VN Ren'Py Shinigami Love [Development Thread]

[LeFapman]

You just got transfered to Karakura High School. A new school, yet it looks the same as every other one. When going home one day, you stop to get groceries and notice there is a slightly open door for staff-only where you could spot an object shining on the ground. Picking it up, it blinks strongly then fades. You feel a warmth in your heart you've never felt before. Something has awaken inside you, even though you cannot put in words what this feeling is, but it means your life is about to change.

STATUS: For now, I've written the introduction and a bit of Chapter 1.

No renders for any scenes yet, as I was finishing making the characters and implementing some gameplay, as well as U.I. The game is already playable, what is lacking is a bit more of U.I adjustment for misc. stuff such as Inventory, Quest Logs, etc, but plenty are already there. There is one minigame that I'm still working on, I might release it the way it is, as it is an important feature for unlocking extra-content.

About 60% done until the first release, but rendering might not take as much time as the other things.

Expected date for release is still unknown as I'm dealing with plenty of IRL things, hopefully 3 to 4 months as there are days I will be very busy.

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Below is the first post I made, it is pretty long and not important right now, but feel free to check it if you want, there are minor spoilers though, could ruin the mystery but nothing major.

Spoiler: VERY OLD POST (With Spoilers)

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[Jackson593377]

Cant wait! I am very exited!

 

[LeFapman]

Dev Log #1: Made 5 new models, 2 of which I'll be posting here, as I'm still working on the others.

These are not their final looks, I might try to adjust their facial features and outfits later on as I learn how to make better models.

* Lisa:



* Soifon:



For now, I'm not rly sure about how they look. Some of them resemble the actual characters imo but others like Soifon or Rukia that I've made are looking odd.

Here's a sc of Rukia.



Still puzzled trying to figure out how to improve her.

 

[Jackson593377]

Dev Log #1: Made 5 new models, 2 of which I'll be posting here, as I'm still working on the others.

These are not their final looks, I might try to adjust their facial features and outfits later on as I learn how to make better models.

* Lisa:

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* Soifon:

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For now, I'm not rly sure about how they look. Some of them resemble the actual characters imo but others like Soifon or Rukia that I've made are looking odd.

Here's a sc of Rukia.

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Still puzzled trying to figure out how to improve her.

Try making the forehead a bit smaller, they have more of a fivehead going on right now. That might help, but it depends how you think they look.

 

[LeFapman]

Try making the forehead a bit smaller, they have more of a fivehead going on right now. That might help, but it depends how you think they look.

That's exactly my issue! But yea, good observation. I'll see what I can do about the forehead, the software doesn't allow me to play too much with the head size... Or I just don't know how. Maybe a mod somewhere could help with that...

 

[LeFapman]

Dev Log #2: Okay, just spent some time learning how to deal with the forehead issue. Things aren't looking bright because this is related to the bonestructure of the characters and even the hair can't be editted to stay in a different position in Koikatsu like it would in HS2 (at least not in a way that I'm aware of) to hide some of the forehead but I think there's progress to be made yet, as I'm learning more about the tool.

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Alright! After some more time, I discovered you can wear modded hairs as accessories, which gives me plenty of freedom to set the hair at the position I want! It is pretty hard to change the bone of the characters, so let's mitigate the issue by doing something else.

This is great news for me, Rukia just got three new hairstyles to choose from, I wonder which one is best.

She went from this old Rukia:



To this, Rukia v2:



Time to pick a hairstyle, so hard. First hair has personality into it, I like it a lot. 2nd I think it looks more like the original character but the 3rd one is something else, an unique approach to Rukia, yet I think it fits her so well.

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The total cast of characters is now sitting at 8!

Spent so much time updating old models today, but to leave something new to finish off the day I made this character:



Did you like Neliel Tu?

Now I'm off for some rest, then getting back at making new models tomorrow.

 

[Jackson593377]

looks very good! i wonder, is it possible to have the characters change their hair in game? kina let the player pick the look? i dont know much about game developing so if not thats ok, but i just like all 3 of the Rukia hair styles

 

[LeFapman]

Thx! That's not possible for these Koikatsu/HS games because what you see in these games are literally screenshots of the person "playing the game" when making the scenes. If I make a normal scene that has like, Rukia talking to the MC wearing hair number 1, then I screenshot it, place it into the game and there u can watch the scene.

Changing her hair would require to screenshot her once again wearing hair nº 2, placing both scenes in the game. You'd have to make every scene in the game with her wearing different options of hair... Story-related scenes, H-Scenes, literally everything.

