Dating Sim! Luna’s Lovely Summer – Full Release Now Available!

January 6, 2024 at 4:49 am | Posted in new year, Plans, Progress, Release | 2 Comments
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Happy New Years all! I’m happy to announce the full release of Dating Sim! Luna’s Lovely Summer (DSLLS)!

Download the demo, or purchase the game on Itch.io!

Just finally, I’m done with this project… I’m so exhausted! After two long years of development, I achieved my goal of finally selling my first visual novel. It’s been a long journey, working with various people, including artists, voice artists, and whatnot to compile this game into something I can be proud of. I have to say I learned quite a bit about myself developing DSLLS, from disagreements to major setbacks (like DSLLS’s original artist resigning). It’s easy to get discouraged and throw in the towel, but I stuck with it to the end.

We may have reached the end of development of the project, but the journey has just begun. I’ve already started working on my next project well over a year prior, and the script is in the process of being edited. Which Dating Sim! girl is going to star in my next VN? Cecilia? Paulina? What do we have next in store for our Protagonist? ^_^

I should have a bit more details about said next project in the coming months. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy the full release of DSLLS! Please let me know what you think about it (via replying to this post, social media, email, etc.) – I would really love to hear from fans of my work. And it’s greatly appreciated if you can spread word about this project!

To my beta testers: I will distribute itch.io keys as promised as soon as possible!

Now, time to relax a bit. See you around!

-Ryne

Café Memoria is now on Itch!

October 28, 2023 at 4:59 am | Posted in Characters, Release, Site | Leave a comment
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Hey folks, I’m happy to announce that Café Memoria is now on Itch!

Download it here!

This is the original version of Café Memoria released back on 2015/06/26 meaning it’s not a remaster, just simply a re-release – let me know if you have any problems running it (particularly for Mac users – let me know if any of you use an Apple Silicon-based Mac and have problems)! Please note the downloads at the PixælSoft site have been removed and are only available on Itch going forward. I will migrate downloads of my other VNs to Itch in the future! And possibly have them finally hosted on Steam as well – in the past I’ve been pretty hesitant about uploading my projects there… but I’ve been mulling it over the past several months.

In the meantime, please enjoy Café Memoria and have Anna and her waitstaff serve you once more!

PS: To those who want a status update on Dating Sim! Luna’s Lovely Summer: Still working on it! I know things are progressing slowly with this project, but please bear with me. I’ve been juggling between this Café Memoria update, DSLLS, as well as my next VN project (and of course my day job).

See you next month!

-Ryne

Birthday Present – DSRM Released!

October 26, 2021 at 9:08 am | Posted in Artwork, Birthday, Release, Side Projects | Leave a comment
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Happy birthday to me, so here’s my present for you all – “Dating Sim! Re:Mastered” (DSRM) is now released!

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It’s been a year since I’ve started on this project, and now it’s finished and ready to play! I had fun putting together this remake / requel together, giving it a much-needed modernization. I must admit, playing “Dating Sim”, the VN I created back in 2008 made me realize how cheesy it was. I cringe looking back at my old projects, ahaha. >.< I guess that goes to show that one’s standards change over time, no?

I kinda see DSRM as a bit of an experiment of sorts, like playing around with the plot a bit and see how the characters work out with the fourth-wall breaks, along with the (albeit crude) humor. I also saw it as a chance to play with some Ren’Py effects to emphasize the characters’ emotions and personalities. I think they turned out pretty well and may use something like that in future projects!

As for other project(s) after this release? I know some of you may be wondering about the status of Café Memoria Deux (CMD) and if I’ll resume work on it. I’ll give an update on next month’s post!

Do let me know in the comments what you think of DSRM. What do you like about it? What can be improved? Anything else? I want to thank everyone who made this project possible, I hope you all enjoy it!

Now, I’ll be spending the day enjoying my birthday today and treating myself out. I took a whole week off from work and I’ll be relaxing a bit. See you all in next month’s post!

-Ryne

AWCG v2.0 Released!

December 20, 2019 at 8:36 am | Posted in Artwork, christmas, Release, Side Projects | 2 Comments
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Merry Christmas folks! It’s here, v2.0 of All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend (AWCG), with updated visuals and of course now with voice acting!

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  • Version 2.0
  • Release Date: 2019/12/20
  • Size: 52.2 MB (Windows / Linux), 35.0 MB (Mac)

I’ve started reworking this project around September, beginning with updating the BG art. While using stock photographs and filtering them can be nice for VN projects on a budget, I prefer to have original visual assets. These got done pretty quick (~a month for all BGs), I was expecting it to take at least two months to finish – but hey, not going to complain. 🙂

As for Natalia’s voice acting, I guess it’s no surprise that everything’s recorded within a week of hiring my VA. But I think the quality of the recordings is just right, making Natalia’s personality come to life. I hope you all enjoy her cheerful holiday voice!

Do let me know what you think! Any comments and or suggestions are welcome! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed putting this VN together! Spread the holiday cheer! 🙂

As we’re bringing another year to a close, I’d like to thank you all once again for your support. This year was pretty productive, no? I mean, we saw the release of the CMD demo, had a little special 10th anniversary thing going on, and of course v2.0 of AWCG.

Plans for next year? Of course, I’ll still be working on CMD. In addition, I’ve been drafting another side project as of late – the idea sort of popped up and I think I want to flesh it out some more. I’ll post more about it once I get a chunk of it done!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hope you folks stick around, and here’s to another year!

-Ryne

Side project – AWCG released!

December 24, 2018 at 9:10 am | Posted in Artwork, christmas, Progress, Release, Side Projects | 2 Comments
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AWCG BannerMerry Christmas folks! Here’s my present to you all – I’m releasing a side project I’ve been working on the past month and a half – All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend (AWCG)!

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  • Version 1.0
  • Release Date: 2018/12/24
  • Size: 49.6 MB (Windows / Linux), 32.5 MB (Mac)

I really enjoyed the challenge of compiling this within a short amount of time. As it’s been a long while since the release of my previous project, the first Café Memoria, this gave me a refresher in completing projects. And I felt that one of my many great VN ideas were going to waste; I just had to develop it and see it come alive – the CGs make it more so 🙂

Remember my January 2018 post, stating my goal is to release something before the end of the year? Well, promise fulfilled, just in time! Yeah, it could’ve been a CMD demo, but progress is sloooow (due to factors beyond my control).

I regret being unable to get a voice actress for Natalia, due to time constraints. I’ve considered hiring one a week before release, but I already had too much to do to make a Christmas Eve release possible. Maybe, just maybe, for next year’s Christmas I’ll hire one and make a uh, re-release ^_^

Another regret is the lack of artwork of the male protagonist, Rudolf, for the same reasons as above.

But no regrets in making and releasing this. It’s a joy spreading holiday cheer through this VN! I hope you enjoy playing this as much as I did making it! Let me know what you think about it in the comments (Natalia would love to hear them!). 🙂

Again, thanks for following me, hope you guys stick around for next projects – especially when it comes time to release the CMD demo 😀

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

-Ryne

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