A Reminder That NaNoRenO 2022 Starts In Just Over 4 Days, On March 1st!

A reminder that NaNoRenO 2022 starts in just over 4 days, on March 1st!

What is NaNoRenO?

NaNoRenO is an annual month-long game jam in which developers are challenged to make a visual novel from start to finish. It was originally inspired by the more famous NaNoWriMo (National Novelist Writer’s Month, which takes place in November). There’re no restrictions on content or genre*. All visual novels submitted for NaNoRenO must have been made exclusively in the month of March.

See a list of previously released NaNoRenO games here! Previous itch jam pages: 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020+ | 2021

This year’s NaNoRenO illustration is by Cele.

The most recent phrasing of the NaNoRenO rules:

Takes place during the month of March.

Final visual novel must be finished on or before April first. The jam deadline is slightly longer to allow for internet outages or other emergencies that prevent you from uploading your finished visual novel.

You can only begin actual production of your game in March.

Allowed before NaNoRenO begins:

Brainstorming

Plot Outlining

Sketches that do not lead to direct production of assets

Team Building

Not Allowed until NaNoRenO begins:

Sketches of sprites, CGs, backgrounds, or anything else that leads to production of assets

Writing or coding any portion of the game

Production of assets to be used in the game

Use of Creative Commons material is okay.

There are no “winners” here. Everyone who manages to release their game has completed NaNoRenO!

You may release a buggy version of your game by the deadline and fix it up later or release a demo for NaNoRenO.

While other game elements may be present, the final piece should be largely identified as a “visual novel.”

To learn more or to participate, head to the itch.io page here!

Jellyfish Parade is opening our second casting call for voice actors! We are seeking fully voiced VA but at this time, will just be voicing the prologue.

We are especially looking for VAs of color!

Audition Deadline: January 7th, 12AM PST

Payment: $1/line

Roles: Four!

SFW?: Yes. There are no lewd/sexual sounds, gore, or curse words.

Paid Through: Paypal

Communication: Discord

Please deliver the line format in .wav or .ogg form.

For more information, apply here!

Please reblog this to get the word out, thank you!

Life Makeover - Let’s Play Together~!

Life Makeover is now out!

Will be playing this game casually due to rl, but will log in everyday to do dailies. If you don’t mind it, feel free to add and use my invitation code below~

IGN : ChiyukiQ

Server : Island Starshine

Invitation Code: D7NQ47

My first impressions of Life Makeover is good for now. Kind of satisfied with the drop rate so far. The outfits and looks are pretty and customization is A+. The housing feature is nice but needs some time to get used to. Chat system is user-friendly with in-game translation. However, one thing I notice right away, is that getting allies might be hard. Though, wishful thinking that it will get easier later in the game.

As for F2P or P2P, still on the fence about it. However, the first top up pack is so tempting to buy >_< cuz it’s really affordable. I think I’ll wait and play a little longer since there’s no time limit.

With that, this post comes to an end. Hope to cya in game soon~!

Fem Beelzebub redraw! This took me longer than i thought

Pocket Mirror ~GoldeneTraum -Remastered Version Coming Soon!

Good news, all horror RPGmaker fans ٩(◕‿◕)۶

Do you remember an RPGmaker game that was released a few years ago called Pocket Mirror? Recently, they’ve announced a remastered version of this game !

My, how time flies~

I do remember stumbling upon the older version of this game on Tumblr and decided to play it cuz I was really drawn to the art and visuals. The game has it’s own unique aesthetic and intriguing storyline. Also, it is pretty riddled with puzzles and lots of game overs (yup ded again and again hahaha.. TwT but I did made it to the end)

Whether it’s the older or remastered version, I do recommend that you try to play it blind, no matter how challenging the puzzles are. Trust me, it’s a lot more fun that way. 

If you wanna know more details on the upcoming game, I highly suggest following AstralShift’s official Twitter for more updates.

You can also wishlist this game on Steam :

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1899060/Pocket_Mirror__GoldeneTraum/ 

That’s about it for now, I will definitely play it on my own sweet time when it gets released.

Once again, if you made it here, allow me to thank you for reading this post to the end~

ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧₊˚ until next time, cyea~ 

Ps. Lately, I’m feeling down due to a certain favorite mobile game of mine shutting down it’s English server next month. So, this news really cheered me up. A big thank you to the team of Pocket Mirror for remastering this gem of a game, I look forward to reliving the game experience again - hopefully with less game overs (oT-T) 

🎃! Happy Halloween! 🎃

I haven't been posting here in a while bit congrats tp these guys finally appearing in the manga!!!