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Updating Process/Twitter.


Hello folks! First and foremost I want to say thank you for the outstanding turnout of My visual novel "Lykaois." I was not expecting it to have such a hit in it's first week! Like guys:

-over 1,400 downloads.

-Almost 10k page views.

-added to over 200  collections on people's itch.io.

That's insane! You all are insane and I love it I just want to take you all in my big ass arms and squeeze ya haha anyway thank you again for the showing love and support. Now as the title states, I want to bring up on how I plan to release upcoming builds.  As I continue to work on build 1.5 as we speak, I've come to conclude the best way for me to release each update is in parts within the chapters. For example, Chapter one part one was build 1.0 right? So meaning chapter one part two will be build 1.5. Now I did mention in my previous post that I would add the beginning of chapter two in build 1.5. But Chapter two will consist on a lot of new things varying from possibly new characters, new sounds, music, and cutscene for those special moments in the novel. (What do they call those moments? CG cutscenes right? I always thought that meant like animation. Maybe I could be confused.)  So as to not overload me and to help me put out updates at a more steady pace, I decided to leave chapter two for build 2.0. Plus it'll also make it easier for you guys to know how far long the story has progressed based on the build and where it stands. Build 1.0=Chapter 1, build 2.0=chapter 2, etc.  (Totally did that on purpose...lol) 

Now If I ever release a build that has something like this: 1.5.5. Then it means it's a build that hasn't progressed story wise (even though I'll be making progress) but has had ton of polishing done to it. Spelling mistakes, maybe some added dialogue to a conversation or moment that seems to brief, updated sounds and music, moved somethings around etc.  A little clean up per say. 

Now for twitter talk. I'm only mentioning it because although I'm on my phone half the time due to my crazy life, Itch.io is mainly made for computer use. It doesn't have an app (that I know of.) and trying to navigate on my phones browser can be a nightmare since I can't see everything that I would on my laptop. So I may post small updates if I'm out and about, respond to your guys questions,  post various artwork, fan artwork, and it'll be easy to answer personal messages well answer faster.  As I get back into trucking, most of my day will be taken up by driving. So that'll leave me with shorter time to work on the novel as it progresses.  But I want folks to be able to know what's going on in the meantime so you're not left in the dark. If something happens where it may heavily delay a update on the novel I will post on twitter AND itch.io with an update as soon as I can. Now of course you don't have to follow me, it's just a suggestion. Just want it to put your minds at ease because I know when I read a really good VN, I GOTTA know when the next update is and what's going on if the author hasn't updated in forever. But I know life happens, and In case something does happen I want yall to know about it. 

That should be all I have for you guys for now. Now it's time to get back to working on it!

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Has the VN been cancelled? There are no updates or news of the VN since April 2023...

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I hope this project is still alive. Still waiting for you to come back mate. 

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hey is the vn will being updated

hey if your having trouble posting updates and interacting with problems on here then you could just make a discord server and set up channels for specific things like problems and announcements. it can be really helpful and a lot of VN creators use it to post updates/clean ups or for people to notify you that there might be some bugs with the VN also love the vn so far and i see a lot of story to be taken place cant wait!

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I'm here to say your VN is nice and amazing and I saw the end of a question, the protagonist is also a werewolf? For example, can we see it in a future update? that's all ^^

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Hey, sorry if I'm writing this post but I really liked the first build and I wanted to know if there were future updates, at least to put my soul at peace because otherwise I barely sleep, I hope to receive positive feedback from you!

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Don’t despair and please don’t lose any sleep over it too haha! But yes it’s still going. My biggest delay so far is finding time to consistently get any work done on the novel due to my new job and working with an artist who’s life has also been chaotic due to school starting and them moving into a new place. Rest assured though it’s still going to be updated. 

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is the game still going? >.>

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Yes. It’s still in development. I have since started a new job so any free time I usually would of had is almost gone. So now I work on the VN during my spare time.  I was hoping to get an update pushed out this month but so much has been happening the past month and a half it’s been really hard to get to my computer. But the VN is still being worked on when possible. 

All good. Good luck!

thank you! 

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Im  so so glad  best of luck.  

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Sorry for bothering, Author.

Can we translate this game to Chinese?

Me and my teammate are interesting in this game, think this game's story is so good and want to share it to our friends.

So we hope we can  get the authorize to translate .

Waiting for your response and this game's update in future.

It has been past nine months, hope you can give me some response, even not agree dosen't matter.

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Can I write it here?... Hope I can...

Anyways, I finished the fist build and now I have... uh... a critisim to share. I have no idea how to approach it because I know the dev came under fire last time and I geniunly don't want to sound like another troll but I just have no idea how to word some things so hope you guys can forgive me.

