Studio Peaches

TCM Dakimakura Research 2

With a TCM body pillow, what style do you like more?

Akello is open to the Uptown crowd!

You can play his chapter here:
https://studiopeaches.itch.io/akello/patreon-access

Here's a couple things to keep in mind with this early look:

This is early access!  There is a high probability of glitches, minor bugs, and other small issues as the game is still technically a work in progress.  For now, please hit me up with bug reports and feedback either here or on discord so I can keep track of it!

I will be trouble...

Happy V Day from Tri City Monsters!

Thank you to @hirodraga on tumblr for this amazing Amir pin up to celebrate his public chapter release!  Please check them out on Tumblr and maybe consider commissioning them, they're a joy to work with! 

Other than that, please spread the word!  Amir is free to play on itch.io permanently! 

Dakimakura/Sexy Pillow Research Part 1

I'm looking to start creating some merch for TCM and I'd  like to tap into the community's opinions!  Specifically, this one is  about Dakimakuras/Sexy Body Pillows.

Would you buy a sexy body pillow that had bare genitalia on it?

Final Q&A Session

The final Q&A Session is now available!  Thank you all for your flexibility and understanding while I try to manage that cursed Solo Dev workload :D

General Progress 2/12

• AKELLO ROLLOUT HAS BEGUN!!
• Galleria patrons have just been granted access.  Uptown will gain access on the 15th, Lower East on the 21st, and Pitrats on the 28th.
• This also ushers open the formal Feedback period!  Please hit me with everything you have during this time so I can continue to polish the game!
• Also be sure to let me know if you find any bugs, its just kind of a reality of game dev and letting me know will help me keep them to an absolute minimum!
• Amir will be going public on 2/1...
  2023-02-13 00:51:53 +0000 UTC View Post

More Time For Slime

Let's take another look at Akello's slime development.  In the beginning when I started planning his chapter, I wasn't sure if I would need a formal monster sprite to stand alone against his human one but as I got deeper and deeper into development it started to become clear that he would need something more.  For one, his main menu screen looked quite bare without a secondary figure.

Atlas and I convened and we talked about increasing the amount of goo coming off him.

2023-01-29 05:58:02 +0000 UTC View Post

SOON

Akello's chapter is in its wrap-up phases and I'm (99%) confident I will be able to begin releasing to Patrons beginning February 14!  That also means Amir's chapter will be slated to go public during that time period! :D

Slime Time!

Akello's monster form is more... abstract than Amir's or Mori's so we really wanted to take it in a more flexible direction.  

This is my original sketch over Atlas' sprite work.  We had some technical conversations about how Akello's goo works and how that would seep through clothing before I was totally happy with a visual vibe that I thought suited his powers.  We both liked the look of ferrofluid and other magnetized liquids as inspiration- its shiny and has a great mix of rigid, spikey parts and drippiness with the ...

Akello Expressions!

WHEW with that big meeting out of the way I feel like I can finally focus on Akello's chapter 100% again.  I'm here with a look at Akello's facial development.  I asked Atlas to keep his expressions fairly subtle for the most part as Akello is GENERALLY a very calm person who's good at keeping calm under pressure.  I'm looking forward to being able to cycle through several of these to make conversations feel more animated.

Roughing out my concepts over his facial structure:

2023-01-13 03:26:50 +0000 UTC View Post

TCM Annual Review and Changes to Development (Please Read!)

Patrons!

Thank you very very kindly for being patient while i wrangled all the information for my meeting regarding TCM's performance from last year.  I have compiled this info into what I hope is the most succinct and accessible to you so please take a minute to give these a once over!

I'll be making some changes to the upper two tiers regarding the reward fulfillment so please if you're Galleria or Uptown give this a once over.  I totally understand reconsidering pledging at those upper levels and if you'd like to sti...

Akello's Profile Card

Like Mori and Amir, its now time for Akello to have his own profile card as well!  Akello's color palette is super fun but it really took some work to get it at a point that I like.  

Progress Report 12/31

• Happy new year!
• Altas has completed work on Akello's human sprite for the most part, including expressions, which y'all will get a look at next week.
• The "annual review" is still scheduled for the first week of january so expect the results of that, goals, and strategies to be published in the following week or two.
• While I'll be back with exact numbers mid-January, I want to thank you all for your support this year.  TCM had amazing growth and above all else, I hear loud and clear that there is interest...
  2022-12-31 20:28:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Upcoming "Review"

I'll have a general update for yall on Saturday but since I was on and distributing some perk links to the higher ranks I thought I'd pass this little update along to everyone :D

The Studio Peaches "annual review" meeting is scheduled for the week of Jan 9th.  During this time, me and my partner will be going over ALL of TCM's data from 2022- engagement, traffic, # of plays and downloads, discord and social media stats, budgets, etc, and even community population and dynamics.  The purpose of this meeting is to paint and ...

