"I lift my heart as spring lifts up
A yellow daisy to the rain;
My heart will be a lovely cup
Altho' it holds but pain.
For I shall learn from flower and leaf
That color every drop they hold,
To change the lifeless wine of grief
To living gold."
--Alchemy, Sara Teasdale
2024-01-18 20:16:30 +0000 UTC View Post
There probably were better shots I could pick to showcase, but this one was just so cute I couldn't help myself
2024-01-14 20:50:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
It's been a pretty exhausting day, so I'll try to keep it short. I've been spending last week writing and rendering stills. I may have gotten overly excited about a part of the story and maybe written more than I intended, but it shouldn't be too much of an issue. As long as I don't keep doing that.
Apart from that, I started making some music. I'm very much not good at it, b...
2024-01-14 20:48:23 +0000 UTC View Post
"Just because it's a dream, doesn't mean I'm not real."
So I just realized I can make her look similar to her namesake, and...
Apparently, there's a singer called FKA Rayne and they kinda look alike. This made me happier than it probably should have
2024-01-05 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
The holidays have come and gone (thank fuck), and I'm starting to get back into the groove of things after taking some time off (I didn't mean to, honestly, I just got sick). But, that being said, status report right now is we're at ~10k words and about 500 images. Around 50% of the flowchart is completed for the next release, but that doesn't necessarily mean the game is halfway d...
2024-01-05 16:52:17 +0000 UTC View Post
New Year just dropped
Some time in November, Zero End celebrated its first year of development. Well, celebrated might be a bit much since I completely forgot about it (I'd make a horrible parent), but it did mark its anniversary. I figured since the game's been out for a year and we're on the precipice of a new one, I'd look back on everything that's happened and laugh-cry ove...
2023-12-31 16:44:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Personally, I'm not too fond of the winter holidays, but I hope yours are going great!
2023-12-25 17:13:45 +0000 UTC View Post
It's her again. She features quite prominently in the first part of the release, so she'll keep popping up like this.
2023-12-18 16:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
Another week is over and I'd like to take some time to give an overall update. Writing is going pretty well, we're over 7k words and I wanna get to 10k by the end of the year. Now, normally, I'd comment on how much that is out of the projected total, but as I've learned recently, this release is not behaving as I anticipated. What I mean by that is that these 7k words barely cover ...
2023-12-18 15:59:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Their dynamic is just delectable.
"I'm a ghost and you're the child
Where you end, I start
As we're forever tied
I'll haunt you 'till the end of time"
--The Killing Joke, Volturian
2023-12-11 18:54:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
I delayed the update a bit as I was sick last week and couldn't get much done on the project what with feeling ill and being too tired after work. So I figured I'd update now as I'm feeling better and have started working hard again. I did manage to write two more scenes and get some renders done, as well as reworking the outline a bit to add more choices (it's starting to be a bit...
2023-12-11 18:50:48 +0000 UTC View Post
2 previews because I missed the last. About time Rayne had a badass moment
2023-12-01 19:07:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
I'm back. You may have noticed I didn't have an update last week. The reason for that was that I didn't have anything to update. I assumed the week-long conference at work would take a lot of my time and energy, but I severely underestimated just how much. I was basically leaving at 8 and returning home around 11 at night. Some good has come of it, however, as it was a game develop...
2023-12-01 19:02:29 +0000 UTC View PostI got some comments on the webs mentioning that the erotic scenes in the game are mid and figured I'd make a survey to see how I can improve the experience.
If you got time, I'd appreciate it if you could help with some thoughts: https://forms.gle/PdUwg9YQ4Anetpme7
2023-11-26 20:08:51 +0000 UTC View Post
A snapshot in time, the moment I saw you
2023-11-20 18:20:56 +0000 UTC View PostHello,
Sorry for the small delay with the update. I had a very rough weekend due to some very poor decisions, but it has led to a realize that there's no way I'll pull through if I don't take care of myself. And I've been doing just that. This won't adversely affect the development of the game, in fact I think it'll make things better in the long run, I just wanted to explain the weekend ...
2023-11-20 18:17:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
I'll any% speedrun the updates this time as there's not a lot to say. Managed to write another scene (though I feel it needs some editing) and started rendering images for the first scene. More importantly, I spent about two days setting up my new system (yay). I used the money saved up from Patreon (thank you again to everyone who contributed <3) to get some better components. ...
2023-11-12 15:26:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It's more of a test. While I really like how she looks in black, I think it would be better to use warmer colors so I can contrast how she was before with how she is now (visually). Also, that hair is killing me, it makes Daz insanely laggy. Need to figure out something. I tried reducing the quality here and it just looks bad.
2023-11-05 14:33:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
This week, I finally managed to wrap up everything needed and submit the Steam build. All that's left now is to wait for it to (hopefully) get approved. Apart from that, I finished detailing every character's development arc for the next chapter, as well as the full outline for the next release. I was hoping to make this release shorter, but there's a lot of scenes that need to be ...
2023-11-05 14:29:08 +0000 UTC View Post
"some days you seem
so disappointed, love but you knew
what it was.
i am your dread wife.
you will not throw me out
of eden i walk myself to the door."
I hear you calling from the other side
Sail away, my little sister
Sail away to the other side
Sail away, my little sister
Sail away far into the night
Felt inspired by the song. Hope you like it!
2023-10-30 09:11:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
It's been a fun week! I've gone hard on the UI and managed to (I hope) finish everything that was needed for the UI rework. I've actually went in a slightly different direction than what I showed last week. I feel like it was too gothic and not enough modern, so I shifted the look to be more modern with just gothic elements. Apart from that, I wrote about four pages of text for the...
2023-10-27 14:53:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
I've been working on getting the build ready for Steam mostly this week. All the achievements have been decided upon and I'm about 70% of the way done with the icons for them. Apart from that, I included a feature for naming save games and with the help of a generous benefactor, there is a textbox opacity option in the game as well. These are some QoL improvements that were very mu...
2023-10-22 16:15:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
I'm back with an update (kind of). After taking some time off to rest, I'm ready to get back into development. Considering that I don't have much to update, I figured I'd instead give a rough outline of what comes next and what to expect.
My next steps are going to be getting the game ready for Steam. A first step to doing that is going through the game and scrubbing everythi...
2023-10-14 16:09:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This could have done with a bit more testing, but I am absolutely burnt out. I went through it as many times as I could. If anything crops up, I'll patch it afterward. Hope you enjoy. I believe it's my best work yet.
2023-10-02 19:31:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This will also be the last content preview as everything past this point would go pretty hard into spoiler territory.
2023-09-24 14:24:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
Sorry for the slight delay with this update, but this will be the last update before the release and I wanted to have something a bit more concrete to present.
That being: I just finished writing all the text for this release. Even though there's images missing, today has been the first day I could play the whole release from start to finish.
Now, there's still work tha...
2023-09-24 14:21:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I really liked writing her scene. I think it ended up just the right balance between sweet and funny
2023-09-15 15:25:28 +0000 UTC View Post