Chapter 11 Alpha is out! You can download it here.
We’ve been working on Chapter 11 until the last second, but it’s finally here. What conceptually started as a set-up chapter has ended up becoming quite...
2023-06-30 17:28:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! As usual, I've been hesitant to give a final release date, but now Chapter 11 is almost done. The writing is finally completed, and these days I'm going through the script, playtesting, polishing and bug-solving. I'm also making time for the colorist to finish the last scene of this chapter, and once everything is properly assembled the Alpha for Chapter 11 will be ready for publication.
Just to be...
2023-06-22 11:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally finished writing the chapter. In the end, I added an extra scene I planned on postponing, but I felt it should be added so this release felt more complete. Now what's left is playtest everything and make sure things work properly, try to find all the bugs and spell check the script. I also need to finish up a couple mini-games and there's a couple things I'd like to re-write, but I'll probably get to that o...
2023-06-09 07:45:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Here I am with another status report. I've been picking up the writing, slow but steady, and I'm now finishing writing the last scene. Once that's done, I'll make sure everything fits nicely and finish touching up the art. All the illustrations are drawn (though I'd like to add one or two more) and right now the colorist is working on the last batch of illustrations.
2023-05-29 09:16:25 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys,
This week has been rather rough and I've been having trouble progressing with the writing. It's been hard to focus and sort out all the complex variations in any given scene but, most of all, it's the pressure of development that's being hard to handle. I would've liked to be done with the update by now, and the longer I take to release it, the harder the pressure gets; deling with long development cyc...
2023-05-16 14:27:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello guys,
first of all, sorry for the lack of status update last week. It's been a couple of rough weeks due to me feeling sick first and then the passing of a close family member, so I found it rather impossible to sit down and write. Since I couldn't get my head to properly work, I focused on art tasks, which are less straining to the brain.
All major scenes are already drawn<...
2023-04-29 10:53:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I continued working on art and writing tasks simultaneously.
I'm progressing with Lena's part of the script, but there are some scenes I haven't yet defined or found a satisfactory way of implementing, which is slowing me down a bit. I've been also struggling with writing some story beats, controlling what information is presented, how it relates and iterates with past chapters,...
2023-04-14 09:50:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I kept dividing work between art and writing:
I've been preparing the images for the scenes, drawing some entirely and only the heads in others, so the artist can finish the illustrations by drawing the bodies. This task takes priority so the colorist always has something to work on while I focus on the script. I've also finished some of the colored images, adding lig...
2023-04-06 17:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Since the moment I designed this simple song-writing mini-game I knew I wanted to create custom music tracks for Lena's compositions.
I have no idea whatsoever about music, so I hire musicians to create ORS' original soundtrack. Scoring the scenes in the game was the most important task, so I has...
2023-04-02 23:26:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I've been dividing work between several tasks:
Revising and polishing Ian's part of the script. I still haven't play-tested it thoroughly since some art still has to be finished, so I also focused on that. I'm trying to include more animations in lew scenes, and Ian's part has 13 of them.
I've been editing and finishing colored art, as well as drawing line-art a...
2023-03-29 08:46:05 +0000 UTC View Post
New status update,
I finally managed to solve my Ren'py issues and was able to create an official Android port. I've also revamped Gillian's sprite and added it to the revised builds that you can download here. I've also added new music, as well as solved some minor bugs and tweaked a ...
2023-03-21 01:52:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs I said in a previous post, I've been trying to decide on a new look for Gillian for a while. It's been more than a year since Ian saw her, and I wanted to reflect how time could've changed her.
I've been trying different designs and I've narrowed it down to the following 3 variations:
The differences in the top are small, but...
2023-03-15 10:50:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Brief status report on Chapter 11:
This week I continued to work on writing, planning and drawing.
Regarding the writing, I only have one normal scene and one lewd scene left to complete Ian's part. Some of these scenes are tricky and I've been facing some blocks, so I decided to skip them and write the ones which were clear in my head, while I keep thinking how to develop and tie in thes...
