Hello again, cakes!
Over the weekend I mentioned in my early access post how I really wanted some artwork ready for the last public release of the year. Well, this is it.
If you're surprised it's probably because you haven't seen that early access release. But without giving too much away, I'll just say that Akiko becomes pretty important in the latest storyline, Redemption, a...
2020-11-27 17:49:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A note before we start: There will be another early access release this month. I'm releasing one today because it's my regular release day and I'm dying to show you all what I've been up to, but the art I wanted done isn't ready yet and I want to beef up the writing for what will become the last public release of the year. Look out for an updated release over the next week or so.
SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Nozomi's Reversal storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Hey, cakes!
So this current dev period has been interesting. I had expected to be working on the Reversal storyline, but inspiration took me on a different path. You'll find out more about that...
2020-11-17 12:20:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
I'm excited about this latest public release ^^ While I didn't manage to complete the Doll storyline as I hoped, I made some huge strides and I reckon it's going to be another reader's favourite. Sayori really does get the best stories xD
Besides that, we've got the usual range of CGs illustrating scenes past and present, so look out for those. And for our Spanish reade...
2020-11-14 08:42:32 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Hiroko's original storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Hiya, cakes!
Here's something that a lot of people wanted. It's one of the more ambitious scenes to do visuals for, but I think we can get it done ^^
It's the scene for Hiroko's first sto...
2020-11-12 10:40:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, cakes~
First, apologies for another late update. That last one really took it out on me! Anyway, I resolved not to push this release out until I at least had the Doll storyline finally written to some sort of conclusion like I intended, so here it is!
And wow, what a journey. This one took about three months from start to end, and as usual there's a lot of stuff I think could s...
2020-11-10 20:21:34 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for the Devotion storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Hello, cakes!
The update for this coming weekend will likely be a bit light on content, thanks to how much the last update overran, but at the very least we're getting another CG for it! This time w...
2020-11-03 09:45:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, cakes! It's been another long slog, and nearly a week past my intended release date, but I've finally gotten the script for Sayori's doll storyline written up to a point where I can feel happy enough to share it~
The script's still not completely finished, though. It lacks a proper ending, but I've left the outline from last time. And some of the later written dialogue probably n...
2020-10-30 23:03:51 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Sayori's Doll storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Caaaakes,
As I mentioned we're getting another early access release this month, and in addition to the extra scenes I'm hoping to write on the Doll storyline we'll be getting another CG for it too~...
2020-10-20 14:43:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, cakes!
This weekend's release continues the Doll storyline as I work desperately to get as much scripted as possible ^^; There's still a ways to go yet, and it cuts out before the really fun stuff happens, but there's some interesting new scenes there that were previously outlined last time.
We also have the expanded CG set for the rooftop scenes. You can find them on the Delusi...
2020-10-18 19:32:57 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Nozomi's Trance storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Hey, cakes~
At the beginning of the year I had a rooftop scene drawn where the intention was to use it for multiple scenes involving one or more the girls hanging out up there. This week I finall...
2020-10-14 09:07:17 +0000 UTC View Post
A new challenger appears!
We meet Akiko during Sayori's new storyline, where we learn she's this school's student council president. She's actually an old character that I left behind in a much earlier version of Penlight, before I'd even called it Penlight. Back then the student council was much...
2020-10-11 07:32:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The next public release of Penlight is upon us!
Although to be honest, there's not much new writing to be found this month :/ I've been spending my time developing Sayori's Doll storyline, and it was very slow going. Still, the first in-game week is done now, including its first CG. It's not as much as I wanted, but what's there should serve as a decent taster for what's to come. 2020-10-10 06:37:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Heeey, cakes!
It's been another fortnight of toiling away at Sayori's Doll story. I really am sorry it's taking so long, but I think I finally have a semi-coherent outline written for a full version of the route, so I can get to writing the rest of the script.
I'm plenty worried about how the outlined story looks, though. Chiefly that some parts of it might be too similar to other s...
2020-10-04 16:14:56 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Sayori's Alter storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
It's Sayori's turn for the CG treatment this week and it's another big, detailed scene! Although I have to say, it kinda sucks that you get all this cool art while playing the unethical side of th...
2020-09-23 13:10:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, cakes.
Soooo, I've had another highly frustrating writing period; spending much of the last fortnight toiling over Sayori's Doll storyline. I'm still trying to work things out, and I think that's clear in some of the dialogue that I've managed to lay down here in the new scenes to replace the outline from before. This is turning out to be the toughest storyline I've worked on yet! St...
