The release date had been moved several times since the game it still stuck in limbo, alias manual review with “Automated tests failed, awaiting detailed report”.
3 things can happen with this Adult-Only visual novel:
1. It can be released on the store after a minor issue is solved.
2. It can be released on the store with changes to the text.
3. The VN get banned. End of Story.
All I can do is wait, and it’s quite frustrating especially if it ends in a ban.
Oh well.
Our Journeys 3 : More infos.
“Our Journeys 3” is basically ‘‘A.L.A.N.’’, “Dark Fairies” and “Shirina” updated with improvements.
Why didn’t I simply update the previous games?
1. Because, technically, they are delisted from Steam. You can get them now since I bundle them with “Les 4 Alice: Lorange Journey”, “A.L.A.N.: Rift Breakers” and “Entre-Deux: Cursed”, but they are still removed from the store, likewise with the Twine versions.
2. The update would break their achievements, since the plugin + method I used in 2017-18 does not work anymore. (RPG Maker MV had been updated since then)
3. I couldn’t transfer the various translations “A.L.A.N.” had.
4. * I won’t make any change to the Twine stories. They won’t be released again.
Instead I updated them all and released them as “Our Journeys 3”.
Now, what *did* change?
1. RPG Maker MV is updated to the most recent version.
2. All plugins are updated as well.
3. The music, while they remain the same, use “less heavy” files.
4. I’m pretty sure to have also decreased the size files for the images.
5. The English translation has some changes in some places (can’t remember where) for a better translation from French.
6. The battles in “A.L.A.N. (Alex, Lily, Aimé, Nana)” are less long and tedious since I decreased the enemies’ HP and using “Defense” give more Focus Points. They are even easier now.
7. “A.L.A.N. (Alex, Lily, Aimé, Nana)” Chapter 2 got changes to remove the ambiguity to Aimé’s situation in the school toilets.
8. Yes, “Aimé” got his accent now! (no more “Aime”)
9. “Denis vs Dark Fairies” have more face portrait, with more emotions, for the Cursed Queen Ixelda.
10. The witch in “Witch Shirina” got a new look and sound effects when she appears and disappears.
11. (All stories) The enemy sprites in battle are now animated, with Yanfly plugin, and they are bigger.
12. The battles in “Witch Shirina” are in Side View mode and, during the final fight, she’ll attack first.
13. (All stories) Skip button disabled, but you can still use “Z” to make the text “skip”. Text Backlog added.
That’s pretty much it. The “core story” of everything remains the same.
Our Journeys 2 got achievements now!
20 achievements added to "Our Journeys 2 ~ A Collection of Visual Novels"!
They involve finding all the endings in the four stories.
Credits updated with the achievements plugin.
Our Journeys got 21 achievements!
It's done.
21 achievements added to "Our Journeys ~ A Collection of Visual Novels"!
Credits updated with the achievements plugin.
Elian, Elisa, ChatAid - Good News / Bad News
The good news
I re-buy the “steamworks rpg maker” mv plugin and I managed to make it work!
It didn’t work last time because I needed to use the files and build the game using an old version of the steam sdk. T.T.
“Elian, Elisa, ChatAid” got achievements now!
I’ll add some for “Our Journeys” and “Our Journeys 2” soon.
The bad news
The VN is stuck in manual review, so the release date has been moved at the end of March. It might even come out only in April.
That would depend of what the problem is. I hope it won’t get banned for “controversial content”, since there is nothing hardcore/illegal in that story and it’s properly tagged Adult Only.
I'm still waiting for news on that subject. It'll take a while before they are returuned to the store.
Les Quatre Alices? What the...?
Yes, I know, the store page is visible, even tough the app is retired (since its bundled with another game). I contacted the support about it.
They might have been low quality (*for me back then), but they’ll be back!
I’m glad to announce I’m working with the steam support to bring back my older apps to the store!
