This game is so great!! Me and the protagonist share most conditions and similar personality, and their love of rabbits is the same as my obsession with cats! This game is so comforting(except for the sadness tied to it, it's just comforting to see a character similar to me, i never do), I love the voice acting, too!
Thanks so much for checking out the game! And I'm glad to hear you found the MC relatable :3 Although, at the same time, I'm sorry that you share some of the same conditions cos having anxiety and such isn't much fun >.<
I'd be lying if I tried to say there weren't parts of myself in MC x3 We have plenty of differences too, but we share a lot of traits, haha.
I'm really glad it came across as comforting though despite the sadness attached to it cos I always worry when I write about stuff that connects to mental health that it could potentially come across the wrong way to some people when everyone has such different experiences with it.
And I'm glad you like the VA too! Thanks so much for playing ^-^
I’m not exactly sure when because I’m trying to finish Lovestarved first along with another project of mine, so it won’t be anytime soon >.<
I wrote the current version of the game so that the whole main story is complete within Orange Blythe’s route anyhow :3 Blue Blythe’s route will just add some extra spice and despair pretty much, haha. Kind of like a side story but longer I guess. Orange Blythe’s route is essentially the ‘true’ route.
I made bracelets >-< (sorry they kinda plain I'm low on supplies + sorry its kinda low res I'm using my laptop computer bc my phone's dead and I'm impatient :P)
Omg they’re adorable, so shush!! You have nothing to apologise for x3 I think they’re perfect & super duper cute ^-^
Ngl, I did think about making some Blythe-themed accessories, but I was too lazy to dig out my supplies >.< you beat me to it, haha.
I have some resin moulds for a few things that would work so well, but I kinda gave up making resin accessories years ago cos it was too time-consuming and I didn’t really have anywhere to store the stuff I made :( Even though my brother takes up several entire rooms in the house with his collectable models, I got moaned at for having a few bits of resin jewellery in a corner T_T
It’s so cool to see what you made though :D Thanks for sharing & also for checking out this game too!! :3
Omg resin gives me anxiety lol, i always get scared ill breathe that shit in and like die💀 But I bet they would be super cute and u should beat ur brother's ass for saying shit q(^≧▽≦^q) and I'm glad u liked the bracelets too!!!
Yeeeeah, it’s not the easiest thing to work with either >.< or at least the cheap stuff I used to buy wasn’t, haha. Not the greatest thing to try and use when you have tactile sensitivities and the damn stuff won’t come off your skin if you happen to get it on you T_T
I tried regular stuff that you just dry over time + the fancier stuff that you dry faster with UV light, and boy, did the UV resin stink x3 Smelled like stuff was burning, haha.
Something about this game is so sad, I don't know how to explain without kinda spoiling the whole thing but still, it was truly an amazing game, and the songs were awesome too, really fitting the whole game, huge congrats on it.
Yeah, it’s a bit of a hard one to talk about without spoilers x3 Thank you so much for playing it though, and for leaving such a lovely comment! :3
I’m glad you thought it was decent & enjoyed the soundtrack :D Whenever I eventually get around to making Blue Blythe’s route, I might see if I can make a couple more original tracks for the soundtrack, but I’m not sure yet >.<
It having sad vibes is one of the reasons I don’t make that many games that are too personal like this one is, haha. This one and Sapphire Snowe are my most personal projects, and both were cathartic to make in a way, but at the same time, I also find I can’t revisit them sometimes because they remind me too much of being in a bad place >.<
(SPOILER FREE) Wow, hearing the developer notes on the origins of Blythe is genuinely incredibly inspired. It's a kind of horror that is rather untread. Only this direction being able to come off as anything near to the tact it has is a great feat, and comes from the authors experience and skill. Its a message that could have come off as very negative if done wrong.
(SPOILERISH BELOW) I have experienced both positive and negative experience with 'Blythe's Origins' in my life. Positive experiences which have changed my life, and negative experiences that have filled me with so much horror at what was happening to me. 'Blythe's Origins' have been genuinely retraumatising to me and had made me scared to reach out and try getting more support. But at the same time, even a sucess IS bittersweet. You just don't know how anything is going to treat you and your mind. There is that sense of dependence and faith and depersonalisation you have to give. Its a uniquely uncanny feeling captured really well in the game's role reversal where a human is looked after by bunnies, rather than the other way around. To me, Sweet Blythe is the 'Origin' which helped me, and Bitter Blythe is the negative experience.
The art is beautiful, aside from the ending arcade CG where I found that Blythe's looked pretty off-model to their regular sprites.
Thanks for making this game and I look forward to playing more, if Bitter Blythe's routes get added.
Thank you so much for all your kind words about the game :3 It means a hell of a lot to me that you think the story was approached tactfully because, whenever I write something that’s more on the personal side, I do worry about how it might come across since everyone’s experience of different things can be so varied and unique to them! The last thing I would have wanted is to upset/offend anyone.
SPOILERS BELOW
Firstly, I’m sorry you’ve had personal experience with the subject matter. I wouldn’t wish that sort of thing on anyone :( But I’m glad that you’ve at least had experience of a positive side :3 It just sucks that you’ve had to go through the negative side of things too >.<
I still have very little faith in that stuff, despite professionals occasionally trying to get me to give it another go. For me, it’s always been a case of doing more harm than good, so I’m scared of what I might lose by ever trying again! As you say, you just don’t know how anything is going to go.
What I found extremely disturbing is that professionals (at least in my experience) are all too willing to give you that sort of treatment, but then once you agree to it, you’re on your own. Despite the fact that they KNOW the sorts of things it could do to you, and yet there’s no follow-up, no checks to make sure you’re okay. They just leave you at the mercy of it all, and if you start to lose yourself, you’ve got no one to reach out to to help pull you back >.<
I suppose in a way, I got the tiniest taste of orange Blythe but was mainly stuck with blue Blythe x3 That’s probably why I wanted to finish orange first, haha.
I’m both glad and sad that you can relate to the story and the way the Blythe twins work :3 I didn’t want to be toooo obvious about it all, which is why I left the reveal wordless on the title screen, but I hoped that maybe there would be people out there somewhere who could relate to it and join the dots, which you absolutely have :D
LPB was in charge of all the awesome art :3 Though I think maybe she wasn’t 100% happy with all of it. We were quite rushed because of the jam deadline x3 So we didn’t have as much time as we would have liked to work on it. We had other CGs & backgrounds etc. that we planned to have in the game but there just wasn’t time. Maybe we can add them whenever we work on the project again to make blue Blythe’s route though!
Thank YOU for playing the game ^-^ and for taking the time to write up such a kind & thoughtful comment!
I made another game last year which was supposed to serve as a way to process some of my darker feelings, haha. Usually, I try to stay away from getting too personal with my projects, but for Sapphire Snowe, I felt like I had to make it just to stay sane and get through what I was going through at the time >.<
Look, I seriously loved the concept of the game, at the very first It was a little confusing in good way, It was cute!! But, then you realize some things and I could really relate to Bunnie, I myself suffer from some of their mental illness and what made all of this funnier is that as a kid (still do, but less) i had lots of illusions, and one of them that was the more long lasting (nearly two years ??) was a bunny girl i considered my girlfriend uh... so this reminded of her, but letting that aside the game was cute to play and as I said I could relate with the MC, more than with any other till yet. I already finished everything for now, I checked on and saw that you hadn't touch the development of the game since tyhe yangam jam since 2023 and you were planning of doing it this year in the jam but couldnt, made me sad since I really wanted to explore blue blythe more of what we seen! BUT i also saw that next year youll try again and that made a huge relief. Knowing this game is in hiatus but has the change of getting his rute also (even if we have to wait more) is so much nicer than hear that the project is left all alone without hopes :(
anyway, thank you and all the people that were part of the making of this little visual novel, truly
I try to read and reply to all comments here on itch, so I saw it :3
I’m really glad you enjoyed the game ^-^ Thanks so much for checking it out!
It means a lot that you can relate to Bunnie too :3 At the same time, I’m also sorry that you have experience with mental health stuff :( I have struggled with anxiety & depression all my life, and I wouldn’t wish that or anything like it on anyone >.<
Yeah, unfortunately, I’ve got myself into a bit of an awkward position where I have a few unfinished projects on the go, haha. I’ve got plenty of completed ones too, but I probably shouldn’t have started so many x3
It’s possible that by the time yandere jam comes around next year, I might also not have time to work on adding Blue Blythe’s route for Bitter/Sweet, because the project I’m working on right now (Deadly Desires: Lovestarved) is my priority project to finish first before anything else.
I might manage to by the end of the year, but since I never know what random stuff is gonna happen to slow down development, it might end up taking me into 2025 to fully finish it >.<
But yeah, I do still plan to add Blue Blythe’s route at some point :3 Part of the problem is that I have only outlined it, not actually written it properly yet! But more than that is the fact that I will have to remake large portions of the existing game because when I update the project files, a lot of stuff is gonna break, especially anything related to voice acting :( So sadly, it’s gonna be a lot of work.
What I will say is that I don’t think Blue Blythe’s route will add that much more to the overall story, as it will be more like a dark spinoff sorta thing. The main story is all covered within Orange Blythe’s route and can work as a standalone game :3
Thank you for playing & taking the time to leave such a kind comment <3
What if Blythe was truthful when they said they were inside Y/N's brain? Rather than it being AI, what if it was drugs? After all, pills were shown in menu screen.
Blythe and Blythe? are the opposite sides of the drug. Everything is an illusion. Blythe didn't want Bunny to fall sleep because the drugs would wear off effect. At the same time, it doesn't explain how Blythe was able to change things by will, such as suddenly disappearing. After all, drugs aren't stable. But what if it is there is an AI in bunny's brain, but the AI puts drugs into their system? Or what if he is an alien? I can only wonder ^-^
Thank you so much for playing the game and taking the time to leave a comment! ^-^
I guess I should say everything else under spoilers, haha.
Soooo…
SPOILERS below!!!
But yeah, I can confirm that your theory is a fairly accurate one :D I’m so glad you spotted the hint of the pills on the menu screen because I know that some people have missed that x3 Maybe I should have made it more obvious >.<
I just thought it would be fun to reveal certain things in more subtle ways for this project because I didn’t really want to straight-up say that X is the truth or Y is right and Z is wrong.
Cos sometimes it’s just nicer to leave things to people’s imaginations so they can do what you’ve done here and come up with cool theories ^-^
The one thing I will say is that I had it in mind that Blythe is, in essence, an antidepressant medication, but beyond that, I’d prefer to leave everything else up to speculation x3 Just because it’s partly inspired by my own experiences with taking antidepressants, but I didn’t want that to be too rigid because I know everyone’s experiences with them are different.
I feel like with this particular project, it’s much more fun to be subjective :D
Random fact: The mention of AI was also a nod to the fact that in the original idea for the story, Blythe was going to be written as an AI from the beginning without really hiding anything, but I ended up scrapping that to go with something with a bit more mystery, hehe. I still wanted to reference it in some way though :3
This had got to be one of my favorite yandere visual novels. I absolutely love rabbits and everything about this was just so cute!! Blythe was absolutely adorable, and I can't wait for the other route!
Aaaaaaa! That’s so cool!! I’m really glad you enjoyed it ^-^
I adore rabbits too x3 I really miss having pet rabbits :( I would get more, but the heartbreak of losing our last one was too much for my dad and brother and they don’t wanna have to go through that again, which is fair enough. I personally feel like, yeah, the grief of losing a pet is horrible, but the joy you get while they’re alive is enough to make it worth it :3
I had kind of planned to potentially finish this project and have Blue Blythe’s route released for this year’s Yandere Jam, but sadly, that hasn’t been possible because too much crap has been going on in my personal life for me to focus on writing >.< I wound up making Volume 02 of Yandere Heaven instead for the jam since it’s a bit easier to work on. I might try again for next year’s Yandere Jam to actually finish up with Blythe though!
Thanks so much for checking out the game and leaving such a sweet comment <3
Damng Melancholy, I have to admit as much as it's embarassing to say, your writting does make me week in the knees (in a good way lol); you make characters say so many things that tickle my fancy, but I also gotta give props to Blythe (Orange)'s VA, it's a marriage of perfect harmony from both your text and the voices of the characters (plus iconic art too!), I can't ever get enough of your games lmao.
Ahh, haha, well, I’m glad that it does :P Sometimes I wonder if the things I’m writing work in that way or not, haha. Cos even if I intend for that, it’s difficult for me to know if lands with anyone, especially when I’m asexual myself xD I find writing any sort of intimate scene, even if it’s just kissing, pretty hard, haha. It’s a lot of fun, and I tend to just end up writing what I feel is fun at the time, but if I come back to it and re-read it later on, I can’t help but cringe at it x3 usually followed by me thinking, oh, God, what have I done?!
Yeah, there is no way this game would be the same without the incredible talent of the voice actors :3 Phonobabble absolutely elevated orange Blythe’s character beyond the words I wrote! I often find myself thinking that the only reason I even like the character at all is because I love Lazy Polar Bear’s art so much + Phobobabble’s amazing VA. I kinda have to remind myself that I wrote the words, and without the words, it also wouldn’t be the same, haha. So I’m super happy that you see it as being in perfect harmony ^-^
Thanks so much for playing this one and for all your super sweet words <3 It means a lot!
I haven't enjoyed a VN this much in ages!! The art is beautiful, the music fits so well, the writing was really well executed, and the voice acting was just so so wonderful! I'm so excited for the other route! Playing this made my day!
Aww, I’m so glad you had fun with it! Thanks so much for checking it out ^-^
In the back of my mind, I had sort of hoped I might be able to work on the other route and release it in time for the end of yandere jam this year as a kind of anniversary thing, but I’m probably not going to be able to have the time >.< I’ve dug myself into a bit of a hole with having a few different projects on the go and getting too addicted to taking part in game jams x3 I’m gonna try and get more work done on some older projects this year so I stop feeling guilty about em, and then I guess I’ll come back to this when I can!
Thanks again for playing and leaving such a sweet comment :3
Melancholy this game is phonemical, the way you described everything and made it and in only a month!
For people who haven't played this might be a spoiler but the idea of basing them off of anti-depressants and by your and your friends experience with them is so cool! it makes the story 10x better in my opinion. I cant wait for more
Thank you so much! I’m so happy you had fun with it ^-^ Thanks for checking it out, and I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply >.< I kind of just got completely overwhelmed with the buildup to Christmas and then went into collapse x3 I’m only just emerging from the darkness now to resume my life, haha. I hope you at least had a stress-free Christmas and new year!! :3
I had hoped to maybe finish and release the other character route as part of this year’s yandere jam since it would be like an anniversary kinda update, but I don’t think I’m going to have enough time to do that T_T I desperately don’t want to completely miss out on yandere jam though since it’s a jam that means a lot to me, so I might see if I have the time to do another episode of my Yandere Heaven dub instead… even though I’d actually prefer to work on blue Blythe x3 It’s just I know I’m not really gonna get the time to focus on writing in February cos of irl appointments and such >.< Maybe I will try to aim for having it done for next year’s Yandere Jam or something instead!