So I... don't really liked the first build. The strongest suit so far is Zephyr, background art (don't care if its ai generated or not -- I'm a consumer, not a representitive of trade/artist/moraunion). The interactions between Zeph and MC were geniunly wholesome. The bad are... most of other things.

 1) The writing is overall not very good in my opnion. As I understand you try to portray MC as a lone and lonely survivor in post-apocalyptic world similar to Robert Neville from I Am Legend, but sadly he comes off more like angsty teen who is salty with being punished with house arrest. His mental struggles are portrayed way too cartoonishly ("Ugh, I'm lonely af" line seems particulraly off to me)

2) Some of MC's backstory don't make sense as well, like, for example, their age. In the early beginning he tells he has to bury his children but then it is revealed he himself was a schoolkid when apocalypse happened. 

3) The direction of Zephyr taking MC back to his own world is really not to my taste and for a multitude of reasons of its own:

3.1) Its hurts Zeph's likeability and my personal trust in him for that matter, as now it's revelaed that the only reason he took pity on MC not because of vertue but becasue he is one of them... which means if they were just on ordinary human he probably woudn't bet an eye.  It’s kinda sets the sincerity of his actions and his general vertue under question (although, that issue generally depends if it's going to get adressed or highlighted in the following builds so...)

3.2) Since the game decides to take the route of a traditional isekai now its kinda renders all of the apocalypse drama  meaningless. If in the following build the post-apocalyptic setting will be replaced with yet another fantasy world and MC is going to be transported to another world anyway, what was even the point of apocalypse? There are a lot of of other reasons to make a person unhappy without going to such extremes.

3.3) The game generally feels like bait and switch, as it presents post-apocalypse only to then turn it into yet another isekai.

3.4) If MC is so important to Lykaia, why its people are so irresponsible for his safety? How come they have discovered the apocalypse happened only now? how can they decided that they have to wait this particular amount of time to make contant with MC? They do realize he easily could have perished multiple times by now?


So... yeah, the first build feels a bit rought. That being said, I still want to give my condolences to the author for an uncalled backlash and props for not stopping with his passion project against all odds, and despite all this criticism I’m still willing to give this vn a chance with the following builds. I’ve read vn’s that are much worse in terms of quality, after all, and I’ve seen a lot of writers improve themselves after first builds, so hey! I hope to be pleasantly surprised.

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Holy shit, the main menu theme didn't have to go that hard. Definitely gonna give this project a try.

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Thank you! And I updated the coloring in 1.5 to match the theme more! 😁✌🏽

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I'm a sucker for good bgms and songs in general. 

I rlly liked the first build, your novel is very promising. The character design, and the art is really good. Keep up the good work! Excited for the next update. 

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Many thanks! That means a lot! 

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Maaaannnnn!!! The suspense is killing meeeeee!!! 

The cliffhanger, the story, the art and thrill is definitely worth the wait for.

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I'm glad you're enjoying it so far! More to come soon!

OK... I have to say you're killing it so far. I'm already so invested in your project.

You know where to put you're cliffhangers.

Did you get Zephyr's name from SoulCreek?

I'm guessing you don't have an update schedule as yet? Can't wait for your next build.

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And I quote "man this shit doin numbers"

I'm honestly really shocked! I didn't expect such results!

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Well you should have expected it to you made something great and you are getting the recognition you deserve

Thank you I appreciate it!

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the novel is great good luck for the future and courage

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Many thanks!

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Noooooooooooo clifhanger whyyyyyyyy

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Man oh man what a twist you better get chapter1 all the parts   ready may there be no mishaps and struggles  you've  got this in the back .

The cliffhanger is real haha. Everything seems to be on track. No major delays nor issues so it should be updated by the end of next month. Of course if I get it done sooner I’ll update it sooner. ✌🏽

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thank u 🫡

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Glad to hear all these controversies did not stop you and I really hope from now development will be much smoother and fan reception much kinder

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Oh of course! Nothing was going to stop me from developing this novel. I enjoy doing it too much but I know how misery loves company and I don’t want it to be surrounded by extensive amounts of negativity. I’m still working on build 1.5 as we speak 😁

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I've liked a lot what I've read so far of the VN. However there are a LOT of misspellings and Grammar mistakes, you should really consider getting someone else to check your scripts to clean them up and correct those mistakes. It would give the VN more quality and reduce the quantity of the mistakes. Also you should consider opening a comment section it the VN site.

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Thank you for the feedback. I am doing this VN all by myself and as I release upcoming updates I always go over the entire script of my novel, and even then there’s bound to be some grammar and spelling mistakes that slips through the cracks.  If there’s a mistake I may miss readers just report them to me. As for the comment section, I will think about have a comment section on the VN site if it becomes more of a popular request. 😁😉✌🏽 thanks again for you feedback and glad you enjoyed the story so far.