2023-03-13 22:32:18 +0000 UTC View Post
This past week I've been combining several tasks:
I've continued writing Ian's part, and I hope I can finisish it between this weeks and the next one. 4 scenes are left to write, but they are quite complex and I've been needing to meditate over them, deciding on the proper structure and how they tie with past and future events, gameplay mechanics, and dialogue.
On this note, I've also bee...
2023-03-07 09:54:14 +0000 UTC View Post
With the final version of the Prologue released, I just realized I haven't posted a proper status report on Chapter 11 yet. I had been keeping the prologue stuff under wraps since I wanted it to be some kind of surprise, and after finishing the release cycle, I've been laser focused on the script for Chapter...
2023-02-28 19:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the Full release for pro...
2023-02-20 21:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the Beta for prologue for Chapter 11! It adds some much needed scenes to give proper closure to Chapter 10 and set the field for the upco...
2023-02-14 09:52:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the prologue for Chapter 11! It adds some much needed scenes to give proper closure to Chapter 10 and set the field for the upcoming one.
You play a...
2023-02-10 23:07:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Just wanted to let you know that my plan is to publish the Chapter 11 Prologue this next Friday 10.
Summer is around the corner in ORS, and some characters will be sporting adequate new outfits for the season. In Holly's case, depending on how her personality has been evolving, she'll choose one of two looks:
2023-02-05 22:02:13 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
After spending some time focused on development, I finally bring some news. Quite a lot is going on right now behind the curtains, but I wanted to announce that a special prologue to Chapter 11 will be released soon. It's kind of a throwback to GGGB's development, when a "preview" of the upcoming chapter would be released containing one or two scenes. Though in this case it will be a bit d...
2023-01-25 21:35:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Continuing with the last post commenting Chapter 10 scenes, I have to start with Lena's Stalkfap photo shoot at the end of the episode. This was the last scene I wrote (aside from Minerva's add on in the final release) and it was one of the more complex set pieces. The scene can take place with either Ian, Mike ...
2023-01-15 17:24:50 +0000 UTC View Post
In Chapter 10 I strived to create a variety of major scenes with the main cast, as well as some fun and creative moments. And, of course, I tried making the art as nice as possible. I quite like some of the final images. Which was your favourite scene? Were you surprised by anything, or did any particular illustration catch your eye?
2023-01-08 02:26:08 +0000 UTC
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Happy new year to everyone!
With Chapter 10 finally released, work on ORS keeps going strong. As I prepare Chapter 11 and expand the project, I wanted to start the year with a new Q&A session. You can ask anything you want related to the game and its development and I'll try to answer to the best of my ability.
You can check out the last Q&A we did 2023-01-02 15:33:09 +0000 UTC View Post
+5€ patrons can check this final release of Chapter 10 here.
It includes the new Minerva scene, featuring 8 new full screen illustrations and 1 animation, 1 new outfit for Minerva and about +1500 new lines of code to the script, plus some tweaks, enhancements and solving the reported ...
2022-12-21 21:54:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the Full version of Chapter 1...
2022-12-21 21:54:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The new scene is fully finished and I just got back the illustrations from my colorist. As soon as I'm done editing these and adding a couple final tweaks and a bit of testing, the Full Version of Chapter 10 will be released for +5€ patrons, which includes the brand new Minerva scene. (this will probably next Wednesday).
2022-12-19 20:29:50 +0000 UTC
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I'm almost done writing the new scene for Chapter 10, and it will be published in the Full version release as soon as the corresponding art is ready (notice I've changed terminology from "final" to "full" release, since the former often elicits confusion on the status of completion of the game. I should probably just change to a numeric system altogether instead).
Aside from a few enhancements and tweaks, the f...
2022-12-15 17:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 10 of Our Red String is available for +5€ patrons here.
If you want to know more about the current state of the game and about the final release, check out my last post! 2022-12-14 22:36:29 +0000 UTC View Post
