July | NEW SPRITES & Release Plan for the Rest of 2024


July Progress:

  • Finished Act 2 story script
  • Completed revisions for Act 1 plot
  • New sprites artwork
  • Updated sprites (more clothes, better art)
  • Revised outline for Act 3
  • Finalized art assets list for Act 2

August Plans:

  • Complete all new background art
  • Complete new NPC sprites
  • Complete CG artwork for Chapters 4 and 5
  • Finalize coding script for Act 1

New Sprite Sneak Peak:

The adult version of 3/4 LIs! - and you can tell who has a *babyface*


The evolution of Hendrix


The evolution of Edmund


The evolution of Noah's Face 

(Left: what you see in TROT's current version, right: the new version for 2024's update)


Good progress in July! Yay!
Originally, I planned to finish all the story script before starting on the programming and artwork. But if I want to meet this year's update schedule, I must start the art and programming work now. Thus Act 3 work will be postponed until next year.

The current plan is to complete the test version of Act 2 ~November. Ideally, I aim to release Act 2 before December arrives. And before the release, I will launch a Steam page and prepare a PV for TROT! Ughhh there's still a lot to do...

I initially planned to launch the TROT crowdfunding campaign in 2024 -- due to time and energy constraints, it will also have to be postponed until next year.

Remaining Tasks For 2024:

  • Launch Steam page (╯✧∇✧)╯
  • Complete Act 2 (,,・ω・,,)
  • Release Act 2 (ノ>ω<)ノ

This year's update will be the last free update for TORT, featuring a substantial amount of content (yes it's A LOT). And then it's the Steam release! (I haven't decide the final price yet lol, any ideas?)

The dev-workload for Act 2 feels about 3 times that of Act 1. At the time of release, I will also hire a professional English editor to refine the localization and a composer to create original music for TROT (90% of the music in the Steam version will be replaced with original tracks!). So, please look forward to it!

When I released Act 1, I thought the demo storyline was weak. Now working on Act 2, I feel that the Act 1 storyline is basically nothing compare to Act 2 lol...

A side note, my life will be quite busy in August and September. Compared to the previous months, my dev-time will be roughly halved, leading to slower progress. My goal is to complete all the artwork by the end of September, which includes approximately 40-50 CGs and around 30 mini-CGs. Seeing these numbers makes me feel like I'm going crazy...!!!!

-- The storyline for Act 2 is VERY exciting, and all these CGs will be worth it! I think Act 1 + Act 2 will be ~230k words.


Let's finish this devlog by sharing a sneak peak for Act2's CG draft... (Don't look too close b/c *spoilers alert*)


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The sprites are so goooood 😭 You did such a wonderful job with them! I'm also super duper excited for all of those big plans!!!

As for prices, from my observation, VNs are usually priced around $15-$25 USD, so maybe around that price range would be good? Your VN is honestly high quality, you've worked hella hard for it, and I would definitely pay that price for it, but that's me personally! Maybe doing some sort of community survey would help?

Anyway, I wish you nothing but the best with development! ✨

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Thank you Sylvan! xxoo
I had some doubts about whether TROT should surpass the price of ~$15 since it's very likely not voiced (a lot VN is fully voiced, hum...), but I guess I will make this decision once I finish the game! A survey sounds like a good idea; I will consider doing it once I've finished this year's update.
Wish me luck for the rest of the year 🥺
Also I wish all the best for 🩵 Coalesce 🌛💙

Ahh yeah, a lot of VNs in that price range are VNs with full voice acting... Still, I hope you'll come to find a price that benefits both you and the player!

I'm definitely wishing you luck for this year and the next few years to come!  Thank you too for the wishes, I'll also be needing it I fear 🙏😭

加油作者!!游戏的插图真的很赞,好佩服你可以自律的画那么多张图哈哈 ,还有包办剧情和游戏设计

玩完之后我也想画张这个作品的图了🥺✨

期待成品!

哇啊啊!谢谢评论!!!如果可以画fanart我会高兴得飞上天的…!虽然做游戏很痛苦但是我意外地享受这个过程XDD 请期待今年更新!第二幕剧情我个人觉得超赞👍

我等着!🥺是说画了图会放进去游戏的画廊吗?要怎么把图发给你呢?

前提是我把图画好看哈哈

会放进画廊的的XDD你可以私信trot的twitter或者发在这里都可以!不过游戏内画廊可能不会出现在付费版中就是了orz

你还可以发我邮箱cherishfan0320@gmail.com

好耶okie!!我要画帅哥!

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Great progress! Congratulations! The New Sprites look... more serious. Honestly, I like them all.

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Thanks! The adult version is indeed more mature. Not only have they grown, but the serious things that happen in their lives and the relationships between them have also evolved in Act2, which change them alot ٩(。・ω・。)و