Captive

Devlog

• Announcements: Thank you! and the Captive Artbook
  May 08, 2022 by E5M01

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  #end of project, #fantasy, #boys love, #bl, #comic, #visual novel

  Around one month after the release of the new chapter, I need to thank all the people who came here to have a look at what we did. To quantify more precisely how much you liked the last release: The g... Continue reading

  
• Chapter 4 Release!!!
  April 11, 2022 by E5M01

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  #release, #update, #romance, #yaoi, #gay, #bl, #boyslove, #boys love, #lgbt, #vn, #visual novel, #visualnovel

  Chapter 4 has finally been released! The game is almost 100% complete- apart from a minor issue with the achievements gallery and one placeholder for a cg that I couldn't finish in time - but you'll h... Continue reading

  
• Chapter 4 release coming soon!
  April 02, 2022 by E5M01

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  #romance, #yaoi, #gay, #fantasy, #elf, #elves, #drow, #dark, #mlm, #boys love, #boy's love, #bl

  Hello! Sorry for not updating. The team has worked hard this month, because the deadline is very close. The deadline was actually on the 1st of April and would've stayed that way if only I didn't need... Continue reading
• New sprite, Team Update
  February 20, 2022 by E5M01

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  #yaoi, #bl, #boys love, #visual novel, #romance, #romance visual novel, #mlm, #romance game, #vn, #fantasy, #dark fantasy, #dnd

  Hi all, Captive has not disappeared! First of all, the game updates: - Letha's sprite has been finished and next step is to implement it in the game - Chapter 4 is at 3/4 of the writing task! Just nee... Continue reading

  
• New sprite and updated CG
  January 16, 2022 by E5M01

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  #boys love, #yaoi, #romance, #vn, #visual novel, #slash

  The sprite of Zahad has been finished and implemented in the script! Therefore, I have also updated Zahad's CG, and I like this one better. I hope you like it too! The updates have not been updated in... Continue reading

  
• Chapter 3 fixes
  January 06, 2022 by E5M01

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  #romance, #horror, #vn, #visualnovel, #fantasy, #gay, #yaoi, #boys love

  Hey yall. New resolutions for the new year... reach Chapter 6 of Captive by end of next year . And getting fit. So! Some fixes that we have added for now - not yet in the downloadable file, we'll be w... Continue reading
• Merry Xmas!
  December 26, 2021 by E5M01

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  #romance, #bl, #boyslove, #yaoi, #vn, #visual novel, #christmas

  Enjoy this christmas fanart of Val and Ra'shak for the occasion!... Continue reading

  
• Art block...
  December 14, 2021 by E5M01

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  #boys love, #romance, #plot, #choices, #choice, #bl, #yaoi, #visual novel, #vn

  Hey all! Art block is real. I think I need a break. It's been an emotionally stressful period, made of intense days, and I've been so tired I couldn't even take the pen in my hand most days. I need so... Continue reading
• New CG and Ko-fi
  November 29, 2021 by E5M01

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  #Boys love, #yaoi, #bl, #vn, #visual novel, #romance, #otome

  Hey all, thank you immensely for your support. This week a new CG for second chapter has been completed, looking forward to fill up the third chapter with new sprites and complete CGS. The artbook is... Continue reading

  
• Captive 1.5 Released
  November 15, 2021 by E5M01

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  #yaoi, #boyslove, #boys love, #vn, #visual novel, #visualnovel, #fantasy, #dnd, #romance, #otome, #otomegame, #choices, #choice game, #choice

  Captive 1.5 (English) has been released! The fixes and updates of the new release include: - Full implementation of the layered sprites - Fix of sprites and sprite expressions - Fix of one CG - Added... Continue reading

  
• New release happening today!
  November 14, 2021 by E5M01

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  We are preparing the new release to be downloaded soon, hopefully in a few hours. We have currently disabled the current download because we want you to wait a bit so that we can give you the new vers... Continue reading
• Most recent implementations
  November 14, 2021 by E5M01

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  #boys love, #bl, #boyslove, #gay, #yaoi, #romance, #otome, #elf, #fantasy, #dnd, #drow

  We have a lot of very big and also small updates and I'm happy to say that I think we'll be releasing a new version soon. Our changes currently consist of: - Full implementation of the layered sprites... Continue reading

