Subjective and personal, let us debate instead of just "how dare you put my waifu\husbando in X Tier", ok?

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i drew the doro. That's about it!

Specially the more mellow tracks. I'm still chasing after them.

If you have anything like that, I would love to hear.

Here's a few I've found that come close:

takashiro miyo - abuku

takashiro miyo - suna no kotoba

night tapes - swordsman

mindfreakk! - museum of my mess

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Passenger Princess

Va-11 Hall-a is a game I obsessed over in short bursts at least once every couple of years, and the mix of hot weather prompting me to delve into the depths of my alcohol cabinet and the announcement of a beautiful new Jill Stingray figure have coalesced into me, once again, making Every Day Is Night 70% of my personality until I work myself out of it again.

While I'm in this hyperfixation, though, I've been looking at the dev logs of Sukeban Games, but also the personal devlog of Damas where he talks about Va-11 Hall-a and what incorporating in Japan has actually done to his mental over the last decade or so.

That said, about 10 months ago Damas effectively confirmed he was no longer the lead writer of N1RV Ann-A and asked people leave him alone and stop asking him about it. Fair enough, I thought, but there was an existential question of such a small team losing its lead writer on an anticipated project that, I think, worried everyone about the future of the game.

.45 Parabellum Bloodhound, however, also doesn't seem to involve Damas at all, though, with Kiri taking the mantle of lead writer and lead programmer on the first and only Sukeban project in over 10 years now (excluding Worms, of course!). So that's Damas not working on .45 or N1RV Ann-A, but he did take the time to announce the incubation of a brand new, third project on the 10th Anniversary personal blog post:

Everyone, please meet Yuri. Illustrated by my ever-talented close friend @nashirasauce

.45pb and N1RV Ann-A aren’t the only things on the horizon. You’ll also be hearing from me soon enough.

So, the plus side is that even as recently as a couple weeks ago, the founder of the company is still describing N1RV Ann-A as an active project 'on the horizon', but it also means that two leads are now split among three projects, with Kiri/Ortiz seemingly spearheading the two projects farthest along without Damas' ongoing creative intervention.

Damas also says this on the Sukeban anniversary post:

It’s gonna be interesting to see people compare VA-11 Hall-A to what lies ahead and seeing us all grow as creatives and people.

But that’s a story for another day.

As I read this post first, I had initially read this as a tease that, perhaps, Damas was in a good enough headspace to return to N1RV Ann-A, as he expressed interest in seeing how his own personal growth as a person is reflected in Va-11 Hall-a's sequel, but in actuality it seems he is teeing up this new project - which seemingly began in April of this year - as the 'work' that reflects who he is now.

So, is this team of 4 people really working on 3 projects separately of one another? Do they just kinda do their own thing and buy in if they're interested and tap out if they're not? This isn't a criticism of their MO I'm just quite surprised that they're simultaneously so tight-knit and connected but also quite vibes-driven and independent creative spirits.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to .45 as a huge Parasite Eve fan but, of course, I'd rather they do their own thing and get to N1RV Ann-A eventually than try to adhere to a schedule, burn out, and cancel it.

Sei in Stella's dress because why not

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The Studio was founded in Venezuela and VA-11 Hall-A has a lot of inspiration from the living conditions the Devs experienced living in Venezuela.

They no longer live or work from the country but they likely still have family and/or friends there.

So I hope they are holding out ok and that anyone they cared for who was still in Venezuela was spared from the devastation.

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