Dual protagonists. I'd love to see more games explore this mechanic (that's why our visual novel is doing it!) Especially when the player characters are at odds with each other. Instead of "us vs them" it's "me... vs me" lol. Humanity on all sides.

I feel like visual novel devs have only scratched the surface of Ren'Py's ability to create full-on animated, interactive comic books. Us included. One benefit of working on an episodic game is we get to keep adding more cool visuals as we go!

Exited about the new hand-drawn background art our visual novel is getting! Check out this animated illustration of cyberpunk Iceland, painted by Derek-Paul Carll !

Is there climate change in our visual novel? Yes. But the point is not to lecture people. It's to imagine the future and explore the possibilities. Like floating cities on rising oceans. People are already making floating buildings IRL!

Yes, you can switch every bit of text in our visual novel to OpenDyslexic font. And enable automatic text-to-speech for every bit of text and every button. Thanks to Ren'Py Tom for making accessibility so easy to include!

Animating a drive through the cyberpunk city where our visual novel begins, animatic style in Ren'Py! Thanks to Derek-Paul Carll for all the fun details in the background! You can see even more when you get out and walk around.

There's something special about hand-drawn game art. Every detail has thought behind it, fleshing out the world and the characters who live there. Like this new background art by Brian to complement our visual novel's character art by Raydash !

If you see hypertext in our game, it means you can take a dive down a mini Wikipedia hole to learn more... as much or as little as you want. You'll understand the story with or without the codex, but for those who like to explore, our VN has plenty of easter eggs.

Magic in our game is more felt than seen. But since it's a visual novel, we still use visuals and sounds to communicate what the characters feel. In this case, a tingling rush of energy down one character's arm and into another's chest, flowing like a torrent of water.

Tanking the punks trying to mug someone, so the victim can escape. Playing tank IRL can get you killed, Hektor! This isn't a video game! (Well, it is... But you're a character, so for you, it's real life!) #visualnovel

Playing with colors to evoke physical feelings. In this case, the tunnel vision of fighting for your life. Pain is in vivid color, as is the violent focus in your eyes. The rest of the world has fallen into the background. You're acting in a trance, all instinct. #visualnovel

Is the shadow in the mirror a problem or an asset? Assuming it isn't just your imagination. #visualnovel

Happy with the way camera movement adds life to our visual novel's scenes. It's not always what the scenes needs, but when it is, it's satisfying ^.^

What sets our visual novel apart? Well, there's this one thing... The poly flirt option. Also known as being able to flirt with multiple people ethically, without breaking promises or deceiving anyone <3

There's a nontrivial amount of action in our visual novel, and it's been awesome working with artists like Raydash to create cinematic sequences like this!

Some more fun we had creating animatic cutscenes in Ren'Py! This one's a flashback, but you still get choices! Our VN lets you shape your character's backstory as well as what they'll do next.

Sometimes it's worth sitting back and appreciating how many facial expressions, outfits, and poses we've accumulated while working on this game! And then a new line of dialogue comes along and inspires me to add just one more... #visualnovel