Can't wait for the next update, this is genuinely one of the best VNs ive ever read. The story is great, it's one of best built games, and the art is amazing! I really look forward to when Hiatus ends and more comes out!
Eagerly awaiting the day you feel ready to come back to this. Your skills as an author have improved immensely over the years and it shows up in the latest updates.
I will say that the Diego arc was truly incredible. It really hit home for me personally. I loved both how he overcame his negative experiences, but also how he eventually realized that so much of the conflict he experienced was misunderstanding. The arc did so much for me in helping me overcome some of my own past hurt from a toxic relationship. I have been "Diego" before, so getting to care for the hurt Diego did so much for reflecting love for myself. I would love to read and explore more of your current writing because I think you have a gift that can capture real world experiences and make them shared by the reader. Is there more I could read or play that involves your work?
This game is way too kinetic. There are choices, but they really don't feel like they affect the story at all. And I understand that this is a visual novel, but there is way too much emphasis on reading and not enough on visuals. I should be able to understand what was going on and I was thrown off so bad one the crow started talking about a war.
I appreciate the effort put in this project, but there's too many cons (personally) that make me unable to enjoy this experience.
Frankly, I agree. Sileo was my first proper writing project, and with hindsight it's easy to see a lot of what's wrong with it. I've grown a lot working on Sileo, and one of the most difficult aspects of that growth is looking back on prior work for my current project and realizing it's no longer up to the standard I hold myself to. The standard continually rises, and so older works consistently fall short. I've already committed to remaking certain older content and even teased some other possibilities... the scope of which stretches to the majority of everything I've already done.
I don't know if I'll ever be completely happy with my work, but so long as my work continually improves, I can take solace in that.
I am curious about what aspects you felt were visually lacking, however? Sileo is a collaboration as opposed to a visionary working with hired contractors, and so artwork costs and such aren't a factor in our pipeline - we've frequently produced bespoke CG artworks, backgrounds and even sexual scenes for things many other projects would consider a wasteful expense solely because our artist CurryCatz was paid a share as part of the team rather than being commissioned. I am however acutely aware personally that our visuals tend to be especially static, an animator is at the top of our list for who we'd love bring on board our team, but we've never been in the financial situation to be able to do so, especially now with how hostile everything is to NSFW creators. Either way, I'd genuinely like more feedback on why the visuals weren't to your satisfaction - it's a genuine surprise to me, as I always felt our VN had visuals well beyond what a 2-person project usually would. The insight could help us to improve things in the future.
Thank you for actually replying back. I will admit that I was just angry because I was held accountable for cheating in one of the routes that I took (a choice that I made in-game), but nothing happened to me when I cheated on the twink and the bar owner. It bothered me that there were a lot of non-linear aspects that were overtaken by only reading. Non-linear visual novels are definitely games I enjoy, so that could also be a reason for my frustration. I just like making choices that genuinely affect the progression of the story. Making it my story. Helping me feel like I'm apart of the cast of characters.
Branching routes are a major component of future updates with the two remaining routes featuring these elements heavily. I also hope to incorporate these elements into both of the already existing routes. We’re still on hiatus at the moment, but we’ve done a lot of planning in anticipation of our return and when things pick back up, we’ll have a much more dynamic and responsive story to show for it. We’re shooting for a player agency first approach, less massive walls of linear text and more dynamic scenarios that respond to decisions, both made in the moment as well as considering those made throughout the route. I’m hopeful that people will be receptive to this new approach once we begin rolling these updates out.
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your honesty and openness.
Came here after dealing with a FVN creator who is a way, way lesser community manager than you, and it's so horribly tiring to deal with them. You're just a breath of fresh air.
Please stay as you are, you're amazing and I hope your project succeeds and becomes popular. I recommend it to people whenever I can.
I'm wondering. Is Logan by any chance neurodivergent? I've noticed he shows similar autism traits to mine (I'm a guy on the spectrum). These include: difficulty connecting with people, speaking very little or babbling, and having a resting bitch face, etc. It would be nice to know because Logan is one of my favorite characters and I really relate to him. Thank you.
I apologize if this isn't grammatically correct, but English is my second language and I'm currently using Google Translator.(*﹏*;)
Apologies, your comment got caught in the spam filter and I had no idea there were even posts there to approve!
Logan wasn't written to be any specific way or have any specific thing, more than anything else he's just... well, he's Logan. He has no in-canon diagnosis, though he is almost certainly on-spectrum himself. I'm sure there are readers out there more qualified than me to make a diagnosis on where exactly he falls, but whatever it might be, it's an organic aspect of his character and personality rather than a specific thing he was always designed to have.
Short version: Most likely yes, but he lacks any formal diagnosis.
Apologies, your comment got stuck in the spam filter and I had no idea there were even comments to approve.
Kyrex is rain is present in the current build, yes. It is unlocked in Diego's route, though that entire scene was reworked and the CG added well after Diego's route was finished, so you might need to find the scene and play it through to unlock the CG in the gallery.
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Can't wait for the next update, this is genuinely one of the best VNs ive ever read. The story is great, it's one of best built games, and the art is amazing! I really look forward to when Hiatus ends and more comes out!
Eagerly awaiting the day you feel ready to come back to this. Your skills as an author have improved immensely over the years and it shows up in the latest updates.
