That’s right, bitches. I’m releasing this one day early.

It all began one dreary November evening when I read a comment of CCY’s (“make ccy make a visual novel, the visual novel”) and opened Ren’Py. I began scripting and I never looked back.

Okay, that’s a lie. I’ve looked back many times. But never mind that. Now, I present to you the first major point release in my visual novel project CCY-senpai wa 17sai, henceforth referred to as simply “CCY17″ for convenience. This new version, in addition to the traditional expansion of the story, is packing character art, an improved background for the classrooms, several more bad ends, and music!

This version also heralds the arrival of the official CCY17 website:

http://not.dotq.org/ccy

There, you can find a changelog for this new version, download links, and more!

Now, I am asking three things of you:

1. Give me feedback. Lots of it. Whatever you can think of. Tell me what worked for you, what made you laugh. What didn’t work for you. Was the “Nice Ideeea” too annoying? Was “Ano Ko wo Rape” too long? Etc.

2. Spread the word. Tweet this announcement, post about it on your blogs, tell your friends, whatever. The more people know about the project, the more people play the game, the more feedback I get, the more motivated I am to deliver the next version sooner.

3. Donate. If you have a couple bucks to throw around, please consider helping me pay Sixten for his art. The game will always be free and I am not trying to make a profit—just to sink a portion of my costs.

That’s it—go download the game now.

Knock yourselves out, boys and girls!

Credits and special thanks abound in game and on the website, but I’d like to make some hollers here: Sixten and Choux, for their masterful art; lelangir, for his audio contributions; everyone who goaded me into releasing a day early (you know who you are); and everyone who has donated thus far (again, you know who you are).

A final note: I am still looking for community contributions to the project. Stray ideas, sounds, musics, and so on are more than welcome.

Here’s what I watched today:

1. Queen’s Blade 12.

I wondered why this was so bad until I realized I was watching it at 1x instead of 2 or 3x as I usually do bad shows like these. Damn this was painful. Gotta love Nowa, though. Anyhoo, I’d celebrate the conclusion of another terrible series, but there’s gonna be another season! I’m a glutton for punishment, as one of my older brother’s coworkers said the other day.

2. Queen’s Blade Special 1.

I jizzed in my pants… for values of “jizz” equal to “vomit” and values of “in my pants” equal to “all over.”

3. Clannad: Another World, Kyou Chapter

Once again, Tomoya is made shallower such that he can hook up with a girl in the space of two minutes’ worth of montage. Once again, teenagers are melodramatic. Once again, there is a happy ending. Though this episode focused on Kyou, I’m sure Captain Miao is seething—her thighs didn’t feature much. All in all, a bit of a waste of time, though you gotta love Kyoto Animation’s signature stumbling rainy tears.

Apologies for the lack of screencaps. I deleted all three of the above abominations from my computer before I decided to blog them.

Briefly, on the topic of what I’ve been watching recently…

- I started both Touka Gettan and Haibane Renmei. I expect to enjoy both, in different ways. I’ll keep you all updated on how that goes.

- Eden of the East I’m at 5/11 on, and will finish once the opportunity arises (I’m waiting for SAKI to get some free time so we can watch it together).

- Sengoku Brosara is proving to be total shit, but it’s been fun to laugh at the ridiculousness. Unfortunately, starting with Azai’s death the fun factor all but disappeared. Kinda lame. I’ll finish this sometime but it’s not a huge priority…

- Haruhi Hog Summer is repulsive beyond belief. I already could barely stand episode two, stating that it was a worse waste of time than watching Queen’s Blade, and then lolikappa gave me the inside scoop on episode three. Seriously, Kyoto Animation? Go die. Now. Whores.

Eventually I’ll make some progress on the shows I’ve had on hold for a long time: Skip Beat, Mouryou no Hako, Michiko to Hatchin, Zettai Shounen, Kurozuka, Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora, and A Certain Magical Index. I’m also going to rewatch more Aria soon; you can expect some feedback on all of the above at some point, even if it’s not in much depth.

Things I’m not looking forward to: A Certain Scientific Railgun, Darker than Black 2. Both are abominations of the mind. Aberrations as it were. Do. Not. Want.

Finally, I’ve got my netbook, a sexy Dell Mini 10 that had some issues running Jaunty initially but is now puttering along just great with stellar battery life and an amazingly usable keyboard. If I get Ren’py onto the thing, I might be able to work on my VN on the go, which would greatly increase the chances of a v0.05 sometime this summer!

Right now it seems I’m prioritizing my work on this over more serious writing, so please reward my efforts with helpful feedback :)

You can ask Jason Miao for a sign.

So yeah. Please, download this and test it out. Even if you’ve played previous versions. There’s a lot of new content, save games from previous versions should still work, and Skip Mode should remember what text you read in previous versions (it does for me).

Download whichever build floats your platform:
Mac: .zip, 7.2mb
Linux: .bz2, 3.9mb
Windows: .zip, 4.6mb

Changelog :: v0.04

==== Endings ====
+ 2 bad endings
+ 1 good ending
==== Characters ====
+ Owen (introduced outside of bad end)
+ Baka-Raptor (professor)
+ Os (professor)
+ DarkMirage (professor)
+ Scott (student)
+ Mike (student)
+ Riex (professor)
+ Impz (professor)
+ lKnight (professor)
==== Gameplay ====
+ 3 menus
+ Day 1 has a date
~ updated concluding notes
~ updated tutorial
==== Contents ====
+ 3600 words (total is over 9000 now)

If you do either of the things he mentions, you’re a pedophile. I’m a pedophile.

