You might have noticed something is different..

Hello! Mocha speaking.
I haven't been able to do too much recently as a lot of things have come up in life that has left me stranded away from SC7 for a little bit, but I am still here!  A few adjustments were made to the forum tonight, as well as the blog. We have a semi-new banner and background, as well as better forum category images!  The only thing really I have left to do to the forum layout is the news table, which will display notices and updates near the top of the forum.  Apart from that, I think my work is pretty well finished.

Coming up, our main website! I will give previews on that soon.
That is all. c:

Well, it gets the point across at least.

I know.

I know.

This is gonna be really lame.

But...well, the Vivian concepts I made, I made with Sims 3.  Hey though, I mean, come on.  Computer game or not, it's a pretty damn good way to make some art.  And we haven't really seen what Vivian looks like, right?  So here she is.

So, there you have it!!  Vivian DeLoren.  Hoping to get some official art soon, but you get the idea, right?

Anyhoo, talk to you all later.  With love - from Tacochickenwings~

(Edit from Judger - We do have some Vivian art up from a few posts ago in "The Teaser" :3 )

Oh my god who is THAT

Hello all, long time no see.  Why, it's Tacochickenwings~  I know I know, it's been a long time, let's all keep our trousers zipped here.

I just wanted to give a few updates regarding my contributions.  As you may or may not know, I'm the path writer for Vivian, who, thus far, we've released very little about.  Later this week I will show my concepts of her (which I made on The Sims...yeah, don't judge me), and we are hoping to get some REAL art of her quite soon too.

Because I am certainly not a real artist anywhere besides my wildest fantasies, no matter what I tell the ladies.

Anyhoo, all characters have been designed for her mini VN.  The outline of the story is finished.  Kind of a hot, heavy piece of work, sometimes I gotta open a window in here, but ya know.  What can you do.

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have not encountered any freak accidents that have ended me.  I work in the salon industry, so I spend many hours a day making people fabulous and pretending to be a friendly person.  And proof of my existence is coming very soon, here, on this blog.

Stay beautiful.

Red's Sleepy Update

Hi. It's me again, posting another update regarding our splendid little game.

At the moment, we are all hard at work getting the stories written for the Prequel VNs, and I'm happy to say that we are making a lot of progress! Layla's should be out in September, Judger has made great progress with her prequel story, and everything has been going great. The rest will be out by the holiday season, if all goes well. We've also gained another team member, an artist who you will more than likely hear from in the coming week. I will say that they are very talented, and I am quite excited to see what they can do! Our music department has been busy as well, Victor Seven has composed another track to be used in the game, this one sounding a bit more upbeat than the one we've shown. Though, sadly, we won't be releasing anymore tracks, not for a while at least. If you wanna hear them, you'll just have to wait for the game to be released!

And now, I have some more concept art to show! Though these actually weren't made by our artists. I found a character generator online, and decided to check it out. I was actually so impressed with what I ended up with, that I decided to use the character I made as a reference for Elise. So, yeah, say hello to Elise folks!

Of course, we'll have her look a bit different. Her clothes, first off, will be entirely different, and her hair will probably be a bit different as well. However, this will be the "base" image that will be used for her future art.

Judger also made one for Layla, but we will still be sticking with Daru's art, of course.

Now, a little about my progress regarding Elise's prequel story. I have decided on a time and general story outline. Without giving too much away, it will be a story that Elise recalls from her childhood, a rough period in her life that helped shape her to be the way she is in the present. Her close relationship with her older sister Eve will also be explored, among other... darker things. As far as the actual writing process, well, I've been unable to stick with one idea, and have been continuously modifying the story as I write it. So far though, every modification has been an improvement, and I am enjoying writing the story I have thought out so far. Elise, as a character, is becoming easier to write for, as I am getting a better idea of what I want her personality to be like. I shall do my best to keep you all posted, and to post more updates on the blog! 

In the meantime, come talk to us on the forums! We're all half-crazy with our work, so taking some time to chat would be lovely..

Until next time!


~Red

A Teaser

Well guys, I have something very special for you today :D

But...

I'm not going to give you a lot of info about it ;)

So think of this as a teaser for our final, unannounced girl ;)

So many questions! :O So many things to say! :O

Oh, and remember to register on our forums! All those who do within the week will receive a promotional gift! :D

More tomorrow c:

(yes, I got a haricut)
-The_Judger 

Writer Update Status Report: Via

So yeah, it hasn't been a smooth week for me, if we talk about writing, that is. Basically, I've been stuck for several days in that same darn scene. And not in the middle of writing it or editing process... I was 7 whole days THINKING what could the scene be about. And no ideas came to mind. It was depressing, and frustrating. I wanted to throw a cat out of the window, and I LOVE CATS.

