Shivering Hearts

Devlog

• March Update
  March 03, 2021 by Mischa

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  Wow, I definitely underestimated the sheer amount of Photoshop work to be done. I thought I was nearly done once I finished all the drawings. Boy was I wrong haha. Shivering Hearts is built from aroun... Continue reading

  
• January 2021 Progress
  February 03, 2021 by Mischa

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  Over the month of Jan, I completed inking the character portraits and landscapes, and have done most of the photoshop work, cropping and editing all the images. Now I’m up to importing them all into... Continue reading

  
• Happy New Year~
  January 01, 2021 by Mischa

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  Hiyo, Happy New Years everyone! Hope everyone's doing well. Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been adjusting to my part time job on top of general holiday festivities. But I felt compelled to write... Continue reading

  
• RPG Maker MV Watercolor Tutorial - Dev Diary Video #3
  December 11, 2020 by Mischa

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  Done! Phew, this was intense. Apologies if it's very dense with information and visuals, but I like to be thorough. Continuing Development Now that's done and dusted I want to go back to developing Sh... Continue reading

  
• Shivering Hearts HD 1080p Test
  November 23, 2020 by Mischa

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  Very quick Youtube vid of the game at 1080p... Continue reading
• 1920 x 1080 Resolution
  November 20, 2020 by Mischa

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  Just figured out how to import my drawings into RPG Maker MV at 1920 x 1080 through plugins without having the interface scale terribly or cause horrible memory leaks, so glad it runs buttery smooth,... Continue reading
• Designing Combat - Dev Diary Video #2
  November 11, 2020 by Mischa

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  Heya everyone, Second developer diary is out! Another 40ish hours put into this but real happy with this one even though I end up getting side-tracked as always and talk endlessly about other games, b... Continue reading

  
• Digital drawings
  October 14, 2020 by Mischa

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  Sup, Phew, that was intense. I've had this Wacom tablet for about 7 years but I never felt comfortable transitioning to it. But this portfolio gave me a lot of practice, especially learning about shad... Continue reading

  
• Social Media + Inking
  October 06, 2020 by Mischa

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  Hiyo everyone, Youtube After trying out a few different social media platforms, I've had to really sit down and decide which one to focus on rather than spreading my efforts too thin, and I feel that... Continue reading

  
• Drawing Timelapse - Sera Portrait
  October 01, 2020 by Mischa

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  Hi ya'll, Another timelapse, feel like I'm slowly improving editing. Feel like 5 minutes is more watchable as well... Continue reading
• Inking Landscape Timelapse #1
  September 19, 2020 by Mischa

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  Heya friendos, hope you're weekend is going well. First edited timelapse drawing. 1.5 hours compressed to 20 minutes with music if you want something in the background. Trying to film it in a better w... Continue reading
• Dev Diary Video #1
  September 14, 2020 by Mischa

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  Hope ya'll taking care of yourselves during these tough times~ Check out the first video in my dev diary series! This goes into my influences and why I made Shivering Hearts rather than specifically t... Continue reading

  
• Shivering Hearts on Steam!
  July 16, 2020 by Mischa

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  Bit of a late post, but I've managed to put Shivering Hearts on Steam! Release date is the 21st July :) Give it a wishlist~ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1351820/Shivering_Hearts/ Thank you to ev... Continue reading

  
• Design Ethos & Process
  June 28, 2020 by Mischa

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  Heyo, Just wanted to separate my "Design Ethos and Process" section on the store page into it's own Devlog article for my own preference. While I do think that I have created beautiful drawings and a... Continue reading
• Preparing Steam Release
  June 26, 2020 by Mischa

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  Hey everyone. Currently am preparing the Steam Store page for Shivering Hearts. I set the release date for July 15th but the page isn't live yet, still need to create a few more graphical assets. Uplo... Continue reading

  
• Mac Port Delayed
  June 12, 2020 by Mischa

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  Hi everyone, Mac Port Delayed It is with a heavy heart that I have to say that I am going to have to delay the Mac release for Shivering Hearts. For those that don't know, I have been using RPG Maker... Continue reading

  
• Demo Finished!
  June 05, 2020 by Mischa

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  Hi everyone, I'm happy to say that the free trial/demo is complete! Wow, as always these things take longer than expected. A significant amount of time went into the new visuals and bug-testing to mak... Continue reading

  
• Demo Update 3
  June 03, 2020 by Mischa

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  Hi everyone, Wow, got pretty sick over the weekend ain't gonna lie. Helping relatives move house and working in the rain for hours on end got me pretty bed-ridden on Monday *sweat-drop emoji*. But I'm... Continue reading

  
• Demo Update 2
  May 29, 2020 by Mischa

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  Heyo, A broken promise Making good progress on the demo + new drawing for it. Tried to draw fireflies but they kinda look like floating marbles. About 12 hours of drawing + painting, still more to go... Continue reading

  
• Demo Drawing Progress
  May 28, 2020 by Mischa

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  Hi everyone, I'm currently working hard on the demo. I have written the majority of the script and am doing a drawing for an area exclusive to the demo. Thought I'd share my progress, so far this has... Continue reading

  
• Creating Trial Version + General Post-release thoughts
  May 26, 2020 by Mischa

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  #Self-Reflection, #Post-mortem-release-depression, #but-also-motivated

  Hi everyone, Thought I'd try use this devlog function! Pretty nifty, actually. Trial Version I just wanna say that I'm creating a free trial version for Shivering Hearts at the moment. I actually feel... Continue reading