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Quick bulletin:

 

Project Violet is recruiting the following talents:

 

Style checker: (Advanced writing knowledge.)

Animator: (Has experience with video editors and the like.)

 

Those interested PM me or leave a post here :3

Will keep you updated, guys.

See you around

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Changelog: (As of March 21th 2014)

 

-Prologue: RC Final

-Chapter 1: RC Final

-Chapter 2: Beta, In editing.

-Chapter 3: Beta, ready for editing.

-Chapter 4: Beta, ready for editing.

-Chapter 5: Beta, ready for editing.

-Chapter 6: Beta, Ready for editing.

-Chapter 7: Beta, Ready for editing.

-Chapter 8: Beta, Ready for editing.

 

*Character sprites (Currently being drawn by DarkSin) 25% (15 different for each heroine [pose changes confirmed] + casual clothes + misc)

*Chibi sprites (Currently being drawn by Maoh) 10% working on variations.

*Chibi CG's 1% Maoh is working on them right now.

*CG's (Currently being done by DarkSin) 10%

*background art 100% (Using photographs with filters and other modifications , more than 50 bgi so far.)

*Added Imagemap mechanics and animations for weather.

*Massive UI overhaul (Final ver. "VH Glass" by Helvetica Standard)

*Drew alternate title screens! 100% made by me, NO PLACEHOLDERS.

*Made opening video, OP song is Kiri by Monoral (I did try t use PD music for the opening but there's no better song than this one, thus..it will stay.)

*Music 100% (Public domain, 100% royalty free music.) Vokoca has also composed/produced several songs already

*Sound effects 100% (public domain SFX.)

 

-Rin's route: 100%

-Kanade's route: 100%

-Akane's route: 0%

-Yuki's route: 10%

-Satsuki's route: 0%

-Yaoi arc: Alpha, in scripting and checking.

 

Overall progress: 35%

 

DEMO: (2.0) v3 SOON.

 

Screenshots

be advised, content is subject to changes:

 

http://i.imgur.com/p0W5poJ.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/F6wK8WM.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/Sr9ntvD.png

 

 

More screenshots once v3 DEMO is out!

 

 

Character Bios (Updated!)

Featuring the gorgeous artwork of professional artist Darksin and Maoh's adorable chibis:

 

http://i.imgur.com/juXJm6Y.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/bURV8Sv.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/llh4R8u.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/oiKH2kv.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/caOucJN.png

 

 

 

"Project Violet" Staff Team Members

 

This is our current staff. We are proud to have the help of these talented people:

 

Helvetica Standard: Programmer, writer, and designer

Chocolatemilkgod: Editor in chief

DarkSin: Lead Artist

Dan: QC

Maoh: Chibi artist/Chibi CG artist

Vokoca: Musician

Linkman19: Testing

OneManArmy: Yaoi ending Lyrics

Yachi: Testing

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i hath indeed ritten the yaoi ong for OMA , here is a short version of it

 

chin-po chin-po , anata no chin-po ga suki desu ,suki desu

uraemashi , kono kokoro omae nochin-po ga suki desu

your sexy butthole makes me envy ......

 

 

its a very long and melodic song ,and towards the end OMA will make a lot of cum-sounds (hopefully imitation and not the real thing) look forward to it.

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^No I haven't and somehow intrigued since you've mentioned it... (God...My instinct feel bad about this...)

Link?

 

chin-po chin-po , anata no chin-po ga suki desu ,suki desu

uraemashi , kono kokoro omae nochin-po ga suki desu

 

Question to the guys who's already read Milk Pot...

Does any of those lines seems familiar? Or is it just me?

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You wouldn't be helping us if that was the case. XD

 

I assure you, I'm only helping out of a selfish desire to hear OMA's yaoi song.

 

Also switch's chinpo song reminds me of that 140cm song from oretsuba.

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Fortnightly Update

 

http://i.imgur.com/i2q3kuz.png

Artwork by DarkSin

 

Hello, guys.

Sorry for the lack of updates but the team's been very busy with their real life stuff. I assure you, however, that we're working hard to give you guys our last DEMO release (v.3)

Which will feature a bunch of final content and will give you an idea of how the core release will look. After this demo, there will be no more beta material for public release, but

don't fret, we'll still keep you updated and "teased", hehehehe. :3

 

That said, there's a few updates to announce:

 

The team is deeply concerned by this sudden announcement by Switch, who said would help us with style checking:

 

I'm sorry, Helvetica Standard-sama, I know I volunteered to help with style checking but I just caught a serious STD and I'm afraid I'll have to ditch.

 

We hope you get better soon, Switch! It happens to the best of us...

