white background of the menu page. 

-The ability to change the game font to an easy to read, more accessible font from the Preferences menu. Now you will be able to choose between two fonts for the game's text: The regular AndreaTyped bold, or the new option, a SansSerif font, Liberation Sans.

ºNEW FUNCTIONS:

-The game now has a  Gallery page. It has a simple and easy to interpret design, so that you can revisit all the CGs you have unlocked and see how many more you have left to unlock.

ºDialogue Revisions: 

The dialogue and plot of the game have undergone a major revision to improve tone, readability, and continuity/consistency. Some inquires have been answered, new information and details have been included, and the relationship between MC and Vihaan has been tweaked to reflect the respective maturity of their age and their characters in the first moments of the game.

A couple new scenes have been written into the game as well, mainly regarding your friend Charvi. You'll find the relationships MC has with their peers much more organic than before, I believe. 

In addition to that, this is a very small change, but your character's name tag will now read your chosen, typed-in name, instead of just 'You'.

Hi-ho, Wudge here. I've got something a bit different today.

Herotome's Super Demo was released in December 2023. While I was proud of my writing and code, I chose to temporarily abstain from tje herculean task of expressions for the love interests, mainly to cut down on scope (and save my sanity), but with plans to add expressions in a later demo/patch.

I then held special dedications on Ko-Fi to raise money for these expressions, and now, one year later, I'm thrilled to show off how much we've accomplished…!

Herotome creates unique expressions using a combination of layers - in other words, layered images.

Brows, eyes, and mouths are saved in separate files, then later combined in code.

This allows a greater range of expressions to be created. Unless you're Smokescreen. Not much range to be had if you refuse to take off your helmet.

With the support I received from Ko-Fi thus far, I've been able to create all of theeeeese!

You may notice there's nothing new for Dart in this document. Don't freak out! It's because he spends most of the Super Demo wearing a helmet, and I already finished drawing the expressions he makes when he DOES show his face. 

Of course, he'll be getting more expressions further along in development as he gets more in-game screentime. Same goes for Jade's flying sprite - limited screentime means it wasn't too demanding to draw expressions for her in the Super Demo.

The main sprite poses for Warden, Mia, Griffin, and Jade should only need a handful more expressions. 

I'll also be drawing expressions for CGs and NPCs (and ofcourse - performing the mortifying ordeal of coding them all in… haha…)

Been making some progress on the site recently.

Right now I'm tackling the massive Game form that developers will be filling out.

Finished the MC details section today!

Hello hello everyone !

Woah it's been a while that I haven't wrote anything there, since I generally use tumblr rather than twitter for longer posts. So, yup…today is one of those days where I need to share a wall of text xD

As some of you surely already know, I attempted to dev Fujiwara:REmake with RPGmaker because of the aspect of walking around and the system of shop/items which was really appealing to me. This was two of the main reasons I switched from Ren'Py to RPGmaker and it was very fun and fullfilling at first as I learned a good amount of new things, but…unfortunately, the more I worked on it, the more I started to struggle and get frustrated with things that my current skills can't cover.

I thought of going on hiatus for the time I'd learn a bunch of advanced features to make the game visually more enjoyable, but I realized it would take an awfully long time to do so until I can present something decent and in sync with what I have in mind. I'm sure most of you don't want to wait who knows more time for this project to be released. So it's a bit reluctantly and disappointed that I decided to go back to Ren'Py, as I'm more familiar with it and that it would also means I'll work faster. I'm really sincerely sorry for all of you who were excited to play a RPGmaker version of Fujiwara (you'll still be able to interact with your surrounding though !), but I really need to go back on a more visual novel type of game for the sake of the project. I hope you'll understand and continue looking forward for Fuji:RE when it's finally completed !

❗️ A dark folk amare visual novel that will change you

📕 11k words

💎8 endings

💖 4 different routes

🎤 Fully voice-acted

seraten04.itch.io/goodbye-robert

Not all mysteries can be explained by the logic of man. Some mysteries, beyond man, have no logic, have no fate.

In the face of such, keep your wits close, but do not trust them. Trust not yourself, nor your senses. Your time, nor your wit.

For where time has stopped, but its flow has no end. For when passion calls, but hate runs deep.

Heed this warning, and do not wait. For laws of nature and laws of man. Have no logic, and have no weight.

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Enter a World of Magic–of Fae and Dragon.

Long ago, dragons sacrificed their kind to protect life on this planet. Thanks to their noble deed, life has continued in the world of Alaris. In fact, it has prospered. Humans, beings once unable to use magic, have now dethroned dragons as the strongest in the world. With dragon energy at their fingertips, humans live in a utopia ruled by peace.

However, not all is as it seems… What forces are lurking under the surface, threatening to expose truths that have been long forgotten and disrupt this utopia?

Uncover the history that’s never been told but is ever important to the problems faced today. Explore a world that’s always existed, just on the outskirts of your awareness. Discover your true self and purpose, and see if there’s someone willing to accept and love you for whatever that may be.

Characters

Features

A Customizable Protagonist: Choose your name, pronouns, and personality

Personality: Shape your personality with a combination of four traits: Bravery, Kindness, Wisdom, and Charisma. At times, you may make choices that shape your personality. You may also find yourself, or others, reacting according to your personality. Live your life multiple ways, and find out what happens.

Free Time: 18 total Free Time dates. Choose from four locations and go on a date of your choosing with any of our love interests.

Codex: Understand the world of Alaris more with a codex that updates as you learn more information.

Dragon Energy Vision: Tap into one of the MC's special abilities to see the dragon energy auras of the cast.

Character Profiles: Revisit dates that you've been on with any of our love interests. Hear a small sample of voiced lines from each of them. And rewatch CGs you've unlocked for them.

These are just a few of the features included in the current demo of Alaris. The game includes 60,000+ words of content, 150+ choices, 9 unlockable CGs, and 6 character "endings."

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PLAY THE DEMO NOW: ITCHIO | STEAM

*Note: In addition to the full game’s development, we are currently working on an updated version of the demo as well, featuring voice acting, updated art, an original OST, and more! Updated demo release: TBA

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

A hearty reminder that the updated demo for An Everyday Love releases on Itch.io on 2.16!!!! That’s two days from today!