Alicia Kat Vancil's Blog, page 15
June 24, 2011
Daemons in the Mist Now in Print
Hi viewers and KatGirl Studio fans, guess what came out today?
If you said Daemons in the Mist then you are correct! My debut Young Adult novel Daemons in the Mist is now available in a paperback book edition for only $14.99.
That's right you can now enjoy this story in both print and e-book form. The book is currently only available from Amazon and the publisher's website but we will have Indiebound options soon and Signed Editions as well.
Daemons in the Mist
Korat Publishing
May-June 2011
She could have been a perfectly normal, albeit a breathtakingly beautiful girl, but she wasn't, for I knew there were secrets hidden behind her eyes.
Seventeen year old Patrick Connolly has been drawn to Nualla ever since he first saw her, but as the years pass she seems to take absolutely no notice of him. Until, that is, he rescues her from a confrontation in the school hallway. Little does he know that he's about to be thrust into a world of life altering secrets and things that shouldn't exist, because the fog and mist of San Francisco is concealing more than just buildings.
Deliriously captivating and extraordinarily soulful, Daemons in the Mist beautifully weaves together two voices to tell the story of what happens when life leads you down a not so normal path.
Where to buy this book:
Signed Edition ● IndieBound ● Amazon ● Kindle ● Nook
Watch the book trailer
June 12, 2011
DITM Visual Novel Update 2
Hi everyone it's been two months since I first mentioned the visual novel for Daemons in the Mist. This is because due to an overwhelmingly booked schedule, we pushed production back on this project by about two months. But this is what did happened in the last two months:
The Kindle and Nook editions of Daemons in the Mist were released.
The print edition of Daemons in the Mist will be coming out later this month.
The Visual Novel department of CWS Software (NovelEXP) now has a shiny new website.
We also decided a few things about this project:
After much consideration I will not be the one coding the visual novel for DITM, I will however still be the lead artist on the project and will be translating the novel text to script form.
We have decided to bundle the 55 chapters into 5 chapter blocks similar to how manga chapters are bundled into books.
The other cool news is that I will be chronicling the whole process of making this visual novel here in my blog. So if you want to see how a book gets made into a visual novel stay tuned.
Visual Novel Development Week 2
Most of this week was spend translating the DITM text into script form, Generating a art list of visual assets needed for the project, and deciding just how exactly, to present certain parts of the book in visual form. Since I will not be the one coding the visual novel I have to translate the text into a script to then pass along on to the coding team.
Here's an example of what the script for a visual novel looks like.
Status at a Glance
Script: Chapter 3 complete
Art List: up to Chapter 4 complete
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June 2, 2011
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Daemons in the Mist
Korat Publishing
May 2011
She could have been a perfectly normal, albeit a breathtakingly beautiful girl, but she wasn't, for I knew there were secrets hidden behind her eyes.
Seventeen year old Patrick Connolly has been drawn to Nualla ever since he first saw her, but as the years pass she seems to take absolutely no notice of him. Until, that is, he rescues her from a confrontation in the school hallway. Little does he know that he's about to be thrust into a world of life altering secrets and things that shouldn't exist, because the fog and mist of San Francisco is concealing more than just buildings.
Deliriously captivating and extraordinarily soulful, Daemons in the Mist beautifully weaves together two voices to tell the story of what happens when life leads you down a not so normal path.
Where to buy this book:
Watch the book trailer
Daemons in the Mist Visual Novel
Daemons in the Mist is in development to be made into a Kinetic Visual Novel. No hard release dates have been announced but CWS is shooting to have a free demo available later this summer.
Developer: CWS Software
Specs: 800×600 Plays on any browser, game console, mobile, DS, PSP, desktop, android, iphone, ipad
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Kinetic Visual Novel
Rating: Teen 13+
Release Date: TBA
What's a Visual Novel?
A visual novel is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art. As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels or tableau vivant stage plays.
In Japanese terminology, a distinction is often made between visual novels proper (abbreviated NVL), which are predominantly narrative and have very little interactive elements, and adventure games (abbreviated AVG or ADV), which typically incorporate problem-solving and other gameplay elements. This distinction is normally lost in the West, where both NVLs and ADVs are commonly referred to as "visual novels" by Western fans. Visual novels and ADVs are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles.
Read more about Visual Novels on Wikipedia
Updates:
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May 23, 2011
Daemons in the Mist Now Available
Hi viewers and KatGirl Studio fans, guess what came out this weekend?
If you said Daemons in the Mist then you are correct! My debut Young Adult novel Daemons in the Mist is now available in e-book form for the Kindle and Nook for only $2.99. That's right, you can enjoy Daemons in the Mist for less than the cost of a cup of coffee. You start exploring the mystery of The Marked Ones by download a free sample at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. For those of you who love the feel of the printed book, don't worry, the print edition will be out in early June.
Don't have an e-reader? No problem, you can get the Kindle or Nook app for free for the following devices: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, BlackBerry, Nook, NOOKcolor, NookStudy, NOOK kids, Android Tablet and Android-based phones.
Daemons in the Mist
Korat Publishing
May 2011
She could have been a perfectly normal, albeit a breathtakingly beautiful girl, but she wasn't, for I knew there were secrets hidden behind her eyes.
Seventeen year old Patrick Connolly has been drawn to Nualla ever since he first saw her, but as the years pass she seems to take absolutely no notice of him. Until, that is, he rescues her from a confrontation in the school hallway. Little does he know that he's about to be thrust into a world of life altering secrets and things that shouldn't exist, because the fog and mist of San Francisco is concealing more than just buildings.
Deliriously captivating and extraordinarily soulful, Daemons in the Mist beautifully weaves together two voices to tell the story of what happens when life leads you down a not so normal path.
Where to buy this book:
Watch the book trailer
The World Beneath the Lilies
This is one of the illustrations from The Koi Who Cried Wolf, the second picture book by author Katina Lawdis I illustrated for Viscus Vir Publishing.
You can watch the evolution of the artwork below.
