Fire of Life: New Day

Devlog

• Dev Log: Ren'Py 8.5
  November 22, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  This patch will update the -84.zips to Ren’Py 8.5. And unless I see a need, this will likely be the last Ren’Py update I make for this project. Anything else will be bug fixes for the story itself... Continue reading
• Dev Log 11/6/2025 Fire of Life: New Day 1.0 released. :)
  November 06, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  #released

  After three years (or more), I am finally ready to release 1.0 and declare Fire of Life: New Day released rather than in development. :) A few bug fixes have been made the patches, and also setup a sy... Continue reading
• Dev Log 7/25/2025
  July 25, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Ren’Py 8.4.1 Updated 8.4 to this version, which helps with some issues. One potential issue was lagging on Quit. Gallery There was a bug where certain gallery images would not populate correctly. I... Continue reading

  
• Replays fixed
  July 20, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  There was a bug where None appeared in an exception screen. replayobject and contentfilter used to get assign an object before the changes were made to automate the chapter building. I have added them... Continue reading
• Fixes 7/19/2025
  July 19, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Bria’s Accent and Content Filter now load via JSON rather than rypc files only intended to hold their information. Also made a style adjustment to the Quick Settings menu to account for how it looks... Continue reading
• Dev Log 7/18/25
  July 18, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Ren’Py Fixes Updated to the latest Fix branch version to deal with any potential engine bugs for the 8_4 versions. Biography/Character Profiles Rewrote this section a bit. Before, there were 95 rpyc... Continue reading
• New Chapter Build Method/Menu Bug Fix/Updated Src
  July 16, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  New Chapter Build Method I have transferred the creation of the chapter information to an automated system that creates a jSON file, and that is what is used to create the chapters on init. This reduc... Continue reading
• Update 7/15/2025
  July 15, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Ren’Py 8.4 Updated to the Released version of Ren’Py 8.4 with more bug fixes in there. Gallery Change the back-end to making it more efficent for me to add Gallery Images (via automation). Also, I... Continue reading
• .lang not found
  July 12, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  This was a typo that would cause the VN not to launch unless a language was selected. This has been fixed. Also added another check for name in persistent.CharacterName to ensure it does not crash wit... Continue reading
• Update 7/6/24
  July 06, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Ren’Py 8.4 I have added four new builds that were built by Ren’Py 8.4. They are labelled with 84, and the reason is that it dropped support from different earlier versions of OS (i.e. Windows 7 to... Continue reading
• Update 6/22/2025
  June 23, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Code Cleanup A lot of what I have done in the last few days is code cleanup to make. Mostly removing multiple lines of code when one line can do the same thing. ;) Bios Fixed There were several issues... Continue reading
• Fire of Life: New Day 0.75 "Early Rise" released!
  June 10, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  #release

  Early Rise This chapter in part 3 follows up with early morning routines after Night 2 for Madison, Andrei/Lily, Kei, Lucia, and Tori. :) Update to Counts AVIF: 5689 WEBM: 250... Continue reading

  
• Key Error "Morrigan" in Bios
  May 30, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  That name has been added to the dictionary that controls the name in bios. :)... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes 5/29/2025
  May 30, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  I did rewrite the code for Classes so it will work. Part of the problem was that I named a Python object and Ren’Py label the same thing, which caused a collision. I also ran through the entire VN t... Continue reading
• Failed to Start: Bug Fixes for that
  May 28, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  #bug fixes

