Aurum Academy

Devlog

• (no) Plans for 2024
  January 23, 2024 by Ray Draws

  12

  Oh god I looked back at this page and seen the last build was September 2021... It's giving dead... But on a more serious note; I'm still currently not developing the game at the moment but I do plan... Continue reading
• Plans for 2023
  February 20, 2023 by Ray Draws

  8

  #Notices, #Talks

  It's been a while again lmao hi... thought it was about time I make an update since I've been in the Aurum headspace again. First thing I should probably say is (rather obviously) there hasn't been mu... Continue reading

  
• Plans for 2022
  March 23, 2022 by Ray Draws

  6

  #Notices, #Talks

  Hey... It's been a while! Haha... 😳I know I'm not a big fan of when a VN goes a long time without communication so I thought I'd just come here and give y'all some of my thoughts and plans for Auru... Continue reading

  
• Update Schedule Changes
  October 01, 2021 by Ray Draws

  5

  #Updates, #Notices

  Hi. So unfortunately it looks like I'm going to have to fall into that trope of furry visual novels never being completed or taking forever... Not to get too personal but I asked my mental health if I... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.0 September 1st
  September 01, 2021 by Ray Draws

  5

  #Alpha, #Updates, #Major Updates

  First thing I want to say is that the game is now officially 100% NSFW hehe, just a little bit. Majority of the NSFW stuff will be concentrated way later in the game for full disclosure Second thing i... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.9 August 1st
  August 01, 2021 by Ray Draws

  3

  #Alpha, #Updates

  Welp, this is the first update where the game earns its NSFW rating! (it's just underwear though so don't worry/I'm sorry) This update is kinda small sorry <3 I'm thinking about making a mock-up of ho... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.8 June 30th
  June 30, 2021 by Ray Draws

  5

  #Updates, #Alpha

  Hey gang. This update is kinda short too but I'm planning on having a big update for Alpha 1.0 so I've mostly just been planning Next month is Artfight so no telling how big that update will be either... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.7 May 30th
  May 30, 2021 by Ray Draws

  4

  #Alpha, #Updates

  Weew that was a long time between updates but I'm glad I took it since May was super stressful oops!!! The biggest change is that Kienan is no longer visible since the story is primarily from his pers... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.6 April 17th
  April 17, 2021 by Ray Draws

  2

  #Alpha, #Updates

  This update has been spent mostly learning how to... actually work the Renpy engine! Lots of tweaking on the back end and over-all improvements. I also got a little stumped with the last section of th... Continue reading
• Alpha 0.5 March 29th / 21
  March 29, 2021 by Ray Draws

  4

  #Alpha, #Updates

  I found a way to optimize movements slightly so that's kinda neat! (it was very simple to figure out but I'm excited about it) Also a bunch of tweaks to the script since went back and did a grammar pa... Continue reading

  
• Aurum Academy Questions and Answers!
  March 14, 2021 by Ray Draws

  4

  #Alpha, #Talks

  I was gonna name it frequently asked questions but... i have not had many questions so far! Hopefully this is endearing But I thought I should make a devlog to talk about some of the things to expect... Continue reading
• Alpha 0.4.1 March 16th / 21
  March 14, 2021 by Ray Draws

  3

  #Alpha, #Updates

  Hi so it turns out day 1 is going to be a bit longer than I expected so it might be, like, 5 to 6 parts instead. What this means is that, I'm sorry to say, but the new hallway will NOT be in this upda... Continue reading
• Alpha 0.3 Mar 4th / 21
  March 04, 2021 by Ray Draws

  3

  #Alpha, #Updates

  Hello. I'm just now realizing that since the story is told in first person, would it even make sense to show Kienan's sprite alongside the others? New in this update Day 1 part 3! We meet some new stu... Continue reading
• Alpha 0.2 Feb 28th / 21
  February 28, 2021 by Ray Draws

  5

  #Alpha, #Updates

  The game is now live (with not a lot of content yet sorry) New in this update Placeholder backgrounds! Mateo, Aspin, and Isaiah make their appearances! Day 1 part 2 - Kienan and friends go to the stat... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.1 Feb 23rd / 21
  February 23, 2021 by Ray Draws#Alpha, #Updates

  hi i made a game Okay but seriously I'm really excited! I've always wanted to create a visual novel but didn't think I had the skill or knowledge to create one. ... which is still mostly true But I ca... Continue reading