Hi everyone! We've put together a little survey to get your thoughts on the demo! It should only take a couple of minutes to finish, so if you have anything you'd like to see in the full release don't be afraid to speak up!
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Koimarina Games
@koimarina
Game developers with a big focus on story! Our current project is Aspen (#aspenvn), a superhero visual novel! Play the demo at koimarina.itch.io/aspen !
Joined February 2017
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And one (1) alternate one, in case you wanna lose a friend!
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A little late in the day, but we managed to squeeze a few valentines out this year! Hope you enjoy the new sprites! 😘 #valentinesday2020
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We're still working out some kinks with implementing our chatroom feature, but so far we at least have enough to sneak peek it for #screenshotsaturday!
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We honestly cannot thank you enough for your overwhelming patience, and we apologize for such a long wait! We're excited to show you what we have!
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We won't get rid of the opportunity to simply pay the full price, but we would like to hear from you whether or not you'd consider paying for each individual chapter.
- I'd consider it!66.7%
- I wouldn't consider it!33.3%
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Those that haven't backed us, we're considering charging $15 up front with monthly development updates in between chapters. Our other option is allowing people to pay per chapter at a slightly higher rate to account for the extra effort needed on our end to make it happen.
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The price of the game will remain the same, but it might be a while until we can get the Steam release accomplished due to the necessary fees. All backers will get codes for our itch.io release and will receive their Steam code when we have a Steam page!
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Our current goal is to release at least one chapter at the end of each seasonal school break, as we've accepted that our respective programs are simply too intensive to be able to account for working on Aspen and school at the same time.
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Aspen will now be released in updates, with each update including a new chapter. We plan on releasing up to chapter 2 by January 31st, and if that can't be accomplished we plan on releasing it at the end of the upcoming semester around May 31st.
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We... definitely acknowledge that it's been a while since any updates and we're very sorry! We had a meeting today, and we're making a couple of changes in order to ensure everyone has something.
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A little late for #screenshotsaturday, but we're getting around to changing our sprites and super excited to show Riley's new look!
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Another quick update on our progress! Our redesigns are complete, so we can finally get started on redrawing all of our sprites! We're hoping to get sprites done by the end of the summer, and we're definitely getting all of the writing done by the same time!
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If this format or means of worldbuilding isn't appealing, let us know and we'll think of something else! As always, thank you for your patience and we're sorry about all of the radio silence!
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We're thinking of putting out short stories when we have the time on Archive Of Our Own. The first one is currently available, covering the first time Shriek set foot in Chicago. archiveofourown.org/works/18453608
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Lastly, while it isn't the same as posting authentic Cypress articles, we are still thinking about ways to give people a sneak peek of the world and the characters without completely spoiling the story of the main game.
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Not all of the redesigns are complete, but has drawn our redesign of Kamal! Please give her a retweet, her art style added a lot of charm to their kitschy fashion sense!
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This means that old sprites will have to be replaced to maintain a consistent art style, and unfortunately this might cause the game to be delayed even further. We're still aiming for January 2020, but if we're a couple months off this is the reason why!
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Good evening everyone! We're taking the time to make a quick announcement to those that aren't subscribed to our Indiegogo campaign, and that's that we had to make a small staffing change! Our background artist @witchpastel is now also our character artist!
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Summer is just around the corner, and by then we'll definitely be back on track for getting work on Aspen done! We've been slowly finishing up the script in what little free time we have between classes and we also have some characters redesigned! More updates tomorrow afternoon!
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School has us a little swamped right now, but we're still managing to take a bit of time to wish everyone a #HappyValentinesDay2019!
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doing a teeny little art book stream? no idea how long i'll do it but i'm also willing to chat up about aspen if anyone has any questions 👌
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Of course, we'll post a link to every article once they're posted. We're working on making sure the actual site looks good for now. (When we have free time between working on Aspen itself, of course! We're almost done writing the whole story!)
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Alright, the votes are in! Starting next month, The Cypress Report will be posting articles and we'll keep you updated on each post. There will be interviews of different characters, stories on different happenings before the main story of Aspen, and other fun things!
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Sorry about skimping out on updates this month! With school starting, we've gotten a little behind schedule but we're bouncing back! On that note, we're curious to hear what kind of sneak peeks you'd like to see while we're developing Aspen!
- More about the characters36.4%
- More art!18.2%
- More about the world!45.5%
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Ah, sorry! Totally forgot to announce that pre-ordering Aspen isn’t an option anymore for a little bit. We felt that having the option while the estimated release date is so vague would make us seem a bit less credible, so we’re waiting until we have a clearer vision of that.
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Showing off a liiittle bit more polished demo at SparKCade!
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working on some trinkets that are gonna be in one of riley’s rooms. god it’s tricky trying to come up with stuff inspired by a bunch of different cultures, it might be better just to use some actual stuff but hhhh
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The stream is over, and we had a lot of fun! For anyone that missed it, you can still look back at it over here!
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In about 5 minutes, I'll be on Twitch with @xphilemongaming to answer some questions about Aspen while playing through the demo! Hope to see you there!
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We've been doing a lot of thinking about designs for the side characters this week! This is Lotus, a good friend of Prism's!
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Elly (@witchpastel) has been working on our backgrounds from hardest to easiest since the demo! Here's a little peek of... probably our most complicated one. Probably.
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We're working hard to get some assets and writing done this weekend, so we commissioned to help us wish you all a good summer!
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Shriek's profile came in a bit late. It's pretty hard collecting information about a creature with so little words. #aspenvn #indiedev #visualnovel
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The Aspen demo is out now! Congrats to everyone , we've all been working hard!
#aspenvn #visualnovel
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