  
• Italian version is up!
  November 02, 2021 by E5M01

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  #boys love, #bl, #boy's love, #yaoi, #vn, #visual novel, #romance, #otome, #otome game, #fantasy, #elf, #gay, #drow, #dnd, #ita, #italian, #italiano, #translated

  There it is, the italian version. Bare in mind that the beta-testers didn't have time to check the writing yet and I have found a couple of errors on the expressions of the sprites, but yeah, it's wor... Continue reading
• Italian translation and layered sprites
  October 30, 2021 by E5M01#yaoi, #boys love, #Boy's Love, #romance, #otome, #visual novel, #fantasy, #vn, #bl, #drow

  Hey all! Today Lucca Comics and Games is happening, and for the occasion I have created an artbook of the game and finished the Italian version of the game. We'll sell here the artbook with some unsee... Continue reading
• New editor + Italian translation work in progress!
  October 26, 2021 by E5M01

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  #romance, #yaoi, #boys love, #boys' love, #bl, #vn, #visual novel, #otome game, #fantasy, #drow, #elf, #elves, #magic, #r18

  I am right now translating Captive into an Italian version for the pleasure of the italian fujodanshi! (That's because I am italian myself and it's pretty easy to translate it to my native language)... Continue reading
• Layered Images
  October 15, 2021 by E5M01

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  #romance, #boys love, #yaoi, #vn, #visual novel, #boys love visual novel, #bl, #layered sprite, #layered image, #layered sprites, #sprites, #sprite

  And we're already working on it! New nice layered images for the sprites, starting from our Val!... Continue reading

  
• We're back
  October 12, 2021 by E5M01

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  #back, #yaoi, #boyslove, #vn, #boys love vn, #visual novel, #boys love, #yaoi vn, #r18, #fantasy, #elf, #drow

  So. A month has passed. Things happened. And now we're back on track. We'll be implementing new things for the first three chapters that are already in the game. We'll make it better. And then , we'll... Continue reading

  
• 1 month hiatus!
  September 18, 2021 by E5M01

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  #visual novel, #vn, #fantasy, #fantasy vn, #bl, #boys love, #yaoi

  This update is to- update! everyone on the state of the game. The game is, in fact, a demo of a wider project that will eventually keep on going. I need to take a break after the two-months-long crunc... Continue reading

  
• Captive 1.4
  September 06, 2021 by E5M01

  More pauses fixes!... Continue reading
• New fix
  September 04, 2021 by E5M01

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  I've been told that the problem of the dialogue blocked in the pond scene was persisting, so Edsan found what could very probably be the real issue. I hope this version will suit everyone!... Continue reading
• Pauses fix!
  August 31, 2021 by E5M01

  If you have had any problems with pauses in the game, the new update will run smoothly through them now. If you have the older one and don't want to download it again, as a workaround you'll just need... Continue reading
• Release is working!
  August 31, 2021 by E5M01

  There! Now it's fully working. As before: enjoy please! And leave feedbacks!... Continue reading
• Fonts bug
  August 31, 2021 by E5M01

  We wanted so hard the game to play perfectly, but looks like there is a bug font-related. We're trying to solve it and will be back with the correct download asap... Continue reading

  
• Release!
  August 31, 2021 by E5M01

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  #release, #vn, #bl, #boyslove, #visualnovel, #gamejam, #yaoi, #yaoigamejam, #fantasy novel, #fantasy, #visual novel, #game jam

  Captive has been released! It's been very challenging and also very satisfying! A big thanks for all those who helped with the project!ù Please, download and enjoy it!... Continue reading
• Crunch time
  August 28, 2021 by E5M01

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  Not much to say. It's crunch time. We just work a lot and have no time to update the page. But we can give you a toned ass as a sign of peace. There:... Continue reading

  
• First backgrounds
  August 17, 2021 by E5M01#vn, #visual novel, #fantasy, #choices, #choices matter, #romance, #love interest, #otome, #bl, #boys love, #lgbt

  We are starting to reap what we sow in the last days, and so the first backgrounds arrived together with all the definitive sprites with expressions. This here is an example of the backgrounds that ar... Continue reading

