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A shout-out to Droid Productions

Hi everybody.You probably are already familiar with Love of Magic by Droid Productions.We're super happy to say that they have featured What a Legend in their game's latest release. If you now go to their MC's computer, you'll see him play WaL and comment on it.Love of Magic is a great story-driven game...

Status update + weekly report 14

Hi everybody.We hope you've had a great week and are ready to wind down for the weekend. It's been a busy week at MagicNuts, and we do have a piece of news about 0.3 content.0.3 ChangesFor Holly's story, we tried to make two significant changes to the quest-design to experiment and see if we could come up w...

Drawing footage - Gretta's sprite + facial expressions (short)

Hi there.Here's a video of Chestnut finishing Gretta's sprite and adding a few facial expressions (eyes and eyebrows).Gretta is a new character that will be added in 0.3. She's Waldo's wife (the gatekeeper) and comes to the gate in the afternoons to bring her husband snacks.This footage is at x5 speed.C...

Drawing footage - Gretta's sprite + facial expressions (extended)

Poll results - 0.3 hidden photos

Hi everybody.There will be two new hidden photos for 0.3, and we ran a poll to see which characters should be photographed.As you can see in the results above, Myrtle is the clear winner, but Holly and Gomira tied for second place. Given that this release focuses on Holly's story, we're going to go with Gomira ...

0.3 Teaser - Abe's character design

Hi everybody.Chestnut has been working on Abe's sprite, in addition to other stuff, and you can see some of his facial expressions and hand gestures in the image above.Abe is Holly's grandpa and has an important role in the upcoming release.Hope you enjoy it.Cheers

0.3 status update + weekly report 13

Hi everybody.We're at the end of July and have a couple of important points to discuss.Refunds:If you've joined us toward the end of July, you will be charged again in a few days once Patreon starts processing next month's subs. Sadly, this is how Patreon works, but do send us a message, and we'll refun...

Celestina's House - sketch, WIP, and result

Hi everybody,Celestina is a new character that will be added in 0.3. She's the village matchmaker and lives near the well.Here you can see Chestnut's artwork from line sketch, to colored WIP, and the final result.Some elements like the rocking chair are not in the final drawing because they are animated separat...

Weekly report 12

Hi everybody.This week we have worked entirely on Holly and her story, and here's a summary of our work:Art:Chestnut has been drawing new locations and working on Abraham's sprite. She's done with the Well, the video footage of which you can see here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/39650148 (shorter)https://w...

The well - video footage (short)

Hi everybody.Here's a footage of Chestnut drawing the well (in the village).This video is at x7 speed.We hope you enjoy it.Cheers

The well - video footage (extended)

Hi everybody.Here's a footage of Chestnut drawing the well (in the village).This video is at x7 speed and is not the entire thing because it would have become too long.We hope you enjoy it.Cheers

Poll results - naming Holly's grandpa

Hi everybody.The poll results are in and we have a name for Holly's grandpa: Abraham (Abe for short)A huge thank you to Moomoo Moon, Rusher19, and Ran Dursel who suggested these names, and we also want to thank all of you who voted.Cheers

Drawing footage - a scene from end of Main Story 1

Hello everybody.This is a video footage from one of the scenes of 0.3, the only one that we had recorded before deciding that we don't want to spoil the end of Main Story 1.But after watching it again and removing some parts of it, we concluded that we can show you this bit.It is at x4 speed, and here's hoping ...

Weekly report 11

Hello everybody.We hope you're all doing well and have had a wonderful week.Here are a couple of noteworthy points:New members:First of all, we want to welcome all of you who've joined us recently. We're super happy that you've decided to support us. It means a lot to us, and we'll try our best not ...

Weekly report 10

Hi everybody.We hope you've had a productive week and have stayed safe and healthy.It's been a busy week for us. As you see in the progress tracker, we have estimated the tasks for 0.3, and have been trying to advance as much as possible.Here's a summary of what we did this week.Art:Chestnut has completed t...

