Visual Novel Status Update
🕑 Added 2025-10-27 22:40:29 +0000 UTCNot really the best at this kind of thing, but I wanted to at least give an update on the progress of my visual novel. As of now, I am working with three other talented people on developing this project. Our current team being:
Zazierotten - Story
PowerOfSin - Programming
FIZ-ROT - Art / Creative lead
And our musical producer would like to remain anonymous.
It's honestly crazy nice being able to find such talented people willing to help out in creating this in their own free time.
Now for what people really care about, actual progress haha. So far we are about 20% done in about a year, which sounds bad, but there is some reasoning behind it.
The first part being just how many times we have had to completely start over from having too grand of a scope or just a concept we ended up not liking over time. We are currently on the fourth rewrite of the story, but luckily this seems to be the one we are all happy with conceptually.
I thought it would be fun to share just some random tidbits of the early concept art from these phases:
One part that has been more of a challenge is just who our main cast will be. Here was our very first iteration of concepting on this:
Most of these initial characters have remained in our current iteration of the game, but they have seen some fairly large changes in design.
But the effort is definitely worth the time, which can be seen in the following mockup:But the effort is definitely worth the time, which can be seen in the following mockup:
I have been trying to not overcommit too early, as the actual refined sprite process is very time-consuming. That being the need to have consistent faces, proportions at multiple poses, etc. And then we need to precisely chop them up for the game engine to allow for the swapping of faces and outfits, along with some other cool features.
But the effort is definitely worth the time, which can be seen in the following mockup:
And just some more sprites for funβthese are still rough and have already changed quite a bit, but they give you a general idea of a more refined sprite:
Honestly, one of the most annoying characters to design has 100% been our main character who will be interacting with all of our very wholesome girls. Here are some initial concepts and where that character currently is:
There is so much to share character-wise still, but here is one more teaser of a small part of our cast:
Backgrounds and character CGs are one of the more daunting tasks, but I have fun with background stuff, so it's oddly relaxing. Here is a small sample of some rough backgrounds/concepts we have for those:
One thing I am very excited about is that we will have a completely original soundtrack from one of my close friends who is a long-term music producer. Due to the taboo nature of the game's themes, they have wanted to remain anonymous. Here is a small arrangement of a song done for the game.
Anyways, I'm keeping things somewhat vague for now. We have a ton more to share, but just wanted to give a quick sneak peek into the world we're crafting for those who are looking forward to it. Until the next update!
Comments
Jeurse
Wow it looks so nice ! Really excited for this project, good luck man a VN is a lot of work, hope you're having fun working on it, I'm really looking forward to it ! (also really hyped by the music, music really is important to a VN atmosphere and that sample shows a high potential for the soundtrack.) good luck with your art and your project !
FIZ-ROT π
Thank you! Yeah, we have remained quiet on this for a while. And will likely be fairly quiet for a bit again while progress continues π
Neppy
can't believe how incredible everything looks already... you really been cooking up a feast behind the scenes huh!
FIZ-ROT π
Happy to hear it! β€οΈ
FIZ-ROT π
Hopefully it's more in the realm of another year. But we will see!
FIZ-ROT π
Thank you Frinsaaaaa
Meow-Meow
It looks amazing!!! Iβm so excited for the release! Youβre the best!
CaitSith
Damn this looks sooo interesting, I'm so excited to see that ! I don't mind waiting a few years for it, I'm sure it's worth it. ^^
Frinsa
Mega Based! As expected of FIZ-ROT π
FIZ-ROT π
Yeah, he is genuinely great at what he does. I was very happy when he decided to help out.
KevabWTF
I did not expect the music, it sounds so fucking good. Visually striking as always _:>
FIZ-ROT π
Thank youuuu! π
Sunny
This rocks. Could be the next Andy and Leyley.
FIZ-ROT π
Thanks for the kind words. I will do my best πβ€οΈ
FIZ-ROT π
Well I don't know how much I can recommend living in our game world haha π but thank you!
BosmanV
Extremely exciting to see. Been a huge fan of yours for awhile and love to see you take your OCs to a full project. Keep up the great work boss
thekill
such good art and composition, i wish i could live in your game XD :3
FIZ-ROT π
Thank you!! π
FunOAW
All good, best of luck to you all! I'm in love with it already~
poruboto
top tier cuties and art as usual, looking so good!! ππ
FIZ-ROT π
Appreciate the offer! But to ensure a consistent tone, all music will be handled by our current producer.
FunOAW
I'm so looking forward to this game, I'm beyond excited! I just wanna say, it would be an incredible honor to collaborate with you on this, I can make a BGM track for the game if you need one~ I hate to reach out to you directly like this cuz I feel bad self-advertising but it would be the coolest thing ever to be a part of something you make, I gotta give it a shot π
FIZ-ROT π
I hope it doesn't dissapoint!
chantelune
Nice to have an update on progress. I really look forward to your VN. ^^
FIZ-ROT π
Lmao noted. And happy to hear it! π
FIZ-ROT π
I hope future updates don't dissapoint!
FIZ-ROT π
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FIZ-ROT π
The plan for now is to release it for free. π
DoomMaGeddon
I know that Sin guy, don't trust him around pigeons! Looking forward to see all of this working!
Rogier0fLock
This looks amazing as does all of your work, I can't wait to see more!
Loliscanner
In my opinion, everything is perfect for VN.
Bobinu
Man i can't wait. Please make it payable, I want to give you money
FIZ-ROT π
Happy to hear it! π
nishi
great art, really excited for it!
FIZ-ROT π
Thank you!!
FIZ-ROT π
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simphonia
Looks great, love your art! I'll be following this project.
imanerd2415
Hyped π₯
Deguwu
Great work, I'm hyped as always
FIZ-ROT π
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FIZ-ROT π
Makes me happy to hear!
FIZ-ROT π
Thank you Peach! π
FIZ-ROT π
Happy to hear it!
FIZ-ROT π
Yeah, I am going to just go with the mindset of it will take as long as it takes
FIZ-ROT π
Still many more cute girls to see π
FIZ-ROT π
Appreciate the kind words!
cuekalamos
YAYY!!!
rugroo
this is looking fucking amazing
πYP
Waow very amazing work! Love all the concept art and characters. Definately looking forward to it π
pixars12
Really exited to see the progress, can't wait to see more!
Tiger-B
Unteralterbach also took years to finish, and it became a lewd masterpiece. I hope i can "play" with Dagger in it.
FunOAW
UUOOHH This is amazing already πππ The concept arts and characters are so sexy omg
AJubbz
Oh man Cant really wait to see this finished, keep it up guys!