Nocti

Devlog

• Where we're at
  August 26, 2024 by Nuxill

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  Okay everyone! I have an exciting update to share with you all! The next update for Nocti is nearly done ! Yippee! The biggest amount of work to do right now is character sprites and cutscenes with th... Continue reading

  
• Lots and Lots of NPCS
  June 01, 2024 by Nuxill

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  Hello again! I've been working hard on Nocti these past few months. Porting the assets to a new file made me realize just how much of the places in game were technically "unfinished". Yeah they had ba... Continue reading

  
• Refactoring and More!
  March 08, 2024 by Nuxill

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  Hello! Uh... oh my god, I haven't updated the itch.io devlog since November ??? Uh... oopsies!!! If you'd like smaller, more immediate updates on Nocti you can follow my gamedev tumblr ! Long story sh... Continue reading

  
• Getting Closer
  November 21, 2023 by Nuxill

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  If you ever stop to ask yourself, "I wonder if Nocti is still being worked on?", the answer is always: YES. As of right now all of the Nexus characters have gotten new sprites with simple animations,... Continue reading

  
• An actually real update
  April 01, 2023 by Nuxill

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  Hello again! It's been a while, hasn't it? I know the date is April 1st, but this is a real devlog to let you know what I've been doing. Unfortunately, I am still working with chronic pain that has ca... Continue reading

  
• August Update
  August 04, 2022 by Nuxill

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  Hello! Long time no see. I don't have a whole lot to report so I'll keep this brief; work on Nocti is going well! I'm about halfway through spriting the most complicated tileset I've ever done for a n... Continue reading

  
• April Update
  April 24, 2022 by Nuxill

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  Hello, and welcome back to my Nocti devlogs! A lot has happened since the last time I posted, including me losing and then regaining access to my itch account. Fun times! The game files for Nocti were... Continue reading

  
• Glass Bones and Paper Skin
  January 26, 2022 by Nuxill

  Oh boy, it's been... seven months?! since I last updated the itch page for Nocti. That's my bad. I haven't stopped working on Nocti or anything, I just had a flare up of my pinched nerve after buildin... Continue reading

  
• Shuffling
  June 23, 2021 by Nuxill

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  Hello again! I've been kind of keeping up with my self imposed schedule... kind of. Sometimes you get bored of one part and you have to work on other parts instead so you can at least get something do... Continue reading

  
• Still Chugging Along
  May 16, 2021 by Nuxill

  I’ve been working hard on version 0.2 for the past few months. It’s still not ready, but it’ll be coming out sometime this year. There might also be version 0.3 coming out this year or early nex... Continue reading

  
• Nocti in 2021
  January 25, 2021 by Nuxill

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  After a break, I'm back to work on Nocti! I'm not as far along as I'd like to be (when am I ever?) and that's been exacerbated by COVID 19 and the USA's terribe response to it. It's no surprise that... Continue reading

  
• Nocti vers 0.12 released!
  September 22, 2020 by Nuxill

  I've created and uploaded a new version of Nocti! The biggest change is that you should finally be able to save your game, but I've also fixed a few bugs and changed a sound effect or two. I wante... Continue reading

  
• Another big oopsie
  September 02, 2020 by Nuxill

  So apparently the window version of Nocti did not work because I put in the non compressed .exe file instead of the one that had gone through virutal box. Not a single person in the past three days s... Continue reading
• Big fix update!!!
  August 29, 2020 by Nuxill

  turns out I had something VERY important turned off in Nocti!! If you couldn't save then please redownload the game!... Continue reading
• Ver 0.10 released!!
  August 28, 2020 by Nuxill

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  It's finally here! After three years! Please enjoy the game demo and let me know if you have any issues! I'll try my best to fix them... Continue reading

  
• Nocti Demo Coming... Tomorrow!!
  August 27, 2020 by Nuxill

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  Yes that's right! The demo will be released tomorrow! I've got everything I need to update the itch page except a new summary, which I'll work on tonight. I'm uploading it tomorrow because tonight I h... Continue reading

  
• Beta testing is GO!!!!
  August 07, 2020 by Nuxill

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  I am finally, FINALLY ready to release Nocti out into the wild after a little bit of beta testing. I'm going to be sending the file to some friends to see if they can find anything and then I'll uploa... Continue reading
• The Home Stretch
  June 02, 2020 by Nuxill

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  Yes, you heard that right! Nocti's demo is very close to release! After 3 long years of development, I'm almost at a point where it's ready to be given to people to playtest for bugs and then thrown o... Continue reading

