omg i didn't even look at the background i was too distracted by kage but the pixel work is so well done wtf... i love the room and the bits of mc's personality we see.... also having tumblr in the game is something i haven't seen before haha im super excited to see more updates hehe
Thank you thank you, I can't take credit for the pixel work, these are assets I paid for from 3 different artists who will be in the credits :) I just combined their tiles to design the maps and set up which ones "collide" with the player etc.
I wish I could do the pixels myself, but I would literally never finish the game if I had to make all the assets from scratch 🫠 I know you're not saying I should, that's just me justifying things to myself haha.
Plus they all did a fantastic job right? There's a plot relevant reason MC has a childish bedroom despite being an adult, and she's a very private person who doesn't normally let people in her room, so that's also gonna come up.
Tumblr in the game was something I decided to add yesterday I think? I thought some kind of social media should be included since it's a pseudo dating sim set in a sort of sci fi modern world.
Edit also if you see this edit can I get your opinion on something? Do you think I should try making Kage semi transparent in this sequence? And his hand holding the phone? I'm wondering if that would make it more clear that he's not in the room with MC (I mean I guess it will be obvious during actual gameplay, but maybe it would feel more like a "vision" if he was semi transparent)
Samples for 1st LI's sprite animation, Yurei! Now I can start working on a design for the final love interest option...
Yesterday I added the actual mechanics into the game for leveling up the cats at the café, and added a feather toy. Each cat activity makes 1 hour of in-game time pass per round (but in reality takes less than a minute). No worries though, when you're not doing specific activities, time passes normally in the game (1 minute in game is 1 real life minute etc.). So no need to rush.
You may or may not be thinking, sheesh just move on from the cats already and get back to work on the main point of this game; dating and yandere harassment! To which I say:
I'm sorry
I will be working on more of the hand drawn sprites of the guys for White Day events next
Kage meltdown is coming soon
Please look forward to it
Donation option to help me recoup the Steam application fee for 2-Headed Boy. All donors will have the name they listed upon donation in the game credits of course 🤍
Thank you for contributing to this project 🤍 Maybe I should buy more pixel art to build another new map soon!
Honestly it's just super cool you give us the option to choose clothes, you don't have to put stats on them if you don't want to, that seems like a lot of work for you 🥺
Hey thank you, honestly I think I needed a voice of reason here, and you're probably right. I would probably have to figure out balancing and stuff for the clothes if I did that. I'm hoping to give these as "mission rewards" so adding stats to them really could get too complicated.
Hey love the updates so far!! I had two questions (if its okay and you want to answer)
Are the other suitors aware of Kage before our MC comes into the picture and what are their opinions of him? Is he kinda just thought of a loner/creep by everyone or do they have a different view?
I also saw that in some stills Kage appears to be in our house, can we do things like cook for him or even give him gifts like the other suitors?
Hey thank you :) the other guys are aware of him to varying degrees, since they all live in the same apartment complex as MC/player, they have at least seen him around. Yugen is more "aware" of him than the other 2 rival guys/suitors, as in he knows more about Kage where the other 2 just know he lives in the apartment complex.
Yes, they all see him as a creep, as he not only avoids all of them but kind of just always has a hostile expression/looks unapproachable, and they all get a sense something is seriously off with him.
I think the stills you're referring to are actually the player in Kage's apartment. They all have the same floor plan and even wallpaper iirc so they look similar but have different furniture/decorations.
You can give Kage things and do things for him the same as the other guys, yeah :) it gets a bit... messy because one of the guys will always be a "rival" to him since everyone is worried for MC's safety in relation to Kage ^^; but yeah you totally can
So I lamely kind of burned myself out doing my taxes yesterday and didn't really get anything done on 2-Headed Boy, but I thought I should at least post a concept drawing of one of the other boyfriend options/rivals for the yandere boy.
This one is Yurei, birthday April 14, occupation: freelance artist/gig musician (vocals and piano). Went to a private art school from an early age. Lives on the 2nd floor of your apartment complex.
This one is a somewhat slow burn, does not give his heart easily but when he does...watch the switch flip!
Just started drawing assets for him so more to come soon ™
To the anon who asked if the cats at the cafe are adoptable, here's a small demo of how that will work. You can adopt only once/one cat per save file.
But what you can do an infinite amount of times is change your cat's accessory, so if you gave it a collar and later want to have it wear a bow or flower, or change the color of the bow/flower/collar, you can do that any time from your apartment wardrobe.
Before you can adopt a cat you have to get it to a friendly status with you at the cafe, by playing with it (use the laser pointer, I'll probably add a feather toy or something too).
Cat cafe is a key element of boyfriend option Yurei's route; playing with the cats and adopting one will get you points with him. More on that later!
I'm also working on a little special something for people who donate to the game, that will be related to cat cafe.
Unrelated note here, I don't know how many people have been paying attention to the in-game clock in the videos, but some may have noticed that before it was moving like...crazy fast, a second for a minute. I realize that would make crazy pacing in the game and probably be stressful. Right now I have it set to pass in real time, so a minute in the game takes a minute in real life.
BUT you can fast forward time with various in game activities so you're not time-gated (you can skip 8 hours by sleeping, or 2 hours with a nap, as a couple of examples).
Edit: Also, time passage is not tied to your computer's clock or anything like that. Time doesn't pass in the game unless you are actually running the game (it's not like Animal Crossing for example, where time passes in the game whether you are playing or not).
My eyes going blurry now @_@ thanks for the support! All revved up to work hard on this yandere boyfriend project
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