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Novembear Jam and Chapter 7
Hello dear supporters,I hope you're all doing ok, or at least good enough to be able to move forward. That's my current status: surviving. I really hope that I will get some things going soon, but I am no longer expecting much. For the ones who followed me since last year, I have to say that things haven't ...
A little progress here, and a little there
Hello everyone.For the first time in the novel, we might use a random background with a filter on top of it...I just can't afford to commission new art for the novel right now. I added an extra part that was needed in the story to make more sense. In my head, it made sense. But it needs to make sense to everyone, s...
Chapter 6 - Change
Hey everyone. It's been a while again.I'm slowly getting accustomed to my work hours and all the work I need to do again. I haven't really recovered financially, but it is what it is for now. Things will become a bit more stable in the coming months, I'm sure, however, it will also take up a lot of my f...
Silence is wonderful, but don't let it get too quiet
Hello everyone,I know I posted recently that I would make time for the novel, yet here I am again writing that I want to write. Today, I had a realization: maybe...just maybe, I could have postponed getting a job and stuck to writing more to see where it would go. Maybe the support was there, but I didn't give it e...
Update on Bat Studios and Chapter 6
Hello everyone,It's been a while since the last update and I had to get you all up to speed with why the long silence.My new job has taken over my life and the little free time I have left, I use to decompress and relax. The good thing is that now I am becoming just a bit more financially stable which means that fu...
Beyond Romance: The Evolving Journey of Light My Way
Light My Way is kind of growing. Not in terms of the Patreon count necessarily, but growth has many forms. There are a few more YouTube channels that focus on furry visual novels that have picked up my story. I get a hit of dopamine every time I see a link being posted with Light My Way. If there is any type of drawing...
Inevitability
It's been a few weeks since my last entry here. I've been busy with a lot of things in my life. Something that has taken up a lot of my time has been the flat where my mom lived. I needed to remove all the furniture, paint the walls, basically clean it out as best as I can in order to give it back in proper sha...
Crash and grow
It's been a while since my last update here regarding...well, everything.I have considered not writing anymore about my life here and keeping things to myself or just talking about them with my real-life friends. But I figured that you should get to know more about who you are supporting even if you mostly care abo...
Giveaway winners announced!
https://batstudios47.itch.io/lightmyway/devlog/676579/giveaway-winners-announcedIf you've participated in my giveaway, please take a look and see if you've won!- Hadrian Maximus
Chapter 4 - Displacement Release!
Hello everyone!We are finally ready with the build. There are some things that still need to be edited, but for the most part the build is solid and stable. Let's hope you all like it. It's been a while yes, and I know it's not how I planned it, but I can't do more than I am doing now...Anyway. Let'...
Grand Unification Day
Hello everyone. I know it's been very slow with
Obstacles are just there to get us hyped for victory
Soundtrack: Dark Waves by Attack Attack!Life, like most things, is not some linear constant that we can easily sail with cruising winds behind us while we sip on a cocktail and enjoy the breeze. Life tends to shake us, sometimes flat out smack us with a closed fist and then laugh at how weak we truly are. Other times e...
Let the New Year in, leave the old one out
We've managed to finish another rotation of our planet around the sun. I've never been much of a Christmas guy, but the New Year hits different for me. Today is a day of reflection: what did I achieve this year? What were my mistakes, and what could I have done better? I always use this time to think about my f...
A different holiday
I arrived at a friend's place 2 days ago. I decided that I didn't want to spend the holidays by myself at home, so I travelled 6 hours by train to get here. It's cold and windy, but it's where my friends live, and that's the most important part of it all. There is so much social pressure, especially...
Time does heal
Things have been moving along in the past few weeks. Although it's been only a month since that final day, I am going through a better phase now. Yesterday was exactly one month since my mom passed away, and even though this is probably the most amount of time I have ever spent in my life not talking to her face to...
Recovery
Losing a loved one, especially a mother, is a profound and heart-wrenching experience. It's a journey through the deepest valleys of grief and despair, and I find myself on that path now. My mother's battle with cancer ended, leaving an unforgettable and powerful mark on my life.The weight of this loss is like ...
Acceptance
Soundtrack: lynyrd Skynyrd - Free BirdThere is no easy way for it though. Acceptance. Mom is gone. Accept? No. Well...yes. I have to. There's no other option, is there...So I have to move on one way or the other.Define "the other": stay stuck forever in memories and feelings long past and have a semi-functi...
The light, the void and everything
It's 21:27. I am at the hospital in this room that's meant for coffee breaks, I assume. The light towards the hallway only shows me the way to where a strong void awaits. I'm no longer sure how to feel. Some days, it's ok and bearable. Some days, it's pure chaos in my head. Today is a good day. And ...
A life worth living
Dear readers,It's getting close to the point of no return for my mother. I am with her every day trying to do my best to help out as best I can. I wanted to share with you some things about me so maybe you get to know me better.I came from nothing. After my drunk and violent dad left the picture when my mother fina...
Better days are coming (sad entry, read at your own risk!)
At least I hope they are. I've been going through some tough times lately. My mother has become so much worse in the past weeks that she can barely walk. I need to be there daily to take care of basic stuff like washing dishes, cleaning around the flat, and doing other household chores. I don't mind in the slig...
A short update on things now
I played the novel with the new sprites yesterday. It felt weird, but I expected it to be that way. I mean, for the better part of a year, I have been familiarizing myself with the old sprites. For most of you on the other hand, this change will have a much lower shock level especially since you had the illustrations t...
A short story
Hello everyone,I would like to post from time to time some of my short stories that I wrote. Some were written during writing courses, others were written by me for fun when I had a bit of inspirtaion. I don't know how often I'll post these, but here's one. Feel free to tell me what you think about them.Pat...
Rethinking how Light My Way moves forward
Hello everyone. It has been a few days since I returned from Eurofurence but I didn't get to write an entry here. I kind of hesitated because I wasn't sure of the direction of the novel and some other stuff that I'll explain below. But now I have more clarity and I want to share with you my future plans for...
Chapter 2 now live!
Hello, everyone!After days of agonizing with Itch and Patreon, Ibelieve we finally managed to get everything settled. Use this link to access the project if you are a Patreon:https://batstudios47.itch.io/bat-studios-patreons/patreon-accessThere will be a follow-up devlog with more details about our future plans, but fo...
1000 downloads!
19 days after the release of the demo build, Light My Way has finally reached 1000 downloads. You can see by the graph above how fast the hype went away. The first 500 downloads happened in about 6 days I believe. Then almost 2 weeks for the same amount to happen. The views (top graph) didn't drop like the download...
An open-ended beginning
Hello dear readers,I wanted to start my Patreon-only content by telling you what you can expect from me. Since I'm not a visual artist, I won't have many artworks to share outside of some spoilers if you'll want to see them. I could post sketches and such, but that will be dependent on you, if you prefer to...
