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AnimeCon Harem 11: The Charm Meta
“Rebeccaaa?” Emily asked, leaning into the Westerlin’s public restroom and peeking inside as she rapped a knuckle against the door in a seven note shave and a haircut riff. “Chinga tu madre—cabrón!”“Emily!” Rebecca’s shy voice issued out from the farthest stall. “What if someone else was in here?! You realize I know that you’re swearing!”Back when Rebecca had first been introduced to their friend group and they discovered she didn’t approve of their constant bad language, Mike, Will, and Emily would switch to Spanish ...
AHE: Destroyed Lobby
Our second bad end illustration, the first one being the destroyed hotel room. This is honestly a great angle of the lobby regardless though, and I'll likely order an undamaged version of this one just because I like the sense of depth and space it gives us.7/28/2021: AnimeCon attendees reacting to car.7/6/2021: Additional variation without the car so that we can use this angle in normal contexts.7/14/2021: Non-destroyed Lobby populated.1/22/2022 Alternate crowd:Combining crowd layers gives us a great overcrowded version, too:( Destroyed We...
RE: Trailer Trash 34: The music just right for Elena.
“Well?! What did you think?” Ziggy asked, leaning in close over the Hot Topic counter. “How many of them did you get through?”This was Elena’s fourth visit to the dark haunt of Fairfield Mall’s Hot Topic store, and in essence this trip was solidifying her shaky friendship with Ziggy, the mall’s other resident goth chick. Conversing with the older teen was still awkward for Elena, both because of the five-year gap in their ages, and because crossing the boundary between customer and employee like this just felt weird. Ziggy had see...
RE: Trailer Trash 7 pt
/// This one still needs a lot of refining, but I was loath to sit on uncompleted sections for both of my fictions so I'm going to post this bit up with the disclaimer that it's still getting a lot of work done to it“Well?! What did you think?” Ziggy asked, leaning in close over the Hot Topic counter. “How many of them did you get through?”This was Elena’s fourth visit to the dark haunt of Fairfield’s Hot Topic store, and in essence this trip was solidifying her shaky friendship with Ziggy, the mall’s other resident goth c...
AHE December 2020 poll
The October illustration (Emily giving Brian the harem charm) hasn't even been started yet, I postponed so that we could first squeeze in any and all last-minute changes and tweaks to both the Brian and Emily character designs. Zaph is almost done with both! I'm shuffling things around a bit so that the November illustration is in line immediately after the October one, followed by Secret illustration #3, so that only after we're caught up on illustrations will we return to regular work on character sheets. May environment poll. Jun...
AnimeCon Harem Z: Z pt 1
“Hello,” Kelly sighs out in a tired voice. “This is Kelly Brandt or Kelly Zee-one-six, and you are in immediate, life-threatening danger. You are now in the Zee branch of timelines and for the bands I’m sending to, it is eleven-thirty-one A.M. on Sunday morning. If you are in this range of sending, it is already too late to escape the city without losing Emily. You need to hunker down at the convention center until you can be evacuated at the end of March.”“Can’t coddle you with explanations,” Kelly said, patting the stump of he...
RE: Trailer Trash 33, Getting the big news.
This place doesn’t have to be trashy, Tabitha thought as she knelt on the edge of the street, picking pieces of garbage out of the weeds and tucking them into the plastic bag by her knees.Wearing a pair of jeans over her flannel pajamas and bundled up again in her father’s oversized sweatshirt, Tabitha’s efforts began just outside the steps of her trailer in their sparse yard, where she filled a little grocery bag up with weeds as she painstakingly tugged them up one by one. It hadn’t been easy—each stubborn thing had to be pried from...
RE: Trailer Trash 32, Returning to where she belongs.
“I call shenanigans!” Mr. Macintire complained with a wide smile. “Not fair, absolutely not fair. Hannah Banana, you tell them Miss Tabitha’s not allowed to leave the hospital yet. I’ve put in waaay more hospital time already, but somehow I still don’t get to leave!”The exaggerated pout the grown man put on when his seven-year-old daughter was here was absolutely adorkable, and Tabitha couldn’t help but grin at seeing him in this new light. Both Mrs. Macintire and Hannah happened to be visiting with him when they stopped by and ...
AnimeCon Harem 11: Return to AnimeCon
Car doors slammed closed, everyone stepped away from the vehicle, and it indeed seemed like they were finally ready to go. To Emily’s surprise, Stephanie and Kelly seemed to share a meaningful look with each other, and then both of the girls ceded Brian to Emily without a word. Having fully expected to be sidelined, Emily stared at Brian’s hand held in hers in surprise as their group trooped down the sidewalk towards the crosswalk. It was nice, and she was thrilled, but it was hard not to wonder if those two were communicating with magic so...