 

 

 

WE WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBERS!:

 

Dimdito : bugchecker/beta tester

AqworldThunder: bugchecker/beta tester

 

 

v3 DEMO progress:

- Scripts: Ready for release

- Sprites: In progress

- User Interface: Ready for release

- CG: In progress

- Chibi CG's: In progress

- NEW background images: In insertion

 

Core Release progress: 39%

--Staff assignments--

 

Helvetica Standard:

-Currently reworking scripts for Chapter 3 and 4 (adding new material.)

-Currently style checking Chapter 2

-Currently inserting background images

-Currently testing environment compatibility

 

Chocolatemilkgod:

-Currently editing Chapter 3

-Currently working on voiceovers for new material

 

Dan:

-Currently working on Chapter 3 with Chocolatemilkgod

 

DarkSin:

-Currently Drawing Sprites

-Currently drawing CG's

-Currently drawing motifs for screens

-Currently drawing imagemaps

 

Maoh:

-Currently Drawing Chibi CG's

 

OMA:

-Currently working on voiceovers for new material

 

Vokoca:

-Currently composing/producing audio tracks

 

Linkman19:

-Currently on standby (will test v3 DEMO once it goes RC)

 

Yachi:

-Currently on stand by (will test v3 DEMO once it goes RC)

 

Dimdito:

-Currently on stand by (will bugcheck v3 DEMO once it goes RC)

 

AqworldThunder:

-Currently on stand by (will bugcheck v3 DEMO once it goes RC)

 

Wanted Talents:

 

-Background artist (We need the help of an artist who can draw the backgrounds.)

-Style Checker (We need someone to build up the writing style, advanced writing knowledge is a must.)

-Animator (We need someone to help us do in-game animations and opening and ending videos.)

 

If you're interested, please send a PM or leave a post here :3

 

That's all for now. Thank you for you patience and support! v3 DEMO will be out soon!

I leave you with some of the new background images: (WIP, subject to changes.)

 

http://i.imgur.com/RfwS4TG.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/UBUCUlE.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/FKOVLzl.png

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June Update

 

Where the hell did you go?

Hi guys. Remember when we said we’d do fortnightly updates to keep you guys up to date with everything that we’ve been doing and to keep you engaged?

………

Well… suffice to say, they didn’t exactly pan out as planned. This is due to a variety of reasons, the most pivotal being the evil monstrosities known as university exams. Luckily, though, they are for the most part through for everyone. Huzzah!

 

At any rate, sorry for not keeping up with you guys (blame helv... because everything is his fault :p). The new and improved plan for updates will have us updating every 2-3 weeks now that we’re freer. We’ll also cycle through different members of staff so that you have a chance to meet the team (and ask questions if you want!); this also helps to spread the workload out, which is a welcomed change. Hopefully, we should be able to keep up with this schedule better.

 

 

So... have you actually been doing anything?

Unfortunately, due to complications with our university/work lives, progress hasn’t been as much as we would have liked. HOWEVER, that doesn’t mean we haven’t been doing anything! We’re still planning our final v3 demo release sometime in the very far future soon. As to what ‘soon’ actually entails is a little unclear right now, but we should have it done over the summer at some point.

 

I don’t want to spoil all of the new and updated things in the demo (we might tease more in future updates), but among the changes include:

• Beautiful sprites§ that won’t make your eyes bleed.

• A bigger, cleaner, and all around more engaging script.

• CHIBIS!!!!!!!!!!!!11

• Original music!‡

• And more!

 

§Thank you so much to DarkSin for his hard work

 

‡Only a few tracks as of yet, but Vokoca has done amazing work so far

 

I hope you’re excited as I am for this release!... because it’s been a huge amount of work :S. But it’s shaping up to be pretty great, and more representative of what the final product will be than the alpha builds we showed before.

 

 

What is this Corner thing?

As a part of the violet hill team, I’ve grown to have many nicknames. Choco, duff and ‘That eejit who does the editing’ are amongst the most common, but I’m also known as an idea man. Sure, most of them crash and burn in hilarious fashion (guess who came up with the fortnightly update plan...), but, as in words of Monty Python, if you throw enough castles (or ideas) at something, eventually they’ll stick... or at least that’s the theory.

 

What this lengthy self-indulgent train of thought is leading to is a new idea: each update, we’ll have a little section called the Corner where we post little snippets of what we’ve been working on. They can be part of the overarching violet hill project, or just wee things we’ve been working on at school or on the side (most of them should be stuff from or about violet hill, though). Hopefully this generates some more discussion amongst you guys, because we live on your support!

 

(I wonder how long until this idea spirals away into nothingness...)

 

Today, we have a little collage DarkSin has put together for you lot.

http://i.imgur.com/oFDOAgM.png

 

 

Also, I’ve gone to the liberty of posting the unobscured original sketch of Rin on the right (one of the characters in Violet Hill!) for your viewing pleasure. Because Sin’s art =

 

http://i.imgur.com/AKTcUeC.png

^If you liked that art, you’ll definitely want to play demo v3, if you get my meaning (nudge nudge wink wink).

