Since When Did I Have a Combat Butler?!

Devlog

• Fandisc coming in 2025
  October 13, 2024 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  I had made this announcement official sometime ago, but... For ComBu's 5th year anniversary, we will be releasing a fandisc! It will include standalone prequel stories and maybe even some other POV fo... Continue reading
• 4th year anniversary + do you want a fandisc?
  April 13, 2024 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Good morning! Can you believe it's been 4 years, as of today, that ComBu was released? Man, time sure flies! It feels long ago yet not at the same time. I can still vividly remember the casting proces... Continue reading
• Whoa! A sudden spike in downloads!
  July 27, 2022 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  I would just like to thank all the mysterious people who's decided to download ComBu! I haven't seen such a download spike since the game was freshly released! Today it got 6 downloads, yesterday it g... Continue reading
• THANK YOU FOR 2K!!!!
  July 11, 2022 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Thank you for 2,000 downloads!!!!! I'm so happy that after more than 2 years, this game is still getting some love <3... Continue reading

  
• 2nd year anniversary stream, April 13th!
  April 05, 2022 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  The voice actress for Noah, the lovely Shakyra Dunn, will be guest-streaming alongside ENVtuber Yuki Ikusaba for ComBu's 2nd year anniversary! Read both announcement posts below for more details~ http... Continue reading
• Nearing 2k downloads !
  March 09, 2022 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  I would like to thank everyone for the nearly daily downloads of this silly little game, even though it's almost 2 years old now ! It's definitely a beloved favorite, even amongst my teammates who wer... Continue reading
• Why I broke the "show, don't tell" rule in ComBu
  July 13, 2021 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  It's been over a year since ComBu's original release, and the special postmortem guidebook is still underway (slowly but surely, I want it to be perfect haha), but I thought to talk a little bit about... Continue reading
• Happy 1 year anniversary for ComBu!
  April 13, 2021 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  It's been a year since the launch of our NaNo2020 project! I would like to thank all of my wonderful team for their hard work in making this little game possible. Thank you to everyone who has played... Continue reading
• Final CG speedpaints! [MAJOR SPOILERS]
  September 12, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  WARNING! THE FOLLOWING CG TIMELAPSES CONTAIN MAJOR SPOILERS TO THE GAME! DO NOT CLICK THIS DEV LOG UNLESS YOU HAVE PLAYED THE GAME TO ITS END(S)! THANK YOU! Greetings! So sometime ago (and I forgot to... Continue reading
• Guidebook underway!
  July 07, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Hello ComBu fans! I have been (very slowly but surely) working on a very spoiler-filled Guidebook! It will be available as a downloadable .PDF right here on the main page, absolutely free! This ultima... Continue reading
• THANKS FOR 1K DOWNLOADS!
  May 23, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  I am very pleased to see exactly 1k downloads for our game!!! I'm happy so many of you have downloaded it, hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did making it, and thanks again to all of you who have m... Continue reading
• Mac only version uploaded!
  April 29, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  To all the Mac users out there, I compiled a Mac only version of the voice acted build of the game, since I've been told by a few users the cross-platform build had issues running! Thanks to the wonde... Continue reading
• MAC USERS -- Can you run the game?
  April 23, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Greetings!! I need help from any of you Mac users out there! I myself do not have a Mac, and someone I know who does is having trouble running the game. So, I need to figure out if this build has issu... Continue reading
• THANK YOU FOR 100+ DOWNLOADS!
  April 15, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  I just wanted to thank ALL OF YOU for over 100 downloads!!! It's only been out for a couple days, so this really makes me feel so happy to see how much interest there is in this game! Currently DLs to... Continue reading
• LAUNCH DAY!
  April 13, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  I am proud to announce that "Since When Did I have a Combat Butler?!" is now READY TO DOWNLOAD! It was quite a brutal 6 weeks. But well worth it. The unvoiced build was completed by NaNoRenO's traditi... Continue reading
• Day 12 overdrive - Wrapping Up!
  April 12, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  This is it. The final day of NaNoRenO+. Just now, I completed finalizing the voice acted lines. Now I am sure it isn't perfect, since there's like 1k+ spoken lines in this game lol. But I did my best... Continue reading
• Day 9 Overdrive - Poem in Noah's POV + OP in progress
  April 10, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  So it is Day 9 of NaNoRenO's extended deadline. You know what it is also Day 9 of? NaPoWriMo. It's where you write a poem a day, and if you're wondering why the heck I am mentioning a poetry jam that... Continue reading

