Bat Studios

Novembear Jam and Chapter 7

Hello dear supporters,

I hope you're all doing ok, or at least good enough to be able to move forward. That's my current status: surviving. I really hope that I will get some things going soon, but I am no longer expecting much. For the ones...

A little progress here, and a little there

Hello everyone. 

For the first time in the novel, we might use a random background with a filter on top of it...I just can't afford to commission new art for the novel right now. I added an extra part that was needed in the story to ma...

Chapter 6 - Change

Hey everyone. It's been a while again.

I'm slowly getting accustomed to my work hours and all the work I need to do again. I haven't really recovered financially, but it is what it is for now. Things will become a bit more stable in the comi...

Silence is wonderful, but don't let it get too quiet

Hello everyone,

I know I posted recently that I would make time for the novel, yet here I am again writing that I want to write. Today, I had a realization: maybe...just maybe, I could have postponed getting a job and stuck to writing more t...

Update on Bat Studios and Chapter 6

Hello everyone,

It's been a while since the last update and I had to get you all up to speed with why the long silence.

My new job has taken over my life and the little free time I have left, I use to decompress and relax. The good thi...

Beyond Romance: The Evolving Journey of Light My Way

Light My Way is kind of growing. Not in terms of the Patreon count necessarily, but growth has many forms. There are a few more YouTube channels that focus on furry visual novels that have picked up my story. I get a hit of dopamine every time I s...

Inevitability

It's been a few weeks since my last entry here. I've been busy with a lot of things in my life. Something that has taken up a lot of my time has been the flat where my mom lived. I needed to remove all the furniture, paint the walls, basically cle...

Crash and grow

It's been a while since my last update here regarding...well, everything. 

I have considered not writing anymore about my life here and keeping things to myself or just talking about them with my real-life friends. But I figured that yo...

Giveaway winners announced!

https://batstudios47.itch.io/lightmyway/devlog/676579/giveaway-winners-announced

If you've participated in my giveaway,...

Chapter 4 - Displacement Release!

Hello everyone!

We are finally ready with the build. There are some things that still need to be edited, but for the most part the build is solid and stable. Let's hope you all like it. It's been a while yes, and I know it's not h...

Grand Unification Day

Hello everyone. I know it's been very slow with

Obstacles are just there to get us hyped for victory

Soundtrack: Dark Waves by Attack Attack!

Life, like most things, is not some linear constant that we can easily sail with cruising winds behind us while we sip on a cocktail and enjoy the breeze. Life tends to shake us, sometimes fl...

Let the New Year in, leave the old one out

We've managed to finish another rotation of our planet around the sun. I've never been much of a Christmas guy, but the New Year hits different for me. Today is a day of reflection: what did I achieve this year? What were my mistakes, and what cou...

A different holiday

I arrived at a friend's place 2 days ago. I decided that I didn't want to spend the holidays by myself at home, so I travelled 6 hours by train to get here. It's cold and windy, but it's where my friends live, and that's the most important part of...

Time does heal

Things have been moving along in the past few weeks. Although it's been only a month since that final day, I am going through a better phase now. Yesterday was exactly one month since my mom passed away, and even though this is probably the most a...

Recovery

Losing a loved one, especially a mother, is a profound and heart-wrenching experience. It's a journey through the deepest valleys of grief and despair, and I find myself on that path now. My mother's battle with cancer ended, leaving an unforgetta...

Acceptance

Soundtrack: lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

There is no easy way for it though. Acceptance. Mom is gone. Accept? No. Well...yes. I have to. There's no other option, is there...So I have to move on one way or the other.

Define "the...

The light, the void and everything

It's 21:27. I am at the hospital in this room that's meant for coffee breaks, I assume. The light towards the hallway only shows me the way to where a strong void awaits. I'm no longer sure how to feel. Some days, it's ok and bearable. Some days, ...

A life worth living

Dear readers,

It's getting close to the point of no return for my mother. I am with her every day trying to do my best to help out as best I can. I wanted to share with you some things about me so maybe you get to know me better.

I c...

Better days are coming (sad entry, read at your own risk!)

At least I hope they are. I've been going through some tough times lately. My mother has become so much worse in the past weeks that she can barely walk. I need to be there daily to take care of basic stuff like washing dishes, cleaning around the...

A short update on things now

I played the novel with the new sprites yesterday. It felt weird, but I expected it to be that way. I mean, for the better part of a year, I have been familiarizing myself with the old sprites. For most of you on the other hand, this change will h...

A short story

Hello everyone,

I would like to post from time to time some of my short stories that I wrote. Some were written during writing courses, others were written by me for fun when I had a bit of inspirtaion. I don't know how often I'll post these...

Rethinking how Light My Way moves forward

Hello everyone. It has been a few days since I returned from Eurofurence but I didn't get to write an entry here. I kind of hesitated because I wasn't sure of the direction of the novel and some other stuff that I'll explain below. But now I have ...

Chapter 2 now live!

Hello, everyone!

After days of agonizing with Itch and Patreon, I believe we finally managed to get everything settled. Use this link to access the project if you are a Patreon:

2023-08-08 15:29:32 +0000 UTC View Post

1000 downloads!

19 days after the release of the demo build, Light My Way has finally reached 1000 downloads. You can see by the graph above how fast the hype went away...

An open-ended beginning

Hello dear readers,

I wanted to start my Patreon-only content by telling you what you can expect from me. Since I'm not a visual artist, I won't have many artworks to share outside of some spoilers if you'll want to see them. I could post sk...