2020-09-19 18:22:11 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for Nozomi's Trance storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Hey, cakes! Time for another art post methinks~
I had a little brainwave last week when I realised the composition for Sayori's Doll route scene would be perfect for a scene in Nozomi's ro...
2020-09-14 12:19:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, everyone!
Since last month Penlight's had a lot of little changes and updates. There's script edits, another load of new CGs, a few little additions to storylines old and new, and the full translation of the game into Spanish!
There are some issues with the script in its current version, but Spanish readers should now be able to read and enjoy Penlight and I'm proud to be ...
2020-09-12 08:19:08 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This art preview article contains spoilers for the ending of Hiroko's "Ticklish Hands" storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
So I don't know if anyone noticed, but there had been a little bit of a pattern with the Hiroko-centered CGs that I've been commissioning as of late. We had one for the st...
2020-09-08 08:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi again, cakes!
This fortnight's focus was on Sayori's much-anticipated Doll storyline, so I've been doing my best trying to write this script and justify her involvement in this weirdness before we can get to the fun stuff. A frustrating time's been had, but I'm closing in and the ideas are ever so slowly starting to connect. Anyway, there's a bit more script from last time, some outlin...
2020-09-06 17:21:56 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - You know the drill. This art preview article contains spoilers, which in this case is for the start of Sayori's new Doll storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Wheee, hi cakes! It's Sayori's turn in the CG rotation and I've gone ahead and commissioned art for the opening scene in her new Doll sto...
2020-08-27 15:08:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Cakes, cakes, cakes, I'm really happy with what got done this week!
I mean, my writing fell by the wayside again, so there's little added to the Doll path from last time, but a ton of other stuff got fixed, updated and improved. Most of all being the Spanish localization... is done! I still can't believe that my debut indie visual novel got a proper second language port, or that Waldo man...
2020-08-23 18:44:48 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - As usual, this art preview article contains spoilers, this time for Hiroko's "Ticklish hands" (I don't have a good name for it) storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Hey, cakes!
This time I've had another art done for Hiroko's newer storyline, following on from her last CG. There's a ton ...
2020-08-21 07:35:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Urrgh. Hi cakes.
Any writing ambitions for this period I might have had got burned away by the week-long heatwave we had over there -_- I got a few things done but yeah, really frustrated with my written progress once again.
At least my artist wasn't affected by any of that, as he's produced two more CGs to fill out the game. I'm especially happy with how the Robot path ...
2020-08-16 19:24:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi again, cakes! The latest art I commissioned has just had its sketches done so I wanted to show them off going into the weekend~
Here's another scene I've wanted to get drawn for a long time. This one concerns the lengthy conversation Nozomi has with Kyou at pretty much the start of ...
2020-08-14 16:24:15 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - You know the drill. This article reveals a key scene of the Villainous Robot storyline, so there's spoilers ahead. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Hey, cakes!
For this next CG, I had the idea to visualize one of the later scenes in the Robot path. It's the part where Hiroko, having been made to...
2020-08-09 09:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone!
The highlight of this month's release is that an eagerly-awaited storyline's gotten a significant update for the first time in, uhh... eight months? ^^; Yeah, the Reversal storyline is readable up to the first weekend now. Hoping I won't need another eight months to finish the rest of it, but no guarantees~
Besides that, I did some outlining to one of the unwritten ...
2020-08-08 06:48:15 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This article talks about the ending of Sayori's Alter storyline, in case that wasn't obvious from the title :p So yeah, spoilers. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
We've had a little bit of a break with the art updates, but we're back now~
First up, I wanted to get something done that was S...
2020-08-04 08:53:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Bit of a weird one, this. I've been writing in accordance with where my current motivations lie, and this fortnight it's been to once again go back to previous storylines making edits. The main beneficiary here is the Robot path which has seen a number of changes, including the addition of a new scene, that I hope strengthens the narrative a little bit. Try replaying the robot path (or playing ...
2020-08-02 19:45:37 +0000 UTC View Post
SPOILER WARNING - This article talks about Hiroko's route; on her second, more recent, storyline, so be advised if you haven't read her route yet. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Heeeey cakes~
I thought I'd make a start on CG'fying Hiroko's recent storyline now that one path is pretty much completed. And I deci...
2020-07-22 16:48:14 +0000 UTC View Post