  
• Channels... and first sprite!
  August 09, 2021 by E5M01

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  #vn, #blvn, #boyslove, #visualnovel, #sprite, #first sprite, #mc sprite

  Today's update is to give some external channels so you can follow us elsewhere too: This is our Twitter! Here we'll be posting some nice pics, but also a lot of dumbness from the making of, and some... Continue reading

  
• Second Chapter almost finished, Choices!
  August 07, 2021 by E5M01#drow, #elf, #elves, #gay, #yaoi, #vn, #bl, #boy's love, #visual novel, #blvn, #choices matter

  Today the Second Chapter has been translated from Italian to English. I've given the chapter to Edsan so that they'll put it in the game with the choice coding, and to help them have a wider perspecti... Continue reading

  
• definitive GUI, side image of main character, musician
  July 24, 2021 by E5M01

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  #visual novel, #fantasy bl, #fantasy boy's love, #fantasy, #bl, #boy's love, #romance, #bl romance, #lgbt, #yaoi, #mxm

  I'm very proud of what we've done so far. Me and Edsan have discovered how to put a shadow over the name, something I felt I needed for the name to be more readable. I've fixed the GUI also and set th... Continue reading

  
• Script updated, GUI fixed, first CGs drawn
  July 20, 2021 by E5M01#visual novel, #bl, #boys love, #yaoi, #yaoi novel, #bl novel, #romance, #romance option, #fantasy, #fantasy bl, #drow, #elf, #elves, #dark elf

  Here we are. This is how the game is looking at the moment. I've been helped a lot by Edsan for all that you see here in the scripting: the placing of the sprites in the order that I wanted, their siz... Continue reading

  
• Choices, Second Chapter, Beta Readers
  July 18, 2021 by E5M01#fantasy, #visual novel, #dating sim, #romance, #dark elf, #drow, #dnd, #dungeons and dragons

  Today the First Chapter was finished, with all the possible choices. A Flowchart was made, of the different consequences for every choice made in the game. We also developed a list of the total chapte... Continue reading
• Finished first chapter.
  July 15, 2021 by E5M01#visual novel, #bl, #yaoi, #yaoi novel, #bl novel, #boy's love, #fantasy, #dark elf, #elf, #half elf, #elves, #magic, #captive

  I just finished writing and 'coding' the first chapter! It needs beta testing. And I need to add some choices that will change the future of events later. I think we're going into the right direction... Continue reading
• More story, more music
  July 14, 2021 by E5M01#visual novel, #yaoi, #fantasy, #bl

  Today I wrote some more plot, I'll leave some of that here so you can get curious about it. I also found a very beautiful song: Venticinque Aprile I'd like it to be the main theme of the game, we'll s... Continue reading
• Pond BG + new teammate!
  July 12, 2021 by E5M01#visual novel, #bl novel, #boy's love, #yaoi, #boy's love novel, #romance, #boy's love romance, #gay romance, #fantasy romance, #fantasy, #fantasy novel, #vn, #fantasy bl, #adventure

  Heyyy! Today I drew the wip of this background that I call the "Pond". I'll also try to work on the writing before going to bed. In the meanwhile, Edsan ( https://edsan-games.itch.io/ ) joined me as a... Continue reading

  
• GUI + Ra'shak
  July 11, 2021 by E5M01#update, #wip, #character, #oc, #character drawing, #drawing, #art, #visual art, #visual artist, #vn, #visual novel, #main character, #drow

  Today I set up some of the GUI and I drew Ra'shak. He's in his angry expression, but- he's always trying to kill somebody so, that's his mood. (I like how I drew him. He's hot!) I have now three probl... Continue reading

  
• First sketchings
  July 10, 2021 by E5M01#wip, #visual novel, #bl novel, #yaoi, #bl, #boys love, #vn, #drawing, #art

  I've just drawn the first background and the first character wips in order to understand the proportions that I have to deal with. Meet the first sketch of Val and his tent!... Continue reading

  
• Intro
  July 10, 2021 by E5M01#bl, #boys_love, #start, #game start, #visual novel, #bl novel, #romance visual novel, #romance

  I'm working all by myself for now, doing the coding, the writing and the visual art! I'd love someone to join me and help with coding or sound design or GUI art/design, but for now it's just me. (Feel... Continue reading