<3
I will say that the Diego arc was truly incredible. It really hit home for me personally. I loved both how he overcame his negative experiences, but also how he eventually realized that so much of the conflict he experienced was misunderstanding. The arc did so much for me in helping me overcome some of my own past hurt from a toxic relationship. I have been "Diego" before, so getting to care for the hurt Diego did so much for reflecting love for myself. I would love to read and explore more of your current writing because I think you have a gift that can capture real world experiences and make them shared by the reader. Is there more I could read or play that involves your work?
Sileo is my only public work at this stage, but there’ll be plenty more of it to come when we get things moving again.
I hope to see more
Hey man has it got updated ive been waiting for the rest of dom, axel and Russell
This game is way too kinetic. There are choices, but they really don't feel like they affect the story at all. And I understand that this is a visual novel, but there is way too much emphasis on reading and not enough on visuals.
I should be able to understand what was going on and I was thrown off so bad one the crow started talking about a war.
I appreciate the effort put in this project, but there's too many cons (personally) that make me unable to enjoy this experience.
Frankly, I agree. Sileo was my first proper writing project, and with hindsight it's easy to see a lot of what's wrong with it. I've grown a lot working on Sileo, and one of the most difficult aspects of that growth is looking back on prior work for my current project and realizing it's no longer up to the standard I hold myself to. The standard continually rises, and so older works consistently fall short. I've already committed to remaking certain older content and even teased some other possibilities... the scope of which stretches to the majority of everything I've already done.
I don't know if I'll ever be completely happy with my work, but so long as my work continually improves, I can take solace in that.
I am curious about what aspects you felt were visually lacking, however? Sileo is a collaboration as opposed to a visionary working with hired contractors, and so artwork costs and such aren't a factor in our pipeline - we've frequently produced bespoke CG artworks, backgrounds and even sexual scenes for things many other projects would consider a wasteful expense solely because our artist CurryCatz was paid a share as part of the team rather than being commissioned. I am however acutely aware personally that our visuals tend to be especially static, an animator is at the top of our list for who we'd love bring on board our team, but we've never been in the financial situation to be able to do so, especially now with how hostile everything is to NSFW creators. Either way, I'd genuinely like more feedback on why the visuals weren't to your satisfaction - it's a genuine surprise to me, as I always felt our VN had visuals well beyond what a 2-person project usually would. The insight could help us to improve things in the future.
Thank you for actually replying back.
I will admit that I was just angry because I was held accountable for cheating in one of the routes that I took (a choice that I made in-game), but nothing happened to me when I cheated on the twink and the bar owner. It bothered me that there were a lot of non-linear aspects that were overtaken by only reading.
Non-linear visual novels are definitely games I enjoy, so that could also be a reason for my frustration.
I just like making choices that genuinely affect the progression of the story. Making it my story. Helping me feel like I'm apart of the cast of characters.
Branching routes are a major component of future updates with the two remaining routes featuring these elements heavily. I also hope to incorporate these elements into both of the already existing routes. We’re still on hiatus at the moment, but we’ve done a lot of planning in anticipation of our return and when things pick back up, we’ll have a much more dynamic and responsive story to show for it. We’re shooting for a player agency first approach, less massive walls of linear text and more dynamic scenarios that respond to decisions, both made in the moment as well as considering those made throughout the route. I’m hopeful that people will be receptive to this new approach once we begin rolling these updates out.
Alrighty, then! I'm excited for the update for if/when they come out.
Despite what I've said, it is because I enjoyed the ideas and parts of the story.
From what I've seen is a turn on rather then a turn off for the bar owner .
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your honesty and openness.
Came here after dealing with a FVN creator who is a way, way lesser community manager than you, and it's so horribly tiring to deal with them. You're just a breath of fresh air.
Please stay as you are, you're amazing and I hope your project succeeds and becomes popular. I recommend it to people whenever I can.
Thanks! <3
I'm wondering. Is Logan by any chance neurodivergent? I've noticed he shows similar autism traits to mine (I'm a guy on the spectrum). These include: difficulty connecting with people, speaking very little or babbling, and having a resting bitch face, etc. It would be nice to know because Logan is one of my favorite characters and I really relate to him. Thank you.
I apologize if this isn't grammatically correct, but English is my second language and I'm currently using Google Translator.(*﹏*;)
Apologies, your comment got caught in the spam filter and I had no idea there were even posts there to approve!
Logan wasn't written to be any specific way or have any specific thing, more than anything else he's just... well, he's Logan. He has no in-canon diagnosis, though he is almost certainly on-spectrum himself. I'm sure there are readers out there more qualified than me to make a diagnosis on where exactly he falls, but whatever it might be, it's an organic aspect of his character and personality rather than a specific thing he was always designed to have.
Short version: Most likely yes, but he lacks any formal diagnosis.
thank you for reading my comment and for clarification.
I want Lucas and also this is a very beautiful game in all its features
Hi, saw in your Blue sky post about Kyrex in rain, is it available in current build?
Apologies, your comment got stuck in the spam filter and I had no idea there were even comments to approve.
Kyrex is rain is present in the current build, yes. It is unlocked in Diego's route, though that entire scene was reworked and the CG added well after Diego's route was finished, so you might need to find the scene and play it through to unlock the CG in the gallery.
One of the best visual novel games I've ever played
Xevvy im so happy with Diego Route. But can make new story for that. Because im so interesting with Diego Route