Happy New Year.
In case you just stumbled upon this devlog, I am Adrienne, also known as insertdisc5! I am the creator of timeloop RPG In Stars and Time, and now am working on my next game, memory visual novel Truth Scrapper. It’s gonna be a good one.
This month, I WROTE SO MUCH. FIND OUT MY SECRET BELOW. NOT CLICKBAIT
I finished the first draft of Day 6 (Betz’s route) in early January. While that was happening, we were getting our additional programmer started, so they could fix some bugs for both the demo and full game. I didn’t want to disturb the code while they were working (don’t worry I got github since then so we can work independently and not get in each other’s way lol), so while this would usually be the time I’d start implementing, I was stuck doing nothing for a bit.
We intended for the demo to be out in mid February (we’re not– more info below), so since I thought the demo release would be very stressful, I decided to just take a couple days off in preparation. After a while I wrote a little bit about Day 7, but mostly I left everything simmer in my brain until I could start running and doing stuff.
And then, on January 19th, On-Together: Virtual Co-Working came out. And my life changed.
This game/tool is super simple. You can create a room to work alongside other people. But I don’t care about the social part. The most important thing this game does… Is that you can have a floating little guy working. And a timer. On your screen.
Turns out, all I need to be focused for hours at a time is 1. A little avatar of me working in the corner 2. A timer 3. A good playlist.
I wrote the script for Day 7 in a week.
Thanks On-Together. Anyway, I don’t know how long this wave of productivity will last, but I’m gonna ride it until the very end!!!!!
“WHAT’S THAT ABOUT THE DEMO”
Ok listen. I really wanted the demo to be out early 2026. So me and producer Dora decided on February 14th, because it would be cute. But the thing is, we intended to release it kind of… On its own? On a whim? Without any showcase announcement or anything. Which we realised was silly, because a demo release is a really big deal! Why not announce the release during a showcase? Maybe even with a trailer? Make it Incredible and Impossible to miss?????
So no, the demo will NOT be out on February 14th. We’re not sure when it’ll be out. We have our eyes on a few showcases, so we’re waiting to see if we’re accepted into any of them. But it’s hard to be accepted into the big ones, and even harder for visual novels. So, uh, bear with us for a bit. I promise it’ll be so cool when it’s out and you can finally see Amour and Betz.
In other news, please welcome Jas!!! Jas is here to help the Marketing Intern make good posts. Here’s a very good video. And a thumbnail below to make you want to click the video. Listen steam won't let me embed this
Did you watch the video. Do it
Anyway listen. Making a game is hard and takes time. Marketing it is hard and takes even more time. So we got Jas to help!!! For those following us on Bluesky and Tumblr: don’t worry, the very real and not fictional Marketing Intern is still here. It’s just that Jas is helping her. That’s the Marketing Intern Lore.
With Jas here, this means you’ll see more funny videos. Maybe even Youtube Shorts on my Youtube channel. And will this mean Tiktok videos as well…? (looks at the news) No. It doesn’t. Sorry.
Anyway I’m gonna go back to writing. Stay warm everyone. bye
DON'T FORGET TO WISHLIST THE GAME ALSO IT REALLY HELPS BECAUSE STEAM’S ALGORITHM IS MORE LIKELY TO SHOW OFF GAMES WITH A HIGH AMOUNT OF WISHLISTS THATS THE REASON WHY GAME DEVS ALWAYS ASK TO WISHLIST!!! OKAY BYE!!!!
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