Anime bloggers featured/referenced thus far:

Baka-Raptor (male)
CCY (male)
CJ (female)
DarkMirage (male)
hashihime (mentioned)
Impz (trap)
Jason Miao (male)
Jeff Lawson (mentioned)
lKnight (male)
lolikitsune (male)
Marmot (female)
Mike (male)
Omo (female, genderbent)
Os (male)
Owen S. (male)
Riex (stuffed animal)
Shirukii (mentioned)

Again—I don’t have character art, and I likely won’t ever if someone doesn’t contribute it. There will be credits. There probably won’t be payment. I want this to be an open “resource” for the aniblogosphere. So that people can say “I see what you did thar” and make their own VNs. Yeah.

Art? Contribute it.
Music? Contribute it.

I’m focusing on writing, and throwing in cop-out backgrounds where I can.

Thank you for your time!

Now for some random whoredom:

• a post of mine has been published on Oi, Hayaku! I’m linking this not only to get you guys to read my post, but also to get Riex to see this post. He’s a lazy fellow who only checks trackbacks. Lamer.

• lolikitean is now a word. ghostlightning continues to rock my socks.

Right now it seems I’m prioritizing my work on this over more serious writing, so please reward my efforts with helpful feedback :)

So yeah. Please, download this and test it out. Even if you’ve played previous versions. There’s a lot of new content, save games from previous versions should still work, and Skip Mode should remember what text you read in previous versions (it does for me).

Major change not already mentioned: there is now a big warning below the the first menu. It should properly instruct players of the importance of the first choice. I added this message because a lot of people seem to have been clicking “Dude, you’re gayer than Baka-Raptor” button for the lulz. These people then complain about how gay the game is. With this menu, you select CCY’s sexuality.

Download whichever build floats your platform:
Mac: .zip, 7.1mb
Linux: .bz2, 3.8mb
Windows: .zip, 4.6mb

Anime bloggers featured/referenced thus far:
Baka-Raptor (mentioned)
CCY (male)
CJ (female)
Jason Miao (male)
lolikitsune (male)
Marmot (female)
Mike (mentioned)
Omo (female, genderbent)
Owen S. (male)

Known features which seem like bugs:
- none!
- “Help” button bug fixed, button is now properly hidden

Again—I don’t have character art, and I likely won’t ever if someone doesn’t contribute it. There will be credits. There probably won’t be payment. I want this to be an open “resource” for the aniblogosphere. So that people can say “I see what you did thar” and make their own VNs. Yeah.

Art? Contribute it.
Music? Contribute it.

I’m focusing on writing, and throwing in cop-out backgrounds where I can.

Random Thought: should I begin producing more organized changelogs? ;)

For those bitching about lack of visuals: there are now six unique backgrounds!

For those bitching about undeveloped plot: you can now **spoilers** with **spoilers**!

Download whichever build floats your platform:
Mac: .zip, 7.4mb
Linux: .bz2, 3.9mb
Windows: .zip, 4.7mb

Anime bloggers featured/referenced thus far:
Baka-Raptor (mentioned)
CCY (male)
CJ (female)
Jason Miao (male)
lolikitsune (male)
Mike (mentioned)
Omo (female, genderbent)
Owen S. (male)

Known features which seem like bugs:
- clicking “Help” crashes the program

Again—I don’t have character art, and I likely won’t ever if someone doesn’t contribute it. There will be credits. There probably won’t be payment. I want this to be an open “resource” for the aniblogosphere. So that people can say “I see what you did thar” and make their own VNs. Yeah.

Art? Contribute it.
Music? Contribute it.

I’m focusing on writing, and throwing in cop-out backgrounds where I can.

EDIT: Sixten has blogged about this project. He was ruefully wrong in many of his assertions—I would guess he didn’t play today’s release before posting—but it’s still an incredibly kind gesture. I appreciate the attention. I also appreciate the awesome art.

First thought "eroge material" – it’s like the visual novel that spawns visual novels or something… "Make CCY Make a VN! – the VN" – but like hell I’m Rule 34‚Ä≤ing myself, textually or otherwise.

And little did he know. What was said. Would come to pass.

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

I present to you: Version 0.01 of CCY-senpai wa 17sai, a brand-new Visual Novel starring CCY. It’s not very visual yet, as I began this endeavor about three hours ago and have not made any art for it. Also, there’s no sound. But there’s some text. Enjoy the text. Salivate at the possibilities.

I figured out how to style text!

Download whichever build floats your platform:
Mac: .zip, 6.4mb
Linux: .bz2, 3.1mb
Windows: .zip, 3.8mb

Known features which seem like bugs:
- clicking “Help” crashes the program

And if you like the idea and spirit of this project—help? Please? Needs art and music. Feedback needed desperately as well.

P.S. I have not edited the appearance of the game at all; I am using a template provided by Ren’Py. Feedback on aesthetics or layout not necessary. Thx.

Next time get better at using punctuation.

Specifically, commas.

They aren’t your enemies.

Also, I only played the CJ route because—well. *ahem* ANYWAY. Needs moar. You can help by creating a sequel or extended second version. Alternatively make an entire game dedicated to balancing Chase’s budget while he bleeds money for CJ’s yaoi habit. That’d be awesome.

On a more serious note, and because I’m kind of out of the loop: is there any news on further such works from anyone? Is anyone making more aniblogger-related games or whatnot?

I need more.

More!!!

THE PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT