Calm and Happy Memoria Music

August 26, 2011 at 12:51 pm | Posted in Music | 1 Comment
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As promised, here’s more possible music for Memoria!

Both are still a work in progress, though. For 5 I haven’t completed the ending (from 1 minute on it’s just a clarinet), while 7 is mostly complete, just need to add some embellishments. Most of my inspiration for those themes were from the VN, With Ribbon‘s music.

Why do I name my music “Memoria Test 5″ and such? For the most part I’m experimenting. Also, I’m kind of lazy to come up with official names for them at the moment. =P I do have Memoria Tests 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6; might post them later (already posted #3).  I’ve posted 3, 5, and 7 because they were worked on more than the others.

Reason (the music software) is awesome.

-Ryne (project manager/writer/composer)

Story Updates – Anna + Tristina + Others

August 19, 2011 at 1:05 pm | Posted in Characters, Story | Leave a comment
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I apologize for the lack of updates from me (Ryne)! I did get a substantial amount of story and music done.

For the past months, been working on Anna and Tristina’s stories a bit, which required quite a bit of rewrites and restructuring. Reading them over and over again made me think – I must have been crazy to put that in there. Instead of making things blatantly obvious, I made things a bit more subtle. Intervals between days were condensed. Removed strange bits of story. And as always, made sure things made sense.

Reading over Tristina’s story, the last part seemed too extreme. I softened it to make it a bit more realistic. Also, added a day on her route as a day less is not going to work. I’m nearly done revising her (Anna is already done).

So far, out of all the girls I like Anna the most (story-wise).

The Characters page needs an update, to reflect the revisions (and among other things). Heck, parts of it don’t even make sense (at least for me)! For example, the page states that Glenn is overprotective of his daughter, Mikaela. But I made him more supportive of his daughter’s actions, considering his occasional screentime in the game.

One last thing – I will be posting more music next week!

-Ryne (project manager/writer)

Aurelia’s new cut!

July 26, 2011 at 7:43 am | Posted in Artwork, Characters | Leave a comment
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We decided to change Aurelia’s old hairstyle and give it a little lift!

First, here is what her hair looked like before…

And now for the new :) …

In Winter uniform..

And one in her nude base pose NSFW!

I love how full her hair is now.   What do you think of the new change?

-Richelle (artist)

Summer and winter unifrom progress

June 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm | Posted in Artwork, Characters | 1 Comment
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Here are some edited drawings of character Ryne in summer and winter school uniform!


 

I need make sure details are consistent with the previous characters.  While I was in school I had almost no time to do any drawings.  During that time I think I’ve almost forgot the techniques I used to do things such as shading in the skin.  I think I’m going to make Ryne’s shading a bit darker and consistent with the other characters.

-Richelle (Artist)

 

Memoria Music – Possible Theme

May 26, 2011 at 12:33 pm | Posted in Music | 1 Comment
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Aside from writing Memoria’s story, I’m trying my hands at creating Memoria’s music.

To be honest, I’m not exactly great at creating music. I did take some music classes during my time in college, including music theory and using audio and music software (including Reason and Pro Tools), and I can safely say that I know how to use the tools I’ve been given. The main issue I have with music creation is coming up with a melody – that’s the hardest part. And I’m not exactly great at mastering.

It helps if you listen to other music; in Memoria’s case, listen to various visual novel music. I’m having my eyes (or ears) on the VN With Ribbon’s music – the music’s absolutely beautiful, IMO; if Memoria had With Ribbon’s music it’d fit very well. Another VN, Lover Able, has some nice music too. (play the trial versions to hear for yourself.) So… Memoria’s music will most likely be influenced by those two VN’s music.

Here’s a possible theme song for Memoria. Not necessarily a tune influenced by said VNs, though they did influence me with the instrumentation. Created with Reason, and in B-flat major; took at least a week or two to create.

(side note – While playing With Ribbon, I’ve noticed there’s a heroine (left girl) who strongly reminds me of Aurelia. Her voice, demeanor, hair color and length, and large breast size. I looooove how said heroine’s hair curls at the ends, maybe I should get my sister to curl Aurelia’s hair like that? Yeah, I have a habit of comparing Memoria characters to other anime characters. ^.^)

-Ryne (project manager/writer/possible composer?)