But yeah, thanks so much for playing and for your kind comment :3 I hope 2024 is going well for you so far!
This game was super fun! I enjoyed the fluff and the dark bits! I can't wait for the blueberry's route to come out because I know that it will be just as good! The art and the voice acting was just chefs kiss.
My first ending I had gotten was the oblivious ending and I liked how surprised I became when my suspicions were confirmed.
That’s always nice, haha. And honestly kind of a miracle for this one since I know the stupid random wrong background loading glitch is an issue T_T
It happened once or twice to me in testing but it was completely random and I couldn’t figure out a cause beyond it being some strange sort of Naninovel bug >.< I just reeeeally hope that when I work on this again and update all the files to the latest version of Naninovel that it will resolve itself! x3
Thanks again for playing and for taking the time to write such a nice comment :3 I hope the new year is treating you well!!
Glad to hear it :D Thanks so much for taking the time to play it :3 Not gonna lie, I find it sooooo much harder to write fluff than dark stuff, so I was super scared that none of the fluff was gonna work x3 haha.
Most of my plans and schedules for my projects end up massively off-track cos of my stupid mental health and other irl stuff getting in the way >.< Like my hopes for having blue Blythe’s route out for this year’s yandere jam as an anniversary update T_T but I’ll get there in the end :3
I’m very lucky to have the opportunity to work with LPB cos she’s such a talented artist! And the same goes for the voice actors too :3 The project just wouldn’t be the same without everyone else’s talent onboard x3
I am still playing the game....but Blue Blythe "helping" you smile....AHHHH! <3 I want to play their route so bad.
Kept playing and ran into a weird error. I completed one ending and when I loaded to a previous save; the old CG was the new background instead of the arcade:
!!!SPOILER IMAGE TO SHOW GLITCH!!!
Do not look further if you have not played!
But even with that, man this was fun to play.
When you try to leave the game <3 I don't know how you even managed to code that, but it was an amazing surprise.
Thanks so much for checking out the game :3 So glad you had fun with it!
Yeeeeah, tbh, I have literally no idea what causes that bug, but I ran into it myself once or twice during testing, and it's a real bad one because sometimes it can end up showing random CGs as backgrounds when players haven't even encountered those CGs yet T_T It seems to resolve itself upon reloading again, but it doesn't stop it from randomly happening any time you load a save >.<" and once a spoiler has happened, it's happened :(
I can only imagine it was a weird bug with the version of Naninovel that I was using at the time I made the game because I remember I updated to the most recent version of the software at the time when I started the project, and as far as I know, the issue doesn't occur in older projects of mine where I've used older versions of Naninovel, or in newer projects where I've used newer versions of Naninovel, haha.
I'm just really really hoping that when I come back to this project to work on blue Blythe's route, that updating to the latest version of Naninovel will fix the bug! Because if not, I have literally no idea how to stop it from happening >.<"
But yeah, despite the stupid bug, I'm glad you enjoyed the game :D And hehe, it's a bit of a pain in the butt coding those extra silly lil things, but it's a lot of fun so it's worth it x3
I had this game on my "games to play" list for so long, and after finishing it just now, I wish I had played it sooner, it's so good! Submissive yanderes are not usually my type, but oh my god, the way you wrote Blythe's dialogue and the voice acting combined was perfect! The way they would get so excited they would trip over their words or repeat phrases and words, was so sweet and endearing, and had me rolling back the dialogue to hear it again, because it was so cute! Genuinely had me swooning, I can't even lie lmao. I can't wait to play blue Blythe's route when it comes out. You did a great job! :D
Aww, well, I'm so glad that you ended up enjoying it when you got round to it :3 My list of games I wanna play on here is huge >.< I hope to get round to them all someday, but I'm definitely missing out in the meantime, haha. There's just never enough time in the world to do everything you wanna do T_T
Submissive yanderes never used to be my type either, haha. I'd always wanted to try and write one for a challenge and a change though :D Big props to the VA because it wouldn't have worked as well without such talented acting! It's funny cos when I first wrote the character of Blythe, I wasn't that keen on them, but the VA kinda made me fall in love with em, haha. I'd go as far as to say that somehow, Blythe has ended up becoming my most beloved yandere of all the ones I've written so far x3 And I never would have thought that in a million years because they're just really not my usual type, haha.
I had hoped to maybe release blue Blythe's route for Yandere Jam 2024 since that would be appropriate, but I don't know if that's going to happen >.< It would be nice if I could manage it, but I've not been doing so great lately, and I'm soooo behind on a lot of things in general that it's kinda hard to even know what I am going to be able to do, haha. It'll be out eventually though x3
Thanks so much for playing & I hope you get to have happy holidays :3
Thank you for replying! :D I hope you feel better soon! Take your time, no rush, your health is more important! Hope you have a happy holidays and a happy beginning to 2024!
Another game that I played on Winlator! The text is slow on the emulator, until I change it to instant, but it doesn't ruin the experience for me. I love the songs - especially the opening song, and I love orange Blythe.
Orange Blythe is such a sweetheart! He really makes me feel better about myself.
-Slight spoiler-
And I can relate to the protagonist, because I amalso a shut in.
Thelazypolarbear did an amazing job with the artwork by the way; orange Blythe looks adorable, and blue Blythe is hot. And the backgrounds are beautiful.
I hope that you continue to make otome games, because you are really good at it!
Hooray :D Glad this one works on there too! I still haven’t had a chance to check it out cos I’ve been really busy with irl stuff + managed to catch a nasty cold from someone somewhere while out and about x3
So happy you like the songs :D I tried really hard to make something with some vocals that would be fitting for the project, and I intend to keep doing that where possible for all my future projects too cos it’s a lot of fun :3
And that’s great that you like Orange Blythe too ^-^ I was initially worried the character would be a bit boring with being a softer sort of yandere x3 but they actually turned out to be one that grew on me a lot more than some of my more violent characters, haha.
It is kinda hard to get out into the world >.< I know everyone has different reasons for shutting themselves away inside, and while I don’t find the world outside quite as scary as MC does, I definitely don’t feel safe out there, haha. I’m on the autistic spectrum, and often, going out into the world feels like an all out assault on my senses xD Sometimes in a good way that I enjoy, but more often in a way that just makes me stressed and want to get back home to safety again as soon as possible, haha.
LPB is an incredible artist ^-^ This project wouldn’t exist without her! Not just because of her awesome artwork, but also her support and encouragement when I was thinking of scrapping the idea cos I’d convinced myself it wasn’t good enough x3
Thank you so much for all your kind words and being so supportive :3 I really appreciate it!
That's okay, just take of care of yourself, and stay healthy. Plus take cold medicine, rest, and drink lots of water.
I wish I knew how to make music. It sounds like fun! If all of your songs are that good, I look forward to your future projects.
I actually prefer soft yanderes. Solipsm Reigns bad endings caught me off guard, with how violent the yanderes got, but I still liked the game. More yanderes like Orange Blythe would be great in the future, though.
I'm sorry that you feel that way. For me, going outside means interacting with people, and they can be harsh, or just difficult to deal with. And I feel like people are looking at me and judging me, even when I'm just walking around. If words can hurt, peoples stares can make you feel anxious. I feel safer, and happier indoors.
LazyPolarBear sounds like a great friend. When I was thinking about keeping a story I posted online a one shot, I got a lot of encouragement to continue it, and I'm really glad that I did. People like that are amazing.
You are very welcome! Oh, by the way, I tried playing Tunnel Vision, and it worked fine up until Rhime said, "You have been judged guilty as sin, little bird"...and then, it crashed. XD But, every other game of yours that I played worked from beginning to end, so it's fine.
Here are the games made by you that I've played on Winlator:
Tunnel Vision. Bitter/Sweet Blythe. Dawn of the Damned. Yandere Heaven. Darling Duality. Love In Lockdown (Eli version).
Hopefully, I'll be able to play more games made by you in the future. :)
I’m somehow still not fully better, but much better than I was, just got a lingering pesky cough and still feeling tired all the time >.<
You could probably learn to make music the way I do it :3 I pretty much just experiment with stuff x3 I don’t actually have a clue what I’m doing, haha. I just keep trying to put bits together like a puzzle until it sounds like something I like. Basically use a big library of short loops and samples. I have a lot from music producer Humble Bundles at this point! But you can get started with that sorta thing for free cos there are sites like looperman where users upload loops that anyone can use :3 They list the key & tempo so it makes it a lot easier for music noobs like me to find the sorta stuff I’m looking for!
That’s cool :3 I used to be into more violent yanderes back when I made SR (provided the loving side of them was still evident), but I’ve grown kinda tired of them recently x3 So I’d definitely like to try and write some softer ones like orange Blythe in the future :3
I feel ya on it feeling like people are looking at you and judging you >.< I can’t walk past a group of strangers who happen to laugh without automatically thinking they’re laughing at me for some reason >.<
I cried at the end of a therapy session recently cos of what we were discussing, and I kinda just broke down while telling her I feel like my world is so, so tiny because the only place I feel safe is in my house x3 And I just wanna be able to go outside and enjoy life instead of being trapped indoors so much.
Yeah, LPB is definitely amazing :3 I dunno what I’d do without the kind people in the world that actually take the time to listen and hear you out when you’re stuck in a pit.
I have a feeling I know what could’ve caused your crash in Tunnel Vision x3 That point that you described is a big loading point in the game, haha. It basically loads the entire 2nd half of the game right there, and so if there are any memory problems with a device, it will most likely crash T_T On my potato laptop, that load takes like a full 60 seconds to finish >.<” On my PC, it’s like 5 seconds, haha. I wish I knew how to optimise stuff better though because I’m pretty sure Ren’Py doesn’t have problems like that, so I dunno why it’s such an issue in Unity :(
I’m honestly surprised to hear you managed to play Dawn of the Damned on it :o I would’ve thought that one would’ve crashed or bugged out in some way on Winlator x3 but it’s good to know! I imagine that Limbo Line would probably crash on a load the same as Tunnel Vision did >.< And Apartment No.9 probably would as well cos all 3 of those are larger games with longer loads.
Anyways, I’m really glad you’ve been able to check out as much as you have and I appreciate you playing em :3
I'm really happy to hear that you are feeling better, but now I'm worried about something else. I heard in a devlog that you broke your arm and wrist, and that since you broke it before that it might not heal fully. Did it completely heal? I really hope so. A few months ago, my cousins' dog bit my right arm twice in the same spot, and that is my dominant arm too. It's better now, but I have a little understanding of how you feel.
Thank you for the link! I'll try it sometime. I just hope that me being on a phone instead of a laptop won't make the process hard.
I'm looking forward to meeting those future yanderes! But, for now, Orange Blythe is definitely my favorite out of the ones from your games.
I completely understand. In a library some years ago, I was sure someone was talking about me. I was having a bad hair day, and they told their friend that they just saw someone who's hair was messed up. I had to fix myself up in the bathroom after that. XD Social anxiety is such a pain.
Well, I haven't been outside in five years, so I know how you feel. Like I said, interacting with people is terrifying, and stressful for me, but, sometimes I wonder how different things would be if I took the courage to go outside. But, I'm too much of a coward to leave my safe space/comfort zone.
Those kinds of people are the ones I feel most comfortable around: people who provide support, and who you can lean on. I'm glad to have someone like that, even if my only interaction with them is online.
That's okay! I'm still really glad that I can play your games at all. "Darling Duality" and "Bittersweet Blythe" are my favorites, by the way. I really need to thank the person who created Winlator, without that, I couldn't play some Ren'py games that get error messages on Joiplay, either.
Don't get me wrong - Dawn Of The Damned was super slow and laggy, but I could play it from beginning to end. However, I could only get one ending, because when I pressed start to start it over, it loaded for like twenty minutes, and that's when I lost my patience. XD It's unfortunate, because I told Dämmerung that I loved him, hoping to get a happy ending, but...wow, that was brutal. I wanted to try the other ending, but I guess I'm not patient enough. Maybe one day I'll try playing it again.
It can't be helped if a game has a large file size, though I was curious about Limbo Line. Honestly, though, I'm just eagerly waiting for the next update to Darling Duality. The demo is kind of big at around 970 mb though, so I'm worried that the full game with multiple routes will be too big for Winlator. Though, even if it is, I am happy with what I could play of the game.
And I appreciate you making them! You really make the best games.
Sorry it's taken me forever to reply >.< I kinda just stopped all communication for most of December because I got too overwhelmed by life in general and couldn't really cope with anything :( So now I'm really badly behind on my replies and stuff >.<
My arm is pretty much fine now :3 It did heal okay in the end! It's still kinda weak, but no weaker than it was before the accident, haha. I did physio and stuff to build some muscle back, but I've always had weak arms xD That's awful that you got bitten twice though by your cousin's dog o.O I imagine that must've been incredibly painful!! I'm glad you healed okay at least, but man, still, that's a horrible thing to go through :( I hope you didn't end up with like nerve damage or anything!
Hehe, well, I imagine orange Blythe would be very happy about that x3 They ended up becoming my favourite too somehow, even though they're not even my type xD Just kinda wormed their way into my heart, haha.
I'm sorry your social anxiety is so bad :( People that have never had it just don't understand how debilitating it can be! Like my mum always used to say to me when I was younger, just get a job, that will fix it... and it's like, uhm, mum, that's not how it works >.< For starters, getting a job is like climbing a mountain when you have mental health problems, but then actually keeping a job if you get one is almost impossible! So much of many jobs requires you to have good social/people skills, so if you find speaking to people terrifying and stressful, how do survive in a job that requires you to do it constantly?!?! :(
For me, I find that going out in nature can help with my depression, but yeah, sometimes my social anxiety stops me from actually going out, haha. I generally don't leave the house without someone with me cos I often get too anxious/overwhelmed. If it wasn't for my dad, I'd probably just shut myself inside and never leave the house.
I do think it helps if you can manage to get out and do scary things and really push yourself out of your comfort zone, but actually forcing yourself to do that is extremely difficult >.< And even then, it's like sure, things might be a tiny bit less terrifying the next time, but they're still terrifying x3 It's so much easier to not have to constantly put your mind and your body through extreme stress.
I've been working on a project for Winter VN Jam that I hoped to release before Christmas but have failed to because too much stress and stuff has been happening and I haven't had as much time as I would've like to work on it >.< I'm aiming to try and release next Friday instead, but it's probably going to be missing some VA because the poor VA got ill before he could finish recording the script x3 I will just update in January to add it or something! I wonder if it will work on Winlator or not though. It's not a huuuuuge game. Only around 10k words. But there are a lot of assets in it because I tried to make my own CGs and I've edited a lot of sprites and backgrounds, haha. The current project size in Unity is 8GB, but that'll go down when it's exported + I haven't optimised any files yet!
Yeeeeah, 20 mins is too long to wait for loading, haha. The choices in Dawn of the Damned don't actually matter that much anyways x3 They impact what's happening throughout the game, but the endings are either determined from the very beginning depending on one thing, or from the timed choices right at the end.
