#ttydfl

Haha, I didn't totally forget to share an update here. (Apologies…) But, I'm happy to announce the extended demo of Cupid's Bargain has been released for this year's Otome Jam! Unfortunately, I did end up not having demonic Eins's full route in this build, but we got around 20k words into his route giving you taste of dealing with a very curious demon who may or may not be a virgin!

The new update features the following:

A completely re-coded and re-edited Common Route, hopefully fixing every bug and typo known to man but who knows. It's very cinematic, though, I'll say

20k words into Eins's route, exploring a third of epic highs and lows of high school romance with a devilish companion by your side

The new and improved Consultation Round, so much blood and sweat went in to make this work, lol

Spanking brand-new and fabulous sprites thanks to our new sprite artist, ItssaMeMari. Just take a look at how expressive they are!

A new CG of Eins and Eros/MC that is just so adorable

Stunning, new tarot cards that can be seen during the Consultation Rounds. Take the gamble if you dare!

New GUI on the front end and the back end as I wanted to change things up for better cohesion

Accessibility options now available: toggle Sound Captions, change typeface (Gabarito, Lexend, and OpenDyslexic), and change font size

So, there's plenty for you to enjoy as the team and I take a well-earned break before we tackle the rest of this project. Besides coding, there's only have a couple of sprites left to go, certain young men for the brothers' school no less. You actually get a sneak peek of him in this demo!

Art I drew of a game on Itch.io called 'The things you do for love'.

Ah! Sorry, you missed it! And, I'm using this ask to apologize for belated announcement of the winner of the Character Poll! Otojam had just wrapped up, and I got way too caught up in finishing up my entry. (I will be posting a little something abt that later once I get my thoughts wrapped up!)

And, the winner of the Character Poll is 🥁🥁🥁 Nerd! (with 2nd and 3rd place going to MC/Ari and Love respectively)

And yeah, I am genuinely surprised that this nerd does, in fact, got game. Not at all disappointed, but y'all Nerd fans came strong in both Tumblr and Twitter. Maybe, I jinxed Captain but like you guys are something else. (And, this is no offense to my own characters, but also...I guess it is lmao.) I definitely gotta commission something very good for him now because wow!

But! It will take some time before I'll share out the commission and short piece featuring the one, the only, the FAN-FAVORITE Nerd, Chinyelu! I am in desperate need of a break...

So, in the meantime, you can play my new game, Cupid's Bargain~~ which is a prequel to The Things You Do For Love!!, featuring a very familiar character! Similar to TTYDFL, it does feature yanderes in a very much satirical setting. But, you aren't playing as a yandere here, but a girlboss/girlfailure who's way over her head in her pursuit for love! (Hey, that sounds kinda similar to another protagonist...)

Be warned that it is an early build, so expect unfinished assets, rudimentary coding, bugs, and many things that are subject to change! But, I still hope you can enjoy it! My stupid sense of humor is very much prevalent, and you'll prob find the MC, Eros, as wild as Ari.

with a new game abt to come out, ive always been curious...

Who's gonna win the crown??? Will it be....

The obligatory oblivious love interest, Love? 

Our tired and overworked queen, Captain?

Your ride 'n die and objectively best boy, Nerd? 

Everyone's favorite morally dubious tsundere, Gardener?

The actual star of the show, our little silly yandere, MC?

whoever wins, i'll prob commission a cute art piece in their honor lol. also maybe will write something abt them! it's anyone's game!

you'll soon learn that i love making series/continuations of things i've made down the line. i have a lot of stories in mind for this series (even thinking of spinoffs, yea hahahaha) as i do every other series (hello counsel and wake up magical girl).

(that being said, some things will be either retconned lmao or required big brain thinking for it make senses in a continuity since i ironically hate planning things...)

BUT this game has it all! catholicism (questionably portrayed), classical myth (also questionably portrayed), demonic summoning, yandere LIs (bc ofc), a girlfailure MC, my stupid sense of humor, a returning character from the previous game, and more!

Nerd: “So, it's not shameful to admit defeat, y'know?" Ari: “Die.” Nerd: “What?” Ari: “…Nothing.”

Remember that Character Poll for The Things You Do For Love!! I held awhile ago? Well! Here's the commission I got starring the 1st and 2nd place winners: Nerd and MC/Ari duking it out over a card game as per usual. (...even though Ari is so bad at them.)

This comm was drawn by the incredible @saltiepng who captured their personalities so well! It even features a cameo of a little someone from another game of mine!

So, thanks to all who voted on the poll way back when! I've been crazy busy with its sequel, Cupid's Bargain. But, it's been all fun! The team and I have been on it ever since its conception, and we hope to deliver it in some form or another by next year!