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Night of Sin: Encore Stage -- Ripley S1 EP1

After two months of working on Ripley's episode 1, it's finally completed. The story follows the events of my prequel fanfic visual novel, Night of Sin: Pride.

Release notes (v1.01)

New costumes, weapon poses for the troupe

Some new mini-CG unique to my game!

More choices possible!

Around 5500~6000 words

Available for Windows PC or web browser play (mobile ok)

The game now runs on RenPy8, so there are less bugs

I'll ninja fix grammar/spelling errors as I catch them...

Check out the game @ nightofsin.itch.io

(This project is a fun side hobby for me. I don't work for any game company, it's 100% fanfiction made out of love for the original game. And, it'll always be free to read! There's no set release schedule since I'm working on this solo. Bookmark this blog and check back every week, I post my progress on each episode and sketches.)

Thank you for everyone's support and patience.

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Work in progress stuff for ep1 main cg, but the screenshot is from a couple days ago. The main CG is mostly finished, but I'm refining some small details. 😳 I tested the CG in the game and wow...WOW...it looks great and matches my writing! I AM EXCITED BUT SHOULD GO SLEEP LOL

Hoping to release episode 1 (finally) this week.

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WIP for my fanfic visual novel, possible out of context spoilers.

Finally decided which sketch I wanted to use for the main cg, I had a couple different scenes I wanted to do, but selected this scene. Since this scene has importance connecting to later episodes.

Hope to slowly clean up this sketch over next week and code it into the story!

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HELLO! Some game updates!

I have consumed an ungodly amount of cold brew and have tried not to make SWM MC sound like L&L MC (the coffee addict with gamer lingo), but I'm happy to say...

1800 lines of code later, near 6000 words written, weeks of adding/editing/deleting writing, I'm finally done coding in *ALL* of Ripley's super massive, episode 1. There are a total of 10 scenes, and I'm going to see if I can add more choices in.

Enjoy these out of context screenshots from episode 1 for now. In the next week, I'll be moving onto the drawing portion of this episode with 3~4 mini-CGs and 1 main CG.

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WIP updates on Ripley's episode 1

Remember that ice cream shop Lovestruck would always use for each route? It was so overused across series, I'm also guilty of putting a scene with it in my fanfic prequel series cause it's just tradition.

Well, I decided to try something different this time around in my current fanfic series, something new. I thought to myself, let's put a whole ass fight scene in the cute ice cream shop where Lovestruck used to put heart scene dates!!! 🤪🤪🤪

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Lovestruck in-game vs real life -- Los Angeles (Gangster's in Love, My Siren Crush backgrounds, but also used in other series), all photos taken by me w/ my phone

Los Angeles skyline (night) -- Photo taken from Griffith observatory. The observatory closes at 10PM, your car will be locked-in/cited if you park at the top and don't leave by 10PM. Suggestion is to park at Greek Theater and walk up to the observatory, it's a 15-20min walk. 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Griffith observatory (night) -- While the observatory is closed on Mondays, this is the best time to visit with less people there. You can still walk around the grounds and take photos. The parks, grounds close at 10PM. 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Rodeo Dr -- In Beverley Hills there's a street with all high end shopping and eateries. Worth a walk through even if you don't buy anything. 9480 Dayton Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Santa Monica Pier -- During weekdays you can drive up to the boardwalk and park there. During weekends it gets pretty crowded and you'd have to park at the public garages nearby in downtown. The Ferris wheel is worth a ride during the day to get a high view of the entire beach. Surfing classes, rentals are available. 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Santa Monica beaches -- I went on a weekday and there were still a lot of people, but the beaches are nice especially at sunset. I didn't get a chance this time, but I heard beaches at Malibu are also very nice. Los Angeles skyline (day) -- There's free parking about 1 mile down from the observatory and a dirt hiking trail (it's kinda steep) that leads up to the observatory. The short hiking trail is a good spot to get a view of the skyline in the daytime. 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027

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Trudy is my favorite side character...she's perfect.

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Finished writing the first draft of Ripley's episode 1, still working on the drawings and circus poses. Episode 1 rough draft is around 5000+ words without edits.

Was kinda' inspired by a scene in Gangsters in Love, but I wanted more characters involved. I couldn't resist having Onyx and Darius team up to tease the MC.