I think the file size for DD when it's eventually completed will probably be horrific >.< I might be able to get it squished down a bit though now that I know a bit more about shrinking file sizes and stuff. Maybe I can make the layers a bit more efficient too, but yeah, I think the full version will be pretty hefty. I would imagine it'll be bigger than whatever SR's file size is! Definitely over 2GB once all the assets are in there cos it'll be a lot of sprites, CGs, and VA x3
That's very kind of you to say <3 It makes me really happy that you've had fun with my stuff :3 Really appreciate all your kind comments!
I hope you get to have happy holidays with lots of tasty noms involved!! ^-^
Just finished the orange route and can't wait for more. Just gonna say, that was a nasty trick putting the 'extra's bunny behind a bubble. I was freshly traumatised from screaming balloons, I didn't want to hover over a bubble and possibly click one. lolol
I've finally found the time to play this, and it's amazing! It's so wholesome, and I found the balloon game so fun! And then got hit with the silly little shenanigans.
Hello I really want to play this game but, wen I open the files is everything fine but wen the credits of the game pass ( the creators ) the window of the game is blue and not change.
I dont think its problem of my pc bc is new so idk where is the problem? And i already download the two windows versions few times.
Pls help I really want to play this game /cry.
(Pdtt: Srry if there are grammatical errors, im from Spain and im not a pro of english )
Hey hey! Sorry my reply is quite slow, I’ve been super busy working on a new game for jams that have a short deadline >.<
Firstly, thanks so much for checking out the game :3
Unfortunately, I’m probably not going to be able to help much :( If I can’t reproduce stuff on my computer, I generally have no idea how to fix it, and I’ve never encountered anything like what you described while testing on my PC >.<
So does that mean you’ve reached an ending and had the credits roll, and then once the credits sequence has finished, you have a blue screen? Is it solid blue, or is there a pattern with bubbles on the background?
I don’t really know what could cause something like that :( I could try and make a dev build to send you, so that if any errors occur, it should generate some error logs that you could then send to me and I could pass them on to the Naninovel support and see if they have any ideas.
One thing you could potentially try is deleting any copies of the game you have, but also after that, going into: Users > (whatever your username is on your PC) > AppData > LocalLow > Melancholy Marionette > and then there should be a folder in there called Bitter/Sweet or Bitter/Sweet Blythe. You want to delete that folder because that’s where all your save data and stuff is stored. If you don’t delete that, even if you delete the game files and redownload the game, it will still to try to play from that save data, which can cause issues in itself >.<
You might not have the AppData folder visible by default though, as it’s usually set to hidden. That means you’ll have to enable the option to view hidden folders on your computer first :3
That’s probably not going to help though >.< I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful :( If it was something multiple people had encountered, I might be able to gather more information and figure out a way to fix it, but so far, you’re the first person to report something like this.
Wooo! Well, that's fantastic that it actually worked in the end :D It sucks you had to mess around installing it so much x3 but still, I'm happy you got to play it at least :3
There’s not a super solid release date for blue Blythe’s route, but my aim is to have it out for the end of Yandere Jam 2024. When my arm got broken back in March, it meant having a few months away from my PC while it healed cos I couldn’t really do anything much with it >.< haha. So yeah, I didn’t work on any of my projects at all March-May. When I was finally able to go on my PC again, I spent pretty much the rets of May and June trying to catch up on messages and stuff that I missed.
July has mainly been me away from my PC dealing with various irl chores, but this past week I’ve been working my butt off to make something for this year’s O2A2 jam, which I've just released today :3
August I’ve got a lot of irl stuff to deal with again and prep to do for Spooktober Jam. September will be entirely taken up by Spooktober Jam. Then October-December, I’ll probably need some sort of mini-break from my PC to recover from Spooktober >.< but then I haven’t 100% decided what I’ll be doing before the end of the year. So yeah, I don’t really have time to work on Bitter/Sweet atm >.< I figured trying to get the other route done for next year’s Yandere Jam would be fitting though since it was made for this year’s one! Whether or not I actually manage that is another matter entirely though x3
omg thanks for your response!! I am so excited to play your new game, i am gonna download it right away! Seriously, your games make my day, thanks so much for all your hard work and I hope you´re feeling better soon <3
I do have Tumblrand asks are always open, but I’m not very active on there >.< I think I still have a fair few to answer from months ago cos I’m really bad at keeping up with social media T_T There are a few asks answered publicly on there though about Blythe and Castor I think :3 And you’re welcome to ask your own stuff if you want to as well. I’ll do my best to answer when I can, it just might take me a while because my brain doesn’t seem to be built for social media, haha. It’s like no matter what I do to try and keep on top of social stuff, I always wind up epically failing >.<
awesome game, seriously. the story is really creative and reels you in. also, orange blythe's masculine voice is so soothing and fitting for him!!! (and kinda creepy at times but thats a part of the appeal) i had to replay some voicelines more times than i can count cause i just wanted to hear him say it again lol
<3 I have to agree, the voice acting was absolutely phenomenal ^-^ Even though I had to listen to it repeatedly while editing the audio and then again while testing the game, I never got bored of hearing it, haha.
Hey!
As always I'm going to make a review filled only with spoilers so:
/!\SPOILERS/!\
So first impression:
I choose the masculine voice !
Orange Blythe one is so cuteee <3 (and creepy lol)
The voice actor again ah :) beautiful voice! And blue Blythe voice is unexpected but i like it! it's go well with the art of his/they bunny!
I like the erratic voice of Orange Bylthe tho! My favorite kind of voice lol
God, the blue one creepy me haha
Oh and on the park, the background noise, some of this are in french and well one of the kid say "hey f*ckhead! you're really a shit huh!" it's more insulting that my translation but it's make me laugh haha
Oh! and the idea of the people that turned into a balloon it's the genre of the plot i like <3
Damn... the voice actor <3 the work they put! Great choice of voice like always Melancholy! <3
And the art... omg! I love it! The artist is talented!
The ending:
Damn, one of those when i fall asleep, the expression of satisfaction from Orange Blythe is hot lol <3 and creepy tho haha
With the game with colorful and cute color, the creepy undertone is perfection! :D
And the endings! With the bliss end and the other one when you fall asleep, baby boy hide not so well it's fixation over us! but it's always funny and interesting when cute yandere character breaks their composure.
Anyways thanks for the game and see you soon in another game! :D
And sorry for grammar mistake and such! ^^'
Hehe, yeah, the voice actors did an absolutely incredible job bringing the characters to life in this ^-^ It wouldn’t be the same without them!! That’s why I love voice acting so much. It makes such a difference having epic VA to bring characters to life.
That is hilarious about the background noises in the park xD Thanks for telling me that cos I never would have known, haha. The weird thing is, that SFX came from a UK SFX website x3 I wonder if the person who uploaded it knew that’s what was being said and thought it would be funny to add it to the site, or if they were clueless!
Yeah, LPB is an amazing artist :3 Everything she creates is just stunning!
You have nothing to apologise for anyhow x3 And thank YOU as always for playing and writing such nice things <3 ^-^
Hi! I don't play a lot of visual novels, but I found this through the Queer bundle and played it and I'm so glad I did. This is absolutely fantastic, and I had no idea why it hit so close (asides from the wonderful art and writing) until I heard the developer commentary. I don't want to go into any of the specifics to avoid leaving nasty spoilers in the comments, but it was surreal hearing someone recount a story of depression treatment so similar to my own.
Also, despite the really fucked up story and meaning, Blythe was mad cute! I'm really excited to see the blue route when that comes out.
Yay! That’s awesome to hear ^-^ It always means a lot when anyone who doesn’t typically play visual novels ends up enjoying one because they seem to get a bit of stick as a genre of game, haha. Some people even go as far as to say that they’re not games at all T_T And also awesome that you found it through the bundle because it’s an absolutely epic bundle in general and I’m forever grateful for the fact that something as amazing as it exists :3
I’m really glad you had fun with the game, but at the same time, I’m so sorry you have a similar story with depression :( I sure wouldn’t wish it on anyone! I feel like treatment for mental health in general is gradually improving, but it still has a looooong way to go >.<
Thanks so much for checking it out and leaving such a sweet comment :3
Blue Blythe's route will absolutely be added in the future :3 I can't say for sure exactly when because I have a lot of stuff to do and never enough time in a day to do it all x3 but I'm going to try and aim for having it released by the end of next year's yandere jam! I highly doubt I'll manage it before then though. It's possible I might not get it done in time for the end of the jam next year either, but I will try, haha. Just gotta prioritise other stuff in my life before this is all. Either way, it'll be added eventually :3
Thanks for checking the game out ^-^ Yanderes are the best :P
That’s really incredible!! (≧∇≦)/ It’s actually really cool!! that you are actively working on your game. I really hope that you’ll be able to add Blue Blythe! I’m looking forward to the game update Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ
Do you have any social media I could follow you on? It’s really cool to see someone working on such a cool game. I’m a huge fan of yanderes, as you can see, so I really am interested in this ≡(′▽`)っ
andd I agree!! Yanderes are the best!! and the cutest! ty for replying me!! and have a nice day!! (≧∇≦)
Well, I’m not so much actively working on it cos I just haven’t had the time to go back to it since the jam finished >.< but I will be working on it once I get a chance to :3 Life has just been quite chaotic, haha. I don’t think I’m going to be able to get much of anything done for the rest of the year really because I never seem to get enough time at my desk to actually make progress >.< I’m hoping to take part in O2A2 jam this year though, so with any luck, I should be releasing a tiny bitesize game at the end of this month, haha. I’m more than likely going to try my best to take part in Spooktober VN JAm again this year too because it’s probably my favourite jam. Sooo, yeah, provided I can find people to team up with, have the time to make something when the jam starts in September, and nothing goes wrong, then I should also have another game out at the start of October :3
I do have social media, but I don’t use it all that much because I find it quite stressful >.<
From now on, I’m going to be posting public blog stuff about my game dev activities mostly onKo-fi :3 And there will still be private posts with behind-the-scenes stuff and more on there too for supporters.
Ko-fi is pretty much where I'm making my home for posting about pretty much everything, haha. Specific updates to games will get put in dev logs here on their respective game pages, but I don't want to keep spamming dev logs for just general progress reports here because I think it's probably annoying to anyone who follows me here to get pings about update posts only to find that it's just me rambling and not an actual update to a game x3
Other than that, I do have Twitter and Tumblr , but I’m rarely on either of them >.<
*High five* for the yandere love :D I see you also have a cute pic of Menhera chan for your avatar on here :3 I used to be really big into menhera dress style and yami kawaii because it felt empowering in a way to wear clothes that depicted mental health struggles in a cute and colourful way. It’s nice that you can kind of show how you feel inside by the clothes that you wear. I don’t wear that much of it outdoors now though because it tends to draw attention, and since I have really bad social anxiety, I don’t like being stared at in the street for what I’m wearing x3
Thanks again for your kind words and have a nice day yourself :3
Ooh, I get that social media can be really stressful, I definitely know that feeling.
Good choice with going on Ko-fi, it definitely is better than keeping all the progress reports in the comments（=´∇｀=）
AND THATS SO COOLL that you had a phase in your life with menhera and yami-kawaii, I really wish you could still enjoy wearing it, but I understand it. Life is complicated sometimes since we lived in a judgemental ppl…
Menhera-chan is adorable, isn’t she? She’s really cute AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT UR ALSO USED TO LUV YUME KAWAII PLEASE DONT LISTEN TO THEIR BULLSHIT 💥💥 theyre just jealous and yeah…we humans are free to express what we feel aaaaaa ≧(´▽｀)≦
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and that’s totally understandeable. Don’t push yourself too hard, take your time and do whatever makes you happy! I will be waiting for any news, but don’t be too hard on yourself to constantly give updates, do it when you’re ready and when you feel comfortable with it. I’ll be waiting, so no worries about it TwT
anddd i get that, life is full of surprises and it’s really hard to make enough time for yourself. We really are stuck with little to no time for us and our hobbies, huh… But that’s okay, I think taking breaks and resting is very important to keep your health alright. I’m sure that the games you make will be awesome! ヾ(´▽｀;)ゝ
HIIII Im very interested in downloading this game. Ik the yandere game jam is now over and i have looked at the walkthrough and noticed that it said only orange blythe route is availible for the game jam. But now that its over is Blue Blythe availible if not its fine Ill love them both
Unfortunately, since my arm got broken shortly after the jam finished, I haven't been able to make progress on any of my projects, haha. The cast came off at the end of April and I can use my arm again, but I spent all of May trying to catch up on my inbox, which I still haven't managed to do yet, and since I'm also now far behind on my other projects too, I probably won't be able to work on blue Blythe's route for quite a while still >.<
So yeah, as of now, it's still only orange Blythe's route that's available x3 I might try and get blue Blythe's one released for next year's yandere jam or something! Either way, blue Blythe's route won't be coming any time soon.
Hope you have fun with orange Blythe for now though if you decide to download it ^-^
So I play visual novels a lot but none of them seemed to take my interest. I found this game and got really hooked on it. The protagonist is relatable, except I don't have autism (pretty sure that's ASD) and agoraphobia. Though not getting out a lot and hating being around people do tie into my anxiety. The characters were so cute, and I love yandere-like characters. I got the devoured ending though :( but overall, I rate it a 9/10 would recommend playing this game. I will also try out the others that the creator made.
Thanks so much for checking it out and leaving such a kind comment :3 I'm really glad you thought the protagonist was relatable! Yeah, ASD is autism :3 This was my first time writing a protagonist that is somewhat similar to myself, haha. I don't have agoraphobia either, but I do have really bad social anxiety >.< And while I'm definitely not identical to Bunnie, we have a lot in common x3 It was kind of strange in general to write about stuff that's closer to home, but I'm glad I did in the end!
That sucks you wound up with the devoured ending though x3 I can't lie, that's probably one of the least-fun ones, especially since it doesn't have its own CG like most of the others >.< haha.
Thanks again for taking the time to play it and for your recommendation ^-^ If you do plan on checking out my other projects, I would recommend Limbo Line first cos it's my personal favourite and features art from the same awesome artist that did the art for this project :3
This game was an absolute amazing experience! For some reason it took the longest to play and edit because there's just so much love and detail poured into every scene. The art is absolutely breath taking with it's deceptively beautiful colors and softness and the music is so good I'm considering putting it on my ipod!
And then there's the amazing voice acting! It wouldn't be the same without how hard all the VAs worked, AND on a short timeline too! And the biggest secret of the game, I'm glad wasn't so obvious or apparent, because when I went back to edit the video, now KNOWING what the Blythe's are it was like looking at it in a new light. That is to say the writing is amazing!
And all this in SUCH a short time! I honestly am blown away and this game has cemented itself as one of my favorites!
I hope you enjoy watching my playthrough as I had enjoyed playing it!