Galleries Update

Happy Liminal Space Week Between Major Holidays!

This week I was finally able to backdate and tag my personal art archive and found a lot of great TCM art that I've been able to share to the TCM Fanart album.  Feel free to bookmark the link and access the gallery here:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtBzIxCUUOUql2f0xGr-MZS-GNEJ?e=I9Cjdk

Also, Secret Santa wrapped up in our discord over the weekend and I just want to ex...

Q&A #11 - POVs, Tone, and Worldbuilding

Hey upper ranks!  Last month I had some great questions about building narrative best practices and it turns out I kind of had a lot to say about the subject.  This a 40min crash course for narrative building that i kinda put through some chunky editing for information density's sake.  I'm calling it a Podcast with Visual Aids kind of style lol!  Also sorry, but the video cuts out for a couple seconds around 38:11, not sure what happened during exporting orz!  This Q&A is the culmination of both Nov and Dec fills...

Body References

Atlas has been so kind as to provide multiple blank body references for your use.  In the past I have used them for scars and tattoo placements.

More Akello Spritework

That deep deep v cut is going to look amazing once his body's had the full render treatment.  Also, just like Mori, Akello has peaches on his shoes!  Thanks for the cute hidden detail, Atlas <3

Finalized heavy coat colors, the warm browns really do it for me.

2022-12-04 00:16:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Q&A Sessions Archive

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Q%26A%20Sessions

TCM Backgrounds

The ingame backgrounds used for both Mori and Amir's chapters.  Akello's will go up once his chapter is complete.

In Game Sprite Gallery

The final sprites that ended up in game + their drop shadows and other polish effects. 

TCM Location Scouting - Pitrats

I had the opportunity this week to poke around my old stomping grounds and decided to make a little photo journey to show y'all.  As a younger person, I used to frequent the Underground at a venue called The Nile.  The Nile's entrance was in a bricked back alley that usually had the smell of weed, piss, and rotting garbage and I first started seeing shows there as a minor still in high school.

My parents were... kind of middling on the authority scale but while they never let me go alone, they did let me go with my cousin, wh...

More of Akello <3

Hello!

Today I have some more Akello work for your perusal!

First, let's take a look at some sketches for Akello's second pose.  Now something I learned in Amir's chapter is that if we make the poses too different obviously then all the outfits need to be be drawn again which can very quickly build up into an unmanageable work load for just one artist.  Going into Akello's chapter this was one of the things I wanted to be sure I kept my eye on without sacrificing meaningful body language.  Going off my original con...

TCM 1st Annual Secret Santa Exchange

Sign ups are now open if you wish to participate in the first annual gift exchange!  This event will primarily be hosted on Discord for ease of accessibility and because there will likely be a lot of ongoing conversations during.

BUT! If that's cool with you or you already hang out there, please think about signing up!  All participants will make a gift and receive a gift from another participant.  Art, fics, playlists, etc are allowed, whatever medium you like.

This event IS open to non-patrons ho...

Kinktober 2022 is here!

Thank you all so much for your prompts and requests during Kinktober!  Here is the completed PDF of all fill for your reading ease!

Akello Main Menu Color Test

I do an abnormally large amount of work on color when I'm working on early parts of character chapters.  Here's some quick screencaps of what direction I'm working on for Akello!  For each character, I like when they have an "image color" or a color that represents them.  For Mori its teal and purple, for Amir it was rose and gold.  For Akello, I want to lean heavily into earthy tones with some strong shades of green.  Which hues specifically will depend on Atlas' finalized sprites of course, but here is my prelimina...

MEME DUMP

Enjoy this small showcase of memes from talented community artists.  If you've made your own memes post them here or otherwise make sure I see them!

October Supporter Roundup!

Unlocked Community Rewards Archive (Updated 10/30/22)

15 Patrons > 18+ Mori Short Story

      [Takamori] 

25 Patrons > Professional Logo Design by Camila Fortuna

    Logo Concept Gallery

30 Patrons > 18+ Amir Short Story

&...

Community OC Guide!

If you've been on the TCM discord, you'll know that we talk about our OCs a lot!  There's a thriving population and I finally decided to make a handy guide for reference, especially since I sometimes fill writing requests with others' characters (stay tuned for a Kinktober masterpost, speaking of which).

Come and hang with us on discord!