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Hello everyone! You can just call me Bisa, this isn't my first attempt at trying to construct a visual novel but well, here I am again. 

The name of my Visual novel is Sister of the Apocalypse. Paint the image in your head of a nun in black with her head lowered surrounded by a horde of zombies. That's the sort of feel I'm going for. It might not make sense. My way of wording things seems to confuse others a lot. 

The protagonist is invited to a wedding from a relative. During the wedding, infection breaks out and so the protagonist escapes with two younglings. The goal is to escape the church (of course later they must escape the country) but baby steps. 

I tried drawing but it was incredibly eerie,(I'm decent at hand drawing but I'm not good with stylus ;o;) I mean I am going for a horror visual novel but I wanted the art to at least look pleasing haha... If there's anyone who's interested, please help meh with the character designs. I can't pay you or anything though. I'm kind of horrified yet fascinated with my own drawing at the same time, so even if no one is interested that's okay. In case you were wondering, I was going for the "Stocking" look from the character Stocking Anarchy from the anime PSWG. 

Characters
 Hand drawn vs drawn with G 430 XP Pen
Since my ematic laptop freaks out when I used art studio for too long, I've decided to hold off on drawing my own sprites.



Nepenthes
People can never pronounce her name right so she always introduces herself as Penny, she's also known as Pen Pen to her childhood friends. Her mother died when she was young, and her father remarried. She lived her life basically as a maid for her younger half-brother. Later once she came of age, she moved to America (Her Mother was a Chinese-American photographer that lived in Greece for the longest, Nepenthe was born in Greece but she was raised mostly in China.) Her favorite food is. Personality-wise, she's a polite character her inner thought leans towards sarcasm. 
  • Inspired by: Stocking Anarchy, maids, virgin mary and nuns. 

Fun and re
levant facts about her:
  • Her Mom was Christian so she was raised conscious of ... the sky papa.
  • She's skinny but she's actually quite strong
  • *when she lived with her family, she worked as a manual laborer/maid part-time, which is how she saved up money for her move.* Thus, her eye for detail and her strength stats are already high. 
  • *She normally wears black.  
  • Her favorite food is Mousakka or any other lasagna variant with veggies. 



Yanci

Nepenthe's childhood friend(?) I drafted this story a long time ago, I think she's her cousin on her Father's side. She's a model and social media influencer, but she doesn't brag about her occupation or work. She's pretty, kind and popular, and Nepenthe low-key hates her. She's the kind of friend that'll walk over and talk to you even if you pretend you don't see them. Her favorite color is pink and she loves lychees and strawberry chicken salads.

Little Lin

Nepenthe's younger half-brother. An intelligent sweetheart, who is worse than Yanci in the clinging aspect. He has an attachment to her since she raised him, and follows her around even though he knows she doesn't want to be around him. His favorite food is fried potato pancakes made by Nepenthe, he loves any dish so long as it has potatoes in it. He refers to Nepenthe as Sister Pen.

Tenya
A little boy with blue hair. (He's the same age as little lin, 12)
Forcefully dubbed the title of Tenny by Little Lin.  He's the son of some Japanese big wig, at first it seems like Little Lin clings to him, but he does the same. Although he's not willing to admit that they're friends. He unconsciously clings and follows around Nepenthe as well. He may look high maintenance but he's a simple kid. His favorite food is indian cuisine but his most favorite dish is curried salmon and jasmine rice.

Young Luyen
Nepenthe's Prince of Death. She had a decade long crush on him. He's a stoic young heir to a rich family conglomerate. She was in the same clubs at him and always volunteered to assist him when everyone found him to intimidating to get along with. However, he probably doesn't even remember her existence. His favorite food??? Only known by Pen Pen. 

Progress:

Update: April 11 or 12 technically since it's 1:14 AM

I finally got a tablet and was able to start buckling down on the sprites. 

Using a tablet isn't as easy as just being able to draw but I'd like to think I'm getting used to this fast, thought its only because I'm cheating by using fabric patterns instead of coloring and mirroring because my hand isn't skilled enough to draw steadily yet. 



title screen- none
Sprites- 3
background scenes-none yet
music- got some from a free royalty site

Intro: 

Status of Sanity and resources:
I got a new pc, it's refurbish but the monitor and tablet are new. Got a job so can afford to pay others... will probably end up paying others to make the sprites... As fun as drawing this was, my day flew by in a flash. Since I work fulltime now don't really have the time to be dedicating to drawing on my days off. Baby steps for now though. I think I will still draw but probably pay someone to make backgrounds for me ;o;.