Ahh, man, you're so sweeeeet ^-^ Thank you so much for checking this one out and leaving such a kind comment <3 and also thank you for just being awesome in general! I really need to play more of Picture Perfect Boyfriend because I absolutely adore what I've seen so far, I just never give myself enough quality gaming time T_T
That means a lot about the music cos trying to make tracks for my projects has rapidly become one of my favourite parts of gamedev (and also makes me feel just the tiiiiniest bit better about not being able to draw) x3 not that I can take credit for the entire soundtrack on this one cos I only had time to make a few original tracks, haha.
It will never cease to amaze me how VAs manage to work with devs on jam games! It's honestly mindblowing that they can receive scripts with such tight deadlines and then work their magic to bring the characters to life so well :3 I always find myself saying to people, are you suuure you wanna do this? x3 Cos it never seems fair to drag other people into my madness when it comes to jams, haha. This game sure wouldn't be the same without the VA though, that's for certain!
Also good to know regarding the secret because I was honestly such a mess for most of the jam x3 I had pretty much zero faith in the writing by the time I finished the draft and was panicking quite badly that I'd have to put the entire project in the bin and give up >.< If it wasn't for LPB's encouragement, the game wouldn't even have been made, so I owe her a heck of a lot for being so supportive! (as well as her epic art, of course ^-^)
Thank you again for all your kind words ^-^ They're appreciated more than I have the ability to even express <3
I only managed to get about 36 mins into your video so far, but it's already mega adorable the way you read and react x3 I don't normally watch entire playthroughs of my own stuff cos I find it a bit strange to see when I've already spent so many hours staring at the content during development and testing xD but I think I will have to watch your whole vid when I can cos it's just awesome!! Gotta cook noms now though x3
Oh, and reading through some of the comments on your vid, yeah, you were in the credits cos I always try to include everyone who has ever supported me at any point on Ko-Fi and Patreon :D Which also means you have access to the supporter page with soundtracks and stuff on if you didn't already know that :3 It's a little more difficult with Ko-Fi cos I put a bunch of keys up on there for everyone to grab, but I don't think there's any way of pinning posts >.<
Anyways, if Ko-Fi will still let me dm you, I'll drop you a key there in case you don't have one yet! But if it won't let me and you do want one, just drop me an email or something and let me know where is best to send it. It's only got some of my original soundtracks on there for now cos I haven't had time to organise them all yet, but the original tracks I made for Bitter/Sweet are on there for download at least :3
PS. Extra thank yous for spreading the joy of the bunny binky by including that lil clip in there when it was mentioned :P And now for some minor fangirling cos I can't contain telling you how crazy talented you are to be able to draw cool stuff, make games, AND at the same time also be such an entertaining YouTuber!! Please can I steal your powers?! x3 I knew of you through Picture Perfect Boyfriend, but being the social media and general hermit that I am, I didn't know that you did playthroughs of stuff on YouTube too >.< But yeah, all the thank yous for playing through it and making such a fun video + giving it a place in your collection ^-^
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm really at a loss for words after reading this!! (and slightly tearing up!)
I was able to download the soundtrack right before I found your message. I went to back to the game page because I really didn't notice my name was in the credits and saw the soundtrack was available since I did pay for the game days ago. I was very excited to have these songs to listen to on my own, and they are even more beautiful and chilling then I realized!! I also hunted down Phonobabble to hear their other work and they are just as amazing!
And please take your time watching my videos, sometimes it takes me a whole week to watch some other videos and plus I've started making them longer to avoid cliff hangers♪
And yup, I PLAY VNs, edit my own videos, draw, and make a games as well. The only thing I haven't tried is making music, haha. I'm working on the sequel/follow up game to PPB called PPB:Reboot where you can date the other other guys who were "deleted" in the first game. I have a pretty hefty demo up but there's still a lot I need to draw for it.
I've said it so many times but I'll say it again, this game was a truly memorable experience! If you haven't checked him out, EPYKSLION is a similar youtuber whose been a good friend to me and even he was excited that I finally played it!
Keep up the amazing work and remember to take breaks as well!
Ahh, fair enough! In that case, even more thanks are in order for the fact that you supported the game here too!! So thank youuuuu ^-^
I'm totally not addicted to trying to make music now x3 ahem. Would be better if I could play an instrument, but still, I can't deny that ever since I discovered making music using samples was a thing, I have been like a kid in a candy shop xD because I genuinely didn't know sample-based music was a thing until about 2021 despite now being 31 >.< I always just thought that everyone who made music had either recorded all the sounds themselves or paid someone else to do it via a commission or something!
I really need to listen to some of Phonobabble's other work too! I still haven't managed to yet, but it's on my (ridiculously long) to-do list because, as you say, they're an absolutely incredible actor :3
As my brother frequently reminds me, I never give myself enough time to do non-dev stuff x3 over the years, attempting to make VNs kinda absorbed almost all of the time I used to spend playing games >.< and I know I need to give myself more breaks to actually enjoy playing stuff more often, but I struggle with doing that in a way that doesn't make me feel guilty about slow progress on projects. I started Fire Emblem Three Houses well over a year ago and still haven't finished it for that reason xD I've completed one house route, and only about halfway through another >.< I think the dev stuff is one of those addictive hobbies that has gotten waaaaay out of control x3 cos both my friends, and family (and also a therapist at one point) have said that it's not normal to spend so much time on one hobby and they wish I'd have more breaks, haha. I am trying to change that cos there's a lot I want to do that isn't dev-related! It's just taking time to change x3
But yeah, I forgot to even mention the fact that it must take you quite some time to edit your videos together! I really struggle with video editing, so have to admire anyone who manages to make awesome vids like yours :3 And even though I'm by no means an expert, I feel like you can really tell you've put a tonne of passion and hard work into your videos! Same goes for PPB ^-^
I saw the stuff about PPB: Reboot, and I have to admit, got excited, haha. I was trying to play everything that was involved in the male yandere showdown on tumblr a while back cos I thought I'd give myself permission to have a nice yandere gaming binge since I'd just finished yan jam! But then that rare break I gave myself got cut short in the end by my arm getting broken >.< cos then I couldn't really manage to play anything properly once it was in the cast, and cos I couldn't do much of anything while it was healing up, it meant that by the time the cast was off, I felt like I had to get straight back into doing dev stuff again because I was so behind. It was like the worst kind of forced break that was useless because I didn't even get to chill and play games x3 I did binge His Dark Materials TV version though while healing, so it wasn't 100% bad, haha. The point is though, I still have soooo many things to play on my itch list alone, and then I've got my non-itch games backlog too T_T I need like a full year's break from dev stuff to make a dent in either one x3
I realise now that I have practically committed a crime because I looked up Epykslion and realised that I did, in fact, watch the playthrough that he did of Bitter/Sweet after someone recommended it to me! But it was while my arm was still broken and I couldn't get on my PC, so I watched it on our downstairs TV from my brother's PS4 YouTube app, which has no one signed into it, and I even told myself, once I get back on my PC, I must remember to go and like and subscribe from my account, but me being the forgetful numpty that I am, didn't remember to do that T_T I have now gone and rectified that!! So thank you for reminding me x3 Actually, watching that really cheered me up when I was feeling crappy. Both of you are fantastic at what you do ^-^
Keep up the amazing work yourself! And look after yourself too :3 I shall cheer you on from afar with little pom poms! x3
If I can, I try to support each game that I play on my channel and I'm happy to see all the wonderful worlds, characters, and stories people have inside them!
Ah making music through samples, I forgot about that. Does that mean clips of music or a sample of an instrument? Making music is still something I'd like to learn but maybe when there's not so much on my plate.
I can fully understand getting absorbed in a hobby, and I'm one who hops around hobbies (but always went back to drawing). Making videos feels that way too, I'm really obsorbed in it, but unfortunately I don't give myself much time to play games for myself. Definitely give yourself BREAKS! What helps me (because I believe I have ADHD) is, I'll set a timer for 30minutes or 1 hour and absolutely focus on video editing, and when that timer is up I'll let myself do anything else for as long as I want . What usually happens is I'll either have the energy to keep working or I'll actually relax.
But I've definitely found how important taking breaks and putting hobby/work aside for a while it! Me, personally, I don't think it's weird to stay on one hobby, unless that's something you as a person don't usually do. In fact I'd think having one hobby is what most people do anyway, and game development is definitely a cool and diverse one! Of course it's great to try new and different stuff too, you never know what you'll be great at!
I think I started really editing videos in 2021 and have improved a lot since the first videos on my channel! What helps is watching other videos and how they do their timings, and edits, and such. Even now I'd still consider myself a beginner. But each video does take about an entire 1-2 days to edit if their an hour long haha.
I'm so sorry about your arm, I hope it's healing well! And thank YOU for your support and kind words!
Well, that's super duper sweet of you :3 There are so many amazing creatives out there that I wish I could support too, but I just don't have enough funds to do it >.<
I'm definitely no expert on sample-based music, so I couldn't really say, but I feel like maybe it's both of those things? x3 I've seen a few threads about people who sample music by popular artists and such, and that really confused me cos that's very different from what I'm doing, haha. I've just got a giant library of loops and samples that were created specifically for music production. Some of em are live recordings of instruments, others are samples of virtual instruments, and then some are sounds created by other means on a computer. The majority of the ones I have are loops that are labeled with their original pitch and temp to make it easier to sort through everything. Some of em are more like just SFX and atmospheres though. I just piece stuff together in layers like a big musical jigsaw, haha. For example, I just opened up my files for the Bitter/Sweet theme (vocal version) and a rough count looks like I've used around 36 different loops/samples including all the vocals.
More recently I've been editing the loops and stuff that I own, adding different FX to em, and changing the original recorded sound. It's heaps of fun, but also time just kinda flies by without me realising it when I get stuck into it xD I could really do with a proper external hard drive to keep all that sort of thing on cos it's reached a point now where it's slowing down my PC, haha.
I know what you mean anyhow cos I'm always coming across different things I'd love to try and learn, but I dunno where to find the time to actually dedicate to it, haha. Video editing is definitely one of those things!
Yeah, I tend to hop around hobbies too, but a few have stuck around :3 Trying to make VNs is definitely one of the longer-lived ones! I'm getting better at the breaks thing, sort of x3 I really should try harder to do what you said though, and set timers! It's something I gave a go at in the past, but I didn't stick to it very well and didn't give it much of a chance >.< Starting next week, I think I'll try again!
Funnily enough, I've been told by a few people that they think I have ADHD as well, haha. It never really occurred to me cos I didn't know that much about it, and I always just assumed that it only involved difficulty concentrating on stuff, but a therapist mentioned to me that it can be the other way around too, attention that's too focused to the point it becomes unhealthy. She reckoned that I likely have it, but some of the symptoms are masked by my ASD. I've not gone down the route of pursuing a diagnosis though cos it takes forever to get those things sorted here + she said she thinks it would be extremely difficult to actually tell whether it's that or something else. She just knows that I have problems related to attention and concentration.
I guess it's not so much that it's one main hobby that was starting to cause concern for my therapist and family, but more the amount of time I was spending each day engaging in it >.< It was something that got brought up during a jam though, so I can understand them saying it's unhealthy to work on a project for like 15-17 hours a day, but I knew I was only gonna be working like that for 1 month. Outside of jams, my pace on projects is much, much slower cos I mean, jam mode just isn't sustainable x3 The thing was that they didn't particularly like the idea of me working like that for just a month either, haha. It's really hard not to though if I get into it because I have so much fun that even if it looks insane to people looking in, I'm generally having a blast and don't feel the impact of it too much until I eventually go back to normal, and that's when it all catches up to me and hits me like a truck >.<
When I'm not doing jams though, I make sure to stay away from my PC most weekends + for a good few hours in the evening to spend time with my family :3 And I like going out for walks in nature and stuff. The main thing I need to do is learn to switch off from working on project stuff on weekdays and give myself a chance to play things. It's just so hard to do that without feeling guilty though. Even though I decided to stop setting myself targets and goals, I still generally feel dissatisfied with my progress on projects most days!
Well, I did manage to finish watching that particular video, and I think you were amazing throughout :3 It takes a LOT to hold my attention when it comes to videos, haha. So the fact that I was thoroughly entertained by your comments and reactions from start to finish goes to show you're brilliant ^-^ I laughed out loud a fair few times, which I don't usually do when I'm watching stuff unless it's stand-up comedy!
I always had pretty weak arms anyways, so now that I'm able to use it again, it feels like it's practically back to normal :D Hope you get to have yourself a lovely week ahead :3
i love the game so much! it was so scary in not like a visual horror but rather psychological horror! However is the game supposed to open back up? i close it but it kept opening back up few times before stopping..maybe its just my computer bugging out or maybe the blythes really are alive 0.0? (hehe in summary i love your game and i hope you update it soon)
Glad you had fun with it ^-^ Yeah, psychological horror is my favourite genre of horror :P hehe. I guess maybe I should answer your question under spoilers :3 Before that though, I just wanna say thanks so much for playing <3
Sort of spoilers
Yup, well, basically, after you meet certain conditions in the game, something happens when you try to quit, haha. It's only short, and it should let you close it down once the event is over, but yeah, it's supposed to temporarily prevent you from quitting the game just so they can have a few more words with you :D I really enjoy putting freaky little features like that in my games when I can x3
Melanie, I know you don't check Discord but since I am (primarily) on Linux Mint v20 now, I can use that platform to test out the Linux builds of your games. Will keep you updated with results later :)
Ooo, how cool! Well, thank you so much for that :3 I'm imagining it's gonna turn out that none of them even run >.< and if that's the case, I won't have a clue how to make them work, haha. I just hit export in Unity, upload em, and just kinda hope that they do what they're supposed to x3 Considering they sometimes still run janky for other people on Windows when they run fine on my Windows PC and potato laptop, I feel like getting stuff to work well on Mac and Linux is night impossible!
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This game is so great!! Me and the protagonist share most conditions and similar personality, and their love of rabbits is the same as my obsession with cats! This game is so comforting(except for the sadness tied to it, it's just comforting to see a character similar to me, i never do), I love the voice acting, too!
Thanks so much for checking out the game! And I'm glad to hear you found the MC relatable :3 Although, at the same time, I'm sorry that you share some of the same conditions cos having anxiety and such isn't much fun >.<
I'd be lying if I tried to say there weren't parts of myself in MC x3 We have plenty of differences too, but we share a lot of traits, haha.
I'm really glad it came across as comforting though despite the sadness attached to it cos I always worry when I write about stuff that connects to mental health that it could potentially come across the wrong way to some people when everyone has such different experiences with it.
And I'm glad you like the VA too! Thanks so much for playing ^-^
Was I expecting to discover this game and go on a birth-date with myself and their sinister twin? No.
...But did I end up playing it out of pure curiosity and end up absolutely enjoying it? Yes.
x3 Well, I’m glad you wound up coming across it + even more glad that you had fun with it :D Blythe is a cool name :P
Thanks so much for playing :3
Will there ever be the option to choose blue Blythe?
