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

Some life changes

November 26, 2021 at 9:04 am | Posted in Artwork, Cancelled, Characters, Plans | 2 Comments
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Hey folks! Firstly I want to thank all to those who played Dating Sim! Re:Mastered (DSRM) and enjoyed it. It amazes me to see it downloaded 800+ times on itch! I must say that creating visual novels are a way for me to relieve the stresses of everyday life. I have many ideas written down on paper (or on MS Word, more appropriately) over the years, but only several of them have come to fruition – Café Memoria, All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend (AWCG), and of course the recently released DSRM.

This brings me to another point, and I know several of you folks might be wondering on the status of Café Memoria Deux (CMD). I’ve been thinking about this difficult decision over the past year and a half. So, what is it?

CMD - Mockup screen of all the girls

Yeah… CMD is officially cancelled =(

…Café Memoria Deux is officially cancelled. =(

I’m aware that’s going to disappoint most of you, and I’m just as disappointed. However, I’ve been working on that project for 5+ years already and it’s going nowhere. There are major issues with the game’s story that I’ve tried salvaging it by rewriting the whole script. It’s been stuck in development hell for such a long time that it’s holding me back from developing many of my other ideas. It sucks, but I’m lacking confidence in the project that I need to cut my losses and move on.

There’s a chance in the future though that I may create more VNs related to the Café Memoria series. Anna and the rest of the CM(D) girls aren’t exactly going away completely. =)

One last thing I need to point out – I’ve recently got a new day job and I must say it’s going to hinder my ability to work on VNs a bit, which means I might push back blog updates to every other month. Nooooo it’s going to break the consecutive streak of monthly blog posts dating back to September 2009! In all of seriousness though, my sleep + work schedule is already screwing me up (I hate waking up at the crack of dawn); it doesn’t help the fact that my neighbor’s dogs have a bad habit of barking hours on end throughout the day x_x I’ll still be working on VNs whenever I get the chance, don’t worry. ^.^

With that being said, another VN is in the works. I don’t have enough done to make an announcement yet, but I’ll update this blog when I do!

Happy belated Thanksgiving, and thank you for your patience and following my works over the years. Hope you all stick around for my future projects!

-Ryne

Aurelia keeping things positive at work

August 24, 2020 at 9:32 am | Posted in Artwork, Characters, Commissions, Progress | Leave a comment
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Hello folks, and welcome to another month of updates! I’ve been continuing to work hard on rewriting CMD’s script. In the meantime, here’s a chibi of Aurelia!

Aurelia's chibi art

2020 can be considered to be a year to forget, but Aurelia’s trying to keep things positive! With her bubbly personality she can make things fun in the café, both for her co-workers and her customers (Mikaela might say otherwise, though, ahaha). Of course, she’ll react differently depending on how you rate her service. Would you rate her bad because she, uh, got into your personal space so much and made you uncomfortable? Or maybe her lovely personality made for great customer service?

  • Bad: She expected an immaculate rating, but received the opposite ó_ò
  • Mediocre: Confused as to why she’s rated subpar @_@
  • Neutral: Yeah, the service was alright =)
  • Good: Pleased to be of service ^_^
  • Best: Just a flirty wink, is this an invitation to a date with her? ;D

Aside from that, as stated above I’m still working on the script rewrite. Otherwise that should be it for now. Thanks, and see you all next month (likely with, uh, more chibis ^_^)!

-Ryne

Happy Café Memoria Day 2020!

May 25, 2020 at 9:16 am | Posted in Artwork, Café Memoria Day, Characters, Commissions | Leave a comment
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Remember that time a waitress greeted you with a lovely smile, with a sweet-sounding “hello” as you walk through the door? How about the time she made you smile as she put that warm cup of coffee on your table? What about the time she accidentally got your order wrong, and went out of her way to fix it for you? Let’s also not forget the times you’ve watched her have to put up with rude and unruly guests – keeping a calm demeanor in the face of adversity.

Let’s also not forget that she’s also there to provide us great service, even during times like these. Honoring all waitstaff. Happy Café Memoria Day! To celebrate, here’s some chibis ^_^

Happy Café Memoria Day 2020 - Mikaela and Aurelia

Mikaela and Aurelia (and the other waitresses) feel appreciated that their hard work is being noticed! Because you know, working in the food industry can feel like a thankless job. I can certainly say they can make your days better – I’m reminded of a time when I was having a pretty bad day and just went out by myself to grab a bite. As I left, a server told me, “have a good day!”

We might think that those four simple words are empty, and are only saying that just because it’s their job. But stop for a moment and think – they could be sincere in those words. I felt the sincerity in the server and responded with, “thanks, you too.” I dunno, it just felt like all the bitterness I had that day just faded away.

I must admit, waitstaff have to be some of the toughest-minded people out there. I mean, the pressure of serving multiple customers at once, communicating with their team, and of course dealing with the bad customers that pop up. And at the same time, providing you with great service. They deserve recognition in what they do.

Before I forget, these chibis were done by Arctic Fox (her twitter)! Remember the 10th anniversary CG? Yes, that’s the same artist. She’s done a wonderful job in these cute chibis of Mikaela and Aurelia ^_^

Remember to tip your server if you thought he/she did a great job!

That should be it for this month. Hope you’re all doing well and safe!

-Ryne

Café Memoria Deux site up! Demo release date!

June 10, 2019 at 8:49 am | Posted in Artwork, Commissions, Plans, Progress, Site | 2 Comments
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Hey folks! It took a while, but I finally opened the “Café Memoria Deux” site! ^_^

Café Memoria Deux

Click on the banner above to visit. Do check out the various pages, and learn more about the game and its story and characters, and even view some screenshots. 🙂 Note that I don’t have chara art of Ryne just yet, he’s still being worked on as of this post. Also, if you haven’t seen it there already, mark your calendars: I’ll be releasing the demo next month, which is Friday, July 26, 2019. In the meantime, I’ll be cleaning up the game a bit so the code’s all nice and tidy for release. I hope this hypes you all up!

If you folks want to take a look, I’ve also took the time to redesign the PixælSoft site. The old layout was more of a quick and dirty version with not much effort put into it (I kind of rushed it while simultaneously working on the first Café Memoria site). I’m not sure what I was thinking about going for a ~750px wide layout (which is too narrow for my needs)… I hope it looks much nicer!

Check out the updated site here!

While I’ve tested them as much as possible, do let me know if anything’s broken with the sites (broken links/images, layout, etc.).

If everything goes to plan, I will be releasing the CMD’s demo on said above date. Look to it!

-Ryne

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