All the apps returning would be: 904940 Les 4 Alice: Lorange Journey 918120 A.L.A.N.: Rift Breakers 918130 Entre-Deux: Cursed 918140 Hack the Core 940130 Red and Blue ~ Cycles of Existence 982770 Hir Corruption 1018980 VKT Prime System Crash 1032020 Shantalia and Corali'hulu 1056950 *DLC Shantalia and Corali'hulu - 18 Adult Only Content 1048170 Latangerine Last Journey 1056980 *DLC Latangerine Last Journey - 18 Adult Only Content 1064930 Divine D.I.V.A. 1077330 Ivanoile ~ Christalixeur Corruption 1105150 Reverse Me! Rez/Ru 1106900 *DLC Reverse Me! 2 Rose 1107360 *DLC Reverse Moe Pas! Savoie 1121250 ChatAid 1123350 *DLC ChatAid: Here I go again! 1135980 *DLC ChatAid : Princess Lolira - 18 Adult Only Content 1143470 Vengeance ~ In my family's name 1148630 Hot Takes 1160740 Mermaid Coralie ~ Love and Madness 1174540 Adventure or Normality?
As for the numerous other DLCs the Twine and/or RPG Maker version of “Les 4 Alice”, “A.L.A.N” etc they are added to the Ren’py version.
Back in November 2019, I really was in a bad phase and I believed (oh so wrongly) that everything I had released on Steam was crappy/low-quality/asset-flip.
While some of my works are of a questionable quality, I won’t deny that, others are good and even my “worst work” (selling-wise) had buyers! Yes, I didn’t make much cash with them, but I had a blast doing everything and I want to do more. Take note that I won’t give new updates for the returning apps. Support will also be limited.
The demo of Lorange and the Domain is up!
In this holiday season, here's the demo of "Lorange and the Domain"!
I’m still hard at work to release it on Steam as part of "Our journeys ~ A collection of Visual Novels" (with other stories) during 2020.
Aussi disponible en Français.
I'm back on steam!
Where to begin?
At the beginning of November, I had announced my departure from game development on Steam, due to too much stress and anxiety. I thought my "career" as a developer was the cause, but it was more a combination of several factors. The harsh winter, colds, and personal reasons that I won't disclose here.
I quickly regretted my decision, so I came back, which was quite a challenge because my Steamworks account was archived. Many thanks to the Steam support for giving me access again!
Besides, doing stories on Wattpad and not being read, no thanks!
Where are my removed stories?
Not wanting to throw it all in the trash, they're all here. Although the quality of many of them is questionable, they have fans. There are also two new stories. "Iveri: The 1,000 Story", a 1k word story, and "Alice Lorange", a novella Twine adaptation of Alice's adventures, with a brand new ending.
Will they return to Steam?
Not directly. More explanations below.
What are my future plans?
My future plans are to release two big projects. Two collections (or anthologies) of visual novels made with RPG Maker MV (1 story per EXE) to rework and improve everything I've created so far from scratch.
One collection would be for my stories of all ages, the other for R18. My old stories (the packages) would be linked to both collections. For example: someone buying the 18+ collection would have Shantalia and Corali'hu, Hot Takes, etc. Of course, I'll no longer give support and updates for my old works.
Both collections would be released in Early Access with 1 story complete (or almost complete, a wait and see) and more to come, to get reviews from the community, beta testers, and in short, not to make the same mistakes as before.
Because I used to do them all by myself, and apart from a spell check by friends, no criticism during development was made and the product was "finished" and rushed. With early access, I would know more where to go and what to improuve during developpement.
Exemples: * One dialog from X character isn't clear / comprehensible enough. * Something happen but there is no explanation about why said event occurs. * How do X get Y powers? Explanations please.
I'm aiming for an release for Windows, Linux and Mac. * For Mac, if it's still possible to release unidentified applications on Steam.
What about the money? It was non sustainable before...
I know, but there is a big difference by releasing 1 story every mouth, so 100 USD fee per month, and releasing 2 big projects in… idk… one per year? I don’t have an ETA for completion set in stone yet. I need to know first how long it will take me to do one full story.