Thank god I had a moment of genius a couple of hours ago. I went into a writing spree and I'm almost done with the scene. You don't know how relieved I am, because that SINGLE scene was keeping me from writing anything else. Now I'm back in action!

So, yeah, that's basically it. Nothing else going on at life. My indoors lifestyle has not much space for interesting events, though they do happen once in a while.

A special message from our Great Dark Leader a.k.a. Judger~~~: Those who register (I suppose that at the forums, as there are no other domain we own that requires registration...yet ;D *wink*) over the next week will be given a gift.

Now, I don't know what gift it is. But it should be good, I think.

Well, that's all. Seeya!

-Via_01

Progress, Progress Everywhere (Happy 3 Months Today!)

When this first started, I had difficulty believing we would be anything but slow - I was wrong.

Every day, I log onto our developer forums, and am amazed by all that we have done, in such a short amount of time. It truly is impressive, and I know that it boils down to:

1. We work together well

2. We are utterly committed

3. Our entire team is just downright wonderful

Without this unity, without this commitment, without this glorious talent, we would not be where we are today - working hard to release our first Mini-VN to you in a little over a month.

So, as a message to my colleagues - You guys rock, and I am truly lucky to be a part of something so ethereal.

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It is the Three Month Anniversary of the founding of Stewart-Class 7 Studios!

Crazy how time flies eh? I remember making the first post on here, and it feels like it was just yesterday, as cliche as that may sound. 

In celebration, I ask you to register on our forums c: All those who register within the next week will receive a celebration surprise - I promise you will like it :)

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So what's new with us, besides our daily progress?

Well, for one thing, we have a new artist! I'd announce them, but I'm certain they would like to do it themselves here real soon ;)

This person is absolutely brilliant at digital art, and we are more than ecstatic to have them on our team :D
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Well, that's all for today! Look for another post tomorrow :3

Oh, and please spread the word? Like us on facebook, apply, whatever you can do :D

~The_Judger

New Character & Art Threads On The Forum!

Hey guys, just a quick message from Red tonight. I've been feeling like we haven't been involving you all as much as we should in the development process, which sucks, since I love to hear your opinions on everything. This IS a game for you guys, after all. :P

So because of that, I took some time today to make an official character discussion thread, as well as an official art thread over in the General Discussion forum. Go and have a look, and feel free to post away as well, that's why they're there!

http://sc7cp.forumotion.com/t182-girls-of-coloco
http://sc7cp.forumotion.com/t183-character-art

Other than that, no news to report tonight. We're all hard at work, so things will be a little slower news-wise for a while. But have no fear! We're not abandoning you all, we're just busy as hell with making this game, specifically the mini-VN, as good as we can get it before we release.

In the mean time, be sure to keep an eye on the forums!

~Red

Hello from Mocha

I have never quite made an introduction on the blog before, so here it is! I am Mocha, one of the graphic designers for SC7 Studios.  My job is mainly design work such as the forum layout, banners, advertisements, backgrounds, logos, etc. Although I haven't been working with SC7 Studios for very long, I have already become attached to the team and the project. We do have our ups and downs, but everyone here is very nice and pleasant to work with.

As of now, what I'm currently working on mainly is the forum design. A few adjustments still need to be made that I'll be working on over the next week, but progress is definitely being made. :) My next project will most likely be advertisement affiliate banners and trying to get some other VNs to affiliate for more traffic, AND POSSIBLY some web design. We shall see.

Anywho, this isn't a very long update, but I thought I'd drop in and let everyone know what's up on my end.
Always forward, with spirit!
Mocha

You Want Music? I'll Give Ya Music!

Hey guys :D It's me, Judger - your favorite person ;)

I kid, but hey, if you haven't been reading our recent posts, be sure to do so - they're full of wonderful information.

Now, as we all know, music is a KEY part of the VN experience, and must be able to successfully convey feeling, while not overpowering the writing. Personally, the music of the VN can make or break it for me, and i gotta say...

Our composers have been kicking out some AWESOME stuff!! And I figured: "Hey, why not pass this onto you guys?" So, here is a preview of one of our completed pieces, "Meeting", by VSeven


Meeting


Glorious eh? :) We have a lot of varied pieces, and can't wait for you to hear and experience more in the future!


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Oh, one last thing...

We could really use some character artists, so if that applies to you, please... apply :D (Stylistically, must be able to fit that of our head artist, Daru.)