  I changed the persistent.CharacterName to setdefault everytime the VN launches. If the name exists in there, it will just ignore. If it is not in there, it will set it to the default name. Added a che... Continue reading
• Dev Log 5/25/25
  May 25, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Sex Gallery not working The object was not written correctly. Changed it, and it will not list the scenes as expected. Change how Gallery and History are created Seperated each gallery (i.e. Bria) int... Continue reading
• Dev Log 5/8/25 Bio Fixes and Ren'Py 8.3.8
  May 08, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Fundamentally, nothing involving any labels has changed, as that would cause me to go through it all and update the bubbles. I will do it if I have to, but if there is no need to make that kind of cha... Continue reading
• Credits: File counts
  April 14, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  In the Credits screen, added File counts of AVIF, WEBM, etc. I have a dev tool I wrote in python to generate the JSON so these are updated routinely... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes 4/9/25
  April 09, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Resolved the following issues: Wrong video playing in the Eric Wakeup scene. Uploaded the correct videos. Attribute problem for one of the images have been fixed by making images with the names. Fixed... Continue reading
• Fire of Life: New Day 0.7.0 Released
  April 06, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  The last segment involving Eric and Bria has been released. This will appear on Part 3 in the chapter menu after you play “Elsewhere”. Things escalate between Eric and Bria where all doubt has bee... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fix Friday 4/4/25
  April 04, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Ren’Py 8.3.7 Updated to this version to fix issues that may crop up within the engine. 😊 Bug Fixes Emily Shower Scene Fixed focus_masks and other issues that prevented this from working as intend... Continue reading
• Content Warning issues/{If } text tag/Not Defined in Katia Day 1 Apartment
  March 03, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Content Warning Several issues related to the content filter have been fixed and working as intended. IF text tag For some reason, inline_conditionals was not making it into defines. I have replaced t... Continue reading
• "str is not callable"
  March 02, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Fixed an error in the contentfilter and now it is working as planned... Continue reading
• Dev Log 02/28/2025
  February 28, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Ren’Py 8.3.6 Updated to this version of Ren’Py to fix some bugs, which includes some text not appearing correctly. Story Progress The first segment for Part 3 will be Secrets of the Fire Fae. Curr... Continue reading

  
• Fix Image Settings when Hide NSFW selected and other fixes
  February 20, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Other Fixes I believe there were some fixes part of what I announced earlier that didn’t make it into the main branch for some reason. Now all branches are updated with these fixes. Image Settings n... Continue reading
• Fire of Life: New Day 0.66i Released
  February 16, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Elsewhere (Fire of Life: New Day 0.66) Released! This release concludes Day/Night 2 of the story, and now officially 2/3rd of the way complete. The following scenes are added: Constance post-Eldritch... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 2/4/25
  February 04, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Story Update I am currently two scenes away from finishing Night 2 story and art. There will likely still be extras I need to do, but progress.:) Gallery A main issue with having Begin reset things, i... Continue reading
• Bug Fix: Replay
  January 24, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  There was an issue with Replays such as Kitsune’s Torment where there replay has multiple start points. An error was occuring due a tuple, which wasn’t addressed correctly. I have fixed that error... Continue reading
• Dev Log 01-18-25
  January 18, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Animations are back Somehow, the classify and archive process for the animations folder got deleted, and therefore pushed the VN without the animations rpa. This has been resolved. **Lore System Fixed... Continue reading
• Bug Fix and Scene Continue
  January 12, 2025 by Darken Visuals

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  Bug Fixes An exception screen will appear with foltuil. This has been corrected with the correct spelling of the object.:) Scene Continue Added a feature (and setting options in both Settings and Quic... Continue reading
• Dev Log 12/31/24 Bad Build
  December 31, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Something happened where the Win-Linux and OSX (not demo) got the di designation, and only 42 MB for the Win-Linux version. This will correct that... Continue reading
• Dev Log 12/28/24
  December 28, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Fixed Wolves Gym There were errors when selecting certain options. I redid how some of it went code wise, and it seems to be working. Let me know if there are any errors if you select hand or feet (or... Continue reading
• Dev Log 12/21/24
  December 21, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Still working on the Lucia/Dria vs. Constance (and real-life got in the way). However, did some small improvements. Begin The Begin button will now clear any Seen_Labels used to mark if Part 1 and Par... Continue reading
• Better way to build the character list
  December 09, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Character List One of the biggest thing was finding a “better” way to handle the names in the backend. Before, a set list was made, and some additions done. It led to the problem that the last few... Continue reading
• Dev Log 12/7/24
  December 07, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Ren’Py 8.3.4 Updated to Ren’Py 8.3.4 to fix bugs that were introduced in 8.3.3 and to assure that it does not occur within the game. New Quit Screen Image Like others, there are three variations t... Continue reading

  
• More Bug Fixes and a New Main Menu images
  December 02, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Other menus had different state of dress, but not the main menu. So, I took time to render three images that allow for that on the main menu. :) I am considering adding a “quick” settings menu to... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fixes 11/30/2024
  December 01, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Fixed a few things: Gallery items with 960x1080 images now show with a black background again. Gallery items with a single image no longer has an out of index issue. In character Bios, Bria’s name i... Continue reading
• Official Android Build
  November 15, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  I have not updated the Android version because it was getting impractical. However, the latest version of Ren’Py allow for an updater/gamesonly update to deal with that. While the android version is... Continue reading
• Fire of Life: New Day Eldritch Effect released!
  November 11, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  #release

