I was going to do monthly blogs as a regular thing but I'm stupid and forgot to keep doing it. On the bright side I get a lot of stuff to post at once so yay

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DM-100's prologue is finally done! This 1st volume cover was actually done at the same time as prologue's cover (which I submitted for Robot Day initially) so it's been sitting in my computer folder collecting digital dust for the past few months. Though I'd planned to post pages weekly, it's quickly becoming obvious that's a little too difficult for me to do so I think I'll just stockpile the pages for Ch. 1 (about 12 pages total) before posting. Currently, I'm redoing reference sheets for the characters and maybe make some references for the environments as well. For the next month or two the comic will be put on hold, since I'll be doing other things which are....

Game jams!

I recently submitted a game for Kaijujam 2 on itch.io! The slightly updated version has just been released here on NG. Me and Reim had only two weeks to work on it so it's an extremely short game (about 20mins playtime max.) but if you're into funny shenanigans, light reading and short minigames, maybe you'll enjoy the game!

Come May we'll also be working on another game jam, this one with a two-month time frame. It's an otome-game jam, a genre I've been curious about for some time because I like writing and I haven't gotten the chance to do a lot of that with most games I work on with Reim. I probably won't be posting the game on NG because of that though (pretty sure none of you guys here are into otome games lol), but if you want to check it out later, it'll be on my itch account.

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Other than that, I've just been busy with commissions from Fiverr (and other super-secret projects). If you ever need a few character reference sheets done, I'm always up for it! Here are some of the stuff I like from the past few months:

That's all for April. Hopefully, I'll remember to post again next month.

I haven't posted art in a while and there's a good reason for that. This year I'm dedicating a lot of time working on projects larger than ever before!

You may remember this from my submission for Robot Day last year. Starting February, I'll be posting the pages of the prologue chapter for a webcomic series I'm developing! D-Minus 100 is a sci-fi mystery drama set in the near future, one hundred days before the end of the world. It's a mix of crime drama, dystopian sci-fi and good old action. I'm planning to post pages weekly on my Newgrounds account first, then eventually start posting to more mainstream webcomic sites when I have more pages completed. Look forward to that!

I'm also collaborating with a bunch of new people this year for a Halloween game submission! In recent years I've been making one or two games per year with my friend Reim (who I've managed to abduct to Newgrounds). It's been a really fun hobby and I'm excited to have the opportunity now to make a more polished game with more people involved! As we get closer to the date I'll reveal more about the game but I've got a good feeling it's gonna be a lot better than any game I've worked on before.

Also in other news, I wanted to share a bit of the work I've been doing on Fiverr. Surprisingly I've been getting a pretty consistent amount of orders in the past few months. It started as a little experiment but it's become a nice source of extra income! I recommend others who are getting into freelance art give it a shot. Feel free to ask if you're curious about how to get started there!

Here are a few examples of the characters sheets I got to work on! Some of them were very different from what I'm used to drawing. I've definitely learned a lot of new things from the experience.

Well, that's all for this month. Maybe I'll make monthly blog posts a thing.

I lied, it's not that big of a post lol. Just a few updates:

- In an effort to do more freelance work I've setup a new Fiverr page where you can order my services. As of the moment, I'm offering to make character sheets, comic pages and illustrations. The prices are as low as $15-25! Please check them out if it interests you!

- Good news on the game-making end, Reim and I have started learning Godot recently (our poor laptops can't handle Unity, unfortunately). While this doesn't really change the type of games we'll still be making, it will allow us to more freely define game mechanics. The restrictions of RPGMaker have always been a pain in the side and hopefully moving to a more powerful game engine will allow us to massively improve the content we make. We've still got a long way to go but we're working on it!

I'm still dreaming of the day I can fuel my crippling gacha addiction with my own game.

- Last update. Robot Day is coming up on NG this month and since I have an unhealthy love of robots I'm preparing something to post this year. It's a li'l side project I've been doing on my own, which hopefully I can finally publish on NG sometime next year.