Story Revision Progress – Mikaela and Anna

May 5, 2011 at 12:45 pm | Posted in Characters, Story | Leave a comment
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Been a while since I last posted, eh? Been busy revising Mikaela and Anna’s routes.

For Mikaela, I adjusted the day structure of her route. On the first draft I’ve noticed that her days are spread out too much, so I condensed it, removing about a month for her. It makes you wonder – what happened in between those days? Also, removed a few days of her route, as I feel they’re not necessary. Otherwise, just added/removed details and some scenes.

Anna’s route is similar to Mikaela’s as I’ve condensed her route a bit and added/removed details and some scenes . However, she required the most revisions so far. Especially for the last three days of her route; I’m currently rewriting them, and nearly done. Those days parody one of my favorite anime series; the first draft made it blatantly obvious that it’s from that anime. So I rewritten those days and made subtle references to it, as well as making it fit within the context of the theme of Anna’s route (and to an extent, the overall theme of the story). It’s working quite well.

After I’m done revising Anna’s route, I have Tristina, then Aurelia, and then Julia’s. When I get to fixing up Aurelia, I’m going to fix up part one of the story as well (aka the first semester); Aurelia has some major changes in that part. I’ve already reflected the changes in Mikaela and Anna’s routes, and will adjust Tristina and Julia’s accordingly. (I outlined what needs changing for Aurelia.)

BTW, I tried my hands at composing some music for Memoria. Might post it next week. ^_~

(As I’m writing this, I find it surprising that Firefox’s spellchecker flagged “Anna’s” as misspelled, while “Mikaela’s” is not flagged.)

-Ryne (project manager)

Image progress: Ryne in school uniform

April 8, 2011 at 9:11 am | Posted in Artwork, Characters | 2 Comments
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Here I have character Ryne in winter and summer school uniform.  I still need to refine both images such as with lines and shading.  I may change the shape of the clothes to make it more balanced.  Enjoy!

-Richelle (Artist)

Thinking about Julia

March 7, 2011 at 1:15 pm | Posted in Characters, Story | Leave a comment
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Writing Julia’s route was… intense. Finished outlining her route.

I’ve written sooooo much about her compared to the other girls, which took me a little more than a month outlining. For the other girls, it took me at least a month to outline each of them, but with Julia a little more time was needed. Because Julia is Memoria’s main heroine.

There is more emphasis on her thoughts and feelings, as well as the male protagonist’s feelings compared to other routes. This route is overflowing with intense emotions… I don’t know about you, but there’s a good chance of getting teary. I certainly did.

By the way… there is one scene in Julia’s route that is… rather steamy (no H though). Nevertheless, it’s very sweet reading it over and over again; it makes you think about your significant other (whether s/he be in the past, present, or future).

Okay, now that I’ve finished outlining all five girl’s routes, I’m going to proofread them, and make any necessary changes. After that, I’m going to have others read them, and then I’m going to write Memoria’s script.

To end this post… Julia is so short and cute. It would be nice if someone could make a plushie of her. And of other girls for that matter. ^_^

-Ryne (project manager/writer)

New character image, Ryne

February 24, 2011 at 2:17 pm | Posted in Artwork, Characters | Leave a comment
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Finally have a boy character in progress!  This is the main character Ryne.  School’s been keeping me pretty busy, but I’m hoping to get his base pose by the end of this weekend.

Enjoy!

oh, NSFW Ryne base pose

-Richelle (artist)

Julia, Memoria’s Main Heroine

February 4, 2011 at 1:27 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Finished writing Aurelia’s route. Somewhat emotional, IMO.

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Here we go, just started writing the route on Memoria’s main heroine, Julia. Saved her for last, simply because, well, she has significant meaning to *me personally*. Won’t go into details, might get into that later this month. In this route, despite what might have happened in the past, Ryne has conflicted feelings for Julia.  And Julia feels the need repent for what she did in the past.

This might easily be the longest route in the game, surpassing Mikaela’s. What happened between Ryne and Julia? Will they make up with renewed friendship, or something more? And why does Mikaela hate Julia?

I find it funny that I’ve started writing Julia’s route on her birthday month. (February. Read her profile in the “Characters” page.)

- Ryne (writer / project manager)

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