Poll results - Gretta's hairstyle

Hi everybody.Our last poll is concluded, and Gretta's going to be a redhead.As you can see in the image below, the styles 14 and 16 tied for the favorite.That means that we have to decide between them. Chestnut says that she thinks that she can give more visual details to style number 16; hence that's the one w...

Behind the scenes - 0.2 storyboards + sketches

Hi everybody.Today we thought of sharing a few of the storyboards and sketches that Chestnut had done for 0.2.She doesn't always do planned storyboards for every scene. Many times, she just begins drawing without composing it earlier. It's something we're doing differently for 0.3 (storyboarding all cutscen...

Weekly report 9

Hi everybody.It's not yet one week since our last report, but as it's Friday, we're going to outline what we've been doing these few days.As we had already mentioned earlier, 0.3 will conclude the Main Story 1 and will focus on Holly and Myrtle's introduction.These days, we have been writing stories...

Status update: 0.2 issues + what's next for 0.3

Hi everybody.A warm welcome to all you new patrons and a massive thank you to those of you who are staying with us and continuing to have our backs. We hope that you've all played 0.2 by now and are as excited for the next release as we are.There are a couple of issues that we think are important to discuss, and ot...

Wallpapers (contains 0.2 spoilers)

Hi everybody.Here are the splash images of the new characters (Madeline and Gomira). They are in full HD and a larger version of it (1920x2160).Some of you asked for wallpapers of particular scenes from the latest release. Although there were not drawn to be FHD wallpapers, we've attached those as well. The advanta...

0.2 download links + release notes

Hi everybody.First and foremost, a huge thank you to all of you who have supported us on Patreon. We would not have been able to work 2-months on this game, full-time as we did, if it wasn't because of you. Thank you.Second, the community on Discord and on F95 has been fantastic, supportive, and has given us valuab...

0.2 status + weekly report 8

Hello everybody.As you probably know, if you have seen the progress tracker, the next version of the game is ready. We are testing and polishing things to ensure that it is as bug-free and smooth on release as we can make it.Here are a couple of relevant points:Old saves:We have tested the game for compatibility of the...

Demon Wine - video footage

Here's a video recording of Chestnut drawing a bottle of Demon Wine. This artwork will be a part of the 0.2 update. The illustration seen here is not the final result, since we don't want to spoil it for you.We hope that you enjoy this short video.It is at x5 speed.Cheers

Teaser - GUI improvements

Hi everybody.When we first released the game, one of the most significant design issues the community raised was the GUI's blandness.At the time, we didn't see any issues with its design and decided to put it off until much later.But after experimenting with the look of the main textbox, we saw a huge improveme...

Gomira's splash art - video footage (short)

Hi everybody.Here's a video recording of Chestnut drawing Gomira's art for the game splash. She ended up looking as bad-ass as we had envisioned her, and we hope that you'll like it.This video is at x7 speed.Cheers

Gomira's splash art - video footage (extended)

Weekly status report 7

Hi everybody.It's been a busy week. We're so close to finishing the update that it's both exciting and nerve-wracking. Here's a summary of what we did:Art:Chestnut completed the sex scenes. Now all that's left to do is one hidden art plus a lot of smaller touch-ups and edits to other artworks (e.g.,...

Poll results - 0.3 character

Hi everybody.Here are the results of the poll deciding 0.3 introductory quest.As you can see, in the next update, we'll begin Holly' quests.Thank you to all of you who voted, and we hope that you like these results.Have a great great day,Cheers

The evolution of the MC

Hi everybody.Today we're sharing the evolution of our game's protagonist from the beginning to how he is now.1. We thought it would be cool to let players choose the race of their main character when we were still in the early phases of coming up with a story.Those were the days when we were more naive and didn...

Weekly status report 6

Hello everybody.We hope you've had a great week and are ready for the weekend.Here's a summary of what we did this week:Art:Chestnut completed the second sex scene. She also made a couple of changes to the cutscenes leading up to these scenes to match the dialogue lines.Posing:After completing the posing of the...