2D games has ways to work around it but I'm not familiar with any for these 3D engines.

But I want to make something close to that naruto game where you pick an outfit for a character to wear in the free roam mode so you'd see Rukia wearing different hairs and outfits during the free roam. Just not in the scenes, unfortunately.

 

[LeFapman]

Dev Log #3: There was a storm in the place I live in during the morning, and it caused a blackout so I'm out of energy at home. I've been waiting the whole day but the entire neighbourhood is still dark, no one has come to fix things yet.

I'm typing this through my phone, so for this reason I won't be able to work on the project until this issue is fixed. Sorry for all the soul reapers out there. ;(

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Great news! The storm is gone and I've been able to work on the project. It is very late right now, but I've managed to make 2 new models and what's best in all this is that I got used to some of the advanced bone modifiers, expect a new standard for the models from now on!

Practice does wonders, good thing to maintain a routine of practice and new ideas, new discoveries just keep on popping.

For intimates,

* Nanao-chan:



And a friend of Orihime,

* Chizuru:


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For the next model, we have to complete the trio.

Hime, Chizuru... Who's next?

 

[Jackson593377]

TATSUKI

 

[LeFapman]

TATSUKI

That's the one! Got her done today, gonna publish her images in the next post.

 

[LeFapman]

Dev Log #4: Three new models!

Cast has increased to 13.

* Tatsuki:



* Unohana:



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And Unohana's partner:

* Isane:

Spoiler: About Isane...

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That's it for today, tomorrow I plan to work on a character I'm very fond of... Halibel! And she won't be alone, her fellow arrancars will join her.

 

[LeFapman]

Dev Log #5: A new model!

Got busy today, couldn't do much besides this one model, but to keep the quality in check, I think I've done a fine job with this one. Maaaybe she gets more love just because she's one of my favourite characters in Bleach.

Anyways, here comes La Gota:

* Halibel:



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And since this is actually a Porn game, you know, haven't forgotten it's the main point, here's an actual render for a change:



"how do you like my two big gals?"

 

[Jackson593377]

ooooooooooooo looking good

 

[LeFapman]

Dev Log #6: Some things IRL came up, had to take a break.

But I'm back with two new models today and an update to Soifon.

* Soi Fon v2:

Spoiler: About Soi Fon...

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* Apacci:



And here is Apacci!

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As for the other two of her crew, you will see them ingame when the game releases. They're a mistery for now.

 

[LeFapman]

Dev Log #7: Had a visit come today so I couldn't do much. One new model and updates to a couple of old ones.

I've been having tons of issues with the cheek depths. From the front they look okay but as soon as they turn their faces, it's possible to spot cavities and there is some deformation caused around the cheeks when seen from an angle. Creepy stuff, don't want to keep models having these as they can mess up when making a scene to render.

Spoiler: Things To Fix

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Most of them are okay though, so not much to worry, just a bit of rework in the old models.

Two old models that are going under rework:

1. Soifon (v2.1 should I call her next? )



She has a new hair now and tiny bits of adjustments to her facial structure, making her jaw sharper and keeping the round cheeks.

2. Who's this mysterious big breasted woman?



Having to change pretty much everything about her face because she is an old model.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to fix what's left and keep the cast increasing because even if not all of these models are going to be a part of the main story, some of them will be a nice plus to the extra cast.

I'm already making them now so as to not have anything leftover to do when the gameplay and the story gets implemented. It avoids headaches and speed things up by a lot!

 

[LeFapman]

Dev Log #8: Two new models and last update to old models complete. Getting back in track.



Changed her hair, and I've been able fix all of the previous issues to every model.

A preview of the new models, now based in a standard I finally could enjoy the final looks.

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We got too many girls already. Girls are great, but this story won't be written with girls alone...

From now on I've decided to make some of the guys, so I'll spend some time away while making them and in my next post, it'll mean things are finally getting real. Actual gameplay is to come next, so make sure to keep watching if you're curious and any suggestions will be appreciated.

Until then...!

 

[Jackson593377]

hows it coming?

 

[Jackson593377]

any news?

 

[LeFapman]

Hey, yea! I've finished making most of the male cast while writting some of the story, scraping ideas, making new stuff. I've been working on it on and off now because I'm dealing with some RL situations like jobhunting and college demands. But the project is still going!

Couldn't upload any images directly (forum might be having issues), but here's if u wanna check what I've been up to right now:

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Finished the introduction, I'm in the beginning of Chapter 1 and soon there will be some gameplay footage to test things out. I decided to go with the point-and-click system allowing to free roam and some QoL like going straight to an important place in one click.