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✦ Lost in Limbo Devlog #14 | 12.02.24

And November is over! This month has been filled with paperwork, organizing receipts, and so on, which isn't very fun, but it's part of the job!

We are making great progress with everything overall; merch has been ordered and we have received proof and approved it; our voice actors are already delivering the voiced names y'all paid for during our Kickstarter campaign; and more! Let's see it in detail, shall we? :^)

Our dear Raquel has been working hard (I think I say this every devlog, but damn) on reworking the sprites for the extended demo now that the Special postcards for the Kickstarter are done! For this next batch, she'll be working on Ara and Amon, so here's a WIP of how Ara is looking so far! 💜

I think you can see how her design is already more detailed and cohesive in some areas. We'll most likely ask for feedback when Amon is ready too, to test the waters with both characters like we did with Gael and Xal :^)

The street is coming to life! This background is almost ready thanks to Astro. We'll have four new locations in the Extended Demo to help with the pacing and the introduction of our world and story to (hopefully) make it perfect. Or something close to it!

In the writing department, I've so far added 7000 words to the prologue. We have one flavor choice, two personality choices (and several personality reactions), and three "relationship choices". These basically shape your relationship with Evie in this case. For example, you'll be able to choose if you are intimate friends, are warm to each other, or if you prefer something less physical / touchy. And Evie will remember that!

And this is just so far. While River has a kind of "set" personality, I want people to be able to shape some aspects of their life.

In the writing department I should also include the documents I've provided to our VAs, and to our composer, Tomás. More on that below!

We have a proper help screen! Wohoo! 💜

Now you can enjoy Ren'py's default help screen but looking a bit nicer. This is for those who are not familiar with Ren'py's usual keybindings and stuff :^)

Nothing else on the programming side this month. I've focused on writing the script and that's going to be my main job until I can actually start programming something!

As I said before, our beloved voice actors are already working on the voiced names! In fact, Xal's VA (Francfil Pontañeles) and Pride's (Pat Langner) already recorded them! A little surprise is that we have been able to add our default MC's name, River, as a voiced name. For those of you who want to play with that name, you'll also enjoy some voiced lines!

What else—ah! We are already working with Tomás for our OST, and we have settled in 19 tracks total. Those are even more tracks than we expected! This is thanks to you all, and especially thanks to those of you who ordered more merch via Backerkit. You made those four extra tracks possible!

Our merch has been checked and so far only the pins are missing a preview and therefore our approval. We had to edit some files (beginner's mistake!) but being the first time we do this, I'd say things have been rather smoothly! We'd like to be able to start shipping this month, but it may not be possible. Which is a bummer! But well, we settled in December / January, so January it is, if nothing happens!

(Don't mind the colors being too flashy here—they will look more cohesive in game!)

OH, and the last extra bit! I've been working on the personality choices, as you all know, and Kayden has been helping me make the icons that will appear next to those choices for those who are colorblind. An extra thing to make them pop and differentiate them better! I think they are pretty self-explanatory, and if not, well—that means we have to give those icons a twist!

November has been a chaotic month for me due to the aftermath of the floods and my vacation week. The rest of the team has also had their good amount of irl stuff happening around them, but we've made it! The new year is approaching faster than I thought, as per usual, and I hope we can finish 2024 on a good note!

And that's all! As always, please take care, have fun, and enjoy the rest of the week!

Come on Barbie, lets go party!

Very self indulgent doodle i made a while ago LOL

how would the LI feel sharing a bath with mc

✦ The LIs / ROs sharing a bath with the MC!

✦ Amon: Super comfortable. Would play some music in the background, serve some wine, and have the MC lean back against his chest to enjoy a relaxing moment together. Chances are things would get a bit heated, though...

✦ Raeya: Wouldn't say no if the bathtub is big enough, but doesn't exactly see the objective here. She thinks taking a bath is a waste of time and too much of a hassle. After all, you can get yourself cleaned and together in the shower! Once she's tried it, though, she doesn't mind it on special occassions.

