Hey everyone, long time no see.So, this is my new project. I honestly do not know how it will land, but I hope you will like it.
The game starts a bit slower than Hitomi and once again uses a mixed NTR / NTS approach, depending on the character. Public version download links are below.
>>>Last Public Update
I mostly want to see how interesting this project is for people, so the Patreon version is available starting from the PMS tier at 7$. Maybe later it will also be available for PM at 3$. When the next version is out, I will properly define the release order for different tiers.
Patreon version includes:
4 new CGs
5 new animations
15,000+ new words
I really hope I will be able to finish this project. It is bigger and more complex than the previous one, but I will do my best.If you encounter any bugs, please report them on Discord in the Bug-Report channel.
If you are curious about future game updates, the rough order is The Ares Fall, then Hitomi Fan route. I will make a separate post later once I decide for sure._______________________________________________________
Now, for those who want to read a little bit and find out why this took so long and what I have been doing.
After finishing Hitomi 1.0, I realized I needed to look for a new job. I was already working part time, but financially it was not enough. I took about a month off after the release, including a break from adult content, and found a new job fairly quickly. It pays well, but it also left me with very little free time for game development. I tried to work at least an hour a day, but that did not always work out.
Another reason is that this project is on a different level. I wanted animations and more involved gameplay, and that alone took a lot of time. From building custom AI workflows for my needs in ComfyUI with rented high end GPUs, to learning how to work with Wan 2.2, and then post editing in Adobe Premiere, which is not simple either. I know Grok can do some things, but it is bad for loop animations and proper interpolation and upscaling, so I had to go deeper into the pipeline.
On the gameplay side, I worked on more dynamic systems in Ren’Py. Yes, I know, neural networks, vibe coding, etc, but try doing this yourself in Ren’Py, especially last autumn when I started. At times it was honestly painful, both because of the language and the results. It is a bit easier now since tools like DeepSeek and Gemini have improved.
As for the art, the workflow itself has not changed much since Hitomi, except for higher resolution. For those who do not know, I also generate backgrounds and then post edit them. Clothes and individual elements are roughly hand drawn, pushed through img2img, and then post edited. Characters are drawn by me, both sprites and CGs (nude ones, yeah sometimes I use inpainting when a pose or a specific body part does not look quite right).
Regarding the engine, Hitomi was made on Ren’Py 7, and I moved to Ren’Py 8 for this project. UI migration, a different Python version, building a new GUI, all of that took a lot of time. On top of that, I rewrote the story several times.By December things became much more flexible time wise, and I originally planned to finish everything by Christmas. Instead, I basically pushed myself way too hard, to the point where it started affecting my health, and still did not manage to finish in time. At some point I just decided that it will be done when it is actually done.
That said, my schedule is overall much freer now, so I will try to release updates roughly every month and a half.
Why was I silent for so long. Simply put, I am more comfortable this way. No constant questions about release dates or progress. That kind of pressure distracts me, so sorry if I did not reply to you.
About the game itself. The gallery will be added later. A mini game skip will most likely be added as well. That feature probably will be Patreon only, but just like with Hitomi, version 1.0 will eventually be available to everyone.
Thanks for sticking around and for your patience.