AHE: Brian design NSFW
This is Yee's second character set for us; the game protagonist Brian. Once again the difference in styles gives the character a very different visual vibe. Still not sure if this art is the right fit for us, but Yee's speed of completion and professionalism are definitely top-notch. We used our previous Brian designs as references for these ones.Again, nothing is final and we'll be running a user poll to determine what art direction we go with for the main cast characters. In the meantime as Rawr hasn't even started on a first ...
AnimeCon Harem 11: Doubting his Luck
It was a picturesque scene; a fiery-haired beauty walking alongside the lovely blue water of the poolside, while framed behind by the flowering plants of the hotel’s cabana courtyard decor. The young woman had a long, confident stride and a presence about her that naturally commanded attention—despite the gorgeous girls at his side, Brian still felt a little starstruck at the sight of Kelly, because Kelly impressed.None of this weekend seems even remotely possible, Brian thought to himself, not quite daring to shake his head in disbelief.Th...
AHE: Rebecca design NSFW
Keeping with her sleepy-eyed aesthetic, her LARP tunic turned out amazing and she looks just as cute in her frumpy sweater. Only has a minor appearance in day one, but everyone's been eager to see her.10/2/20 Rebecca front:( Chloe design | AnimeCon Harem Eroge | August illustration )
AHE November 2020 poll
May environment poll, 23/51 patrons chose Hotel Room scenes.June environment poll, 21/48 patrons chose Exterior scenes.July environment poll, 24/45 patrons chose Story scenes.August environment poll, 21/53 patrons chose Sidestory scenes.September illustration poll, 37/82 patrons chose Kelly & Stephanie illustration.October illustration poll, 53/97 patrons chose Emily & Brian illustration.This time our theme is Truth or Dare, as that game event will require the most unique illustrations... by far. I prepared options that give us an equal distrib...
AHE: End Scenes
FAIL STATE CHOICES:Unimplemented as of yet, but most fail state choices in the game are planned to lead a lone and miserable Brian to drive out to a bar where he gets incredibly drunk. After a scene there, the player will be presented with the options: Drive back to the convention center. Drive back to the hotel room. Walk back to the downtown area.Choosing drive back to the convention center fades to black and then reopens on a scene where Brian wakes up to discover that while drunk, he drove through the entrance of the convention center total...
AHE: Convention Lobby 2
This started out as Hallway 2 and would've been an area visibly adjacent to and connecting to the Convention Lobby. But, after seeing how it turned out I've decided to label this one Convention Lobby 2 instead, as it looks like we're just slightly removed from the main lobby floor area and off to the side a bit. Think that makes me like this one even more honestly, helps give a feel that this is a real place you can hang out in and explore.2/16/2021 Attendee crowd added, 8/04/2021 Had Yee correct the crowd perspective plane to bette...
AnimeCon Harem 11: Life She Leaves Behind
Kelly couldn’t help but feel sympathy for the obvious look of heartache that crossed Stephanie’s features at the reminder, but Brian had been on the lookout for it and managed to slightly appease her with a tender kiss. Stephanie managed to muster a warm smile, but Kelly could see how difficult it was for her knowing that everyone she’d just fallen so far and so hard in love for was about to be out of arm’s reach for a good long while.There weren’t any ‘buck up, kiddo,’ aphorisms Kelly had for her, either. She found herself warrin...
AnimeCon Harem 11: Fertile Ashes
As it turned out, the Westerlin hotel did feature a small pair of restrooms right off the hotel lobby, directly across from a partitioned-off dining area where she remembered enjoying a continental breakfast during last year’s AnimeCon. The ladies’ room was clean and well-lit, containing the expected basic amenities—Rebecca had hurried past the row of sinks beneath the wide mirror and into the privacy of the farthest stall, a larger handicapped-accessible one.There was no time for Rebecca to undo her sword belt or unwrap the winnagas woun...
AHE: Convention Atrium background
I don't like how this one turned out, going to recommission after we have some of the entrance feature and broad lower level / upper level illustrations for him to work off of so that things fit together better aesthetic-wise. Although all the references I sent him were of convention center amphitheaters, this still just gives off an ordinary basketball court vibe.Having him add in the girders helped, but... ehh. Think I'm going to have him reduce the amount of seats and have them in a horseshoe orientation facing a glass feature overlo...