✦ Gael: Loves it. He offers to wash the MC's hair and body, gives them a massage, brushes their hair...He focuses all his attention on them and likes it that way. It would be a pretty romantic and intimate moment, with lots of feathery kisses and sweet embraces.

✦ Envy: Needs heavy convincing and would probably stay out of the water at first, just talking with the MC and watching them as they enjoy the bath. Would bring over a book to distract themself, and eventually he'd join the MC in the bathtub. Not something he'd do too frequently, though; too out of his comfort zone!

✦ Ara: She has the bath salts, the scented candles, the snacks, the flower petals...The MC only has to ask and the bath will be ready and perfect for them to enjoy a wonderful evening, just the two of them. She'd most likely schedule a couple bath every two weeks to ensure the MC is well rested and spend some quality time together!

✦ Xal: Nervous as per usual. He will never get used to it; it's a special kind of intimacy. Not that he dislikes it, though! He just feels a bit too vulnerable. Bubble baths are his favorite because, well, naked bodies are less visible, and... Foam fight!!!!

✦ Father Pride: He usually doesn't have time to take a bath to begin with, so he deeply cherises these moments of calmness. The MC is absolutely welcome to join him, cuddle up to him and enjoy some loving caresses while he reads. He will probably fall asleep, the poor man.

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🔮🎇 FOLLOW ON ITCH

man this guy is my favourite character (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him (thr

i hear amon pronounce the ou in your and i know that southern accent is fake

[Toon x Mobster] Jack passes out on the couch after an exhausting day of work.

Gavriel has a particular habit of taking in Jack's scent and rubbing his face with it when it's not covered with the headache-inducing heaviness of perfume.

---✦ [Extra rambles:]

Shoutout to my cat, Ming Ming. I got this comic idea from him.

I also projected myself a bit in this comic. I dislike scented products like perfume, hair gel, etc. since my nose tends to get very sensitive at times.

I have many things I don't like to smell. It makes me feel overwhelmed and tired.

how were cécile and lazaro like as children?

How were Cécile and Lázaro like as children?

✦ Lázaro is the fourth of six siblings, so being right in the middle, they were often overlooked by their parents. Not on purpose, but their childhood was pretty solitary besides getting along pretty well with two of their sisters.

They were deemed weird, too feminine, too shy, and so on by their classmates, so they didn't have many friends as a kid.

Their gender non-conformity, as well as other stuff that's spoiler, made them leave home pretty early, at 16 years old. The rest you'll find out during their route :^)

✦ Cécile is an only child. He had a pretty standard childhood—was popular in the neighborhood, came from a loving and well-positioned family, and had a tightly-knit group of friends. He was brilliant in school. The magisters often said he had a great future ahead, and he received one of the greatest honors a Limbanian can receive: he was accepted as a candidate to become a Secutor.

The rest, you'll have to wait for Gael's route, or his :^)

Welcome to random ror headcanons

For today I have Nikola Tesla calling anything and everything by their scientific name.

Examples

Tesla: Where did you hurt yourself again?

Qin: Oh uhh, Hier I guess?

Tesla: I see, you're around your areola's.

Qin: My what???

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Leonidas and Sasaki cooking with Tesla

*Tesla puts salt on food*

Tesla: I have garnished the food with sodium chloride.

Sasaki: *questionable look on his face*

Leonidas: What the fuck is that?!?

[Toon x Mobster] Gavriel and Jack adjusting to temporarily living together. Related to events after chapter 1.1

----- Extra Panel:

Gavriel does chores in Jack's apartment. Being a high-functioning workaholic, he doesn't like freeloading, and most definitely doesn't like not doing anything, especially when somebody else is helping him.

PLEASE I BEG THAT YOU EVENTUALLY WRITE THAT FIC BECAUSE YOUVE CREATED WORMS IN MY BRAIN…I need him…I have more thoughts to share but I want to write them nicely and present them to you like this in your ask 🤲

dude i have so many drafts like there's the sfw AND nsfw alphabet, a serial killer au (don't question it), a regency au (im shooting myself in the foot), and so many fics that involve sharing a smoke with him I CANT WAIT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS <3 !!!! PUT ME OUT MY CÉCILE MISERY ARRRGHHHHHH