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World's Crossing Academy is an expansive, linear Adult Visual Novel with a deep, engaging story and memorable, endearing characters.
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Gettin' a lil creative, are we?

I see, I see... Well, then. How about we make you something special?

T4 Discord Role Invitation to the Design Team section of the Discord, where you can work with me and the rest of the Team to suggest and chat about story bits for any characters I and the T5 Team have created. This is a Discord-only benefit; it is your responsibility to join the Discord to take part in this. INSTANT Access to new builds, 3 weeks before public release. All Previous Tier Rewards

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I hear those creative juices a-brewin'.

So you want to put your creation in the game? Say no more. Let's do it.

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​​​​[PROGRESS REPORT] Episode 3 is Almost Ready


Title says it all.

I have just finished shooting the final Main Story scene for Season 2 Episode 3. Now all that's left to do is the shots for the fight scene and for the Episode 4 Preview that I want to include on the map screen. 



I'm about to work on that preview scene, but I'm waiting on a batch of poses I commissioned to do the fight scene, and those should be done by Tuesday. Hopefully. If I can get those and some poses for the opposition, I should be good to go. Meanwhile, I'll be working on scoring the entirety of Episode 3 (that means adding music and sfx) and then bugtesting the whole thing.

That being said, since I'm dropping an entire episode all at once, side content is rather light. There are only a small handful of new scenes. I'm also running someone through the story currently, and they're apparently very good with posing and doing renders. They claim to be able to pump out 1300 renders a week, which is (checks code) about triple the size of this update.


That's about it. I'm basically spamming images at this point lol. Hope to have this released within a week. See you then!

-Vic
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[PROGRESS REPORT] I Hear and Obey

Hey, all!
Finally, it's done. The Season 1 rework that I've been racking my brains on how to do. And honestly? Huge weight off my shoulders. Now, all there is to do is move forward. Sure, I may eventually go back and reshoot all the scenes that had bad lighting so that all the scenes match. But not anytime soon. I'm not really getting any more complaints about the intro, which is fantastic. Rewording things a little and Gillie's first text seem to have worked their magic. 
Which brings me to you. You, the community, without whom this story would not have had some of its best changes. The NUMBER ONE request I'm getting now is "Never break the saves again." Y'all do not want to have to start over again, and you know what? I hear you. There was going to be one more system I was going to implement, but I'm not going to do it until I know for a fact I can implement the new variables as you load your save rather than defining them at the beginning of the game only and forcing you to restart. If I can't do it, I'm not gonna force it. No more restarts. We move FORWARD from here on out.  The only reason I can think of that you might have to restart is if something happens with Ren'py itself, whether it's me updating to Ren'py 8 from Ren'py 7 or something on their end that I can't control. Regardless, I shall do my best to ensure you never have to restart again if you don't want to.
Speaking of turning over a new leaf, look at this shit! On F95zone, it used to compare WCA to a bunch of 2 star games, most of which were abandoned. Now F95 is comparing WCA to the likes of Summertime Saga and Eternum, games that have MILLIONS of views. Good lord. I would love for WCA to reach that height someday. So if you're on Itch or you're on F95Zone and you love this story, a nice review telling people why you like it would be more helpful than you can possibly imagine. Especially if you can't afford to support the game financially, you can add your voice in the Reviews section and help this story reach the heights of the games it's now being compared to. Now is the time to leave Reviews, share WCA with YouTubers, etc!
NEXT FEW RELEASES:
  • Season 2 Episode 3 + a small batch of side content
    • Progress: 80%. Waiting on a commission in order to finish a critical scene. Shooting other scenes in the meantime.
  • Season 2 Episode 4 (no side content because you won't be able to access it for the entire episode)
    • Progress: 12%
  • Season 2 Episode 5 + a small batch of side content
    • Progress: 5%
  • Larger batch of side content
  • Hoping to have 1 DLC character completely finished and available for sale at this point. May have as many as 2. 
ALSO BIG NEWS:
Hopefully this doesn't jinx anything, but Team Emberwings may be picking up someone to do posing and scene renders who ISN'T AFFLICTED WITH CRIPPLING ADHD WOW. They claim to be able to pump out 1300 renders a week and that's... damn. Their lighting and shots are on par with if not better than mine. Their lighting, definitely. But we're gonna keep the lighting the way it is so that way most of the story matches and there's not another massive shift in lighting. Cross your fingers, folks. If I can get someone on board that I can delegate posing and shooting to, my dream of monthly updates might be realized. 
LAST BIT and the reason I haven't put Season 2 Episode 3 out yet: I've commissioned someone to make unarmed combat poses based on Dead or Alive and Tekken animations in order to make my fight scenes both easier and faster to do, and to make them look a ton better. I'll be having them start the first batch tonight. And yes, that means there's a major fight scene in S2E3. There's some shit I learned and coded in under an hour, and it worked on the first try. I'm eager to see how it's received. And for those who are in it for the story, there will be a guide. 
That's all for now, folks. 
- Vic
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[PROGRESS REPORT] An Epic Save/ Rewrite Questions

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​[PROGRESS REPORT] A Blessing in Disguise


Hoo boy. This has been a BUSY month, y'all. 

