Update: I’ve almost finished setting up the whole project so that I can focus on the writing, but I am still figuring out how to deal with a lot of things since it’s the first time I work on this kind of game/project. Some screens I took earlier:
She is the teacher at the university. While there will be choices only for Yuuna and Rize, leading to a dedicated ending depending on which girl of the two you “liked the most” during the game (of course there will be other little choices), I figured I would still insert other side characters so you can experience some nice side gains
Anyway, I hope to release a free demo in 1-2 weeks.
Update: Thanks god I passed my exam so I can concentrate more on the game
I’ve been working on some UI but only got to finish the main menu as you can see. I really like how the logo came up, but I still need to refine all the menu screens.
As for the actual game, I’ve been thinking on the plot and that is taking more time than planned but I really want to make a well thought and polished story/game and I am a bit of a perfectionist so it will take time to refine everything. My intention is to release the game completely free on itch (link in first post) when it is ready but as I said I plan to release a little demo here before.
I opened a patreon if anyone is willing to support. There is only one tier for 1 $ / month. I figured I would try this just to increase the game quality in all aspects (assets, music, etc.). As I said the game will be free to play and I am not pushing for support in any way since I would probably need to show something more, plus I am having so much fun and satisfaction developing it even though time is what it is and there’s still a lot to do.
Nice idea, I will probably do something similar to what you’re thinking for a side characters. I am also always a fan of “body swap” concept where a character starts thin and her friend is fat, then the fit one ends up putting on weight and the fat one loses some. So expect some of these dynamics
I am working toward finishing the demo which will cover the prologue of the story. I leave here a little teaser about a side character. Here you see there are three main weight stages but it will vary for main characters and because of story reasons. I will try to add a little more for someone (probably one in between fit and chubby and one after fat).
I won’t spoil too much here about the story but I confirm there will be two main love interests (the two girls in the cover) and some more side girls. The blonde one is a former model which now works as a university teacher, while the other side characters would be university students with at least one more weight gain. There will be main choices affecting your current level of affection with a girl and minor choices that will unlock some weight gain bonus scenes with side characters in it.
The story will span from the start to the end of summer and will be a bit slow paced because I like it that way and overall it will feel more like a kinetic novel where your choices will increase a hidden score of affection toward one of the two main girls. The story will branch only near the end depening on which you “fell in love” with. I estimate it to be about 10 hours for the final game.
If you have any suggestions about the “fetish” aspect of it, feel free to tell me.
That is always an excellent plot point in literally every game that has it! Your project has caught my interest from day 1 but hearing there will be this dynamic makes it even more hype!
Also it’s probably way too late for it to be a suggestion, but I need to know, will there be a character whose gains will be mostly concentrated on the butt?
Hey thank you @Joe_Smith and @Jimjones200 for your suggestions. Of course there would be force feeding and I would love to insert some butt gain. Anyway, I hate to bring here the “bad” news. Unfortunately the thing is that I need more time to work on the project since I was far too optimistic. The main problems are with the sprites and mostly the cg (for those unfamiliar with the term, those are “full out drawn scenes”) and you know I chose to use Ai and that is not really working for the best. I’m not putting an end to the development but I really want to release something polished and clean following the line of a classic romance visual novel but with weight gain elements. I won’t release some poor-quality sprites/scenes just for the sake of it, working on it alone is pretty heavy and I think everyone developing a game here knows it, even more so that I am working on this with basically no funds. Not gonna lie, life gets in the way too and I have other things to work on that I should prioritize at the moment. I don’t think there are many wg visual novels out there that can “compete” with normal ones and that would be what I am aiming for in terms of contents, pace and feeling but again I am neither a professional developer nor really an expert in any of the tools I’m using for this. I will take more time to figure everything out but I will continue to work on the game because I had this concept on my mind for a while and I really care about it. I will also refund the patrons and close the tier for now. So this is not really a hiatus, more like a delay
I am taking a short break now for sure but I will update you when the game is in a more advanced stage and there’s more I can show.
