Doce Fim’s original theme song MV is now out on Youtube! CHECK IT OUT HERE!

You can download the MP3 for free here:

Thank you to KaguP for producing the song from composition to lyrics and Angel for lending her vocals to sing as Komi 🎵🥳

This has been kind of an unreal experience for me.

Ever since I was a kid, I would watch anime openings or even JRPG openings and think ‘I want an opening for one of my stories too!’; I’d fantasize about what it would sound like and write (bad) lyrics in the margins of my notebooks instead of paying attention to class. During the commute home, I’d stare out the window and imagine what an AMV would look like.

So, the existence of this song is literally a childhood dream come true.

Another dream come true has also been having Komi’s voice actress to sing it. I half-hearteadly wrote in the audition document ‘hey if you’re auditioning for Komi and can sing, send a sample..?’ not expecting anything to come from it. ’What are the changes a perfect voice for her would also be able to sing?

It’s a bit of a miracle that it happened like this. Two dreams coming true. For someone negative like me who doesn’t want to dream in fear of finding disappointment…

I’d like to start believing a little more. Regardless of the rejections and the many times I told myself I should stop hoping, tiny miracles have been happening to Doce Fim over and over.

Somehow ending up in the itchio front page for weeks, bringing tens of thousands of demo plays.

The full game being 100% funded.

Getting to work with incredible talent to bring the game to life.

I only have you guys to thank for making it all happen.

This is a slight digression from the topic at hand, but lately I’ve been getting back into idols. I’ve loved J-Pop idols since I was a kid, so I’ve been watching some videos and documentaries I’ve had saved for over a decade. I really like watching content that’s like, 10+ years old, and comparing how the idols used to be how they ended up today.

One thing I noticed is that they’re asked about their goals as idols, and they often bring up impossibly large dreams. ‘I want to perform at Tokyo Dome!’ ‘I want X to be the #1 girl group in Japan!’

It’s really inspiring when they actually do make those dreams come true, and somehow even more inspiring when they don’t, but keep on going.

If I’m allowing myself to dream big like them, here’s a non-exhaustive list of things I want for Doce Fim, from most to least likely:

• Bringing the game to a real-life event, such as a game expo or convention
• If the above happens, I want to bring a life-sized cutout of Komi to the event
• An animated opening video to go with the song
• Reaching 500 positive reviews on Steam when the full game is out
• 100% original backgrounds
• Full original OST
• Having the game sell enough to recoup development costs
• Full voice acting!
• Console ports!!!
• If we’re having console ports, let’s do physical copies too!!!!
• Have Doce Fim be the #1 original english visual novel in the world!!!!!!!

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Now let’s talk about the song’s cover art! It’s illustrated by the game’s sprite artist, Kay. I wanted it to be a proper ‘CD cover’, like the kind you’d see in physical CDs at a store.

Usually when I commission something I have a clear of what I want, but I actually had no idea of what to do at first for the cover. My budget really wasn’t big enough to afford the whole cast in there, so we’d have to pick one character. It had to be Komi, since she’s the one singing… but what about the other characters?

Doce Fim is all about them, it wouldn’t be right to not have them there in some capacity, Luckily, Kay came up with the idea of having shooting stars in the background representing each character.

Then, for the pose, as the lyrics talk about ‘holding out a helping hand’, I thought that Komi could be offering her hand - not to Syun, but to the viewer.

Just like Lion and Rikka are doing in the cover art! What, you thought they were offering their hands to Syun? Nope! It’s to you!!

Having artwork of everyone reaching out a hand to the viewer is representative of my intent with Doce Fim as a whole. Taa-daa.

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And today is Komi’s birthday, so I commissioned an illustration to celebrate. She’s 10 years old now, can you believe that? Soon she’ll be a pre-teen…

Art by Pia!

The sun never chooses among those who look up to the sky

It showers us all equally with love and warmth

Even when it’s concealed behind thick clouds of loneliness

I wrote… something, on my creative archive Tumblr, for her. I haven’t been able to write at all lately, so it’s very rough and more depressing than it should be, but I didn’t want to not do anything. I guess, in a way, this is proof that you can’t have Komi without Syun.

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Thank you as always for your support!!

• Meiri