nomarsh Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) In a warm subtropical shallow, a newborn whale opens his eyes for the first time. Our research team is present to record the moment. South Scrimshaw is a documentary that will cover one animal's entire natural life on an alien planet. My professional background is in illustration and animation, and working on this story has been my passion project for awhile now. The illustrations are done in mixed media, a combination traditional watercolor and gouache with digital painting. I’ve been approaching this more as a graphic novel than a game, so the read is mostly linear. But where it lacks gameplay I hope the volume and complexity of the art make the experience feel full and meaningful. South Scrimshaw is free to download and I will be updating it as new chapters are finished. The third should be done in a month or so. If you'd like to follow the development I will be making updates over on itch.io. It'd mean a lot to start finding an audience for it. itch.io - Twitter Edited January 31, 2022 by nomarsh Plk_Lesiak and morgan_nicole 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratworm Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 this is really cool! I love the natural world and the idea of this vn. and then the art is really gorgeous. can't wait to check out the chapters and good luck with your further development! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomarsh Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) On 1/16/2021 at 2:32 PM, Ratworm said: this is really cool! I love the natural world and the idea of this vn. and then the art is really gorgeous. can't wait to check out the chapters and good luck with your further development! Thanks! Really appreciate you checking it out. As for the next update, I just finished the art on Saturday, typed up most of the Ren'Py stuff yesterday, I'm hoping by the end of the week I'll have the sound done and be able to share. Edited January 25, 2021 by nomarsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomarsh Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Hey, bumping my thread to say I've posted another update to Scrimshaw on my itch.io page. I hope to have the next update out by March, but work might set that back. Darbury and morgan_nicole 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan_nicole Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 12/23/2020 at 11:18 PM, nomarsh said: In a warm subtropical shallow, a newborn whale opens his eyes for the first time. Our research team is present to record the moment. South Scrimshaw is a documentary that will cover one animal's entire natural life on an alien planet. My professional background is in illustration and animation, and working on this story has been my passion project for awhile now. The illustrations are done in mixed media, a combination traditional watercolor and gouache with digital painting. I’ve been approaching this more as a graphic novel than a game, so the read is mostly linear. But where it lacks gameplay I hope the volume and complexity of the art make the experience feel full and meaningful. South Scrimshaw is free to download and I will be updating it as new chapters are finished. The third should be done in a month or so. If you'd like to follow the development I will be making updates over on itch.io. It'd mean a lot to start finding an audience for it. For convenience, the first chapter is on Youtube: Thanks! itch.io - Instagram - Twitter That's gorgeous artwork, wow! I need to check that out, since I'm on itch.io too! Thanks for sharing your VN : D nomarsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomarsh Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 Bumping my thread to say there's a new chapter update. This will be the last one for awhile sadly, but the story is at an OK stopping point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomarsh Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Hello, I am nercoing my thread to say this project now has some music! It makes it much more atmospheric and moody. The VN is still a work in progress overall, I didn't have as much time to work on it last year as I would have liked. But if you do read it I'd love to get any feedback, good and the bad. Another chapter will be done next month too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomarsh Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 South Scrimshaw now has a 4th chapter that adds about +60 illustrations. If you like weird things check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomarsh Posted Thursday at 05:24 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 05:24 PM Necroing my thread one last time to say this VN will soon be available on Steam, if you'd like to wishlist it. It's an easy achievement 100% if you're into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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