Eventually, yes :3
I’m not exactly sure when because I’m trying to finish Lovestarved first along with another project of mine, so it won’t be anytime soon >.<
I wrote the current version of the game so that the whole main story is complete within Orange Blythe’s route anyhow :3 Blue Blythe’s route will just add some extra spice and despair pretty much, haha. Kind of like a side story but longer I guess. Orange Blythe’s route is essentially the ‘true’ route.
Thanks for your interest in the game :3
I made bracelets >-< (sorry they kinda plain I'm low on supplies + sorry its kinda low res I'm using my laptop computer bc my phone's dead and I'm impatient :P)
Omg they’re adorable, so shush!! You have nothing to apologise for x3 I think they’re perfect & super duper cute ^-^
Ngl, I did think about making some Blythe-themed accessories, but I was too lazy to dig out my supplies >.< you beat me to it, haha.
I have some resin moulds for a few things that would work so well, but I kinda gave up making resin accessories years ago cos it was too time-consuming and I didn’t really have anywhere to store the stuff I made :( Even though my brother takes up several entire rooms in the house with his collectable models, I got moaned at for having a few bits of resin jewellery in a corner T_T
It’s so cool to see what you made though :D Thanks for sharing & also for checking out this game too!! :3
Omg resin gives me anxiety lol, i always get scared ill breathe that shit in and like die💀 But I bet they would be super cute and u should beat ur brother's ass for saying shit q(^≧▽≦^q) and I'm glad u liked the bracelets too!!!
Yeeeeah, it’s not the easiest thing to work with either >.< or at least the cheap stuff I used to buy wasn’t, haha. Not the greatest thing to try and use when you have tactile sensitivities and the damn stuff won’t come off your skin if you happen to get it on you T_T
I tried regular stuff that you just dry over time + the fancier stuff that you dry faster with UV light, and boy, did the UV resin stink x3 Smelled like stuff was burning, haha.
Something about this game is so sad, I don't know how to explain without kinda spoiling the whole thing but still, it was truly an amazing game, and the songs were awesome too, really fitting the whole game, huge congrats on it.
Yeah, it’s a bit of a hard one to talk about without spoilers x3 Thank you so much for playing it though, and for leaving such a lovely comment! :3
I’m glad you thought it was decent & enjoyed the soundtrack :D Whenever I eventually get around to making Blue Blythe’s route, I might see if I can make a couple more original tracks for the soundtrack, but I’m not sure yet >.<
It having sad vibes is one of the reasons I don’t make that many games that are too personal like this one is, haha. This one and Sapphire Snowe are my most personal projects, and both were cathartic to make in a way, but at the same time, I also find I can’t revisit them sometimes because they remind me too much of being in a bad place >.<
Thank you again for checking it out! :3
(SPOILER FREE) Wow, hearing the developer notes on the origins of Blythe is genuinely incredibly inspired. It's a kind of horror that is rather untread. Only this direction being able to come off as anything near to the tact it has is a great feat, and comes from the authors experience and skill. Its a message that could have come off as very negative if done wrong.
(SPOILERISH BELOW) I have experienced both positive and negative experience with 'Blythe's Origins' in my life. Positive experiences which have changed my life, and negative experiences that have filled me with so much horror at what was happening to me. 'Blythe's Origins' have been genuinely retraumatising to me and had made me scared to reach out and try getting more support. But at the same time, even a sucess IS bittersweet. You just don't know how anything is going to treat you and your mind. There is that sense of dependence and faith and depersonalisation you have to give. Its a uniquely uncanny feeling captured really well in the game's role reversal where a human is looked after by bunnies, rather than the other way around. To me, Sweet Blythe is the 'Origin' which helped me, and Bitter Blythe is the negative experience.
The art is beautiful, aside from the ending arcade CG where I found that Blythe's looked pretty off-model to their regular sprites.
Thanks for making this game and I look forward to playing more, if Bitter Blythe's routes get added.
Thank you so much for all your kind words about the game :3 It means a hell of a lot to me that you think the story was approached tactfully because, whenever I write something that’s more on the personal side, I do worry about how it might come across since everyone’s experience of different things can be so varied and unique to them! The last thing I would have wanted is to upset/offend anyone.
SPOILERS BELOW
Firstly, I’m sorry you’ve had personal experience with the subject matter. I wouldn’t wish that sort of thing on anyone :( But I’m glad that you’ve at least had experience of a positive side :3 It just sucks that you’ve had to go through the negative side of things too >.<
I still have very little faith in that stuff, despite professionals occasionally trying to get me to give it another go. For me, it’s always been a case of doing more harm than good, so I’m scared of what I might lose by ever trying again! As you say, you just don’t know how anything is going to go.
What I found extremely disturbing is that professionals (at least in my experience) are all too willing to give you that sort of treatment, but then once you agree to it, you’re on your own. Despite the fact that they KNOW the sorts of things it could do to you, and yet there’s no follow-up, no checks to make sure you’re okay. They just leave you at the mercy of it all, and if you start to lose yourself, you’ve got no one to reach out to to help pull you back >.<
I suppose in a way, I got the tiniest taste of orange Blythe but was mainly stuck with blue Blythe x3 That’s probably why I wanted to finish orange first, haha.
I’m both glad and sad that you can relate to the story and the way the Blythe twins work :3 I didn’t want to be toooo obvious about it all, which is why I left the reveal wordless on the title screen, but I hoped that maybe there would be people out there somewhere who could relate to it and join the dots, which you absolutely have :D
LPB was in charge of all the awesome art :3 Though I think maybe she wasn’t 100% happy with all of it. We were quite rushed because of the jam deadline x3 So we didn’t have as much time as we would have liked to work on it. We had other CGs & backgrounds etc. that we planned to have in the game but there just wasn’t time. Maybe we can add them whenever we work on the project again to make blue Blythe’s route though!
We’re currently working on Deadly Desires: LOVESTARVED together :3
Thank YOU for playing the game ^-^ and for taking the time to write up such a kind & thoughtful comment!
I made another game last year which was supposed to serve as a way to process some of my darker feelings, haha. Usually, I try to stay away from getting too personal with my projects, but for Sapphire Snowe, I felt like I had to make it just to stay sane and get through what I was going through at the time >.<
Hello!! I don't know If you'll read this but-
Look, I seriously loved the concept of the game, at the very first It was a little confusing in good way, It was cute!! But, then you realize some things and I could really relate to Bunnie, I myself suffer from some of their mental illness and what made all of this funnier is that as a kid (still do, but less) i had lots of illusions, and one of them that was the more long lasting (nearly two years ??) was a bunny girl i considered my girlfriend uh... so this reminded of her, but letting that aside the game was cute to play and as I said I could relate with the MC, more than with any other till yet. I already finished everything for now, I checked on and saw that you hadn't touch the development of the game since tyhe yangam jam since 2023 and you were planning of doing it this year in the jam but couldnt, made me sad since I really wanted to explore blue blythe more of what we seen! BUT i also saw that next year youll try again and that made a huge relief. Knowing this game is in hiatus but has the change of getting his rute also (even if we have to wait more) is so much nicer than hear that the project is left all alone without hopes :(
anyway, thank you and all the people that were part of the making of this little visual novel, truly
I try to read and reply to all comments here on itch, so I saw it :3
I’m really glad you enjoyed the game ^-^ Thanks so much for checking it out!
It means a lot that you can relate to Bunnie too :3 At the same time, I’m also sorry that you have experience with mental health stuff :( I have struggled with anxiety & depression all my life, and I wouldn’t wish that or anything like it on anyone >.<
Yeah, unfortunately, I’ve got myself into a bit of an awkward position where I have a few unfinished projects on the go, haha. I’ve got plenty of completed ones too, but I probably shouldn’t have started so many x3
It’s possible that by the time yandere jam comes around next year, I might also not have time to work on adding Blue Blythe’s route for Bitter/Sweet, because the project I’m working on right now (Deadly Desires: Lovestarved) is my priority project to finish first before anything else.
I might manage to by the end of the year, but since I never know what random stuff is gonna happen to slow down development, it might end up taking me into 2025 to fully finish it >.<
But yeah, I do still plan to add Blue Blythe’s route at some point :3 Part of the problem is that I have only outlined it, not actually written it properly yet! But more than that is the fact that I will have to remake large portions of the existing game because when I update the project files, a lot of stuff is gonna break, especially anything related to voice acting :( So sadly, it’s gonna be a lot of work.
What I will say is that I don’t think Blue Blythe’s route will add that much more to the overall story, as it will be more like a dark spinoff sorta thing. The main story is all covered within Orange Blythe’s route and can work as a standalone game :3
Thank you for playing & taking the time to leave such a kind comment <3
Theory:
What if Blythe was truthful when they said they were inside Y/N's brain? Rather than it being AI, what if it was drugs? After all, pills were shown in menu screen.
Blythe and Blythe? are the opposite sides of the drug. Everything is an illusion. Blythe didn't want Bunny to fall sleep because the drugs would wear off effect. At the same time, it doesn't explain how Blythe was able to change things by will, such as suddenly disappearing. After all, drugs aren't stable. But what if it is there is an AI in bunny's brain, but the AI puts drugs into their system? Or what if he is an alien? I can only wonder ^-^
Thank you so much for playing the game and taking the time to leave a comment! ^-^
I guess I should say everything else under spoilers, haha.
Soooo…
SPOILERS below!!!
But yeah, I can confirm that your theory is a fairly accurate one :D I’m so glad you spotted the hint of the pills on the menu screen because I know that some people have missed that x3 Maybe I should have made it more obvious >.<
I just thought it would be fun to reveal certain things in more subtle ways for this project because I didn’t really want to straight-up say that X is the truth or Y is right and Z is wrong.
Cos sometimes it’s just nicer to leave things to people’s imaginations so they can do what you’ve done here and come up with cool theories ^-^
The one thing I will say is that I had it in mind that Blythe is, in essence, an antidepressant medication, but beyond that, I’d prefer to leave everything else up to speculation x3 Just because it’s partly inspired by my own experiences with taking antidepressants, but I didn’t want that to be too rigid because I know everyone’s experiences with them are different.
I feel like with this particular project, it’s much more fun to be subjective :D
Random fact: The mention of AI was also a nod to the fact that in the original idea for the story, Blythe was going to be written as an AI from the beginning without really hiding anything, but I ended up scrapping that to go with something with a bit more mystery, hehe. I still wanted to reference it in some way though :3
Thank you again for checking out the game <3
This had got to be one of my favorite yandere visual novels. I absolutely love rabbits and everything about this was just so cute!! Blythe was absolutely adorable, and I can't wait for the other route!
Aaaaaaa! That’s so cool!! I’m really glad you enjoyed it ^-^
I adore rabbits too x3 I really miss having pet rabbits :( I would get more, but the heartbreak of losing our last one was too much for my dad and brother and they don’t wanna have to go through that again, which is fair enough. I personally feel like, yeah, the grief of losing a pet is horrible, but the joy you get while they’re alive is enough to make it worth it :3
I had kind of planned to potentially finish this project and have Blue Blythe’s route released for this year’s Yandere Jam, but sadly, that hasn’t been possible because too much crap has been going on in my personal life for me to focus on writing >.< I wound up making Volume 02 of Yandere Heaven instead for the jam since it’s a bit easier to work on. I might try again for next year’s Yandere Jam to actually finish up with Blythe though!
Thanks so much for checking out the game and leaving such a sweet comment <3
Damng Melancholy, I have to admit as much as it's embarassing to say, your writting does make me week in the knees (in a good way lol); you make characters say so many things that tickle my fancy, but I also gotta give props to Blythe (Orange)'s VA, it's a marriage of perfect harmony from both your text and the voices of the characters (plus iconic art too!), I can't ever get enough of your games lmao.
Ahh, haha, well, I’m glad that it does :P Sometimes I wonder if the things I’m writing work in that way or not, haha. Cos even if I intend for that, it’s difficult for me to know if lands with anyone, especially when I’m asexual myself xD I find writing any sort of intimate scene, even if it’s just kissing, pretty hard, haha. It’s a lot of fun, and I tend to just end up writing what I feel is fun at the time, but if I come back to it and re-read it later on, I can’t help but cringe at it x3 usually followed by me thinking, oh, God, what have I done?!
Yeah, there is no way this game would be the same without the incredible talent of the voice actors :3 Phonobabble absolutely elevated orange Blythe’s character beyond the words I wrote! I often find myself thinking that the only reason I even like the character at all is because I love Lazy Polar Bear’s art so much + Phobobabble’s amazing VA. I kinda have to remind myself that I wrote the words, and without the words, it also wouldn’t be the same, haha. So I’m super happy that you see it as being in perfect harmony ^-^
Thanks so much for playing this one and for all your super sweet words <3 It means a lot!
I haven't enjoyed a VN this much in ages!! The art is beautiful, the music fits so well, the writing was really well executed, and the voice acting was just so so wonderful! I'm so excited for the other route! Playing this made my day!
Aww, I’m so glad you had fun with it! Thanks so much for checking it out ^-^
In the back of my mind, I had sort of hoped I might be able to work on the other route and release it in time for the end of yandere jam this year as a kind of anniversary thing, but I’m probably not going to be able to have the time >.< I’ve dug myself into a bit of a hole with having a few different projects on the go and getting too addicted to taking part in game jams x3 I’m gonna try and get more work done on some older projects this year so I stop feeling guilty about em, and then I guess I’ll come back to this when I can!
Thanks again for playing and leaving such a sweet comment :3
Melancholy this game is phonemical, the way you described everything and made it and in only a month!
For people who haven't played this might be a spoiler but the idea of basing them off of anti-depressants and by your and your friends experience with them is so cool! it makes the story 10x better in my opinion. I cant wait for more
Thank you so much! I’m so happy you had fun with it ^-^ Thanks for checking it out, and I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply >.< I kind of just got completely overwhelmed with the buildup to Christmas and then went into collapse x3 I’m only just emerging from the darkness now to resume my life, haha. I hope you at least had a stress-free Christmas and new year!! :3
I had hoped to maybe finish and release the other character route as part of this year’s yandere jam since it would be like an anniversary kinda update, but I don’t think I’m going to have enough time to do that T_T I desperately don’t want to completely miss out on yandere jam though since it’s a jam that means a lot to me, so I might see if I have the time to do another episode of my Yandere Heaven dub instead… even though I’d actually prefer to work on blue Blythe x3 It’s just I know I’m not really gonna get the time to focus on writing in February cos of irl appointments and such >.< Maybe I will try to aim for having it done for next year’s Yandere Jam or something instead!
But yeah, thanks so much for playing and for your kind comment :3 I hope 2024 is going well for you so far!
This game was super fun! I enjoyed the fluff and the dark bits! I can't wait for the blueberry's route to come out because I know that it will be just as good! The art and the voice acting was just chefs kiss.
My first ending I had gotten was the oblivious ending and I liked how surprised I became when my suspicions were confirmed.
I honestly did not encounter any glitches, which was nice.
