Hello, world! Lucas Chasteen here, author and developer of Yugure no Kagami ZERO and the VNgen visual novel engine it runs on.

It’s a strange phenomenon that despite only being a few days shorter, February consistently feels about half as long as January. There’s pros and cons to this, naturally. One the one hand, winter is almost over, but on the other… winter is almost over. That means more tolerable weather for many of us, but also that time is running out for a certain prequel to hit its original release target. Continue

Hello, world! Lucas Chasteen here, author and developer of Yugure no Kagami ZERO and the VNgen visual novel engine it runs on.

Sometimes it’s nice to be missed. Even with this devblog’s two-month hiatus being announced in advance way back in November, I still received many emails and private messages asking about the state of Yugure no Kagami, VNgen, and XGASOFT in general. And truth be told, it’s not all sunshine and roses here behind the scenes (more on that later). Continue

Hello, world! Lucas Chasteen here, author and developer of Yugure no Kagami ZERO and the VNgen visual novel engine it runs on.

How is it in your corner of the world this time of year? For those of us in the States, this week is traditionally the time when we crawl out of our turkey comas from Thanksgiving and tumble head-first into another Christmas season which managed to sneak up on us before we even realized the year is almost over. Continue

Did you know that ZERO‘s titular character almost wasn’t even in the game? It’s true!

Hello, world! Lucas Chasteen here, author and developer of Yugure no Kagami ZERO and the VNgen visual novel engine it runs on. Recently, development crossed an interesting milestone that reminded me of what a journey the word ‘zero’ has been on in relation to Yugure no Kagami.

 

Starting From Zero

Way back in 2014, work began on constructing the mythology and lore that would lay the foundation for YNK. Continue