AHE: Emily Designs
3 Character designs.02/16/2022 Emily design:06/13/2022 Emily sitting design:02/25/2022 Emily posing design:( Brian Designs | AnimeCon Harem Eroge | Brian's Apartment )
AHE: Convention Event Room
5/23/2021: Event room populated with card players.11/22/2021: Casual crowd for between events, featuring Rose and Servek.Not a lot to say, I'm in the zone writing right now and wanted to keep you guys updated without getting myself too distracted. Zaph's skipped over the Secret Illustration for a bit and is working on Emily version 2. Test images for that are up on the discord.( Convention Panel Room | AnimeCon Harem Eroge | Convention Lobby 2 )
AHE October 2020 poll
Our first illustration depicting Megan and Stephanie as they first arrive at AnimeCon turned out pretty well, followed by Kelly applying Stephanie's makeup, which won the September poll. We now have a Chloe design that I feel is pretty spot-on, and since we'll be redoing the Emily design this month, I decided to open up our options a little bit more.Our current running theme is characters in their first scenes together, which is a good foundation to build up our collection of illustrations with. For the November illustration poll, the t...
AHE: Rebecca & Chloe
Keeping with her sleepy-eyed aesthetic, her LARP tunic turned out amazing and she looks just as cute in her frumpy sweater. Only has a minor appearance in day one, but everyone's been eager to see her.10/2/20 Rebecca front:For Chloe we have a casual outfit, gymnast leotard, and Magical Doll Himari cosplay, basically just our concept tests for what she might look like as she only has one tiny appearance in the day one content.9/1/20 Chloe front:( Brian & Emily | AnimeCon Harem Eroge | Zaph illustrations 1 )
AHE: Rebecca & Chloe Designs
2 character designs.06/07/2021 Rebecca front design:05/07/2022 Chloe front design:( Convention Lobby | AnimeCon Harem Eroge | Rebecca's Car )
AHE: Zaph Illustrations 1
In the full year Zaphryon was filling orders for us, we hired him to do both character designs and in-game illustrations of various scenes. Here's Emily handing Brian the harem charm for the prologue:This would have been the first appearance of Megan and Stephanie together before meeting Brian in the Gijinka Capture chapter:Brian and Stephanie's collision:The resulting cliche where she lands atop him in a compromising position:( Rebecca & Chloe | AnimeCon Harem Eroge | Zaph Illustrations 2 )
AHE: Classi Cafe
Shortly after introducing himself to Stephanie, Brian invites her to share a meal with him at a particular classy cafe situated right inside the convention center. Between the hall AnimeCon is hosted in and the next hall over where a business expo is taking place, the cafe is out of the way and absurd prices ensure that it's never too crowded with long lines of weeaboos like AnimeCon's own concessions area. (ര̀ᴗര́)و ̑̑3 background illustrations, 3 background crowds, 1 character illustration.8/25/2020 Cafe booth v1 has been re...
Infinite Stars Early Access
Infinite Stars is something of a sister project to our AnimeCon Harem Eroge, because we share Zaphryon as our character artist. We've taken our relationship further by collaborating to share designs between games wherever able (Infinite Stars cast as convention cosplayers, AnimeCon Harem characters to help populate ship crewman) as well as early game releases.Well, turns out they're substantially ahead of us, as they're offering their patron-only early access today, which is also being extended as a courtesy to all of my patrons her...
AHE: Brian's Apartment
The first location featured in the story! I doubt the game will feature this scene for very long, but it's definitely a well-illustrated launching off point for the game. Helps set up the basic context behind the overarching conflict, introduces best girl Emily and uhh whats-his-face the protagonist guy and all.4 background illustrations, 2 character illustrations.02/18/2022 Brian's Bed & Desk:08/21/2020 Brian's Apartment:2/08/2022: Brian's Apartment Door:06/19/2022 Emily giving charm. 03/14/2022 Emily hugging Brian.1/25/2022 Ad...
RE: Trailer Trash 7 pt 4
/// This one might be really upsetting to some readers, might advise you wait until the full Chapter 32 is written up before reading if you don't want to be really frustrated. No spoilers in comments, please!The wailing keen of ambulance sirens and flashing lights cut through the November air like a knife, and the sparse traffic along the road dutifully slowed and pulled toward the median to let the emergency vehicle pass.“Tsk, terribly inconsiderate,” Mrs. Moore made a dour face. “Honestly. We’re trying to take our daughter home, h...
AHE: Convention Restrooms
I can only say that past me was a pretty smart guy in using so many locations more than once; I swear I didn't plan it out this way, but it really makes things come together nicely now. The Convention Restroom setting was used in both the chapter introducing Kelly, and then again made an appearance in the first Chloe POV chapter, when she transforms into her Himari cosplay! Wasn't the exact same restroom, but I think we can all agree that massive convention centers use pretty much identical layouts for trifles like restrooms.3 backgroun...
