Amidst Hearts: One Amongst Five
A downloadable Visual Novel for Windows, macOS, and Android
Hey there! Let me give you a quick rundown of this project!
Premise:
Picture a cozy suburban home where each character has their own space. The family shares common areas, creating a wonderful sense of togetherness. "AH:OAF" delves into themes of love, support, and the evolving relationships within this unique family structure as they navigate the complexities of adulthood.
Context:
Imagine you've just turned 18 and have been kicked out of your home. Amidst the challenges of hunger and poverty, a resplendent creature emerges from the darkness and offers you a new life with her. The decision is solely yours, and it entails stepping into a completely new world, surrounded by a wonderful, soon-to-be harem.
[DISCLAIMER]
This game is currently in its very early developement stage. I've only been using Ren'Py for about 2 months now, so I know it looks and feels a bit rough around the edges. I'm not a game dev by any stretch, but I aspire to become a skilled Ren'Py creator (if fate allows). I just wanted to try my hand at creating something in a format that's close to my heart: visual novels. This project will only come to life if I receive feedback and if some of you are willing to take a dive into my mind and see what it can create. I plan to release updates with NSFW content if there's a glimmer of hope for its future.
Take care, wherever you are in this world <3
The game's Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/amidst_hearts/
This page will serve as extra content for the game! The characters will post like regular people would. I will also post major updates announcements and polls on there! Just an extra touch from me for you :).
Discord:
/!\ https://discord.gg/QvFr8TWnEC /!\
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Thanks to Skolaztika for the GUI! (I was starting to give up xD) and NoranekoGames for some of the background assets currently in use!
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Development log
- [AH:OAF v1.2] Active Development30 days ago
- /!\ AH:OAF Instagram /!\62 days ago
- [AH:OAF v1.1] Animations Update65 days ago
- Feedback + Monday Update!72 days ago
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And will there be in the future what happened to the characters after a few years and will we meet them?
why not in another "Amidst Hearts" game yes
I can ask you if you came up with the idea of the game yourself or took it from another game, if you took it from which game? I will play while you do the update.😀
damn Olivia, can't wait to play this , the art is great
And where was Mia when we went to her room?
You will discover that in a new update eheh
Will you have any characters for the holiday, such as New Year, Halloween and scenes with them as an idea?
That is planned bit will it be do-able in time? I'm only 1 person working on it and a new dev also so...
Good luck finding you employees
If only I could have "employees"...
Will there be hentai scenes with Mia in the next update?
I'm more focused on story as of right now and want the sex scenes to be earned so I don't know right now but you'll find extra content on the games discord!
When is the next update approximately?
No clue as I want to take my time and make it right.. Maybe a month from sounds good.
Will there be a translation into Russian?
Translations are indeed planned but not as of right now. You can expect: Russian, Spanish, German and French.
Good luck to update and translation
Best profile pic! And thank you^^
it was going fairly well, then ended super abruptly. got a lil sad ngl. hope to see more updates in the future, this has some crazy potential.
I'm new.. I'm sorry I know I'm bad atm but I'm improving everyday! Oh and, don't worry there are heaps of updates planned for this game! You should check the discord ^^
Hello !
I've played the first version a week ago, haven't tried the new one :)
I was curious about the characters, like how do you create them ? (which app or thing ?)
Have a great day !
Stable Diffusion for concepts and then I have to redraw them to be able to animate them as you can't animate flat 2D images (I mean, u could but it wouldn't look that great honestly..).
I feel like before you post a game there should be more then 5 minutes of gameplay (not trying to be rude just didn't expect this little content)
You're probably right. I'm just delving into the Ren'py and game making universe in general. I'm trying something new and want to share the progress I make as I go. I understand your point of view and is very contructive for me to build a better aproach to this. Thank you
Take your time mate there is no rush :)
Thank you! I will from now on. Last update (1.2a) was made just to change the endscreen. Take care!
Animated scenes?
YES! I will post an NSFW spoiler on the games discord! A quick sneapeek of next update.
I'll join then
I seee future here man this can be a good game
Thank you! I'll try my best!
Looking forward to this, the characters look amazing
Thank you! Nex tupdate will make the game more official (it will be a big one)!
