I am proud to say that all the routes for the demo/side story of That Summer’s Day — “Memories of Marin” are fully coded into the game! ๐ I have grown to enjoy using Ren’py, and am amazed at all the things it can do! Hopefully with more experience I will be able to do more with it, but for now, I am quite satisfied and content.
Right now work is being carried out on on the interface of the game…
Then, afterwards I’ll need to work on promotional materials and cleaning up other relevant materials, such as my project pages and website.
Just to showcase how things are looking right now…
This is what I have been working on!!
This is a picture of Marin, as a teenager, gazing at the ocean as she ponders the feelings she has for her distant cousin Sean Tovin. There is melancholy in Marin’s eyes, because she cannot be sure whether her feelings for Sean are requited. She is happy, yet sad… like most of us are when we fall in love for the first time.
In a way, I want Memories of Marin to be about the shared memories between Sean and Marin… It is a VN about the memories of Marin, as much as Sean’s memories of Marin. No matter whether they end up together, no matter whether there is romantic attraction between them, they will always care for and love each other, even if just as friends or family.
Marin is a truly lovable character who might have started off being a little spoiled in the beginning. But she truly cares for Sean, even if he may not be as receptive to her care as she hopes, and Sean truly does love her, even if not in the way that Marin wants.
Memories of Marin is as much a prequel as it is a sequel to That Summer’s Day.
I hope that through Memories of Marin, players will be able to have a glimpse into the world that will be introduced in That Summer’s Day, and I can do Marin’s feelings justice here, by devoting a whole VN to her… albeit a mini one.
Marie Marie Studio ๐ 