I decided that I am going to redo the android ports with the same images and sound used in the PC game and make them available on itch.io as separate downloads for those that prefer better quality.
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I got my first game coming to Steam. Date Ariane Remastered is coming to Steam on June 10th.
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Found a couple of bugs in the game, very minor, not game breaking, probably wouldn’t notice unless I pointed them out to you bugs. But I decided to engage my latest update protocol for purchased games, which will no doubt happen in the future.
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Date Ariane Remastered is finally available. After months of hinting, you can now purchase on the site store or at itch.io for $6. There is a short demo (including the introduction part and the dinners) available for free so you can see how improved the graphics are, see how the avatars work, and try out the new in game paths (walkthroughs)
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Currently, there are four products available in the official Website Store where there used to be five. Because classic Date Ariane is still popular despite it’s imminent replacement, I decided to add it to the Something’s In The Air and Rachel Meets Ariane bundle to create the Date Ariane Classic Trilogy bundle priced at $5 for all three games.
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While working on Hopepunk City, I worked on a scene where you play Crazy Eights with your roommates. This is similar to the Pachisi scene in Date Ariane, or the Roulette scene in Ariane in Paradise. It is an “in game” accurate simulation of the real game. Two thoughts occurred. First, since opening my online store 7 months ago, I
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Starting my second month, I am opening a second store location at https://arianeb.itch.io/ If you are not familiar, itch.io is a website that caters to indie gamers and indie game creators. There are numerous visual novels available from free to premium. I expect that most of my sales will come primarily from my website store, but it makes sense to
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This whole store thing has been an experiment from the get go, and after a month, I can make some conclusions: I was right, it is not making me rich, but it is covering my expenses, and will continue for now. Good News: The expense of “free” downloads is not very much so I can afford to host free content
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I have now finished uploading all four games to the store for PC and Mac. I have also finished Android versions of Date Ariane and Ariane in Paradise. The only thing missing is Android version of Something’s In The Air, because the version that I have is the 3rd edition, and I have not upgraded to the 4th edition. I
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After opening a store, I need to put merchandise in it. The most popular game Date Ariane, has not been updated in a few years, so that is what I have been working on the last week or so. The new version, which I am just calling “2021” combines the 6 versions that I used to host into one single
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