  
• Day 7 Overdrive - Finalization Stage
  April 07, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  So a couple of days ago or so, I had finished line application! That's right; every single spoken line has their voice statement. I then assessed redos (I still have one more person to send these to l... Continue reading
• Day 2 Overdrive - Voice application & Scene sample
  April 03, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Greetings! So we have entered overdrive. I begun line application! Today I just finished applying lines up until the end of the second enemy encounter! Which is quite a bit. Tomorrow will be even more... Continue reading
• Day 31 - Unvoiced finalization, following extension
  March 31, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  (copy&pasted from Lemma thread) DAY 31! For many, this is the last day of development. For others, teams will be following the extended deadline. For my team? It&#x27;s both. Let me elaborate--- First... Continue reading
• Day 29 - GUI, line cutting, slight pushback
  March 30, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Day 29! First of all.... Liam is almost done with CG 7. This is why I held off on compiling the voiceless version, since it's almost done, might as well have it in the game! The voiceless edition will... Continue reading

  
• Day 24 - Cover Done & Logo Sketch
  March 24, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  I added to the screenshots list the menu (with the finished cover art!) and CG gallery display. Once the logo is done, I will showcase the full finished artwork for the cover ^^ Now before I showcase... Continue reading

  
• Screenshots on main page!
  March 23, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  I figured it was about time to add some screenshots to the main page! Wow.... despite this game having a comedic aspect, none of the screenshots reflect that one bit lol. Oh well, the synopsis at leas... Continue reading

  
• Day 21 - Cover Art sketch & Music Room
  March 21, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Good morning! I didn't get to cutting lines like I'd planned yesterday, as I was adding "finishing touches" so to speak to the game. Then I felt really tired and collapsed in bed lol. Therefore, today... Continue reading

  
• Day 20 - Milestone Reached!
  March 20, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  (Copy&pasted from the Lemmasoft WiP thread): Crossed a major milestone today! Music and sound effect placement IS DONE! By voiceless standards, this game is essentially &quot;done". The next stage is... Continue reading

  
• Day 18 - Textbox, Chibis, and More Image statements
  March 19, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Hello! I've almost completed image statements! I've reached up to one of the endings, so there's only two more endings to go, and all the images have been placed. I also added some more sound effects... Continue reading

  
• Day 17 - Screenshots + CG process video
  March 18, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Hello! Here's a quick update on how things are going. I've been working vigilantly on image placement (as well as sound effects), and even began setting aside selection of music. I've almost got the b... Continue reading

  
• Day 14 -- SCRIPT COMPLETED!
  March 14, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  It's time for another update~ Before the obvious one described in the title, our CG artist has finished coloring CG 4 and has now moved onto sketching 5 and 6! The chibi artist's work is done with all... Continue reading

  
• Day 10 -- CG colors!!
  March 10, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Good morning! So for today's update.... Target wordcount has been reached of 10k+ words, however I still have only the endings left to write, so we're entering OVERDRIVE. I had forseen this possibilit... Continue reading

  
• WiP page! And some CG sketches
  March 04, 2020 by Tofu Sheets Visual

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  Hello! Tofu Sheets Visual is participating in NaNoRenO 2020, and I'd like to present to you our work in progress entry; Since When Did I Have a Combat Butler?! This game has a dash of action, comedy,... Continue reading