Minor French translation corrections / Correction de la traduction franaise. Thank you Streekay for the proofreading in French and thank you RangerCoco for the proofreading in English.

[ 2022-11-01 15:20:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

It's finally out ! Enjoy !
This part ends exactly where I initially intended the 'true Demo' to end. It's a very important ending point to understand where this story is going. If you want to be updated for the future of this game, don't hesitate to Follow me on Twitter or Join the Discord !

Author's note :

With how little time I have to work on this game, I have decided to concentrate on promoting the game instead of 'just' working on it because it won't be good in the long run if I can't have a decent audience following this project. So expect to see me work on very short bonus games (in the same universe/story) that I'll release on Itchio to promote the main game. For example : I want to make a short game about the kidnapping of Timor and how it happened in his house !

[ 2022-10-30 14:29:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

For those who don't know, I've decided to release an early version before the True Release of the next part, because this is an ONLY ENGLISH version without the french translation and without a beta read. So instead of waiting 1 or 2 months more for me to finish these tasks, I decided to give a limited access to an early version for my English players. And then I'll take either 1 month or 2 to finish the translation and let a beta reader correct errors I missed. So the TRUE RELEASE might take 1 month minimum to be out, I stopped giving dates because of how awfully unpredictable my side job is. This part was supposed to be out in June, that's insane to me.

Here's how to access this early version :

I already made a raffle on my DISCORD to make a player win an Early Access, join me there for future raffles and info ! The other way to get it : Check the SECRETS section on my PATREON page (read well how it works because Patreon is pretty weird) I launched a Patreon page as a Developer and 2D Artist, if you enjoy my work and want to support me and also get Early Access to not only the next Parts but also many other things related to the game (behind the scenes) or Photoshop files and art for it, please consider checking it.
Or if you just want to leave a tip without specific rewards you can check my Ko-fi page ! Thank you so much !

Author's note :

I'm still in a position where I can't work full time on this game since I can't be financially stable with it (not even close to be stable), so sorry for those long waits and I hope you understand that I also need to take care of my sanity and not suffocate with this amount of work. This project is TOO IMPORTANT for me, but sadly I can't really focus on it 100%. I hope one day I can.

[ 2022-09-23 12:10:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey ! Very important things about the next Part and Early Access you can get !

PART 2

On my Discord I post updates on my progress for the next part of Five Stages of Pink, here's the last update : Dialogues = 100% Artwork = 95 % Character sprites and their 'animation' = 60% Gameplay (Point and Click + Journal elements) = 35% Sound and music = 0% So it's not out yet and I can't give definite dates for now. But there isnt much left ! This part was supposed to be finished within 2 months after the first launch. But I'm the unluckiest person : At the launch of the first part I was so ready and excited to work and finish the next part but one of my side jobs suddenly sent me urgent missions and I couldn't say no because I need to eat and sleep in a bed. And then I got VERY sick and 'suffered' for 3 whole weeks where I spent my time feeling guilty about not progressing anything (on the game and my side job). And with that I had to work on promoting my game in some ways and I noticed that I spent more time trying to promote it than actually MAKING the game. Being a solo developer without money is the worst. I just want to make games and write good stories. Seriously. Anyway, I hate talking about private life stuff but I wanted to explain to you my situation and why it took so long to even progress a little. And I decided to stop giving release dates I cant keep up with my unpredictable life. I hope you understand.

EARLY ACCESS

I made a raffle on my Discord to make a player win an Early Access (of two weeks) for the next part ! So don't hesitate to join the Discord to participate in future raffles !

You can get an Early Access too !

I decided to launch a Patreon page as a Developer and 2D Artist, if you enjoy my work and want to support me and also get a two weeks Early Access to not only the next Part but also many other things related to the game (behind the scenes) or early art and sketches for it, please check my PATREON page and especially the SECRETS section. I also make tutorials for artists and developers and post Photoshop files of my art with layers to show how I work, so it might interest some people who follow me !
Or if you just want to leave a tip without rewards you can check my Ko-fi page ! Thank you so much. (Two weeks is the time I let my beta reader correct minor errors/typos and to let me translate the game in french. So it's an only english version that might have errors I missed.)

BONUS CONTENT : I participated in a Jam

A dev friend of mine greatly advised me to participate in a Itchio Jam (O2A2) with the limitation of 1000 words, 1 background, 1 illustration, 1 music, all that in one week only. This is a VERY short bonus content game (15-20 min) in the same universe as Five Stages of Pink and with a character who's going to appear in a later part of the main game. Check it out !
Thank you so much for your support ! I seriously cant wait to finish the next part, Im so excited ! Follow me on Twitter !

