Happy White Day!

White Day is a day in Japan to "respond" to your Valentine. Typically chocolates or lil gifts are given to the person who gave you a gift on Valentines' Day. Today, I give you Froot Basket Dark Chocolate's Voiced Update! I am so proud of our team and all the work they've done! Their voices add so much flavor to the experience. I can't wait for you to enjoy it as well!

WHAT'S NEW?

This update includes:

• Partial voice-acting! Thank you to our cast and thank you to Very Berry Studios!
  • Androgynous Jordan - Gina Leigh Smith
  • Masculine Jordan - Christian Cruz
  • Feminine Jordan - Misele Hoang
  • Momotarou/Demon - Nick Chang
  • Sutoro - Jesse Hawford
  • Beau - Alain F. D'Regel
  • Renji - Alex "H H" Lyles
  • Spine - Clover Wren
  • Apollo - Dylan Ray Owen
  • Pierre - Brody Allen
  • Pretty Girl - Monica Piskor
  • Student Council Member - Kaylee Dankese
• 6 New CGs!
• Additional artwork + some touch-ups/changes
• Additional sprite expressions!
•  3 New Sprites (for Jordan, Pretty Girl, and Student Council Member)
• Slight changes in UI
• Added "Customize Jordan" screen while in-game
• Beating Sutoro in the basketball game should be a little easier

SOME THOUGHTS

When I originally released the game back in October 2022, I was a little sad I didn't include a little more art in it. My goal at the time was just to start and finish working on the game in a month. I'm glad I got to include all the artwork that I had planned to have this time around. If I'm being honest though, what I think I should've made more time for was adding additional sprite poses so the characters could be just as animated as the voices make them feel. But if I keep working on one thing, I'll never finish haha. Know what I mean?

WHAT'S NEXT?

I'm taking the rest of the month off to relax, but in April I'll begin working on Froot Basket White again. I'm planning to have each route released one by one, a month at a time (or more), so ideally you don't have to wait so long between updates. Here's kinda where I left off on that project:

Anywho, thank you again for your support! I don't typically have my games bug-tested by others before I release them (I really should start doing that), so if you find anything wrong definitely let me know. I'll do my best to troubleshoot.

Much love, Ari