AND PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE :D (Link is on the right)


~The_Judger

Our team through my humble pair of eyes (Via)

This project has been consuming most of my free time, which is both good and bad. Good, because it lets me focus on something I really like, bad, because it diminishes my social life. BUT, as I didn't have much of a social life in the first place... *cough* But, well, it's only been a month, but that's enough time to get to know the people I'm working with.

Let's speak first about Judger. Yeah, the same Judger that spams this blog with his announcements and thoughts. His love for this project has no comparison, Always Forward, as he always says, and, truth to be told, that passion has been slowly taking over me, for better or worse. He's a fun person to be with, talk with, and write with. He's always putting on these smilies, which makes you think that he's always in a good mood, and we've been getting closer as we make more and more in-character writing, specially those involving yu- *cough* involving... stuff.

He's really putting a lot of his heart into Layla. And passion. And everything he might have inside. Layla is a pretty well done character, an amazing backstory, and personally, I think she's the character people are mostly going to relate to. That's just me, as he seems to have a different opinion... To add something else, I see Layla as a pretty unstable girl, to tell the truth. You may see some of that in the mini VN. But that's a good quality, story wise, though a tad bit annoying when it comes to in-character stuff.

Then there's Red_B... He's a musicaholic. Basically, he doesn't seems to stop listening to music. At all. He writes with music, he thinks with music... I can even imagine him listening to music while he sleeps. That's the feel I have each time he talks about music. But that's good, as it works for him quite well, and I can always ask him if he knows a soundtrack or two that may help me write better. Oh, and he's a nice person. Really nice person.

For certain reasons I haven't been able to speak with IchiVictus a lot, but I have a good opinion on him. He makes his homework, he updates his scenes... he works, in other words. Through the first days of writing, I saw him updating scenes or uploading something knew, and I always told myself "Ugh, gotta do something like that or I'll fall behind". So, thanks, Ichi, thanks for making me work more than I wanted >_>. Again, nice guy, though I've yet to know him better.

Taco... Well... Haven't talked with her since the project started. Different reasons that'll be solved soon, I think.

And that's all for writers. I'm still thinking about their girls, so I can't give an opinion just yet. But you'll see them soon, don't worry.

...Wait, that's all?! No opinion on myself?! ...Oh, yeah, right, my narcissism would take over if I did... Not a nice sight.

See you later!

-Via_01

And Thus, It Was Layla!

Hey there guys :D I have a few pieces for you all tonight, so let's get right to it!

FIRST OFF: Check out the fancy new game logo up there^ 

SECOND: I have another to show you ;)

~ Thanks to Mocha!!

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As you all should know by now, we've been working on "Mini-VNs" for all of our heroines to release to all of you lovely people - these will serve the dual purpose of engrossing you into the world of CoLoCo, and also giving us something to show to our fans, proving our merit! :D

Now, we've been in an uproar lately deciding what to focus on, what to compose, what to reveal, etc., and we have finally, per vote, come to the conclusion of which heroine will have her mini released first, at The End Of The Summer (Our Plan).

That's right, say hello to Layla!

Layla's Mini-VN, No Rain, will be released at summers end. It's the real deal:

Full OST

CG and Sprites
Backgrounds
Extras
AND MORE

Now, we're planning full FMVs for CoLoCo itself, but sadly the Mini-VNs will not have these. (Though  a future downloadable add-on is always possible ;)

I know you guys will love what we're creating, and I hope my writing will satisfy you all as an initial release. I admit, writing for Layla has been a moving experience thus far, and I hope you will find it just as meaningful and moving as I have. 

Now, I am tired, and I must get to bed; Look for another update tomorrow! Thanks for reading guys, and why not give our forums a visit? :D


-The_Judger

Coming together well :3

Well hello, RangerDanger here with today’s update!

Well since the last update a mere few days ago, tons of progress has been made!  

 First of all I would like to congratulate daru on being selected as our Head Artist! Daru will be heading up our absolutely fantastic team of artists here at SC7 and will be providing the primary direction for all of the art in CoLoCo. 

In addition to that, the writing team has been making great progress on each of their mini VNs! Outlines are being finalized, scripts are being written/edited and over the next few days we will be deciding on which of the five mini VNs will be the first that will be released to you guys!

Also, be sure to keep an eye out for the new forum/blog designs and an official website (finally!) courtesy of our newest team member Mocha!

Well that’s about it for today’s new news!  So to close this blog update I would just like to thank everyone on the dev team for being so incredible and welcoming, and every one of you guys out there reading this. We certainly appreciate your support in this endeavor, and hope you will enjoy the project as much as we are :3

P.S. Judger likes bridal shops. That is all.

P.P.S. Make sure to drop by the forums and let us know what you think!