And huzzah for no glitches encountered too! :D
That’s always nice, haha. And honestly kind of a miracle for this one since I know the stupid random wrong background loading glitch is an issue T_T
It happened once or twice to me in testing but it was completely random and I couldn’t figure out a cause beyond it being some strange sort of Naninovel bug >.< I just reeeeally hope that when I work on this again and update all the files to the latest version of Naninovel that it will resolve itself! x3
Thanks again for playing and for taking the time to write such a nice comment :3 I hope the new year is treating you well!!
Glad to hear it :D Thanks so much for taking the time to play it :3 Not gonna lie, I find it sooooo much harder to write fluff than dark stuff, so I was super scared that none of the fluff was gonna work x3 haha.
Most of my plans and schedules for my projects end up massively off-track cos of my stupid mental health and other irl stuff getting in the way >.< Like my hopes for having blue Blythe’s route out for this year’s yandere jam as an anniversary update T_T but I’ll get there in the end :3
I’m very lucky to have the opportunity to work with LPB cos she’s such a talented artist! And the same goes for the voice actors too :3 The project just wouldn’t be the same without everyone else’s talent onboard x3
I am still playing the game....but Blue Blythe "helping" you smile....AHHHH! <3 I want to play their route so bad.
Kept playing and ran into a weird error. I completed one ending and when I loaded to a previous save; the old CG was the new background instead of the arcade:
!!!SPOILER IMAGE TO SHOW GLITCH!!!
Do not look further if you have not played!
But even with that, man this was fun to play.
When you try to leave the game <3 I don't know how you even managed to code that, but it was an amazing surprise.
Thanks so much for checking out the game :3 So glad you had fun with it!
Yeeeeah, tbh, I have literally no idea what causes that bug, but I ran into it myself once or twice during testing, and it's a real bad one because sometimes it can end up showing random CGs as backgrounds when players haven't even encountered those CGs yet T_T It seems to resolve itself upon reloading again, but it doesn't stop it from randomly happening any time you load a save >.<" and once a spoiler has happened, it's happened :(
I can only imagine it was a weird bug with the version of Naninovel that I was using at the time I made the game because I remember I updated to the most recent version of the software at the time when I started the project, and as far as I know, the issue doesn't occur in older projects of mine where I've used older versions of Naninovel, or in newer projects where I've used newer versions of Naninovel, haha.
I'm just really really hoping that when I come back to this project to work on blue Blythe's route, that updating to the latest version of Naninovel will fix the bug! Because if not, I have literally no idea how to stop it from happening >.<"
But yeah, despite the stupid bug, I'm glad you enjoyed the game :D And hehe, it's a bit of a pain in the butt coding those extra silly lil things, but it's a lot of fun so it's worth it x3
Hope you get to have happy holidays!! :3
I had this game on my "games to play" list for so long, and after finishing it just now, I wish I had played it sooner, it's so good! Submissive yanderes are not usually my type, but oh my god, the way you wrote Blythe's dialogue and the voice acting combined was perfect! The way they would get so excited they would trip over their words or repeat phrases and words, was so sweet and endearing, and had me rolling back the dialogue to hear it again, because it was so cute! Genuinely had me swooning, I can't even lie lmao. I can't wait to play blue Blythe's route when it comes out. You did a great job! :D
Aww, well, I'm so glad that you ended up enjoying it when you got round to it :3 My list of games I wanna play on here is huge >.< I hope to get round to them all someday, but I'm definitely missing out in the meantime, haha. There's just never enough time in the world to do everything you wanna do T_T
Submissive yanderes never used to be my type either, haha. I'd always wanted to try and write one for a challenge and a change though :D Big props to the VA because it wouldn't have worked as well without such talented acting! It's funny cos when I first wrote the character of Blythe, I wasn't that keen on them, but the VA kinda made me fall in love with em, haha. I'd go as far as to say that somehow, Blythe has ended up becoming my most beloved yandere of all the ones I've written so far x3 And I never would have thought that in a million years because they're just really not my usual type, haha.
I had hoped to maybe release blue Blythe's route for Yandere Jam 2024 since that would be appropriate, but I don't know if that's going to happen >.< It would be nice if I could manage it, but I've not been doing so great lately, and I'm soooo behind on a lot of things in general that it's kinda hard to even know what I am going to be able to do, haha. It'll be out eventually though x3
Thanks so much for playing & I hope you get to have happy holidays :3
Thank you for replying! :D I hope you feel better soon! Take your time, no rush, your health is more important! Hope you have a happy holidays and a happy beginning to 2024!
Another game that I played on Winlator! The text is slow on the emulator, until I change it to instant, but it doesn't ruin the experience for me. I love the songs - especially the opening song, and I love orange Blythe.
Orange Blythe is such a sweetheart! He really makes me feel better about myself.
-Slight spoiler-
And I can relate to the protagonist, because
I amalso a shut in.Thelazypolarbear did an amazing job with the artwork by the way; orange Blythe looks adorable, and blue Blythe is hot. And the backgrounds are beautiful.
I hope that you continue to make otome games, because you are really good at it!
Hooray :D Glad this one works on there too! I still haven’t had a chance to check it out cos I’ve been really busy with irl stuff + managed to catch a nasty cold from someone somewhere while out and about x3
So happy you like the songs :D I tried really hard to make something with some vocals that would be fitting for the project, and I intend to keep doing that where possible for all my future projects too cos it’s a lot of fun :3
And that’s great that you like Orange Blythe too ^-^ I was initially worried the character would be a bit boring with being a softer sort of yandere x3 but they actually turned out to be one that grew on me a lot more than some of my more violent characters, haha.
It is kinda hard to get out into the world >.< I know everyone has different reasons for shutting themselves away inside, and while I don’t find the world outside quite as scary as MC does, I definitely don’t feel safe out there, haha. I’m on the autistic spectrum, and often, going out into the world feels like an all out assault on my senses xD Sometimes in a good way that I enjoy, but more often in a way that just makes me stressed and want to get back home to safety again as soon as possible, haha.
LPB is an incredible artist ^-^ This project wouldn’t exist without her! Not just because of her awesome artwork, but also her support and encouragement when I was thinking of scrapping the idea cos I’d convinced myself it wasn’t good enough x3
Thank you so much for all your kind words and being so supportive :3 I really appreciate it!
That's okay, just take of care of yourself, and stay healthy. Plus take cold medicine, rest, and drink lots of water.
I wish I knew how to make music. It sounds like fun! If all of your songs are that good, I look forward to your future projects.
I actually prefer soft yanderes. Solipsm Reigns bad endings caught me off guard, with how violent the yanderes got, but I still liked the game. More yanderes like Orange Blythe would be great in the future, though.
I'm sorry that you feel that way. For me, going outside means interacting with people, and they can be harsh, or just difficult to deal with. And I feel like people are looking at me and judging me, even when I'm just walking around. If words can hurt, peoples stares can make you feel anxious. I feel safer, and happier indoors.
LazyPolarBear sounds like a great friend. When I was thinking about keeping a story I posted online a one shot, I got a lot of encouragement to continue it, and I'm really glad that I did. People like that are amazing.
You are very welcome! Oh, by the way, I tried playing Tunnel Vision, and it worked fine up until Rhime said, "You have been judged guilty as sin, little bird"...and then, it crashed. XD But, every other game of yours that I played worked from beginning to end, so it's fine.
Here are the games made by you that I've played on Winlator:
Tunnel Vision. Bitter/Sweet Blythe. Dawn of the Damned. Yandere Heaven. Darling Duality. Love In Lockdown (Eli version).
Hopefully, I'll be able to play more games made by you in the future. :)
I’m somehow still not fully better, but much better than I was, just got a lingering pesky cough and still feeling tired all the time >.<
You could probably learn to make music the way I do it :3 I pretty much just experiment with stuff x3 I don’t actually have a clue what I’m doing, haha. I just keep trying to put bits together like a puzzle until it sounds like something I like. Basically use a big library of short loops and samples. I have a lot from music producer Humble Bundles at this point! But you can get started with that sorta thing for free cos there are sites like looperman where users upload loops that anyone can use :3 They list the key & tempo so it makes it a lot easier for music noobs like me to find the sorta stuff I’m looking for!
That’s cool :3 I used to be into more violent yanderes back when I made SR (provided the loving side of them was still evident), but I’ve grown kinda tired of them recently x3 So I’d definitely like to try and write some softer ones like orange Blythe in the future :3
I feel ya on it feeling like people are looking at you and judging you >.< I can’t walk past a group of strangers who happen to laugh without automatically thinking they’re laughing at me for some reason >.<
I cried at the end of a therapy session recently cos of what we were discussing, and I kinda just broke down while telling her I feel like my world is so, so tiny because the only place I feel safe is in my house x3 And I just wanna be able to go outside and enjoy life instead of being trapped indoors so much.
Yeah, LPB is definitely amazing :3 I dunno what I’d do without the kind people in the world that actually take the time to listen and hear you out when you’re stuck in a pit.
I have a feeling I know what could’ve caused your crash in Tunnel Vision x3 That point that you described is a big loading point in the game, haha. It basically loads the entire 2nd half of the game right there, and so if there are any memory problems with a device, it will most likely crash T_T On my potato laptop, that load takes like a full 60 seconds to finish >.<” On my PC, it’s like 5 seconds, haha. I wish I knew how to optimise stuff better though because I’m pretty sure Ren’Py doesn’t have problems like that, so I dunno why it’s such an issue in Unity :(
I’m honestly surprised to hear you managed to play Dawn of the Damned on it :o I would’ve thought that one would’ve crashed or bugged out in some way on Winlator x3 but it’s good to know! I imagine that Limbo Line would probably crash on a load the same as Tunnel Vision did >.< And Apartment No.9 probably would as well cos all 3 of those are larger games with longer loads.
Anyways, I’m really glad you’ve been able to check out as much as you have and I appreciate you playing em :3
I'm really happy to hear that you are feeling better, but now I'm worried about something else. I heard in a devlog that you broke your arm and wrist, and that since you broke it before that it might not heal fully. Did it completely heal? I really hope so. A few months ago, my cousins' dog bit my right arm twice in the same spot, and that is my dominant arm too. It's better now, but I have a little understanding of how you feel.
Thank you for the link! I'll try it sometime. I just hope that me being on a phone instead of a laptop won't make the process hard.
I'm looking forward to meeting those future yanderes! But, for now, Orange Blythe is definitely my favorite out of the ones from your games.
I completely understand. In a library some years ago, I was sure someone was talking about me. I was having a bad hair day, and they told their friend that they just saw someone who's hair was messed up. I had to fix myself up in the bathroom after that. XD Social anxiety is such a pain.
Well, I haven't been outside in five years, so I know how you feel. Like I said, interacting with people is terrifying, and stressful for me, but, sometimes I wonder how different things would be if I took the courage to go outside. But, I'm too much of a coward to leave my safe space/comfort zone.
Those kinds of people are the ones I feel most comfortable around: people who provide support, and who you can lean on. I'm glad to have someone like that, even if my only interaction with them is online.
That's okay! I'm still really glad that I can play your games at all. "Darling Duality" and "Bittersweet Blythe" are my favorites, by the way. I really need to thank the person who created Winlator, without that, I couldn't play some Ren'py games that get error messages on Joiplay, either.
Don't get me wrong - Dawn Of The Damned was super slow and laggy, but I could play it from beginning to end. However, I could only get one ending, because when I pressed start to start it over, it loaded for like twenty minutes, and that's when I lost my patience. XD It's unfortunate, because I told Dämmerung that I loved him, hoping to get a happy ending, but...wow, that was brutal. I wanted to try the other ending, but I guess I'm not patient enough. Maybe one day I'll try playing it again.
It can't be helped if a game has a large file size, though I was curious about Limbo Line. Honestly, though, I'm just eagerly waiting for the next update to Darling Duality. The demo is kind of big at around 970 mb though, so I'm worried that the full game with multiple routes will be too big for Winlator. Though, even if it is, I am happy with what I could play of the game.
And I appreciate you making them! You really make the best games.
Sorry it's taken me forever to reply >.< I kinda just stopped all communication for most of December because I got too overwhelmed by life in general and couldn't really cope with anything :( So now I'm really badly behind on my replies and stuff >.<
My arm is pretty much fine now :3 It did heal okay in the end! It's still kinda weak, but no weaker than it was before the accident, haha. I did physio and stuff to build some muscle back, but I've always had weak arms xD That's awful that you got bitten twice though by your cousin's dog o.O I imagine that must've been incredibly painful!! I'm glad you healed okay at least, but man, still, that's a horrible thing to go through :( I hope you didn't end up with like nerve damage or anything!
Hehe, well, I imagine orange Blythe would be very happy about that x3 They ended up becoming my favourite too somehow, even though they're not even my type xD Just kinda wormed their way into my heart, haha.
I'm sorry your social anxiety is so bad :( People that have never had it just don't understand how debilitating it can be! Like my mum always used to say to me when I was younger, just get a job, that will fix it... and it's like, uhm, mum, that's not how it works >.< For starters, getting a job is like climbing a mountain when you have mental health problems, but then actually keeping a job if you get one is almost impossible! So much of many jobs requires you to have good social/people skills, so if you find speaking to people terrifying and stressful, how do survive in a job that requires you to do it constantly?!?! :(
For me, I find that going out in nature can help with my depression, but yeah, sometimes my social anxiety stops me from actually going out, haha. I generally don't leave the house without someone with me cos I often get too anxious/overwhelmed. If it wasn't for my dad, I'd probably just shut myself inside and never leave the house.
I do think it helps if you can manage to get out and do scary things and really push yourself out of your comfort zone, but actually forcing yourself to do that is extremely difficult >.< And even then, it's like sure, things might be a tiny bit less terrifying the next time, but they're still terrifying x3 It's so much easier to not have to constantly put your mind and your body through extreme stress.
I've been working on a project for Winter VN Jam that I hoped to release before Christmas but have failed to because too much stress and stuff has been happening and I haven't had as much time as I would've like to work on it >.< I'm aiming to try and release next Friday instead, but it's probably going to be missing some VA because the poor VA got ill before he could finish recording the script x3 I will just update in January to add it or something! I wonder if it will work on Winlator or not though. It's not a huuuuuge game. Only around 10k words. But there are a lot of assets in it because I tried to make my own CGs and I've edited a lot of sprites and backgrounds, haha. The current project size in Unity is 8GB, but that'll go down when it's exported + I haven't optimised any files yet!
Yeeeeah, 20 mins is too long to wait for loading, haha. The choices in Dawn of the Damned don't actually matter that much anyways x3 They impact what's happening throughout the game, but the endings are either determined from the very beginning depending on one thing, or from the timed choices right at the end.
I think the file size for DD when it's eventually completed will probably be horrific >.< I might be able to get it squished down a bit though now that I know a bit more about shrinking file sizes and stuff. Maybe I can make the layers a bit more efficient too, but yeah, I think the full version will be pretty hefty. I would imagine it'll be bigger than whatever SR's file size is! Definitely over 2GB once all the assets are in there cos it'll be a lot of sprites, CGs, and VA x3
That's very kind of you to say <3 It makes me really happy that you've had fun with my stuff :3 Really appreciate all your kind comments!
