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Nozomu School Daze DemoNewsDevlog #2: Free NSD Route on Itchio
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Devlog #2: Free NSD Route on Itchio

Nozomu School Daze Demo · published 23 Jun 2026, 19:03 UTC

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How would you like a FREE (partial) game? 

We participated in Itchio’s Otome Jam 2026, a two-month challenge in which contributors complete one storyline (route) of one of their visual novel’s love interests. 

So we wrote, scripted, and drew Julius’s route, posting it on Itchio for everyone to play for FREE – but only for a limited time!

Playtesters have come back to us, surprised at how “endearing” Julius is.

Very few members of our audience outright enjoy rich, blond, dapper gentleman love interests, especially given current events.

So we made sure he has substance under the surface of his “glitz and glam.”

Julius’s Route By the Numbers

  • 95 sprites - including shirtless Julius

  • 12k words + an 8k-word common route = 20k words

  • 3 new characters - including a sassy butler!

  • 3 endings - 1 in the common route and 2 in Julius’s, good and bad!

  • 2 distinct branches - one of which involves dancing, if he likes you enough!

What’s New?

Sari, our main female character, is a medical student. And Julius has just finished a brawl by the time his route starts.

Guess who gets to smear salve all over the sexy chest of the most desirable bachelor in Port Rabban?

What’s Next?

We are hard at work coding Seth (cat man’s) 8k-word route, which is completely written. 

Seki’s route stands at roughly 5400 words with 2 distinct branches, and it’s not even halfway done! It’s a monster of a route, which suits Seki, as he is by far our most popular character.

We’re also looking forward to releasing our main demo on Steam and Itchio after the routes are written. Watch this space!

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-Maroon Ink Studio

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