Interact with Beryl, investigate your surroundings, solve puzzles, and find your way out of a strange-looking room!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Development Progress - February 2020
about 4 years ago
– Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 01:26:54 AM
Hello, friends!
Time sure flies by, doesn't it? Here's my development update for February. Buckle up, because it's gonna get lengthy!
The faded green is the last state of progress, the more vibrant green is the current month's - I believe it's more readable this way, to show how much progress has been made this past month specifically.
To be honest with you guys, I thought Chapter 2's investigation phase would take me less time to code than the demo's did, since it's technically smaller in size, but it turned out it has a lot more investigation points to take care of. Things might be dragging on a bit, but day by day, I am slowly getting there. (~‾▽‾)~
Overall, there's been some good progress this month. Have a little sneak-peek for Chapter 2!
Blankspace OST teaser
If you haven't played the updated demo yet, you can still have a sneak-hear of the soundtrack! I asked Odd to upload the first 5 tracks from the game to YouTube, so you can listen to those to your heart's content.
I believe this is something I can finally make official. Xolf's been a big help to me with this project, and considering the amount of suggestions/ideas I ended up liking that came from him, I think it's only fair that I give proper credit where it's due. \(★ω★)/ I wouldn't make this kind of decision if I didn't believe it would be a positive thing for the project, of course. I hope you'll enjoy Chris' and Beryl's characters with some extra polish to them, all things considered.
It's truly fun having you on-board, Xolf!
BackerKit Lockdown on the 1st of March
At the time of writing, 96% of the backers have completed their BackerKit survey. If you haven't gotten to it yet, please do so before the deadline! Once lockdown happens, you won't be able to get your name in the credits anymore if that's what your tier entailed (unless you contact me directly about it).
If any of you are still interested in modifying your pledge, now's the time to do it!
Please check it out and add the game to your wishlist! You'll be sure not to miss the release date that way - and it will also help me out immensely by making the project more visible on Steam! (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ
The updated demo for Blankspace is now available!
Updates for the demo include:
5 original music tracks from Odd (I've swapped out all the old music)
custom cursor images for hover areas during investigation phases
Check it out for the new music, especially! ٩(°◡°♡)۶ I hope you like it!
Cheers!
- Nayru
Development Progress - January 2020
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 02:36:16 AM
Hello, friends!
I hope you had a nice holiday break and an enjoyable New Year's celebration! I caught a cold after the festive break so things have been going a bit slow on my end of things. Now that the new year is upon us, it's time to pick up the pace, though!
That's how the numbers are looking at the moment.
Like I've already mentioned, the demo is essentially an incomplete Chapter 1, so there's still a bit more to it than what you've seen so far. Currently, one puzzle is missing, and I'll get to implementing it in once the last pieces I need for it are complete. Modeling and backgrounds go strongly in pair, but I've decided to separate them on the chart since both require a fair amount of work.
I'm really fond of how the script is turning out so far, and I hope you'll enjoy all the shenanigans happening around Chris and Beryl as much as I do. (¬‿¬ )
Odd's been doing a great job with composing music and I can't wait for you guys to finally play the game complete with its original soundtrack. Which also brings us to...
Incoming Updated Demo
It's going to have two major improvements - one of them being the OST. The second improvement involves custom cursor shapes for hover areas!
It's something a lot of players requested, so I decided to take the feedback to heart. It makes the game feel more polished, so I hope you'll like it! No more blind click-mashing!╰(▔∀▔)╯
The updated demo should go up sometime this month alongside the Steam page for Blankspace. I will let you know as soon as it happens!
Until then!
- Nayru
BackerKit!
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 05:34:09 PM
Hello, friends!
BackerKit is finally going live today! No matter what tier you pledged for over here on Kickstarter, you will now have the option to additionally pledge for add-ons.
A link to the BackerKit survey should arrive in your e-mail shortly. Once you get it, please fill it out as soon as possible. That's where you'll be able to answer questions regarding your reward preferences (like name in credits or T-shirt sizes, if applicable) and where you'll be able to purchase the mentioned add-ons if you wish.
Once you respond to your survey, you can still go back to it and change your responses at any time until I close the store. The Blankspace BackerKit Store will be open until the 1st of March 2020.
The store also offers the option to pre-order the game and add-ons for people who missed the Kickstarter. So if you have any friends that were interested in supporting this project but missed the campaign, let them know!
BackerKit also allows payment via PayPal, so I hope that will help make Blankspace even more accessible for anyone who wasn't able to use Kickstarter.
The survey itself should be self-explanatory, but in case you have any questions, check out BackerKit’s FAQ here: https://help.backerkit.com/collection/544-im-a-backer
If that doesn't help, feel free to contact me. Just leave a comment or send me a message directly through Kickstarter.
Thank you for your patience and support, everyone!💚 I wish you Happy Holidays (don't wake up handcuffed to any pipes) and a Happy New Year!
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We'll see each other with a development update in January!
- Nayru
End numbers + shout-out!
over 4 years ago
– Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 11:33:11 AM
Hello, friends! The Kickstarter funds finally managed to reach me today, and I wanted to share with you some numbers!
Gross pledges: €5029.13
Dropped pledges: −€367.00
Kickstarter fee: −€233.11
Payment processing fee: −€202.18
= Total funding: €4226.84
Backerkit setup fee: −€89.86
Backerkit plan fee: −€151.67
= End result: €3985.31 (~USD 4433.56)
I'm sharing these mainly for myself and for any of you fellow game developers out there who are thinking of making their own Kickstarters in the future. Don't underestimate your fees in your cost breakdowns!
In this Kickstarter's case, around 20% of funds gathered got eaten outright. That's basically a whole 1k out of 5k. And this is still before subtracting VAT/Tax from the pledges.
A couple of things to note:
One of the highest tier backers dropped out during processing, and this is the main reason why the dropped pledges amount is so high. Dropped pledges always happen, but it's hard to predict their amount and include them in your cost breakdown properly.
Backerkit calculates its plan fee based on your gross pledges. It doesn't take dropped pledges nor Kickstarter fees into account (so in this case it was 3% of €5029, not €4226).
On a more positive note, the amount gathered is still enough to go wild with the extended soundtrack for Blankspace, and this is what matters most! The dropped pledges don't make it any less of a success! (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ
Backerkit
Now that I've seen Kickstarter's invoice for myself, I can finally set up Backerkit accordingly. I was waiting to see if Kickstarter would be giving me billing country information for all backers even if I didn't ask for shipping addresses - I need it for tax reasons. That being said, expect it to go up soon! I will make another update once I send out the surveys.
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A fellow indie VN developer, Dimitri, has launched a Kickstarter for his passion project, LoveSick Darlings!
"This game is based off the single premise off of the frustration with how romance is often handled in dating sims, RPGs, and games as a whole. The question I’ve always had in dating sims and games with “romance” options and similar character-based interactive experiences is why none of the other potential romantic partners or wider cast ever acknowledge or comment on the player’s relationships at all."
If you've played SoulSet, you might have an idea I'm a fan of characters having their own agendas and pursuing their own goals independently from the MC's involvement, and it seems like this project is planning to explore that in fun ways, too. There's a 6 hour(!) demo available, so check it out and throw some love its way!
Coincidentally, LoveSick Darlings just managed to reach its funding goal today, but it still has a lot of stretch goals to reach!
