MintPassion
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- Oct 16, 2025
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Heya loves, I've been spending time learning various software (HS2/Neo, Photoshop, Reaper, and of course Ren'py) over the last few months to try and create a quality AVN! That said one of the things I've realized is that feedback is an important part of development so the sooner I can involve it the better. That said, allow me to introduce Deer in the Meadow:
Deer in the Meadow takes place on Koslivadi, where all organisms hold the ability to manipulate one of the seven forms of Will - the forces that facilitate and maintain all life on Koslivadi - to some degree from the day it is born. Each form of Will spreads across the planet in veins leading from their Heart. Unsurprisingly, Will and their Hearts are what influence every social and political detail on Kosilivadi.
Our story will follow Maphelafi Pidal, a botanist living in the ancillary stratum of Nemvien. With her life having been a monotonous cycles for quite a while now, "Maphi" has become quite jaded and defeated with the world around her. Seemingly having accepted the world for what it is Maphi has become complacent with being just another gear in the machine.
However she is forced into motion when what looks to be a small and isolated event causes her to embark on a journey across Koslivadi that will raise a question: What exactly are the obligations one holds when they are born?
Join seven Beloveds as they journey to their personal answers to such an impossible question.
Obviously I don't want to give away too much about where it's headed so that's all for now
Outside of standard still frames, there are also SFW animations, which if I can toot my own horn for a sec I got pretty decent at for someone with like 2 months experience LOL. Turns out having some understanding of easing and curves from video editing actually translate into animation. Many of the principles are also things you kinda use there too!
Example LI intro:
This is a learning journey for me and I hope to have you a part of it! Look forward to Deer in the Meadow!
Because I'm silly and forgot to mention this: Deer in the Meadow will be a kinetic novel. Mostly because games like this with choices simply end up basically being more of ":you have the option to skip certain scenes" rather than actual branching stories. If I'm being completely honest neither my writing nor dev skills are at the level to add anything too convoluted.
Deer in the Meadow takes place on Koslivadi, where all organisms hold the ability to manipulate one of the seven forms of Will - the forces that facilitate and maintain all life on Koslivadi - to some degree from the day it is born. Each form of Will spreads across the planet in veins leading from their Heart. Unsurprisingly, Will and their Hearts are what influence every social and political detail on Kosilivadi.
Our story will follow Maphelafi Pidal, a botanist living in the ancillary stratum of Nemvien. With her life having been a monotonous cycles for quite a while now, "Maphi" has become quite jaded and defeated with the world around her. Seemingly having accepted the world for what it is Maphi has become complacent with being just another gear in the machine.
However she is forced into motion when what looks to be a small and isolated event causes her to embark on a journey across Koslivadi that will raise a question: What exactly are the obligations one holds when they are born?
Join seven Beloveds as they journey to their personal answers to such an impossible question.
Obviously I don't want to give away too much about where it's headed so that's all for now
- Progress
Outside of standard still frames, there are also SFW animations, which if I can toot my own horn for a sec I got pretty decent at for someone with like 2 months experience LOL. Turns out having some understanding of easing and curves from video editing actually translate into animation. Many of the principles are also things you kinda use there too!
Example LI intro:
This is a learning journey for me and I hope to have you a part of it! Look forward to Deer in the Meadow!
Because I'm silly and forgot to mention this: Deer in the Meadow will be a kinetic novel. Mostly because games like this with choices simply end up basically being more of ":you have the option to skip certain scenes" rather than actual branching stories. If I'm being completely honest neither my writing nor dev skills are at the level to add anything too convoluted.
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