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Valentine's wallpaper - Unchained Melody
Sunlight falls through a skylight, warming up the messy studio apartment where four wet hands slide over a big lump of slippery clay, kneading, pushing, and squeezing. Oh my.Today's wallpaper is inspired by that scene. It came together surprisingly fast, but it still had a few nice challenges. F...
The zombie author.
I'm usually a strong proponent of the idea that the author is dead, and the only thing that matters is the public perception of a work. It doesn't matter what the author meant if the public doesn't pick it up, and if the public picks something up the author never thought of, that's p...
Wallpaper: Macy and Denise are ready for takeoff.
Oh no! With Santa down with the flu, who will deliver all those presents? It's up to our girls to step up and save the day. How hard can it be to fly one of these things anyway?Please enjoy this holiday themed wallpaper. I've also written a LABP (long ass blog post) that goes into a bit more...
Kitbashing props and costumes
Right, another long ass blogpost about making stuff. In this one, I talk a little about kit bashing.Define kitbashingFor those of you that don't know what it is, Wiktionary defines it as "To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits."Example of a kitbash for a &...
The future of Light of my Life
Here's a post that's a bit overdue, but I've had a lot to think about when it comes to this subject, and, well, just the action of writing it up here sort of pins it down and makes it real, and that's a scary proposition, and an exercise that I didn't particularly enjoy.But I sho...
C7 post mortem, part 2: opting out is missing out
A few posts back a did a little post mortem and in it, I mentioned I had omitted the write-up I'd made about feedback I received with regard to issues people had had with the content and story development of chapter 7. I left a little poll up asking if you'd be interested in that.I must admi...
Guilty pleasures
As some of you may know, customizing assets and kit bashing is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine, and I wanted to share one with you that I whipped up the other day. This one involved a quick and dirty outfit design, a quick and dirty pose, a bit of quick and dirty graphic design and a quick and di...
Halloween Wallpaper - The Sorceress' Apprentices
When a young apprentice stumbles upon an ancient tome containing forbidden knowledge well above her level, things go horribly wrong (or maybe, horribly right?)However it turns out, please enjoy this Halloween wallpaper that may be a little light on spooky stuff, even if there are witches, but it'...
Chapter 7: a sort of post mortem in one part (or two?)
While I'm busy figuring out the direction for the next part of Light of my Life, blocking out chapter 8, and prototyping a convenient, unintrusive way to continue in a new, clean installation for the next chapter, I've also taken some time to do a bit of a post mortem. I'm not usually in...
Final release for Light of my Life chapters 1-7
This is the last update for Light of my Life, chapters 1 through 7, hence the update of the version number to 1.0.0. At this time, the assembly is getting so big, it's stressing a lot of hardware with modest specs out, so chapter 8 will be released as a fresh new installation, and you should be ...
Some bad news.
Well, the title says it all, really. After reviewing Light of my Life, Steam's declined to sell the title on their store, and has removed the store page there effective immediately. Oh well, I was hoping it'd help me make an extra buck on the side, but it seems it was not meant to be.On the ...
Wallpaper: Satisfaction (girls at work)
Time for another wallpaper. The girls are busy building a better future.An straight forward one to ease back into it, this one in honor of this unexpected spell of hot, hot weather over the weekend, and of course the banger by Benny Benassi. I hope you enjoy it!On the technical side, having fun with...
Steam version - status update
I'm about to stick a fork in the Steam version, and in true keeping with the old 20-80 rule, some of the most trivial things seem to drag on the longest (looking at you, steam deck virtual keyboard).Anyhow, with it comes some long overdue clean up, getting a last few placeholder art assets out, ...
Light of my Life update 0.7.4
This is a small hotfix, fixing a two small graphics issues where images of Brooke and Sara wouldn't show up in the endgame summary, and Brooke would not show up when sneaking past the Coven. All platforms: Itch.IO PC/Linux: MEGA - WorkUpload - PixelDrain Mac: MEGA - WorkUpload - PixelDrain Andro...
Are choices with only one option bad design?
Note, some very mild chapter 7 spoilers in this one.I get this one quite a few times, and it always surprises me. Maybe it surprises you too, so let me take a moment to lay it out.The central premise of the gripe is:A menu option with one option only is bad design. A single choice isn't a choice...
