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The demo of my slice-of-life visual novel set in 1920s Paris releases on October 16th on Steam, just in time for Steam Next Fest!

It will be a limited time thing; I'll disable it after the end of the event, so make sure to try it out if you're interested. The full game will be free as well and is almost finished, so I hope you'll look forward to it too!

I hope you will enjoy your time with Olivier and his friends!

(Pour les francophones qui passent par là : la démo est dispo en français aussi ! En vrai c'est la langue originale du jeu héhé)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5310290/Et_le_grain_mourut_Demo/

>192X. As summer draws near, Parisian students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them. For years, he has been walking to school every morning with his dearest childhood friend, and has unwound with his artistic peers after class. In a week, this routine will come to a close. And recent revelations already threaten Olivier’s comfortable life.

Finally finished drawing the title screen of my game today! Decided to go with an illustration featuring my protagonist (can you guess who it is?) and his friend group. What are your thoughts on it? Does it look inviting enough? :>

Et le grain mourut is a slice-of-life/urban fantasy VN set in 1920s Paris. It will be available for free in both English and French; you can learn more about it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3604100/Et_le_grain_mourut/

>192X. As summer draws near, Parisian students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them. For years, he has been walking to school every morning with his dearest childhood friend, and has unwound with his artistic peers after class. In a week, this routine will come to a close. And recent revelations already threaten Olivier’s comfortable life.

Some character sprites I've made for my VN!

These are just samples I mostly use to showcase the game's art direction and character designs. In-game sprites have more expressions, poses and sometimes clothes, but I want to keep some element of surprise when the game will release!

Et le grain mourut is a slice-of-life/urban fantasy VN set in 1920s Paris. It will be available for free in both English and French; you can learn more about it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3604100/Et_le_grain_mourut/

>192X. As summer draws near, Parisian students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them. For years, he has been walking to school every morning with his dearest childhood friend, and has unwound with his artistic peers after class. In a week, this routine will come to a close. And recent revelations already threaten Olivier’s comfortable life.

I had previously posted some other sprites a few months ago and you lot seemed to have liked them, so here are some more!

Again, these are just samples I mostly use to showcase the game's art direction and character designs. In-game sprites have more expressions, poses and sometimes clothes, but I want to keep some element of surprise when the game will release!

Et le grain mourut is a slice-of-life/urban fantasy VN set in 1920s Paris. It will be available for free in both English and French; you can learn more about it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3604100/Et_le_grain_mourut/

>192X. As summer draws near, Parisian students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them. For years, he has been walking to school every morning with his dearest childhood friend, and has unwound with his artistic peers after class. In a week, this routine will come to a close. And recent revelations already threaten Olivier’s comfortable life.

Pretty sure this line is meant to be referencing the infamous "Confirm the origin of fire!" mistranslation from Harvest Moon SNES/GB, especially since it's referencing a stove.

Extra context: https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/harvest-moon-confirm-origin-fire/

Et le grain mourut is a slice-of-life/urban fantasy VN set in 1920s Paris. It will be available for free in both English and French (I'm still working on the English translation, hence the French in this preview); you can learn more about it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3604100/Et_le_grain_mourut/

>192X. As summer draws near, Parisian students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them. For years, he has been walking to school every morning with his dearest childhood friend, and has unwound with his artistic peers after class. In a week, this routine will come to a close. And recent revelations already threaten Olivier’s comfortable life.

https://x.com/storyofseasons/status/2062110217681223857

I considered making other flags too but I quickly realised this was pretty much the only one I could do, given the small number of colours I can use...

Olivier Schwartz - Illustration pour le calendrier 2024 en supplément au Spirou n°4472