[ 2022-07-30 10:27:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

I added the very first Steam Achievements for the first part ! It was quite fun to make. I had many ideas for future achievements but I fear spoilers so I'll just do it every chapter updates. I'm not gonna lie that for some of these you'll need to restart the first part. You can just skip through most things but still try to interact with everything so you won't miss the actual achievements ! I also changed the design of some characters, just a little.

NEXT PART "COMING SOON" !

Don't forget to follow me on Twitter ! Or Join the Discord !

[ 2022-07-04 12:45:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

What the title says ! I can now publish it for Mac and Linux players !

NEXT PART ?

Regarding the next part "coming soon", as I mentioned in my previous post, my unpredictable life took a turn (because of my side job) and I don't believe I'll finish it before the end of June, my wishes are for during July ! And I want to add Steam achievements ! So this will take time too ! Don't forget to join the DISCORD ! And my Twitter ! If you want to support the project (and support me) you can buy the Soundtrack, thank you so much !

[ 2022-06-18 19:41:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

It has been such an awesome first month for the game ! Starting form zero I didn't expect this many people showing their appreciation of my story/game ! Thank you so much for your support !

PART 2/3 COMING SOON !

Part 2/3 and not Part 2/2 ? I understood the difficulty in my situation to post regular updates with these really long chapters. As some of you know, I can't work full time on the game (yet), since I have a side job and an unpredictable life with it. And my fear as a creator is that the updates will take so long that players will forget about it or forget about the story, and if you played the first part you know how many info there is to retain in it, it's important for me to post sooner. So I decided to Fragment Chapters into 3 parts for now.

End of June ?

And the reason why this next part will be published this quickly is because, since I originally planned to post the whole Chapter 0 at first, I already made most of the arts of this part, so it will be faster. But I still have a lot to do ! So please, knowing this, understand that the next parts after that won't be this quick to be released ! (As long as I can't work full time on this project) End of June is my guess but don't take it as an absolute truth ! (it can be more or less actually) I seriously can't wait ! Don't forget that you can join our DISCORD ! And if you want to support the project, you can buy the Soundtrack here ! The Digital Art Book will come at some point but it takes longer !

[ 2022-05-28 10:44:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Two big changes

1) More Tutorials

Players didn't know that you are supposed to complete the Character Sheets yourself, it's not Automatic like the 'NOTES' Section. This is a big part of the game's features so it's important to understand it at the beginning of the story so you can pay more attention to dialogues and complete the Journal fully. This will not change the Main Story, if you complete a character profile you will get More Content about THEM specifically.
At first I wanted to make concise Tutorials, but from what other players said they didn't really retain what the Tutos said so I added more images, without changing much of the text, to help it.

2) Better Interrogation System

Now you know which subject you already asked about !
I knew I had to add this feature at some point but it was the most complicated thing to script, and I succeeded ! (For now) I hope it won't bring other types of bugs in the future. But I'm proud of how it turned out ! Some players also didn't know you could ask about Items of the first page ! Or ask about Sub-Titles and not just Titles (which is really important if you want to finish the first part). These things were explained in the Tutorial but like I said some players didn't really catch it I guess so I made better Tutorials about the Interrogation sessions (by just adding images).
I really hope this is the last BIG update of this first part of the game. It's really important for me that players understand fully every features of the game I worked hard on right from the beginning. I'll probably update it again for very minor corrections and stuff. Don't forget that you can join the Discord to ask about anything or just talk about the game ! Thank you for all your support !

[ 2022-05-15 15:01:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Join the very new Discord and don't hesitate to ask/inform/report/suggest/talk about anything concerning the game ! Even if I'm busy with the game's next part and everything around the release, I'll answer your questions there ! Click here to Join !
Thank you for your support ! Kaffein

[ 2022-05-06 16:39:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Original Soundtrack of Five Stages of Pink is out now ! Thanks to Steam's update system the Soundtrack file will automatically be updated for each Chapter releases. So you do not have to pay more for the additional future content of the soundtrack. Thank you for your support !
I would like to thank all the reviews since the game released ! And all the people that enjoyed this first part of the game. It's all thanks to you ! I'm already working on the second part of chapter 0, I'm so excited to show you what's to come next in this story ! Prepare yourselves and enjoy the ride !

[ 2022-05-05 13:58:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

After great feedbacks I added clarifications for some features. Some players didn't know you could skip already seen dialogues (with the right button) and also that the Dialogue History was in the menu (even though this was shown in the menu directly) So I added a 'Controls screen' in the beginning. I also added the possibility to hide the interface to see the artwork better with the middle click button. I changed very little things in dialogues to help players who believe they are stuck but are not.

[ 2022-05-03 12:13:53 CET ] [ Original post ]