Sapphire Snowe Release (sort of!)
Sooo, yeah... this is the game that was never supposed to be a game, haha. I had no intention of participating in any more game jams this year, but it kinda happened anyways x3
How it happened...
I was not in a good place at all come the end of October, and I tried to have a bit of a break to just hopefully feel better, but that didn't really happen >.< I wound up away from my PC for a while and feeling useless. When I eventually went on my PC again at the end of November/beginning of December, I was just messing around making music because that's all I felt capable of.
Somehow, what I was making was soothing me somewhat, and the more I worked on the music, the more I saw a sorta story in my head. The entire project was like a form of therapy for myself, haha. It was only because I remembered that Winter VN Jam was on that I figured, ahhhh, screw it, I'll just turn it into a game for the jam, haha.
Unfortunately, it has meant I haven't really had a proper Christmas break because, while I have still been spending time with my family in the day, for a number of reasons, I've ended up working on it at night when they've all gone to bed, staying up until 5am and depriving myself of much-needed sleep like an idiot x3 Sooo, I'm releasing the game tonight and gonna try and actually have some nights off coming up to new year!
Still to come...
Basically, the game is finished, BUT if you play the version where you pick a masculine voice for Snowe, you'll find that many of the voice lines are missing in the current build. The poor VA playing Snowe's masculine voice got ill with festive lurgy before he could finish the whole script. He was able to deliver around 75% of the lines in time, but I've only implemented around 25% of them because I figured it made more sense to prioritise implementing and testing the version with Snowe's feminine voice since I had all of the lines ready to go for fem Snowe in time.
You can still pick a masculine voice for Snowe and play through the entire game, it's just, once you reach chapter 04, Snowe's lines of dialogue will no longer be voiced (but Saffie and the narrator's lines are still fully voiced.)
If you'd prefer to play with Snowe having a masculine voice, I'd personally say you're better off waiting to download the game at a later date when I've managed to implement 100% of masc Snowe's voice lines (which I hope to achieve sometime in January 2024 :3 - imo, all of my games are better with the full voice acting, especially since most of them, like this one, focus on extended dialogue between 2 characters!)
If you're not fussed about voice acting, or you'd prefer Snowe had a feminine voice anyways, then go ahead and play because the fem voice version is 100% complete :3
Signing off
So yeah, this one's pretty personal like Bitter/Sweet! With any luck, if you decide to check it out, you'll see it as the warm and cosy hug that it's supposed to be (and that it was for me as I made it) despite the pretty dark subject matter x3 There are, of course, still yandere-esque shenanigans involved, but like Bitter/Sweet, this is on the softer side. Like I said, more than anything, it was just therapy for myself, haha. I wanted to create an atmosphere with the music, imagery, and story that's soothing.
I've uploaded my extras rambling separately to the game page this time just to help with the overall size of the game download. If you happen to want to listen to them, just know that they contain spoilers, so it's probably best to leave em until after finishing all endings of the game.
I've still included an unlockable CG gallery and music player, and when I get a chance, I'll upload the OST to YouTube too, hopefully sometime in January 2024 after I get the update out to implement full VA for masculine Snowe :3
I'm also in the middle of typing up a big post about plans for 2024 which I hoped to have posted by the end of the year, but that's not going to happen, so with any luck, I'll manage to get it finished sometime in January >.< It's gonna be pretty long, haha. The short version of it though is that I'll mainly be returning to long-term projects and trying to tear myself away from taking part in so many jams x3
Until then, I hope you've all had super happy holidays + that you have a wonderful new year! May 2024 be kind to you and bring you much joy and laughter ^-^
PS. Apologies for all the comments and other things I missed while I was working on this and just not functioning in general >.< I'm gonna try my best to catch up in the new year, but as usual, it's gonna take me a while because I'm just not very good at it x3 Thank you for the support as always <3
Get Sapphire Snowe: The Bear, The Beast & The Blizzard
Sapphire Snowe: The Bear, The Beast & The Blizzard
Help save Saffie from herself in this cosy but dark winter fairytale.
Status | Released |
Author | Melancholy Marionette |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Tags | Amare, Cozy, Dark, Fairy Tale, Mental Health, Otome, Romance, yandere, Yuri |
Languages | English |
Accessibility | Subtitles |
More posts
- Sapphire Snowe's OST is out on Spotify & More :333 days ago
- OST Release :3Mar 02, 2024
- Finished Full Voice Acting Update Released (and some additional notes)Jan 30, 2024
- Walkthrough Guide For All Endings & CGsDec 30, 2023
- Opening the game on MacDec 30, 2023
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AAAAAAAA YOU UPLOADED A NEW GAME WHILE I WAS BUSY I DIDNT EVEN SEE THISSSS
as soon as i get home i need to download this oh my goodness im excited !!! i love the alliteration in the title
i fully plan on reading all your 2024 plans when it’s uploaded :D hope you’re doing well!
Hehe, weeell, it was a spontaneous one cos I’d told myself no more jams for the rest of 2023 xD Was a bit of a rush putting everything together and I’m still working on adding the masculine voice lines for Snowe, haha. Kinda ended up stealth releasing it x3 I guess once I get the update out soon and it's properly finished, I'll have to muster the energy to write a tweet and a tumblr post or something!
Aaaand, I still haven’t finished that 2024 plans post either x3 The year has only just started and I already feel behind… even though technically there isn’t a deadline on anything and all the pressure I feel is self-created xD I’m getting there though! I just didn’t have the opportunity to actually get back on my PC for the first time in 2024 until this week cos of a whole bunch of different reasons x3 Mainly the Christmas buildup making me go into shutdown for the last part of December and most of January cos I got too frazzled!
Glad you like the alliteration in the title ^-^ When I mentioned it to my brother he just called me a nerd xD To be fair, I’m probably a bit too obsessed with alliteration, but it makes my brain happy x3 It was gonna be Sapphire Snowe The Bear, The Blight, and The Blizzard, but I didn’t like the harsh sound of the word blight x3 and since the game focuses more on the beast than the blight, I changed it. Before that, it was gonna be Krimson Snowe, and I was gonna do everything with a red and white theme. I could envision it in my head, but when it came to actually trying to do it, I just couldn’t bring myself to come away from icy blues and purples because I’m not the biggest fan of the colour red unless it’s paired with black, haha.
In all honesty, I was doing dreadfully in the runup to Christmas and around new year as well, but I’m just starting to emerge from the depression pit again x3 I hope that you’re doing well and that 2024 has been kind to you so far!! :3
yippee i cant wait to play this one and listen to the rambles! im glad you were able to get this one up before the jam ends. i hope you have a good new year and that you get the rest you deserve :]
Thank you ^-^ I stressed myself out about it waaaay too much, haha. But yeah, I was happy to at least manage to get it out in some form x3 Managed to just about enjoy the remaining bit of the Christmas holidays, but I still haven’t actually played anything like I wanted to >.< I did get to read a book though, haha. Weirdly, I’ve slept more, yet feel exhausted like I haven’t been managing to sleep at all >.<
I hope you’ve been able to have some proper rest time and time to do things you enjoy as well :3
Hope the new year has started out decently for you at least! :3