I hope you get to have happy holidays with lots of tasty noms involved!! ^-^
Just finished the orange route and can't wait for more. Just gonna say, that was a nasty trick putting the 'extra's bunny behind a bubble.
I was freshly traumatised from screaming balloons, I didn't want to hover over a bubble and possibly click one. lolol
I've finally found the time to play this, and it's amazing!
It's so wholesome, and I found the balloon game so fun!
And then got hit with the silly little shenanigans.Another amazing game, as always!
So glad you had fun with it ^-^ And I’m happy you liked the balloon game cos that was soooo much fun to make, haha. And yay for shenanigans :P
Sorry I’m so slow to reply btw >.< Just been super focused on Spooktober Jam, haha.
Thanks so much for playing this one :3
Hello I really want to play this game but, wen I open the files is everything fine but wen the credits of the game pass ( the creators ) the window of the game is blue and not change.
I dont think its problem of my pc bc is new so idk where is the problem? And i already download the two windows versions few times.
Pls help I really want to play this game /cry.
(Pdtt: Srry if there are grammatical errors, im from Spain and im not a pro of english )
Att: Roxan
Hey hey! Sorry my reply is quite slow, I’ve been super busy working on a new game for jams that have a short deadline >.<
Firstly, thanks so much for checking out the game :3
Unfortunately, I’m probably not going to be able to help much :( If I can’t reproduce stuff on my computer, I generally have no idea how to fix it, and I’ve never encountered anything like what you described while testing on my PC >.<
So does that mean you’ve reached an ending and had the credits roll, and then once the credits sequence has finished, you have a blue screen? Is it solid blue, or is there a pattern with bubbles on the background?
I don’t really know what could cause something like that :( I could try and make a dev build to send you, so that if any errors occur, it should generate some error logs that you could then send to me and I could pass them on to the Naninovel support and see if they have any ideas.
One thing you could potentially try is deleting any copies of the game you have, but also after that, going into: Users > (whatever your username is on your PC) > AppData > LocalLow > Melancholy Marionette > and then there should be a folder in there called Bitter/Sweet or Bitter/Sweet Blythe. You want to delete that folder because that’s where all your save data and stuff is stored. If you don’t delete that, even if you delete the game files and redownload the game, it will still to try to play from that save data, which can cause issues in itself >.<
You might not have the AppData folder visible by default though, as it’s usually set to hidden. That means you’ll have to enable the option to view hidden folders on your computer first :3
That’s probably not going to help though >.< I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful :( If it was something multiple people had encountered, I might be able to gather more information and figure out a way to fix it, but so far, you’re the first person to report something like this.
And no worries, your English was fine :3
Hello, Im still here heheh...
GUESS WHAT?
AFTER INSTALLING AND UNINSTALLING THE GAME TWENTY TIMES IF IT WORKS KYAHHHH IT'S SO CUTEE <3
Srry I just get emocionate
Have a good day <<333
Wooo! Well, that's fantastic that it actually worked in the end :D It sucks you had to mess around installing it so much x3 but still, I'm happy you got to play it at least :3
Have a good day as well ^-^
i don´t want to sound annoying or pushy, it´s just that i really like this game, may i ask if there is a release date for further updates in sight...?
No worries :3 I’m glad you like it!
There’s not a super solid release date for blue Blythe’s route, but my aim is to have it out for the end of Yandere Jam 2024. When my arm got broken back in March, it meant having a few months away from my PC while it healed cos I couldn’t really do anything much with it >.< haha. So yeah, I didn’t work on any of my projects at all March-May. When I was finally able to go on my PC again, I spent pretty much the rets of May and June trying to catch up on messages and stuff that I missed.
July has mainly been me away from my PC dealing with various irl chores, but this past week I’ve been working my butt off to make something for this year’s O2A2 jam, which I've just released today :3
August I’ve got a lot of irl stuff to deal with again and prep to do for Spooktober Jam. September will be entirely taken up by Spooktober Jam. Then October-December, I’ll probably need some sort of mini-break from my PC to recover from Spooktober >.< but then I haven’t 100% decided what I’ll be doing before the end of the year. So yeah, I don’t really have time to work on Bitter/Sweet atm >.< I figured trying to get the other route done for next year’s Yandere Jam would be fitting though since it was made for this year’s one! Whether or not I actually manage that is another matter entirely though x3
omg thanks for your response!! I am so excited to play your new game, i am gonna download it right away! Seriously, your games make my day, thanks so much for all your hard work and I hope you´re feeling better soon <3
That's super sweet of you to say :3 And thank you for checking them out + the well wishes <3
Do you have any social networks where we can meet the characters? Like a tumblr of questions or something?
I do have Tumblr and asks are always open, but I’m not very active on there >.< I think I still have a fair few to answer from months ago cos I’m really bad at keeping up with social media T_T There are a few asks answered publicly on there though about Blythe and Castor I think :3 And you’re welcome to ask your own stuff if you want to as well. I’ll do my best to answer when I can, it just might take me a while because my brain doesn’t seem to be built for social media, haha. It’s like no matter what I do to try and keep on top of social stuff, I always wind up epically failing >.<
awesome game, seriously. the story is really creative and reels you in. also, orange blythe's masculine voice is so soothing and fitting for him!!! (and kinda creepy at times but thats a part of the appeal) i had to replay some voicelines more times than i can count cause i just wanted to hear him say it again lol
<3 I have to agree, the voice acting was absolutely phenomenal ^-^ Even though I had to listen to it repeatedly while editing the audio and then again while testing the game, I never got bored of hearing it, haha.
Thanks so much for playing :3
Hey! As always I'm going to make a review filled only with spoilers so:
/!\SPOILERS/!\
So first impression: I choose the masculine voice !
Orange Blythe one is so cuteee <3 (and creepy lol) The voice actor again ah :) beautiful voice! And blue Blythe voice is unexpected but i like it! it's go well with the art of his/they bunny! I like the erratic voice of Orange Bylthe tho! My favorite kind of voice lol
God, the blue one creepy me haha Oh and on the park, the background noise, some of this are in french and well one of the kid say "hey f*ckhead! you're really a shit huh!" it's more insulting that my translation but it's make me laugh haha Oh! and the idea of the people that turned into a balloon it's the genre of the plot i like <3 Damn... the voice actor <3 the work they put! Great choice of voice like always Melancholy! <3 And the art... omg! I love it! The artist is talented!
The ending: Damn, one of those when i fall asleep, the expression of satisfaction from Orange Blythe is hot lol <3 and creepy tho haha With the game with colorful and cute color, the creepy undertone is perfection! :D And the endings! With the bliss end and the other one when you fall asleep, baby boy hide not so well it's fixation over us! but it's always funny and interesting when cute yandere character breaks their composure. Anyways thanks for the game and see you soon in another game! :D And sorry for grammar mistake and such! ^^'
Hehe, yeah, the voice actors did an absolutely incredible job bringing the characters to life in this ^-^ It wouldn’t be the same without them!! That’s why I love voice acting so much. It makes such a difference having epic VA to bring characters to life.
That is hilarious about the background noises in the park xD Thanks for telling me that cos I never would have known, haha. The weird thing is, that SFX came from a UK SFX website x3 I wonder if the person who uploaded it knew that’s what was being said and thought it would be funny to add it to the site, or if they were clueless!
Yeah, LPB is an amazing artist :3 Everything she creates is just stunning!
You have nothing to apologise for anyhow x3 And thank YOU as always for playing and writing such nice things <3 ^-^
Hi!
Oh, i agree so much to this <3 Voice Actors are love, Voice Actors are life haha
Youre welcome haha ! Well, it's was immersive for me lol
I prefer the first version haha
Yep! I agree wholeheartedly!
Awww, thank you ! :) And, awwwwww you make me smile! :) I'm happy you're happy and well to have adding another review to your talented writing!
Hi! I don't play a lot of visual novels, but I found this through the Queer bundle and played it and I'm so glad I did. This is absolutely fantastic, and I had no idea why it hit so close (asides from the wonderful art and writing) until I heard the developer commentary. I don't want to go into any of the specifics to avoid leaving nasty spoilers in the comments, but it was surreal hearing someone recount a story of depression treatment so similar to my own.
Also, despite the really fucked up story and meaning, Blythe was mad cute! I'm really excited to see the blue route when that comes out.
Yay! That’s awesome to hear ^-^ It always means a lot when anyone who doesn’t typically play visual novels ends up enjoying one because they seem to get a bit of stick as a genre of game, haha. Some people even go as far as to say that they’re not games at all T_T And also awesome that you found it through the bundle because it’s an absolutely epic bundle in general and I’m forever grateful for the fact that something as amazing as it exists :3
I’m really glad you had fun with the game, but at the same time, I’m so sorry you have a similar story with depression :( I sure wouldn’t wish it on anyone! I feel like treatment for mental health in general is gradually improving, but it still has a looooong way to go >.<
Thanks so much for checking it out and leaving such a sweet comment :3
i havent read the blue one’s route….i hope theyre gonna update it on the future im curious abt him since im a yandere enjoyer aaaaa
Blue Blythe's route will absolutely be added in the future :3 I can't say for sure exactly when because I have a lot of stuff to do and never enough time in a day to do it all x3 but I'm going to try and aim for having it released by the end of next year's yandere jam! I highly doubt I'll manage it before then though. It's possible I might not get it done in time for the end of the jam next year either, but I will try, haha. Just gotta prioritise other stuff in my life before this is all. Either way, it'll be added eventually :3
Thanks for checking the game out ^-^ Yanderes are the best :P
That’s really incredible!! (≧∇≦)/ It’s actually really cool!! that you are actively working on your game. I really hope that you’ll be able to add Blue Blythe! I’m looking forward to the game update Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ Do you have any social media I could follow you on? It’s really cool to see someone working on such a cool game. I’m a huge fan of yanderes, as you can see, so I really am interested in this ≡(′▽`)っ andd I agree!! Yanderes are the best!! and the cutest! ty for replying me!! and have a nice day!! (≧∇≦)
Well, I’m not so much actively working on it cos I just haven’t had the time to go back to it since the jam finished >.< but I will be working on it once I get a chance to :3 Life has just been quite chaotic, haha. I don’t think I’m going to be able to get much of anything done for the rest of the year really because I never seem to get enough time at my desk to actually make progress >.< I’m hoping to take part in O2A2 jam this year though, so with any luck, I should be releasing a tiny bitesize game at the end of this month, haha. I’m more than likely going to try my best to take part in Spooktober VN JAm again this year too because it’s probably my favourite jam. Sooo, yeah, provided I can find people to team up with, have the time to make something when the jam starts in September, and nothing goes wrong, then I should also have another game out at the start of October :3
I do have social media, but I don’t use it all that much because I find it quite stressful >.<
From now on, I’m going to be posting public blog stuff about my game dev activities mostly on Ko-fi :3 And there will still be private posts with behind-the-scenes stuff and more on there too for supporters.
Ko-fi is pretty much where I'm making my home for posting about pretty much everything, haha. Specific updates to games will get put in dev logs here on their respective game pages, but I don't want to keep spamming dev logs for just general progress reports here because I think it's probably annoying to anyone who follows me here to get pings about update posts only to find that it's just me rambling and not an actual update to a game x3
Other than that, I do have Twitter and Tumblr , but I’m rarely on either of them >.<
*High five* for the yandere love :D I see you also have a cute pic of Menhera chan for your avatar on here :3 I used to be really big into menhera dress style and yami kawaii because it felt empowering in a way to wear clothes that depicted mental health struggles in a cute and colourful way. It’s nice that you can kind of show how you feel inside by the clothes that you wear. I don’t wear that much of it outdoors now though because it tends to draw attention, and since I have really bad social anxiety, I don’t like being stared at in the street for what I’m wearing x3
Thanks again for your kind words and have a nice day yourself :3
Ooh, I get that social media can be really stressful, I definitely know that feeling. Good choice with going on Ko-fi, it definitely is better than keeping all the progress reports in the comments（=´∇｀=）
AND THATS SO COOLL that you had a phase in your life with menhera and yami-kawaii, I really wish you could still enjoy wearing it, but I understand it. Life is complicated sometimes since we lived in a judgemental ppl… Menhera-chan is adorable, isn’t she? She’s really cute AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT UR ALSO USED TO LUV YUME KAWAII PLEASE DONT LISTEN TO THEIR BULLSHIT 💥💥 theyre just jealous and yeah…we humans are free to express what we feel aaaaaa ≧(´▽｀)≦ （´▽｀）
and that’s totally understandeable. Don’t push yourself too hard, take your time and do whatever makes you happy! I will be waiting for any news, but don’t be too hard on yourself to constantly give updates, do it when you’re ready and when you feel comfortable with it. I’ll be waiting, so no worries about it TwT
anddd i get that, life is full of surprises and it’s really hard to make enough time for yourself. We really are stuck with little to no time for us and our hobbies, huh… But that’s okay, I think taking breaks and resting is very important to keep your health alright. I’m sure that the games you make will be awesome! ヾ(´▽｀;)ゝ
AND HAVE A NICEDAYY MEOWMEOWW!!
HIIII Im very interested in downloading this game. Ik the yandere game jam is now over and i have looked at the walkthrough and noticed that it said only orange blythe route is availible for the game jam. But now that its over is Blue Blythe availible if not its fine Ill love them both
Glad to hear that you're interested in it :3
Unfortunately, since my arm got broken shortly after the jam finished, I haven't been able to make progress on any of my projects, haha. The cast came off at the end of April and I can use my arm again, but I spent all of May trying to catch up on my inbox, which I still haven't managed to do yet, and since I'm also now far behind on my other projects too, I probably won't be able to work on blue Blythe's route for quite a while still >.<
So yeah, as of now, it's still only orange Blythe's route that's available x3 I might try and get blue Blythe's one released for next year's yandere jam or something! Either way, blue Blythe's route won't be coming any time soon.
Hope you have fun with orange Blythe for now though if you decide to download it ^-^
ok thanks for replying and sorry bout your arm but ill stay updated on this game !
can't wait to see how this game progresses in the future
So I play visual novels a lot but none of them seemed to take my interest. I found this game and got really hooked on it. The protagonist is relatable, except I don't have autism (pretty sure that's ASD) and agoraphobia. Though not getting out a lot and hating being around people do tie into my anxiety. The characters were so cute, and I love yandere-like characters. I got the devoured ending though :( but overall, I rate it a 9/10 would recommend playing this game. I will also try out the others that the creator made.
Thanks so much for checking it out and leaving such a kind comment :3 I'm really glad you thought the protagonist was relatable! Yeah, ASD is autism :3 This was my first time writing a protagonist that is somewhat similar to myself, haha. I don't have agoraphobia either, but I do have really bad social anxiety >.< And while I'm definitely not identical to Bunnie, we have a lot in common x3 It was kind of strange in general to write about stuff that's closer to home, but I'm glad I did in the end!