I love this so much the characters are so hot and cute! Iv been here when it was released i created this account just to comment on this :3
Thank you so much! This warms my heart a lot! Not this friday but the next one I will be releasing a big update for this game. I can't wait to have you feedbacks on it! ^^
wow! if you don't mind me asking what model are you using for Stable Diffusion?
Look at the comment just below you'll find everything you need! :D
Hello! Keep up the good work. The game looks great! I am also a Ren'Py game maker. Great to see how you used Live2D animation in game, although it seems like it would be a trouble to make android version with it. Could you tell what stable diffusion checkpoint did you use?
Hey thank you so much! I wandered on your page and saw really cool concepts! I don't like people gatekeeping knowledge so here, I'll give you all you need for "basic" character generation. I use AI for concepts and then redraw everything piece by piece so I'm able to animate them.
Here's the workflow:
CKPT: catCitronAnime_v10 / VAE: Grapefruit
sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras / sampling steps: 30
res : 512x768
HiRes.Fix:
Upscaler : 4x-UltraSharp / Hires steps : 15 / Denoising strength : 0.35 / Upscale by: 1.5
[If you want to make characters older you'll have to redraw their faces manually btw. ]
I got better at Live2d! Next update will feature eye, mouth and hair animations! If you want to I can give you tips.
Hope this helps!
Wow, thanks for the detailed response. I love that opennes too. As you I also work on a new project with Live 2D animation. I saw in your code that you use Live2D files directly in the game which is good as you keep high quality
If you don't mind, I'd like to know what sources do you use to learn Lived2D as I didn't find complete courses for beginners on youtube. Here is an example of my work:
OMG! She's so stunning! That's some quality work right there!
Here is the video that made me learn Live2D:
If I have something specific I want to learn I try and google it to find an answer but maybe we can help each other out mutually!Cool! I like your responsiveness. if you don't mind I'd like to create a Discord channel where we could share the things we learn about Ren'py and everything in this sphere. I mean, I've been working on adult renpy games for 4 month and I saw that it is a pretty small community of creators. So, it might be a good idea to group up to develop our skill faster. It's ok if you don't want to.
I would love that so much! I have a pretty extensive Discord server if you'd like to join? I could create channels for us!
Where did you get this model? I can't seem to find it on civitai. I use ComfyUI by the way. hehe.
Have you tried https://huggingface.co?
Okay, I found it lol. It was under the title
CAT - Citron Anime Treasure
what CFG scale did you use by the way?
It depends on how many LoRas/ControlNets you're using. Personally between 5-8!
I see. I don't see you using loras or controlnet in your workflow. hehe. By the way, I found out if you want to make a woman older like the mom for example. you can add these words to your prompt and it works:
older woman . MILF, mature woman
I even tested out:
mom or hot mom
I actually do, I do manual fixing tho later on. I have a great LoRa for "age" if you want one?
Hey! This one looks promising. The sprites are amazing, very nice quality, and the girls are all gorgeous. The writing could be better and the story needs a bit more polishing, but generally speaking, it has good potential. Oh! And UI is nice as well.
I'd love to see this project evolve! Good work.
This warms my heart so much! I'm reworking Olivia to make her more "MILFy" right now. I'm wanting to take this project really far.. You can count on me!
The UI was made by Skolaztika. You should check him out!
Hi!
I just registered on itchi to comment on your text. I really love your art style and the game so far. This could become a really great game. Still i believe Olivia looks great and I just wanted to say, I hope you dont change her up to much. I think she looks great and so does the rest of cast!
Hello,
just finished it and it looks very promising, there is talent and i hope u will exploit it well ! Good luck :)
I’m really dedicated! I will do my best, your kind words really motivate me to give it my all ^^
it seems really good !
Thank you so much! I didn't think this would get this "much" traction! I'll upload a devlog on here starting today ^^
Good luck on learning Ren'py. I use Ren'py as well. It took me like 5 minutes to learn it. However, I haven't learned all the hard part yet like making world maps for doing a sandbox game.
The basics were easy to learn, it’s a very practical and flexible engine! I’ve spent most of my time learning how to make and add animations using Live2D for things such as NSFW scenes or "jiggle physics". I’ve also got the basics to make a player inventory work. Is your project here on itch.io? I’m curious to see what your sandbox game is about ^^