CompuPartner 3000
Getting Light of my Life ready to go on Steam is a really good reason to go over the game and finally get rid of a final few placeholders or near-placeholders, and I'd like to share one of those with you here. Behold, CompuPartner 3000 in all its former glory.The previous image was a really horr...
Light of my Life Chapter 7 Update 0.7.3
This'll be the penultimate update for chapter 7 of Light of my Life I hope. After this, it's the Steam version, and when that goes up I'll probably push out a final version where I strip out the scene wheedling for adding it to the wish list there.All in all, nothing major fixed, but I u...
Some achievements
Now I'm finally getting the last few issues of this release squared away (looking at you, Android), the next task I'm gonna be tackling is getting Light of my Life ready to go on Steam. One of the fun parts of Steam is achievements, a little token popping up telling you you did something spe...
Update 0.7.2 for Android
Oh my gosh, Android releases are such a pain in the butt. Oh well.Here's update 0.7.2, released for the Android version only. It addresses some om the problems reported with the game not getting past the load screen, and instability in the game.I've tested it on my own Galaxy S9, that was ha...
Chapter 7 update 0.7.1
A small update for chapter 7 Reduce image cache size on desktops from 700 MB to 500 MB to help with crash reports for some users. Reduce image cache size on Android to 300 MB (ren'py default) to help with Android players who are able to run the game but are having stability issues. The above wil...
Light of my Life Chapter 7 is out now
Chapter 7 - Kiss from a Rose is now available for everyone. Thank you everyone who supported the creation of this game, it couldn't have been made without you!Version Ch 7 v0.7.0 Adds chapter 7. Added about 10k images, bringing the grand total up to 23k2, for what that's worth. Reworked the ...
Chapter 7 release date
Release dateAlright, the announcement everyone's been waiting on:After more than 500 days, and 4k3 grueling hours, chapter 7 of Light of my Life is, finally, done. It adds ~10k of new images, bringing the grand total up to 23k2 or thereabouts. It adds, I don't know, a lot of lines of dialog,...
We need to talk about save game practices.
Since the public release is very soon to be upon us, here a short little rant about how to properly handle saves in Light of my Life, or any ren'py game for the matter.Get that chip off my shoulderLet me start of by saying I never really got why anyone'd want to get a random stranger's s...
Changes for signing up for the beta
Due to some pillocks petitioning to leak the beta, it'll no longer be available for anyone who's not already a supporter in good standing.If you're not currently a supporter of standing, don't sign up in hopes to get into the beta.Sorry about that, but the beta is not in a state to b...
Stuff that needs doing - a running blogpost (final update).
Right now, I'm getting a ton of questions fired my way about the impending release, and I imagine there's a lot of hand wringing and hopping from one foot to the other, and I find I'm writing a lot of similar answers, so I'm gonna try a little experiment.I'm going to put up a lit...
Content complete, so what happens how?
With chapter 7 all but content complete, it's time to talk a little about what comes next.As you can see from the infographic I've been publishing, there's a few things on the bottom line that need to be filled out as well before we can release.They are, from left to right, QA and fixes,...
Chapter 7: jumping to conclusions using iffy numbers
The other day, I promised you a little number crunchy, and as usual, I'll just be pulling some random numbers out of the current game build, and see if they tell us anything interesting. Note, a little while back I did a similar post, so I'll try not to cover too much of the same ground ther...
Where's the game at?
A bit of an update of the state of the game is long overdue, so here goes.As you can see from the progress info (updated weekly on the pinned post here), I'm rapidly creeping up on, or maybe slowing racing towards, or, well, I'm slogging towards the end of content creation for Chapter 7. And...
Wall paper: Murder on the Orion Express
Is it true lady Brookington is nothing but a pretender of questionable lineage with scandalous appetites? Or is she a free spirit, misunderstood by a society where reputation means everything and impressions outweigh the truth?And what about her maid, Mrs. Gasket? Her loyalist routines are code-sign...
All I want - wallpaper
A simple seasonal wallpaper. Thank you all for your support, it means a lot to me . It's been quite a slog, but we're getting closer and closer to a new release with every passing day. Happy holidays and have a great new year!Cheers, NR.As usual, 4K and textless versions attached below.