  
• Whoops I am not dead
  March 29, 2020 by Nuxill

  Hello! just popping in to say that this project is very much *not* dead, but as you can see the deadline I had set for myself kind of crashed and burned in a horrific fire. I think it's safe to say th... Continue reading

  
• Probable Nocti Demo Release Date
  July 14, 2019 by Nuxill

  While the Dream Diary Jam has come and gone, and I did technically sign up for it, I'm still not at a good place to release the demo version of Nocti. I've gotten a lot done since the last time I've p... Continue reading

  
• Whats up with Nocti?
  February 26, 2019 by Nuxill

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  Hey! Despite the radio silence, I have been working hard on Nocti. I'm still only able to work on it once or twice a week, but I've been making steady progress on getting the demo ready. The purple fo... Continue reading

  
• November Update
  December 02, 2018 by Nuxill

  Hey all! It's been a busy month, but Nocti development is still chuggin along! I've had to slow down due to stuff like commission work and the holiday season approaching, but another area from the jam... Continue reading

  
• October Update
  October 31, 2018 by Nuxill

  Happy Halloween everyone! It's been a while hasn't it? Fortunately I come bearing good news! Nocti's development has picked up a lot since I last posted! I've got more time to work on the game now, an... Continue reading

  
• Not dead!!
  August 28, 2018 by Nuxill

  Hello all! I'm not dead! And neither is Nocti! Well... at least the game isn't. :) I've been silent due to a myriad of things, mostly having to do with moving downstate with my family. It took a lot m... Continue reading
• May Update
  May 31, 2018 by Nuxill

  Wow, I'm writing an update post on time! It's a miracle! I've been working mainly on NPCs and Nocti's effects, making them look new and pretty and a little more fun than the older versions. The new sp... Continue reading

  
• March + April Updates
  May 11, 2018 by Nuxill

  Hey!! Sorry about the long time between updates. Life gets in the way sometimes. Work on Nocti is still going. Development has picked up a little bit again, and I expect to go into full power work mod... Continue reading

  
• February Update
  March 05, 2018 by Nuxill#game dev

  Hello again! I made decent progress with Nocti in February. Lot of little areas mapped out and plans for NPC systems in the works. Yes, systems. Since a lot of the characters in Nocti are going to be... Continue reading
• January Update
  January 31, 2018 by Nuxill#Nocti

  This month I finished up the tileset for a new area in the Shadow World. There’s a few more rooms to be mapped but otherwise it’s done. I have a few more ideas for this world that I’d like to ad... Continue reading

  
• December Update
  January 08, 2018 by Nuxill#Nocti, #yume nikki fangame

  I knew December was gonna be a busy month, but I was still able to get a little bit of stuff done. More NPCs have been made and more new areas have been started. Now that I’m finally, FINALLY done... Continue reading

  
• November Update
  December 04, 2017 by Nuxill

  No pics this time, sorry! Things have been going along fairly steadily with Nocti. I’m not going to lie and say I’ve gotten a lot of stuff done, but the first remade world is about 90% mapped and... Continue reading
• Quick update
  November 15, 2017 by Nuxill

  Hello everyone! Hope you're doing well. I just realized that having update posts on this game might make people think that these are going into the jam version or are in the game already when I make a... Continue reading
• October Update
  November 02, 2017 by Nuxill#game dev, #Game progress

  Whoops! Sorry about being a day late. Work on Nocti has been a little slow for a variety of reasons, but progress is being made. I’ve started working on NPCs and fixing up sprites to improve readab... Continue reading

  
• September Update
  September 14, 2017 by Nuxill#Nocti, #Update

  Unfortunatley I don’t have a lot of things to mention this month about Nocti, since I lost a good chunk of time to Job juggling- almost half the month I was too busy or too tired from long days to g... Continue reading

  
• August Update
  August 18, 2017 by Nuxill

  Hey there! From now on im going to try to post updates about Nocti once each month sometime around the 15th. Emphasis on try. This month I’ve been busy reworking the starting location of the game... Continue reading

  
• Nocti's New Look
  July 18, 2017 by Nuxill#update, #post jam, #sprite work

  (this post is cross-posted from my game dev blog on tumblr fyi!!) It’s been a while hasn’t it? I’ve been busy with life but I have taken some time to sit down and start working on Nocti again. S... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fixes!!
  July 02, 2017 by Nuxill#bug fixes

  Wow I sure messed up didnt I? There's been a lot of little bugs that people have pointed out and I've done my best to fix as many as possible. Some noteworthy fixes are: Clipping issues in the purple... Continue reading