(old)Black Diary |Chapter One| [Proof of Concept]

Devlog

• New Page
  June 30, 2021 by Lehxra

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  #update, #devlog, #move, #new

  Black Diary will no longer use this page for updates, but it will still remain. All future development will be here: https://lehxra.itch.io/black-diary-remake-chapter-one... Continue reading
• BG update #3
  May 18, 2021 by Lehxra

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  #background, #bg, #update, #interactive fiction, #visual novel, #horror, #female protagonist, #art, #3d, #3d art, #unreal, #ue4, #renpy

  Hello. I've been doing some more level design. I added some screenshots. That's about it. Writing ended up being halted not long after the last update. I did start organizing and using my new writing... Continue reading

  
• Writing is coming along
  February 18, 2021 by Lehxra

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  #devlog, #interactive fiction, #visual novel, #horror, #novel, #female protagonist

  Just a tiny little update: I started back writing the story again. Didn't have much time to do anything last month since I was extremely focused on Karaoke Neighbor's re-release (check that out if yo... Continue reading

  
• Title Animation
  January 11, 2021 by Lehxra#devlog, #update, #bg, #animation, #horror, #vn, #visual novel, #horror game, #mystery, #art update, #female protagonist

  Hey all! Just popping back in quickly with the title screen animation I was working on. And compared to the original again:... Continue reading

  
• Happy New Year!
  January 01, 2021 by Lehxra

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  #happy new year, #new year, #update, #bg, #background, #animation, #art, #3d, #3d model, #devlog, #horror, #mystery, #vn, #visual novel, #female protagonist

  I've been working on the title screen graphic. I still have to learn how to create the flame, and I also have to add some more blood decals, so it's a work in progress. I created everything apart from... Continue reading

  
• Animation Update #1
  December 29, 2020 by Lehxra#devlog, #animated sprite, #sprites, #vn, #vndev, #visual novel, #horror game, #horror visual novel, #female protagonist, #poc, #poc mc, #art, #animation, #character animator

  I've been messing around with Adobe Character Animator again for the first time in a few years and it's so much fun to play with. I don't have Live2D and I don't think I feel like learning that any ti... Continue reading

  
• BG Update #2
  December 19, 2020 by Lehxra#ue4, #unreal engine, #bg, #art, #game art, #screenshot saturday, #saturday, #devlog, #horror, #mystery, #suspence, #horror game, #vn, #visual novel, #level design, #female protagonist

  Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! Just updating with some background screenshots (all subject to change in terms of lighting and/or post processing) I'll probably take a break from the level design part for... Continue reading

  
• BG Update
  December 15, 2020 by Lehxra#ue4, #unreal engine, #bg, #art, #game art, #devlog, #horror, #horror game, #vn, #visualnovel, #visual novel, #level design

  Hey, all! I've been working on the first "level"/scene bg that Natalia wakes up in. My level design class in UE4 has prepared me for this. Yay! So yeah, I went from SketchUp's Vray rendering, to cont... Continue reading

  
• MC Update #3
  December 11, 2020 by Lehxra

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  #devlog, #art, #anime, #horror game, #vn, #visualnovel, #female protagonist, #dressup, #fashion, #horror, #mystery, #character art, #character design

  I'm back again, and I come bearing outfits. That's about it, haha. -Lehxra... Continue reading

  
• MC Update #2 (?)
  December 09, 2020 by Lehxra#character, #character design, #mc update, #mc, #visual novel, #female protagonist, #art, #concept art, #character art, #interactive fiction, #horror game

  Hey, all. Hope everyone is doing well. As the title states, we have a new update for our MC. It's actually really big! Meet Natalia Soto . Formerly Shannon, as well as renamable, I've decided to give... Continue reading

  
• The biggest difference...
  September 24, 2020 by Lehxra#3d, #art, #rendering, #modeling, #sketchup, #bg, #environment, #background, #devlog, #horror, #mystery, #female-protagonist, #interactive fiction, #visual novel

  Look at these! Rendering makes such a big difference. I... should already know this, though, as a 3D artist myself... aha. So I'm using SketchUp + Vray, but I'm thinking about testing out Blender's... Continue reading

  
• Sketchup has rendering? This changes everything!
  July 09, 2020 by Lehxra#art, #bg, #backgrounds, #game art, #devlog, #render, #sketchup, #Black_Diary, #female protag, #interactive fiction

  (*Black Diary uses assets from the SketchUp Warehouse. Here's a collection I put together of what will be in the game. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/collection/b8bafc28-59c0-46d7-bbfb-1003e9b6520a... Continue reading

  
• New Year, New Character Design
  January 15, 2020 by Lehxra#art, #design, #character design, #female protag, #female protagonist, #vn, #visual novel, #interactive fiction

  Hey to everyone still following the development of this project! Happy New Year! With a new year, comes better looking visuals. For the past week or so I've been having this reoccurring thought about... Continue reading

  
• Timed choices
  August 08, 2019 by Lehxra#update, #devlog, #timed choices, #gameplay, #menus, #vn, #interactive fiction, #visual novel, #horror fiction, #horror, #suspense, #mystery

  Timed choices in games always makes me super anxious, but I guess that's part of the fun. I decided to throw some in mine, too! (The picture is just an example. I don't think she'll be dodging anythin... Continue reading

  
• More sprite updates and whatnot
  July 23, 2019 by Lehxra#art, #devlog, #dev, #character, #bg, #vn, #horror, #visual novel, #interactive fiction, #mystery, #game art, #game design

  I've been working in Ren'Py for the past couple of days trying to get the main things I want implemented done. While I am in no way a programmer, I can follow tuts pretty well. I got my blinking and t... Continue reading

  
• New cover concept art
  July 21, 2019 by Lehxra#devlog, #art, #update, #concept, #concepart, #concept art, #cover art, #new cover

  Made a concept of how the new cover should look. Since it's still just concept art, I may make a few more/do more changes, but I liked the idea of the diary's original owner being the subject of the c... Continue reading

  
• We've (kinda) got clothes and expressions!
  May 17, 2019 by Lehxra

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  #art, #progress, #dressup, #outfits, #update, #Black_Diary

  Just gotta get some shading and stuff on these outfits and my girl Shannon here will be done! That's all for now... Continue reading

  
• MC Update
  March 15, 2019 by Lehxra

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  Still very much a WIP, but I decided to change a few things about the MC because they were really bugging me. Hope she looks better now... Continue reading

  
• Slowly but surely getting a remake
  January 13, 2019 by Lehxra

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  #update, #remake, #rewrite, #vn, #dev

  Hey, all. Happy New Year and all that jazz. I realized that I never updated on this page and did most of my updating on Twitter and even some of the Amino's. Black Diary is getting a makeover, albeit... Continue reading

  
• SuNoFes17
  September 01, 2017 by Lehxra#game jam, #visual novel, #update

  Hi all! This project was made for the Summer Novel Festival, and although I had plenty of time to complete it, as you will (or already have) see, it is not that. I still have some more things to ad... Continue reading