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The Pirate Bay

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No, this isn’t yet another post about a certain website. It’s a post about the last piece I wrote of Heileen 2, my upcoming visual novel. Indeed in this part, during one of her dreams, for the first time Heileen sees a mysterious figure who is dressed like a pirate… 😉

sexy pirate

A recurring theme through the whole plot of Heileen 2 will be “dream or reality ?” thing. Indeed in many dreams, Heileen isn’t really sure if they are deja-vu, events happened in the past, or if are only dreams without any connection to her past life. In the game you’ll also discover what happened to Heileen parents, how she lost them, and why some people aboard of the ship in the first episode weren’t totally unknown to each other.

Spirited Heart – go easy on me!

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I’ve decided to do a small 1.0.2 update today, fullversion only (you won’t see the changes in the demo). What I changed is adding an EASY MODE, so everyone will be able to play the game at their own difficulty. The normal mode is how the game was, nothing changed. In the easy mode instead you’ll see that the taxes percentage is MUCH lower, ranging from 15-30% max (in normal is 35-45%!) and the skills will never drop 🙂

Of course I still prefer playing it in normal mode, and in the next update I will add some bonus to the normal version only (probably in a few months though, depending on when I finish Heileen 2). What I mean exactly? some extra events or achievement that you can  get ONLY by playing in normal mode. Otherwise everyone would simply play in easy mode since they wouldn’t have any motivation ! 😉

For those that purchased the game: you can get the update by redownloading the game from my own server (not BMT one), you got the link in the purchase email with the game.

ElimiNation version 1.0 is out!

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elimination main menuI’m proud to announce that the strategy/wargame made in partnership with Phelios is ready to download. It’s version 1.0, so any comment / feedback on improvements and bug reports (hope there won’t be any though) is welcome.

You can download the demo from this page.

The game demo is limited to ten matches but should be enough to give you an idea of the game. I recommend to check the tutorial videos on this page before playing the game so you understand better how it works.

Another WIP video of ToD

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ToD (my friendly way to call my upcoming RPG game “Tower of Destiny”) got a major update today, in the engine (programmer tested it on mac and surprise, works!) and in the maps. I decided to do a “stress test” of the engine by placing lots of sprites over an open space, like a plain surrounded by trees.

So you won’t face only grey cities, unholy graveyards and zombies, but you’ll be also able to relax in a more bucolic map. The engine was going slower with that amount of sprites to render, but isn’t bad considering: a) is still work in progress so can be optimized, b) the engine is running in debug mode, so the speed is already slower than its true potential

For the record, I’m surely not talking about a powerful/complex engine 🙂 But it’s enough for the kind of game I have in mind. I’m sure players’ attention will be drawn by the enemies, the gameplay and the variety, but a nice art doesn’t hurt!

You can see a screenshot and a video below:

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Running after girls

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Well, more like “running with a girl”. Indeed Clara is a very sporty girl, and to win her heart you’ll have to keep her pace 🙂 I just got some events for Clara and Marian and I can feel the game is already taking shape. I should use schedulers more often, since they’re great fun, add more strategy and make the game unpredictable.

In the screenshots below you also see the infamous “relationship bar”, which is present in almost all my games (except Heileen). Probably in the final version of the game the bar will be replaced by something more “floreal”.

I also like the painterly backgrounds, I think they integrate well with Deji manga artwork. A pity those BGs artists are always so slow…! More info coming soon, with new pictures of the other girls (Jill and Marian).