 

What’ll be on the next update’s Corner? Whatever we can scrounge up Obviously something with profound impact, and definitely not something we put together at the last minute. Look forward to it!

 

 

As I said previously, we live on your support guys. It’s what keeps the project strong and us wanting to work on it. So please, leave replies down below if you feel like it, and ask questions. Start discussions. Have fun! That’s the whole point.

 

If you are really inspired by the fact that we’re giving up our time and energy to give the community a fun visual novel (that’s shaped by the responses we get from the community itself!) and want to help us out, you’re able to do so! Simply playing the demo when it comes out and telling us what you liked, didn’t like, etc. helps us IMMENSELY by gauging YOUR response. If you’re really really inspired, you may be able to join the team as an active member, and have your name in the credits of the completed game! Just leave a reply or message me (or Helvetica standard). I’ll probably include a list of positions that we’d like to fill closer to our demo release.

 

 

Closing

So, despite the fact that we have terrible PR and everyone was too busy to update any of our posts (good job us), the project is still very much alive and working! Leave your feedback, questions, replies blah blah etcetera etcetera down below, and I’ll see you next time.

 

...

 

Oh, and also wish Vokoca luck on his final English Lit. exam. Good luck, and bye bye~~.

 

The Editor

Chocolatemilkgod

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Hello from the Artist

 

 

Hello, it’s DarkSin, the Team Violet Hill’s lead artist (though that’s not saying much considering how small our art team is ^^’). It’s seems like it’s my turn to do the update post. I haven’t really OFFICIALLY introduced myself here before (I have commented on various VNs, though :p). Basically what I do is the… um the art. Most of it. The Sprites, CGs, maps, some backgrounds most probably and various other things. Yes, it’s a lot of work! D: Oh and I also like to do a little QC’ing and get involved with the idea bouncing, character designs and brainstorming :)

 

 

Experience with the Team so far

 

 

I joined the team just a few months back, and so far I’ve had a great time with them. They are very motivated, ambitious and talented. We chat about all sorts of things, not just the project. Anime, visual novel… fetishes. Yes, all sorts of things o.o It’s pretty fun actually :p

 

 

Progress this Past Month

 

 

We’ve been doing a lot this past month. The team has begun pushing harder and allotting more time to the VN for the v.3 demo release and it’s shaping up pretty nicely. Things are coming together bit by bit. The script has been polished to a glaring shine (and then some :p), art assets are progressing nicely, new music compositions by Vok have been added.

 

Helv and Choco have been hard at work with the script. Choco, the idea guy’s, suggestion for using Google docs was a big help and considerably sped up progress. The QC’ers have also been helping out.

 

Vok made some beautiful music tracks for us and.. is off to Japan for some months xD He’ll resume work on the soundtrack when he gets back. And I myself have been pretty busy with 2 universities, but I’ve been working on the VN in almost all my free time.

 

I’ve completed two sprite packs so far. I probably went a little overboard with them, though :p Two many variations. I wanted the characters to appear more alive, so to speak. Our editor Choco is even doubling as our photographer, providing us with some beautiful imagery. We want everything in Violet Hill to be original.

 

As said before, the visual novel has taken on a professionalism and aims to reach the level of any good commercial Japanese visual novel. Extra effort is being put into maintaining a standard.

 

 

What’s Coming

 

 

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee429/Sindrase/DemoComingSoonAnimation3_zps681c2087.gif

 

 

Additions to the Team and Wanted Positions

 

 

Please welcome the newest addition to our team, Mat! :D Mat is our QC’er/style checker. He helped out in the polishing of the demo script.

 

Kaskade has rejoined our team as well. He will also be QCíng.

 

 

Wanted positions are as follows

 

 

. FMV animator - Needs to be able to animate short 2D scenes, using whatever software(s).

 

. Background artist - Must be warned there are many backgrounds in this VN. And also a certain quality standard will be expected.

 

. A co-editor - Should be proficient in English, and have writing experience.

 

Please note, if you’re skilled in any relative area (art, music, QCíng), or if you just want to genuinely help out, feel free to contact us. There’s always some room for fresh blood enthusiastic volunteers. This is a community project and we want the support the community :)

 

 

The Corner

 

 

And lastly, a quick art piece by our artist, er… me :o

 

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee429/Sindrase/TheCornerAnimatedGif2_zpsb2a537a4.gif

 

Rin looking at our logo; Red Lattice Studio.

 

Our logo design by Helv:

 

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee429/Sindrase/rllogotransparentSmall_zps32907073.png

 

That's it from me. See you next time. Don't forget to keep giving us your support! :)

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