That sucks you wound up with the devoured ending though x3 I can't lie, that's probably one of the least-fun ones, especially since it doesn't have its own CG like most of the others >.< haha.
Thanks again for taking the time to play it and for your recommendation ^-^ If you do plan on checking out my other projects, I would recommend Limbo Line first cos it's my personal favourite and features art from the same awesome artist that did the art for this project :3
This game was an absolute amazing experience! For some reason it took the longest to play and edit because there's just so much love and detail poured into every scene. The art is absolutely breath taking with it's deceptively beautiful colors and softness and the music is so good I'm considering putting it on my ipod!
And then there's the amazing voice acting! It wouldn't be the same without how hard all the VAs worked, AND on a short timeline too!
And the biggest secret of the game, I'm glad wasn't so obvious or apparent, because when I went back to edit the video, now KNOWING what the Blythe's are it was like looking at it in a new light. That is to say the writing is amazing!
And all this in SUCH a short time! I honestly am blown away and this game has cemented itself as one of my favorites!
I hope you enjoy watching my playthrough as I had enjoyed playing it!
Ahh, man, you're so sweeeeet ^-^ Thank you so much for checking this one out and leaving such a kind comment <3 and also thank you for just being awesome in general! I really need to play more of Picture Perfect Boyfriend because I absolutely adore what I've seen so far, I just never give myself enough quality gaming time T_T
That means a lot about the music cos trying to make tracks for my projects has rapidly become one of my favourite parts of gamedev (and also makes me feel just the tiiiiniest bit better about not being able to draw) x3 not that I can take credit for the entire soundtrack on this one cos I only had time to make a few original tracks, haha.
It will never cease to amaze me how VAs manage to work with devs on jam games! It's honestly mindblowing that they can receive scripts with such tight deadlines and then work their magic to bring the characters to life so well :3 I always find myself saying to people, are you suuure you wanna do this? x3 Cos it never seems fair to drag other people into my madness when it comes to jams, haha. This game sure wouldn't be the same without the VA though, that's for certain!
Also good to know regarding the secret because I was honestly such a mess for most of the jam x3 I had pretty much zero faith in the writing by the time I finished the draft and was panicking quite badly that I'd have to put the entire project in the bin and give up >.< If it wasn't for LPB's encouragement, the game wouldn't even have been made, so I owe her a heck of a lot for being so supportive! (as well as her epic art, of course ^-^)
Thank you again for all your kind words ^-^ They're appreciated more than I have the ability to even express <3
I only managed to get about 36 mins into your video so far, but it's already mega adorable the way you read and react x3 I don't normally watch entire playthroughs of my own stuff cos I find it a bit strange to see when I've already spent so many hours staring at the content during development and testing xD but I think I will have to watch your whole vid when I can cos it's just awesome!! Gotta cook noms now though x3
Oh, and reading through some of the comments on your vid, yeah, you were in the credits cos I always try to include everyone who has ever supported me at any point on Ko-Fi and Patreon :D Which also means you have access to the supporter page with soundtracks and stuff on if you didn't already know that :3 It's a little more difficult with Ko-Fi cos I put a bunch of keys up on there for everyone to grab, but I don't think there's any way of pinning posts >.<
Anyways, if Ko-Fi will still let me dm you, I'll drop you a key there in case you don't have one yet! But if it won't let me and you do want one, just drop me an email or something and let me know where is best to send it. It's only got some of my original soundtracks on there for now cos I haven't had time to organise them all yet, but the original tracks I made for Bitter/Sweet are on there for download at least :3
PS. Extra thank yous for spreading the joy of the bunny binky by including that lil clip in there when it was mentioned :P And now for some minor fangirling cos I can't contain telling you how crazy talented you are to be able to draw cool stuff, make games, AND at the same time also be such an entertaining YouTuber!! Please can I steal your powers?! x3 I knew of you through Picture Perfect Boyfriend, but being the social media and general hermit that I am, I didn't know that you did playthroughs of stuff on YouTube too >.< But yeah, all the thank yous for playing through it and making such a fun video + giving it a place in your collection ^-^
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm really at a loss for words after reading this!! (and slightly tearing up!)
I was able to download the soundtrack right before I found your message. I went to back to the game page because I really didn't notice my name was in the credits and saw the soundtrack was available since I did pay for the game days ago. I was very excited to have these songs to listen to on my own, and they are even more beautiful and chilling then I realized!! I also hunted down Phonobabble to hear their other work and they are just as amazing!
And please take your time watching my videos, sometimes it takes me a whole week to watch some other videos and plus I've started making them longer to avoid cliff hangers♪
And yup, I PLAY VNs, edit my own videos, draw, and make a games as well. The only thing I haven't tried is making music, haha. I'm working on the sequel/follow up game to PPB called PPB:Reboot where you can date the other other guys who were "deleted" in the first game. I have a pretty hefty demo up but there's still a lot I need to draw for it.
I've said it so many times but I'll say it again, this game was a truly memorable experience! If you haven't checked him out, EPYKSLION is a similar youtuber whose been a good friend to me and even he was excited that I finally played it!
Keep up the amazing work and remember to take breaks as well!
Ahh, fair enough! In that case, even more thanks are in order for the fact that you supported the game here too!! So thank youuuuu ^-^
I'm totally not addicted to trying to make music now x3 ahem. Would be better if I could play an instrument, but still, I can't deny that ever since I discovered making music using samples was a thing, I have been like a kid in a candy shop xD because I genuinely didn't know sample-based music was a thing until about 2021 despite now being 31 >.< I always just thought that everyone who made music had either recorded all the sounds themselves or paid someone else to do it via a commission or something!
I really need to listen to some of Phonobabble's other work too! I still haven't managed to yet, but it's on my (ridiculously long) to-do list because, as you say, they're an absolutely incredible actor :3
As my brother frequently reminds me, I never give myself enough time to do non-dev stuff x3 over the years, attempting to make VNs kinda absorbed almost all of the time I used to spend playing games >.< and I know I need to give myself more breaks to actually enjoy playing stuff more often, but I struggle with doing that in a way that doesn't make me feel guilty about slow progress on projects. I started Fire Emblem Three Houses well over a year ago and still haven't finished it for that reason xD I've completed one house route, and only about halfway through another >.< I think the dev stuff is one of those addictive hobbies that has gotten waaaaay out of control x3 cos both my friends, and family (and also a therapist at one point) have said that it's not normal to spend so much time on one hobby and they wish I'd have more breaks, haha. I am trying to change that cos there's a lot I want to do that isn't dev-related! It's just taking time to change x3
But yeah, I forgot to even mention the fact that it must take you quite some time to edit your videos together! I really struggle with video editing, so have to admire anyone who manages to make awesome vids like yours :3 And even though I'm by no means an expert, I feel like you can really tell you've put a tonne of passion and hard work into your videos! Same goes for PPB ^-^
I saw the stuff about PPB: Reboot, and I have to admit, got excited, haha. I was trying to play everything that was involved in the male yandere showdown on tumblr a while back cos I thought I'd give myself permission to have a nice yandere gaming binge since I'd just finished yan jam! But then that rare break I gave myself got cut short in the end by my arm getting broken >.< cos then I couldn't really manage to play anything properly once it was in the cast, and cos I couldn't do much of anything while it was healing up, it meant that by the time the cast was off, I felt like I had to get straight back into doing dev stuff again because I was so behind. It was like the worst kind of forced break that was useless because I didn't even get to chill and play games x3 I did binge His Dark Materials TV version though while healing, so it wasn't 100% bad, haha. The point is though, I still have soooo many things to play on my itch list alone, and then I've got my non-itch games backlog too T_T I need like a full year's break from dev stuff to make a dent in either one x3
I realise now that I have practically committed a crime because I looked up Epykslion and realised that I did, in fact, watch the playthrough that he did of Bitter/Sweet after someone recommended it to me! But it was while my arm was still broken and I couldn't get on my PC, so I watched it on our downstairs TV from my brother's PS4 YouTube app, which has no one signed into it, and I even told myself, once I get back on my PC, I must remember to go and like and subscribe from my account, but me being the forgetful numpty that I am, didn't remember to do that T_T I have now gone and rectified that!! So thank you for reminding me x3 Actually, watching that really cheered me up when I was feeling crappy. Both of you are fantastic at what you do ^-^
Keep up the amazing work yourself! And look after yourself too :3 I shall cheer you on from afar with little pom poms! x3
If I can, I try to support each game that I play on my channel and I'm happy to see all the wonderful worlds, characters, and stories people have inside them!
Ah making music through samples, I forgot about that. Does that mean clips of music or a sample of an instrument? Making music is still something I'd like to learn but maybe when there's not so much on my plate.
I can fully understand getting absorbed in a hobby, and I'm one who hops around hobbies (but always went back to drawing). Making videos feels that way too, I'm really obsorbed in it, but unfortunately I don't give myself much time to play games for myself. Definitely give yourself BREAKS! What helps me (because I believe I have ADHD) is, I'll set a timer for 30minutes or 1 hour and absolutely focus on video editing, and when that timer is up I'll let myself do anything else for as long as I want . What usually happens is I'll either have the energy to keep working or I'll actually relax.
But I've definitely found how important taking breaks and putting hobby/work aside for a while it! Me, personally, I don't think it's weird to stay on one hobby, unless that's something you as a person don't usually do. In fact I'd think having one hobby is what most people do anyway, and game development is definitely a cool and diverse one! Of course it's great to try new and different stuff too, you never know what you'll be great at!
I think I started really editing videos in 2021 and have improved a lot since the first videos on my channel! What helps is watching other videos and how they do their timings, and edits, and such. Even now I'd still consider myself a beginner. But each video does take about an entire 1-2 days to edit if their an hour long haha.
I'm so sorry about your arm, I hope it's healing well! And thank YOU for your support and kind words!
Well, that's super duper sweet of you :3 There are so many amazing creatives out there that I wish I could support too, but I just don't have enough funds to do it >.<
I'm definitely no expert on sample-based music, so I couldn't really say, but I feel like maybe it's both of those things? x3 I've seen a few threads about people who sample music by popular artists and such, and that really confused me cos that's very different from what I'm doing, haha. I've just got a giant library of loops and samples that were created specifically for music production. Some of em are live recordings of instruments, others are samples of virtual instruments, and then some are sounds created by other means on a computer. The majority of the ones I have are loops that are labeled with their original pitch and temp to make it easier to sort through everything. Some of em are more like just SFX and atmospheres though. I just piece stuff together in layers like a big musical jigsaw, haha. For example, I just opened up my files for the Bitter/Sweet theme (vocal version) and a rough count looks like I've used around 36 different loops/samples including all the vocals.
More recently I've been editing the loops and stuff that I own, adding different FX to em, and changing the original recorded sound. It's heaps of fun, but also time just kinda flies by without me realising it when I get stuck into it xD I could really do with a proper external hard drive to keep all that sort of thing on cos it's reached a point now where it's slowing down my PC, haha.
I know what you mean anyhow cos I'm always coming across different things I'd love to try and learn, but I dunno where to find the time to actually dedicate to it, haha. Video editing is definitely one of those things!
Yeah, I tend to hop around hobbies too, but a few have stuck around :3 Trying to make VNs is definitely one of the longer-lived ones! I'm getting better at the breaks thing, sort of x3 I really should try harder to do what you said though, and set timers! It's something I gave a go at in the past, but I didn't stick to it very well and didn't give it much of a chance >.< Starting next week, I think I'll try again!
Funnily enough, I've been told by a few people that they think I have ADHD as well, haha. It never really occurred to me cos I didn't know that much about it, and I always just assumed that it only involved difficulty concentrating on stuff, but a therapist mentioned to me that it can be the other way around too, attention that's too focused to the point it becomes unhealthy. She reckoned that I likely have it, but some of the symptoms are masked by my ASD. I've not gone down the route of pursuing a diagnosis though cos it takes forever to get those things sorted here + she said she thinks it would be extremely difficult to actually tell whether it's that or something else. She just knows that I have problems related to attention and concentration.
I guess it's not so much that it's one main hobby that was starting to cause concern for my therapist and family, but more the amount of time I was spending each day engaging in it >.< It was something that got brought up during a jam though, so I can understand them saying it's unhealthy to work on a project for like 15-17 hours a day, but I knew I was only gonna be working like that for 1 month. Outside of jams, my pace on projects is much, much slower cos I mean, jam mode just isn't sustainable x3 The thing was that they didn't particularly like the idea of me working like that for just a month either, haha. It's really hard not to though if I get into it because I have so much fun that even if it looks insane to people looking in, I'm generally having a blast and don't feel the impact of it too much until I eventually go back to normal, and that's when it all catches up to me and hits me like a truck >.<
When I'm not doing jams though, I make sure to stay away from my PC most weekends + for a good few hours in the evening to spend time with my family :3 And I like going out for walks in nature and stuff. The main thing I need to do is learn to switch off from working on project stuff on weekdays and give myself a chance to play things. It's just so hard to do that without feeling guilty though. Even though I decided to stop setting myself targets and goals, I still generally feel dissatisfied with my progress on projects most days!
Well, I did manage to finish watching that particular video, and I think you were amazing throughout :3 It takes a LOT to hold my attention when it comes to videos, haha. So the fact that I was thoroughly entertained by your comments and reactions from start to finish goes to show you're brilliant ^-^ I laughed out loud a fair few times, which I don't usually do when I'm watching stuff unless it's stand-up comedy!
I always had pretty weak arms anyways, so now that I'm able to use it again, it feels like it's practically back to normal :D Hope you get to have yourself a lovely week ahead :3
i love the game so much! it was so scary in not like a visual horror but rather psychological horror! However is the game supposed to open back up? i close it but it kept opening back up few times before stopping..maybe its just my computer bugging out or maybe the blythes really are alive 0.0? (hehe in summary i love your game and i hope you update it soon)
Glad you had fun with it ^-^ Yeah, psychological horror is my favourite genre of horror :P hehe. I guess maybe I should answer your question under spoilers :3 Before that though, I just wanna say thanks so much for playing <3
Sort of spoilers
Yup, well, basically, after you meet certain conditions in the game, something happens when you try to quit, haha. It's only short, and it should let you close it down once the event is over, but yeah, it's supposed to temporarily prevent you from quitting the game just so they can have a few more words with you :D I really enjoy putting freaky little features like that in my games when I can x3
Melanie, I know you don't check Discord but since I am (primarily) on Linux Mint v20 now, I can use that platform to test out the Linux builds of your games. Will keep you updated with results later :)
Ooo, how cool! Well, thank you so much for that :3 I'm imagining it's gonna turn out that none of them even run >.< and if that's the case, I won't have a clue how to make them work, haha. I just hit export in Unity, upload em, and just kinda hope that they do what they're supposed to x3 Considering they sometimes still run janky for other people on Windows when they run fine on my Windows PC and potato laptop, I feel like getting stuff to work well on Mac and Linux is night impossible!