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Penlight (Visual Novel)

2 years ago

Penlight's underslept star student Sayori is the subject of this month's latest update of my hypnosis-themed visual novel, as we map out the start of a new story path~

Available for free in English and Spanish.

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Hi, everyone!

Since the last update I've been feeling out how one of the unwritten decision points on Sayori's Alter storyline is supposed to go. It's been tough but necessary, I think, to plot out how this choice will play out given what happens when you don't pick this choice (which until this point you had to, because there was no other choice available short of quitting the game ^^;). 

The result is a little new script for a few scenes and some tentative outlining that leads us to an intriguing cliffhanger that I'll have to puzzle out the ending to later. To see the new writing, start Sayori's storylines, choose the alternate personality route and keep Sayori in her altered state until an option to change her back appears while she's in class.

There's also been a little sprite work done, which for now mostly only shows up in the latter parts of Hiroko's Gullible storyline and some of Sayori's Alter route. The new art, which includes some new facial expressions for Kyou, Hiroko and Nozomi, will begin to show up in other routes going forward.

And finally there is, of course, some brand new art to show off~ We have a couple new CGs for the later parts of Hiroko's Gullible storyline, and as a bonus I added a neat little CG to the Redemption story which serves as a good introduction to its star character. Do check it out~

So yes, that brings us to the end of another month's development. Going into the new year I'll be working some more on this new Sayori story, and hopefully the first CGs for the thing. See you then!

What's New

  • WRITING: Additional script and outline for the third Sayori Alter storyline path

  • ART: Added a new CG set for the day 7 Hiroko Gullible storyline scene

  • ART: Added a new CG for the ending of Hiroko's Gullible storyline

  • ART: Added a CG to an early scene in the Redemption storyline

  • ART: Several additions to Kyou's, Nozomi's and Hiroko's sprites

  • Word count is now around 375,000

  • LOCALIZATION: Various edits and corrections to the existing Spanish script

  • Minor typo corrections



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