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Canvas Menagerie is out now!
December 18, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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#release
After 3 years of development, Canvas Menagerie is now fully playable! Canvas Menagerie is a comfy slice-of-life boys love romance about a group of actors going through their mid-20s together while fil... Continue reading
Canvas Menagerie releases in just 3 days!
December 15, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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There’s only 3 days left until Canvas Menagerie releases on Steam & itchio! After 3 years of development, it’s finally ready to be released. The full game sits right at 138k words with 15+ CGs, so... Continue reading
Canvas Menagerie Releases on December 18th!
December 04, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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In just 2 weeks, Canvas Menagerie will be fully playable on December 18th! This game has been in development for 3 years and I'm finally able to share it with you all. The full game comes in right at... Continue reading
October 2024 Updated Demo!
October 14, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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It's been a while but Canvas Menagerie finally has an updated demo, just in time for the Steam Next Fest event. If you haven't already, please wishlist the game on Steam (even if you plan on buying it... Continue reading
September Updates – Playtesting & New Artwork
September 30, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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This month’s update will be somewhat short, mainly because I was taking a quick break from Canvas Menagerie to start a new job and to work on a game jam game called Witch You Want! It’s a cute sli... Continue reading
August Update - Act 2 Near Completion
September 02, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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Canvas Menagerie is about to start beta testing for Act 2! Our first round of beta testing was for Act 1 only, but now testers can try both Acts 1 & 2 (about 2/3rds of the entire game). This second ro... Continue reading
July Updates - Writing Complete
August 09, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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It’s the start of August so it’s time to look back at progress made in July, of which there were a lot. First off and more importantly, the first draft for the entirety of Canvas Menagerie is comp... Continue reading
May Updates – Editing
June 04, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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#art
May was a very hectic month for me personally, so there wasn’t much progress made this month – but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t any! I wrote about 4k words for Canvas Menagerie. I also did a... Continue reading
April Updates - Starting Beta Testing
May 03, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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While I like to make these update devlogs on the first or second day of the month, recapping the previous month, I was a little preoccupied with something very important – Canvas Menagerie’s Act... Continue reading
March Updates – Scripting New Characters
April 01, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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Hello, happy April Fool’s Day! I don’t have any pranks for this devlog, just some updates for Canvas Menagerie. A majority of the work in March was for scripting Act 1, though I did end up writing... Continue reading
February Updates - More Writing & Valentines
March 01, 2024 by Crystal Game Works
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These months really fly by, don’t they? Sometimes it can be hard to sit down and try to write one of these devlogs, but when I look back on it I actually accomplished more than I thought. We’re al... Continue reading
October Updates - New Key Art & More Writing
November 03, 2023 by Crystal Game Works
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#art
Spooky season has come and gone! October was a very, very busy month for me so there wasn't much progress on Canvas Menagerie, but definitely some. So, let's look at the progress for Canvas Menagerie... Continue reading
August Updates - New Character Artwork
September 01, 2023 by Crystal Game Works
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Is it fall yet? No? We’re still stuck in summer? It’s too hot for this! Canvas Menagerie is set in the Hollywood of the deep South, AKA Atlanta, Georgia. While I don’t live in Georgia anymore, i... Continue reading
July Updates - Writing and Scene Direction
August 01, 2023 by Crystal Game Works
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It’s been a couple of months since the last update for Canvas Menagerie since I worked on Lost Lune last month , but that just means there’s more to talk about in this update! The total script has... Continue reading
Demo v1.4 - Updated Artwork and Character Trailer!
May 08, 2023 by Crystal Game Works
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The latest update for Canvas Menagerie's demo is here! This update is primarily art-focused with the most notable change being Ren's new character sprite! We also now have a trailer! This trailer was... Continue reading
April Updates - Polishing Artwork
May 03, 2023 by Crystal Game Works
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It’s monthly update time for Canvas Menagerie! There wasn’t much progress on the script this month, only about 3.7k words. This brings the total word count for the 2nd act up to 27k, right around... Continue reading
March Updates - Cut Scene Artworks
March 31, 2023 by Crystal Game Works
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#art
March is over so let’s look at the progress so far! There’s quite a bit of updates. First off, writing progress! Somehow I ended up writing around 7k words for Act 2 this month, trying to get clos... Continue reading
February Updates - Writing and Guest Art
February 28, 2023 by Crystal Game Works
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#monthly update, #art
February has come and gone, so here’s a recap of all the progress made for Canvas Menagerie this past month! Most of the progress for Canvas Menagerie this month was on the writing. I was able to kn... Continue reading
Demo v1.3 - New Artwork
January 31, 2023 by Crystal Game Works
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#art, #general updates
The latest update for Canvas Menagerie's demo is here! This update adds a new artwork for it at the beginning of the demo towards the end of the first chapter. Here's the full CG: As far as the full g... Continue reading
November Updates - Writing and Backgrounds
November 29, 2022 by Crystal Game Works
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#art, #general updates
Hi everyone, thought I’d give a quick overview of the progress that’s happened this month on Canvas Menagerie ! This month I was able to try some of the new backgrounds I received from Arctic Fox... Continue reading
Designing the Cast of Canvas Menagerie - Part 2
November 16, 2022 by Crystal Game Works
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#art, #concept art
Hello and welcome to part 2 of how the cast for Canvas Menagerie was designed! If you haven't read it already, part 1 is available here and covers Niko and Ren, the main character and love interest re... Continue reading
Extended demo released!
October 29, 2022 by Crystal Game Works
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#update
The extended demo is now here! The initial demo for Canvas Menagerie was released a little over 2 months ago and today I'm happy to announce the extended demo is now playable. This demo has: Over 16,8... Continue reading
Designing the Cast of Canvas Menagerie - Part 1
October 25, 2022 by Crystal Game Works
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#concept art, #art
The cast of Canvas Menagerie grows with each Act, with most being designed all at once during the early parts of the game’s development. Although not entirely, most of the cast were concepted to ref... Continue reading
Demo Version 1.1 - Small Fixes
August 25, 2022 by Crystal Game Works
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#update
This is a small update to the game jam demo that fixes a couple lines and replaces one of the WIP backgrounds with the finished version (as seen in the screenshot). Please let me know if you run into... Continue reading
Game jam demo release!
August 19, 2022 by Crystal Game Works
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#release
The demo of Canvas Menagerie for the Trans Rep Game Jam is now out! Niko is a lifelong actor who’s been down on his luck until he suddenly gets the lead role in a major teen drama. Canvas Menagerie... Continue reading