  This update follows the events after Constance spies on “The Well” in the Darling Moonshine Chapter. Each are affected in their own way. Other changes are more background functions more than somet... Continue reading

  
• Bria Accent Fixes
  October 24, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  There were numerous bug fixes, and I didn’t write them down this time. However, I ran through the scenes and addressed any exception screens. The major changes made were script-related: Redid Bria... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes 10/9/2024
  October 09, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  There were issues with the build (both new and some that had been there for a while without my notice). So, I sat down, reviewed things, and fixed exception screens and glitches. Replays would play on... Continue reading
• Dev Log 9/17/2024
  September 17, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Updated some of the screens so the bottom row if not full will center rather than go to the left.:)... Continue reading
• Over18 splashscreen fixed
  September 07, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  #bugfix

  Somehow a variable ended up somewhere it should not have been, and this prevented Renpy from causing an exception when at the Over18 message. This has been fixed. I apologize about the inconvenience... Continue reading
• Updated Video Loops with Sound
  September 03, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  All video loops (not the loops that are simply two images being controlled by Renpy) has been given sound.:)... Continue reading
• Fixed Fonts and Movies Groups
  August 04, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  I put movies into groups so that when you rollback or skip forward, it limits how the transparency. also changed the font for dialogue to what is being used for text buttons on the main menu. ;)... Continue reading
• Typo in Tooltip
  July 29, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  A variable was mistyped, and will cause an exception. That has been fixed... Continue reading
• Updated how Storyguide Tooltips were made
  July 28, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Updated how tooltip strings were formed. Might solve some bugs when Story Guide is on, but overall, I did it to prevent bugs in the future that I had experienced the last couple of weeks do to bad .fo... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes 2024723
  July 24, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  Adjusted the chapter and replay buttons. Fixed Chapter,Lore,Bios, Gallery so they are refreshed each time new item is added... Continue reading
• 0.52i Darling Moonshine released
  July 21, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  The Story now includes the Darling Moonshine segment, which concentrates on Eric, Bria, Kei, Constance, Kei, Matt, Tori, and Cayla. :) The story is now over the half-way marker from the outline I am u... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fix Sunday
  June 16, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  This covers a long list of bug fixes (all exception screens should now be addressed. ;)... Continue reading
• Version .48i released. :)
  April 11, 2024 by Darken Visuals

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  #release

  As well as releasing a new chapter in Part 2, Fire of Life: New Day had also undergone some UI changes (new main menu, new menu backgrounds with choices between clothed, sexy, and nude). The Gallery h... Continue reading

  
• Fire of Life 0.42i Live
  October 16, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  Andrei, Bria, Eric, Cayla, Kei, Matt, and Tori head off to class! This story also elaborates why Bria and Eric act the way they do when in proximity to each other (a supernatural reason) 😊. A few c... Continue reading
• 0.37i "Fangs and Claws" has been released.
  July 19, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  #release

  Fangs and Claws has been released on the next page after the prologue. 😊 Both Andrei and Kei’s prologue link to the same chapter. 😊Two months but did two character worth of a chapter I believe... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fix: SteamAchieveCheck
  June 07, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  The function does not effect the Itch version. What happens is: the function called, see if it is the Steam version, and processes it. This is to add Steam achievements. That is not available in the I... Continue reading
• Bria Dialogue in Eric's Library scene fixed.
  June 03, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  #bug fix

  There was a “key” bug when you turn Bria Irish Accent off and go through the library. I have also gone through that scene to make sure there were no other bugs or inconsistent things. :)... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes
  May 26, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  #bug fix

  There were a few bug fixes I did today: “None” type is not subscriptable – corrected. “Do you want to turn on” - This was text to explain the story guide. Put pauses in and now it shows corr... Continue reading
• 0.36.1i
  May 23, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  #bug fix

  bug fix There was an issue with the Shower scene looking for a third thumbnail. This has been corrected for this and future scenes that only has two thumbnails. feature update Added an Interactive Sto... Continue reading
• Fire of Life 0.36i released
  May 21, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  #v36, #patreon, #release

