NINE GATES

Hey everyone! I know what I had to show you last month was kind of small and didn’t really include an actual update, but hopefully what I have this month (An actual update, and also a story that is already five times larger than the previous story as of writing this).
Over the past two months I changed gears a bit to write some stuff that I consider more so instant gratification than the visual novel. It’s a separate story in the same time period as 1000 Gates which makes use of characters who I couldn’t find a place for in the VN itself. That said, part 1 of 1000 Gates is formatted and all that needs to be done with it is visual asset creation, which I’m collaborating on with my sister to make. There may also be a few music tracks done for it by a friend of a friend, though that’s much more up in the air.

Below is a UI mockup with what we plan to do for the “Adventure” layout. I don’t have any interactivity planned for the first part, as I’m mostly using it to familiarize myself with the format, though if I decide to continue Zag’s story in this format afterwards I’ll have to consider how/if I’d like to include that sort of “Choose your own adventure” format.

_{Please note that Balmora from Morrowind will not appear in 1000 Gates: This Cycle Cannot Be Terminated}

Also, if you’ve read Step Softly, Sister of Shadow, which SHOULD be released at the same time as this post, here are some sketches of the characters: