Hi everyone! I hope you enjoyed the Anniversary update! And if you're a new player, I hope we've reached the right target audience! Slice of life genre romance is what this series is going for. If you want to know more about future works, here are some questions (and hypothetical FAQs) asked before:
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on my next major project titled Heartbreak Detour and another side-project called Heart City Date Nights. These works were decided in late 2024, but the official development has been going for a few months now. This is mostly solo work, but sometimes I do get help and advice in-real-life and online.
What are the next VNs about?
Heartbreak Detour
Heartbreak Detour is a visual novel in the same city, but with different characters. It is about the many spontaneous adventures MC goes through during his visit to Heart City, where he gets fresh outlooks about love and friendship. He ultimately needs to decide between 2 love interests. This VN has many routes!
Heart City Date Nights
Heart City Date Nights is a smaller visual novel which is a collection of short stories. Each one story is about the size of a short VN on Steam (the ones that last for 1 hour). However, Heart City Date Nights contain 5 or more stories . In each story, you play as a specific guy who goes on a date/date-like meetup with his love interest.
You will also find out more about side characters like Michelle, and Yejin.
This mini VN is very experimental: it is basically snippets of stories inside a VN package. It will not be marketed as a long crazy adventure, but a relaxing collection of short stories. Despite short, they are meant to make you feel cozy and in love with each unique love interest.
Your game is not adventurous like sci-fi and fantasy.
We apologize, the direction and genre of this series are not for everyone. It's okay to not be the target audience. We are not trying to make easy money, so we politely encourage you to refund. Office Rivals have received misunderstood reviews from trolls and people who don't like this genre.
BUT if you enjoyed Office Rivals, then you are the specific people we make our games for!
What are the tags/kinks?
Most of my works have similar kinks: big/medium breasts, impregnation, pregnancy, lactation, and erotic photoshoot. Impregnation and pregnancy are planned to be made optional, but both experiences (with and without pregnancy/impregnation) are made sure to be equally enjoyable.
There are some specific acts too, such as paizuri and playing with the nipples. To be honest, they are rather tame by AVN standard.
If you have concerned about the art, the characters tend to have individual body shapes and unique looks: different weight and curves, different breasts shapes, sizes, areolas, and nipples.
Your art is very 'different' (and sometimes looks weird!)
Yes, you are right. Sometimes, some players also said that my art looks "weird". This is because it's not inspired by commercial/mainstream anime, but inspired by doujin and webtoons.
What are doujin and webtoons? Doujin are artworks (usually for adults) created by independent and self-published artists. The artstyles tend to look less polished and more "amateurish" than anime/manga by big studios, but the doujin style has a very "indie" and "human-made" look. Webtoons are also a form of works similar to doujin, but made for online viewing.
Is 2D hand-drawn easy?
Not at all. You have to take art classes, use references, and practice a lot. So, the development takes time and effort.
For background locations, there are other extra process; sometimes I travel far and wide to take photos of real-life places to use as references. Please note: the background artworks in the game are not real-life places, but referenced and inspired only.
What about translations?
There is no budget, because unfortunately this is not a popular series, yet. Office Rivals is still new to Steam, and had a peak of 15 players and 700+ followers, it hasn't reached 50 reviews yet. It has a few troll reviews, too. So we are not making much income from it. It's only enough air supply to keep this series alive.
So, we are very far away from having a budget for translation. But we are interested to have Chinese first (I can speak some Mandarin, and cannot write Chinese), followed by other languages (based on number of buyers). We don't know if we'll ever reach the translation budget. For now, it's all English.
Where can I ask more questions?
You can join our Discord. I'm usually there, and happy to answer any questions, as long as the intention is good.
Will the new VNs be on Steam?
Yes! The Steam page will be up soon for Heart City Date Nights, and early next year for Heartbreak Detour. I'm working hard on it, but I only showcase things when it's sufficiently ready.
Please look forward to them!