Mizuchi 白蛇心傳 - Visual Novel

Your Concerns
almost 5 years ago – Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 08:21:28 PM

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Update #17 - Time To Wait...
almost 5 years ago – Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 02:31:02 AM

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Update #16 - Beta Done & Game Launch Date!
almost 5 years ago – Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 04:06:12 AM

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Update #15 - New Finalized Demo!
about 5 years ago – Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 01:20:33 AM

Hey Everyone!

We are definitely ramping things up now that the finish line is in sight! The last 10% of any game production is pretty rough though, but we are definitely getting there! Our final wordcount is now close to 117K, including SFW alternatives. We are currently done scripting with the alpha version of Ai's entire route, leaving about 5K left for Chapter 10 + Endings for JH's route on my end. Helia (technical programmer) is almost halfway done! Via an alpha tester, one playthrough should take roughly 5+ hours! The NSFW (mature content) can be turned on/off at any time, but we also allow you to avoid the love scenes should you choose to as an actual choice. Feel free to see the girls cuddle and talk with each other instead ^^ Steam will default to the SFW version and a patch will be required because of their confusing rules.

Estimated game release... when it's ready is the most honest answer I can give. But it looks like a late March or early April to accommodate the beta testing. If it's any sooner I'll be sure to hype the game more prior to launch! (Follow us on Twitter @aikasacolle)

We have updated the demo with all assets intact! Polished camera work, line-edited text, and additional music have been finalized in this version. Hop on over to the Itch.io and refresh yourself on the game for a better and smoother experience!

Update #14 - Happy Lunar New Year!
about 5 years ago – Sat, Feb 01, 2020 at 01:05:23 AM

*waves* How are you all?

We didn't disappear! I did assume December would be a crazy month to update any news due to holidays and vacations or break from life. Happy Year of the Rat, I hope you had a reasonable first month of the year. Definitely trying times atm...  I will also first apologize that we did not meet our January deadline. We're taking it month to month at this point cause I feel we are that close! Hoping for an early March release... We are also looking into making an updated and finalized demo to show off the new programmer's work ^_^ Just need to refine some sprite silhouettes to use on my end...

Progress

Alpha phase - Missing music, sfx, extra GUI, polish (camera angles, sprite ATL/Movement, etc)

The editor Geck is all done with his work since last month! (Yay!) I've been dutifully scripting as a result (sprites, expressions and CG added). We are now about 80% done with alpha with friendship ending completed. I've added in the remaining endings that I need to script, so now I can confidently say the game's total word count is roughly 116K! We are definitely making a much bigger game than the original 50K game I was hoping for...

We also added Helia to the team! She is our new programmer in charge of the polish of the game. She has a lot of experience and her own VN called Chronotopia. She'll be busy making the Mizuchi characters better come to life visually. Hopefully, you'll see more of her work once the new demo is ready!

Greg is busy working on 3 new songs for the halfway point of the Alpha, and a new title theme song he was suddenly inspired to make. We were hoping to show it to you completed, but just as he was working on the last bit of it (need a nice harp instrument), Greg and his wife now have a baby! Congrats to them! Do not worry as we will not delay the game because of the music. We still have plenty of songs completed for the main basis of the story. Greg has been making many variations of the same song as he's a bit of a perfectionist... if need be you'll see them in an update in the future.

DragoonHP is also busy working on programming the extra UI elements for the game! Here's a preview below~

Merchandise

Bad News - The artbook designer is no longer able to work on the physical artbook due to scheduling issues. So this, as well as other goods, will be delayed until the game is released. My time needs to be prioritized on the game at this time (sorry). This will also allow people to consider any physical goods for one last purchase.

Good News - The acrylic stands, keychains, and file folders have come in safely overseas! I'll be sure to take an updated photo of them for the next update!

Lastly, congrats to our UI designer Jey for her baby girl! It's definitely been busy for our team!

Feel free to click the image below to see the requested sketch (of our Chicken!) by our Patreon backer. It is open to everyone to view! Backers at the other tiers can see our RRH ($1) and Mizuchi ($5) secret character sprites like below.

Thanks again for your patience and support! I'll be sure to do a February update ^_^

Stay safe and always wash your hands!