For the last spooky season short, I returned to Victoriana for the classic best befitting Dr. Jasper Lee: Frankenstein. Gratitude past measure to both and for their edits & talent!
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Spooky Season Short #4 now posted! I used an urban legend scenario for Patti's ghost story, framed as the episode transcript of a misfit ghost-hunting podcast featuring the rest of the cast. It gets... silly.
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#brightoak #shortstory #ghoststory #oelvn #vn
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Meet Dr. Marybeth Forster, Bright Oak’s resident physician, and our sheriff’s long-suffering sister! It is my absolute pleasure to show off ’s beautiful coloring work-- oh, and yes, that’s a sabre she’s holding. ⚔️
#brightoak #characterart #oelvn #vn #indiedev #vndev
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Spooky Season Short #3 is up-- Sparrow, modeled on Dracula and the Bronte sisters. Thank you again to @remnatation for the gorgeous art! As a caution: this one involves blood.
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#brightoak #shortstory #fiction #dracula #draculadaily #visualnovel #vn #olevn
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Here's Spooky Season Short #2, featuring Marybeth and loosely modelled on Richard Matheson's "I am Legend". Art by the marvelous
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#brightoak #shortstory #fiction #oelvn #visualnovel #vn #iamlegend #PostApocalyptic
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Throughout the month, I’m going to post Halloween-themed short stories featuring the five main characters in Bright Oak, along with delightful art by . Here's the first-- please enjoy!
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#shortstory #brightoak #ghoststories #oelvn #fiction #vn
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Re-introducing Sheriff John Forster, now in brilliant color! The ever-talented has finished with coloring the resting posture of our gregarious would-be cowboy, and I’m delighted to be able to share this glimpse of her excellent work!
#brightoak #characterart #oelvn
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Updated with a new Marginalia-- this one focused (though I use the word loosely) on music in storytelling. Extra special shout-out to for his extraordinary work on Bright Oak!
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Irregular Monday Update, Edition 5 - Took a little break, but now that we’re past the dog days of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, I’m getting back into the swing of things. First: shoutout to the extraordinarily talented Wudgeous (...
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Recording some music for this brilliant visual novel, using a newly acquired wonderful sounding laud! #gameaudio #gamecomposer #gamedevelopment #indiedev #alhambralaud
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Irregular Monday Update, Edition 4: an extra special edition! A little peek at the absolutely brilliant @johnolofz working on one of the location themes for Bright Oak, and seen here wielding a Spanish laud to terrific effect.
#visualnovel #soundtrack #vnmusic #laud #indiedev
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22/?? Backgrounds Complete (including morning/evening and night variations on some existing ones); Witnessed women’s reproductive health being sent back to the 1960s in a round of abysmal time travel; Marched. Listened. Donated.
#BrightOak #visualnovel #healthcareisahumanright
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Irregular Monday Update: 13 backgrounds complete; 5 in process, painted but not yet lined; 3 ready for painting; two new *phenomenal* music themes received from ; still hard at work on Jasper; progress programming initial chapters
#visualnovel #brightoak
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Irregular Monday Update!
10/?? backgrounds complete; brightened UI; put together some *fantastic* initial music sketches; solved the riddle of Jasper's Big Hair (but not the riddles IN his Big Hair)
#brightoak #vndev #visualnovel #itsfullofsecrets
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Bright Oak is a heavily character-driven #visualnovel with elements of science fiction. Discover the tragic secrets behind Bright Oak’s preternatural dilemma; find friendship, or possibly love; save the town and make your way home-- one way, or another!
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