We fixed some bugs for My Father Sold My Soul for One Million Gold?!. The update notes are in the description of the game.

I might've mentioned it but we're in the conceptual stages for a sequel game. No promises yet tho, coz Idk when it's gonna finish. I told Reim to just take it slow for this one.

If you know you know.

My Father Sold My Soul for One Million Gold is frontpaged hooray!

I just only wish people will read the description because that one bug is literally so easy to solve, nothing but a minor inconvenience. Click save. Right click to cancel. Resume game.

Anyway, thanks for the frontpage NG! Reim and I are working on a pretty big game next so look forward to that!

Heyo.

I've worked with ReimHarbert to make changes to My Father Sold My Soul for One Million Gold?! We basically reverted the difficulty to an earlier version. It's way easier now past the second season, but I think that's preferable compared to the previous version.

The new changes are:

- Lower wage and wage increase per season

- Starting income now 20k gold

- Rina starts at lv 3 in Maintenance; Mish starts at lv 3 in Bartending

If you still wanna try the hardcore previous version, it is 100% doable (just very difficult). You can download that version from its RMN gamepage.

Speaking of which, we often post our games there first, since a lot of them are RPGs and we like to do the small events there. You can check them out there at our respective accounts Marmalade and CrazyBabi. Our RPGs tend to not do well on NG from my experience, so we rarely upload them here.

Right now we're developing a short comedy-mystery RPG for a Pride month event. Have a look if interested, it's got goofy characters.

Not clickbait, it's literally the title.

I had a game from earlier this year that was lying around so I thought might as well upload it here too. It's a tavern simulation game I developed with @ReimHarbert about cute anime girls and selling souls to devils. It's fun, trust me. Check it out if you're into management games!

... a character drawn, I am open to commissions.

I won't be working on any games/projects for the time being plus I really do be needing the extra moola. I'm open to other types of commissions as well, feel free to hit me up. There's a collabinator post with the deets but here's a copy-paste:

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I'm opening up commissions for some much-needed funds. My specialty is in character design, so hit me up if you want a character drawn or have one in mind that you need to flesh out. Maybe you need a reference sheet, game asset, or just want to get a nice pretty illustration. I can do people (male and female), monsters, monster people, even machines (if not too complex). I'm very open to most things.

Prices for a single character:

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Monochrome / only shading without clean lineart ~$30

(max two revisions, will be done in about two days)

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Full color and lineart ~$50

(max three revisions, will be done in up to three days)

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A scene with background / complex poses ~$70

(max four revisions, will be done in up to five days)

If there are bonus requests I may ask for a ~$10 increase from the base price, per request.

Additionally, if there are extra characters that are also in the main focus, that is a 50% increase from the base price for each character.

Price may be negotiable if it's similar to stuff I've done before, so it'd be easier for me to do.

I can only receive payment through PayPal.

You can contact me here via private message or shoot me an email at marckusello@gmail.com

A.k.a serial arson the game. Give it a shot if you're a fan of

a) RPGs

b) being an NPC slave

c) setting things on fire

d) all of the above

Merry Christmas! Here's to hoping Santa lets me find a good deal on Christmas sales on the weekend.

You know that time I uploaded a game and it couldn't run past the thirty minutes mark or so?

We're doing something like that again.

For Christmas this year Reim and I are going to be releasing another RPG Maker game, this one about burning witches and getting money. It's a comedy powered by memes and puns. If you remember Errevale Fall, this one is about the same caliber as that one in terms of mechanics and story elements, except with a lot of quality improvements. Though you might also remember that Errevale Fall crashes after a certain point due to a loading error. So did we ever get to fixing that issue? Yes, but actually no.

To avoid another fiasco, I'd like to ask if anyone is willing to test the game first from start to finish. I have the project already set up on NG with the latest version of the game (finished, minus some post-game content) so if anyone's willing I can invite you in and you can see if you can play it on the preview. I have nothing in return other than my undying gratitude and love though, plus an extra special spot in the credits.

Let's hope everything works out. We plan to finish/release it soon, possibly in about a week.