Night of Sin: Encore Stage (Ripley), EP1 rough draft exerpt MC “Uh, I’m not really sure what to order.” MC “I’m not a huge drinker…” Darius leans into my space from my left side grinning. Darius “We could have sex on the beach together.” MC “Huh?!” MC (For Lust, he really doesn’t waste time.) Onyx leans in from my right side and whispers into my ear. Onyx “How about an orgasm?” MC (Holy shit, she doesn’t waste time either!) Malakai “Between the sheets!” MC (What???) Cal snorts. Cal “I'm guessing you don’t realize those are the names of some drinks.” MC “Oh my god.” Onyx and Darius high five each other behind my back. Wrath “Stop teasing her and let her order something normal.”

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Spoilers! But, also some backstory information on alternate universe Ripley.

Some information on Ripley from my alternate universe. I took inspiration from one line of dialogue in the original routes where they said Cal escaped through a window and expanded on it.

I wrote the fanfic so that Ripley pushed Cal to safety, so he was able to escape. Ripley knew it was dangerous, she's a protector. She wanted to save everyone, but she sacrificed herself.

Before she pushed Cal to safety, she gave Cal her pink handkerchief, an item symbolic as a decree. If Onyx accepted it, Onyx would be the next Envy assassin. Onyx eventually accepted it.

This is also why Cal was crying when Ripley came back in Onyx's route. I like taking one line of narration of dialogue from the original routes, then expanding on it with more ideas. That's how I write my fanfics most of the time.

Note that in my alternate universe, only an assassin or a seer can decree the title to the next in line!

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Night of Sin: Encore Stage is the sequel to Night of Sin: Pride, taking place in the same alternate universe. This will be my second visual novel fanfic project!

After 2 months of writing, drawing, and coding I've finally finished Ripley's prologue! Available for reading on web/mobile browser (Chrome works now!) and Windows PC. (Please note: You'll need to input your custom name each time you start the game.)

Find my visual novel fanfic projects here: nightofsin.itch.io

Two routes are planned for Encore Stage, but in the future I may add more! Please note this is a non-canon work of fan fiction, but very much inspired by a lot of the original routes.

Ripley Summers (Envy assassin) Slowburn, second-chance romance. 

Quillan Tan aka Shadow (Sorrow assassin) Whirlwind, childhood friends to lovers romance. 

I'll be working on both routes simultaneously, there is no set schedule. But, feel free to check back once a week cause I post sketches, previews, and updates on my blog. That's the best way to see when the next episode will be released!

Since I'm working on this project solo, all I ask for is your patience and support! My visual novel fanfics will always be free to read and I'll never ask for payment.

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Uhh, well...look at the time, it's almost 4:00AM. I finished drawing the main CG for the prologue.

You're going to have a very crazy, sleep deprived sounding MC for Ripley's route, which works out. I guess...since we're talking with bears, which is already crazy.

Testing the prologue, then I'll upload it tomorrow night. 👀

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Still working on the prologue, but here's a WIP of Ripley's main CG.

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While I was editing the writing my Onyx PoV epilogue I felt like I wasn't portraying Ripley as well. I ended up making a Venn diagram to help with my writing of Ripley's dialogue and actions.

Ripley has three points in her life, prequel, bear, and current. I've gotten a hang of writing her prequel personality thanks to her cameo in Nahara's route. We also get some of her bear personality across multiple routes. But, her "back to human" personality didn't get as much focus in Onyx's route. The challenge I have is to write her "back to human" personality with more detail for her own route.

After this research, I'm not sure if Ripley's route would be whirlwind anymore, it'll most likely be slower paced...I'll test around with different scenes and see which feels the best.

What stays the same across all 3 personalities is, her relationship with Onyx, her love of sweets, and her desire to be loved. But across three points in her life, she loves and accepts love in different ways. Just FYI, prequel Ripley would 100% be whirlwind romance!

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Finished coding in the first draft of Ripley's prologue! Play testing it to see where I need to add drawings to make the reading experience better. I'm planning 3 mini-CG for the prologue.

What would you do if you ran into a bear with a pink fashion accessory in Vegas?

A. Play dead. B. Growl back! C. Talk your way out?

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Sample scene from Ripley's prologue. This scene is absolutely ridiculous...

blame it being almost 2am, we get all the crazy writing at this time of night

#mc's last line lmao 😭

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Sample scene from Ripley's prologue. This scene is absolutely ridiculous...

blame it being almost 2am, we get all the crazy writing at this time of night

#mc's last line lmao 😭

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Mc: We call that a traumatic experience Mc turning to Darius: Not a "bruh moment" Mc, turning to Onyx: Not "sadge" Mc, turning to Ripley: And DEFINITELY not an "oof LMAO"