  V 0.36s “The Council.” This chapter focuses on the Virginian American Branch of the Council. In previous chapters, there were mentions, so this one elaborates more on it (especially why the supern... Continue reading

  
• Renpy 8.1, AVIF, and bug fixes
  May 01, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  I have upgraded Renpy to the Prerelease version of 8.1, which allow support for AVIF format (which I believe to be a good compromise between Quality and Size). Additionally, there were bugs (especiall... Continue reading
• For Coffee! (or Not)
  May 01, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  Included in the Renpy 8.1, is word balloons/bubbles, which I think would be a nice and unique way to convey things. However, as I was going through the code (and there is some rewrites of it that will... Continue reading
• 0.35.5 Eric Day 1 chapter released
  April 05, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  #chapter update

  (Eric and Bria chilling after the release of Eric Day 1) Update 0.35.5 Eric Day 1 The continuation of “Journey of Knight” where you start in the lobby of the Male Dorm. It continues with different... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fix with Old Save Files
  January 23, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  So what would happen is you would load a save file, it converts the data, and would error if there was a any rollback. The reason I had reorganized where the images are. So after the conversion, it wo... Continue reading
• v 0.34
  January 22, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  Release v 0.34s The vital feedback I have gotten is that the story is confusing with the constant change of characters in short scenes. The story will tie into each other, so it might be difficult to... Continue reading
• 0.34i
  January 18, 2023 by Darken Visuals

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  New Update: Turning over the Chapter System. It should transition load to the chapter system so you won’t lose progress. Some of the chapters will likely go with Replay mode if you played through th... Continue reading
• 0.33.2 Crash Before Bria Speaks
  December 09, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  A bug was introduced when I added the Irish Filter. I had to rework a few things around, and got that working as intended. :)... Continue reading
• 0.33.1 Including a Bria Accent Filter
  December 06, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  Bria’s accent adds a little flavor, but can become hard to read. So, I provide an option to turn it off. This can be found in the Splash Screen and in the Settings>Content Filters... Continue reading
• Fire of Life: New Day 0.33i released.
  December 02, 2022 by Darken Visuals

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  #release

  I am launching the game with version 0.33i (itch version). Using Renpy, a redhead, and trying to get a story out of my head, I bring you Fire of Life: New Day. :)... Continue reading
• Changing how version number work
  November 14, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  Not a real significant change other than version number. To comply with Steam (where I am also releasing it in the future), I have added something that would only use Steam related items if the versio... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes
  November 06, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  Ok, I think I got them all... Continue reading
• 0.33 New GUI and Content Filters Alt scenes
  November 06, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  A major change in the GUI. Also added alternate scene for the content filters... Continue reading
• 0.33 is in progress
  October 31, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  I am currently working on version 0.33 which will include A customized UI than what I had with just Renpy standard. :) alternate scenes for nudity and content filters. Updated Gallery - Using an exten... Continue reading
• .29
  October 18, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  Closing in on a launch. This has the following. Library Sex Scene Early Morning at Madison’s house Modification to how the Gallery looks... Continue reading
• Fire of Life 0.15a
  October 02, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  Add three new scenes. New layout possibility for the Storywall. Subject to change. A few background changes that not that noticible on the frontend. :)... Continue reading
• 0.1a
  September 16, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  No game stopping bugs as far I can see, but there is still refinement necessary. added: New Gallery images New StoryWall to look less lopsided. New scenes starting Night 1... Continue reading
• Gallery and Sex Scene Gallery now available
  August 26, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  Did work on the gallery, and it is now looking..decent. :) Also made a Sex Scene gallery which uses the replay function within Renpy... Continue reading
• Coffee Shop scene..added.
  August 25, 2022 by Darken Visuals

  So, you know that coffee shop scene I mentioned a few days ago? Well…I forgot to put a call to it. Fixed that and tweaked some other things (and added some sounds)... Continue reading
• Refining
  August 23, 2022 by Darken Visuals#refine

  Right now, I am refining the project. As you might have notice, there isn’t a gallery button. :) It is there, but hidden behind a developer flag because right now, it looks a little eh... Continue reading
• Coffee Shop scene added
  August 22, 2022 by Darken Visuals

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  Added the coffeeshop scene to the game... Continue reading