What I THOUGHT was going to be a crisis in the house we're renting pushed me out of my comfort zone and got me job hunting for a second job, and this crisis has turned into an opportunity. I ended up landing a job, a VERY good job, which I'll only have to work for 3 days a week if that's all the time I want. I can shift my security job to the other two days, which will leave a day for streaming and a day off from everything. And that's if I don't quit security altogether.
What was this crisis, you ask? Well, we've had a problem with a roommate over the past year that they've been here, and they are moving out. Great person, great friend, just didn't work out as a roommate. The problem is, we haven't quite gotten anyone to fill their spot, and the lease renews on May 1st. So rent goes up for the rest of us for May at the very least since we're splitting it between less people. Does that sound scary? Yeah it was scary. But then I landed this job. 

I was dreading the way this might end up making me neglect the game, but it did the opposite. Though yes, I'm taking a break from WCA's actual coding development for just a few weeks while I train and get settled into this new job, Necro and I haven't stopped brainstorming and planning and creating new models for future episodes and writing side character scene plans, etc. And the icing on the cake? I've already confirmed that this new job would like me to bring something like my laptop to these overnight shifts, as in their minds, anything to keep me awake during shift is a good thing. 

And that means at least 3 nights a week I can work on WCA in a comfy ass chair getting paid $5 an hour more than my security job working one 8 hour shift and two 12 hour shifts.
This is massive not only for my quality of life, but for WCA as well. Not only have we gotten WAY more done for the next build than is typical following a public release, if all goes well with this job, my money stresses will stop impacting my ability to write and we can settle into a nice, smooth update schedule. Up until now, I've been forced to rely on the income from WCA to pay things like rent and groceries, which as made writing stressful because of the perceived "need to get something good out." Y'all have been wonderfully patient with me and all the shit that's happened over the past few years and into the present.

THAT BEING SAID... Necro and I are currently the only remaining members of Team EmberWings at this point. Boogle's life, unfortunately, got a bit busy, and his priorities are elsewhere. We wish him luck in his future endeavors.

This means we are looking for a poser. Lemme pull up the job posting in the Discord:

If that sounds like you, do send me a message. 
That's all for now! Fingers crossed the good luck continues and trickles down to WCA!

-Vic
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[PROGRESS REPORT] Slight Change in Side Story Philosophy

Hey, all.
Not only is the main story segment of the next build finished, but I also have 7 out of the 9 scenes I'd planned for the Side Story content finished. However, rather than stop at just those two scenes and release it, I kind of stumbled upon another method of thinking when it comes to side story content.
What I'd been doing previously is selecting a batch of girls and doing 1 scene for each of them. I recently had a bit of a shit day and went into Rage Dev mode, and now Mouse has a chunk of 3 new scenes in her side story. Thought to myself, "Huh. You know what? People are probably gonna enjoy a smaller number of characters having scene batches delivered like this rather than a bunch of characters getting 1 scene at a time."
So I think I'm going to adjust to this more happy medium in regards to developing character side stories. Probably not gonna pick 10 characters per patch anymore, but the 4 or 5 we do pick are probably gonna get 3 to 4 scenes apiece. This next build is gonna be a mix of the two philosophies, as there are a few characters who get one scene, and there will be a few characters that get 3 or 4. 
I'd like to do this with at least 2 more characters for this next build, 4 scenes each. And one of them is the secret character you unlock for pestering Yuka too much, so you'll finally get to see that in action. 
And with that being said, this next build is definitely releasing in March for supporters and April for the public. 4 main story scenes, and 15 side story scenes instead of 9 if I get my way. Excited to bring you more WCA soon!
- Vic
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[PROGRESS REPORT] Episode 2 Complete, Working on Side Content

Hey all! 
Thanks for your patience. I do manuscript and cover design on the side for other authors and I've had a couple of commissions lately that made me pause work on WCA a couple of times. But I'm happy to report that I just finished bugtesting the final scene in Season 2 Episode 2. That's right. Episode 2 is FINISHED.
Now all that remains is working through the side content that we have planned. There's been a ton of brainstorming and plot organization for the side stories, and now that we have a bunch of it pinned down, getting it planned and written is gonna be much easier. As far as progress goes, we're about 30% of the way done with the side scenes we want to include. It's all downhill from here. Necromedes has been a MASSIVE help in the planning and brainstorming department.
In other news, Necro has put together a brand new Core Promo Pinup Pack! These are images you can share of your favorite Core girls that can also help new players find the game! This pack has been posted for supporters in the Discord and will be posted soon for SubscribeStar and Patreon supporters in its own unique post. Sometime after that, I'll be sharing it with everyone on Itch and F95!
That's it for today! I'll have more for you soon as we focus down these side story scenes and get this build ready to ship. Thank you all again!
-Vic
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