Grinding Gears

Grinding Gears is a robot dating sim where the player works for a robotics company, and might find love along the way. LGBT and SFW
Kickstarter planned for 6/26

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The co creator and I were discussing which GG character would have the biggest chest, and I jokingly said DOS
#dos #dandy #datablecharacter

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Mandatory beach episode illustration
#datablecharacter #DOS #XP #NAIO #Dandy #Ayanna #DAINA #Boss

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Pt 2
With some research we found out in very rare cases DOS computers would just randomly do this:
https://t.co/GrqIYf48Sv
(Thanks to malvineous on Reddit for creating this)

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Those of you who looked at the boys expression sheets might have seen they have an expression with a glitched screen.
Originally both of them were going to have the blue screen, but with research we learned DOS computers didn’t have a BSOD. Usually they just shut off.
#dos #xp

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The last of our lovely fanart from artfight!
After this we'll be back to updates on the game
Art by
scotophase on toyhouse
xstarxcrossedx on deviantart
xStarTrailx on artfight
@moxmox36
#Ayanna #Boss #Naio #Daina

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Due to my birthday I've gotten behind on art fight attacks, and thus have gotten less attacks back, so here's another art piece from one of my lovely writers @PhoebePheebsPhi
#Dos #datablecharacter

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More fan art from art fight!
This time from @Goopich1 and @Indigoatcheese

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Some art from art fight! I'm not going to post all of them all at once, just to make sure I have things to post every week, but everyone's art will be posted (if they've given me permission) The first picture is by

@PhoebePheebsPhi
and the second is by rabbit_anon on instagram

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Last new character design for a while. This is your Boss, a tired, grumpy woman who just wants to get her job done and go home.

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XP is our last datable character. He’s DOS’ “little brother”, a model of the same line built almost 30 years after.
Being a newer model, XP has a lot of anxiety about being better than his older brother.
#XP #datablecharacter #objecthead #laptop

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My Account:
https://t.co/B2GUoF8Hjr

What is artfight?:
https://t.co/dxWnkgkE53

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I'm sure a few of you are wondering why I've been posting twice a week when I only mentioned posting once.
Well the answer is I'm participating in art fight with all the characters!
This felt like a great way to spread awareness, so I hope to see some of you there!
Links below

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DAINA is a simple character, not even having an expression sheet due to their limited pieces.
They work as a digital assistant for the player and other NexusTech workers, helping schedule meetings, assist with work, and pretty much anything else
#DAINA #datablecharacter

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This weeks first robot is Ayanna! Named after a famous programmer, Ayanna spends her time in the server rooms working. She’s a fairly quiet girl, but enjoys the players company.
#ayanna #datablecharacter

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Meet NAIO, a household robot built to take care of plants.
The specific NAIO unit is defective, and needs help to nurse them back to health. This route is completely platonic, but still full of interesting story beats and companionship in its own way.
#NAIO #datablecharacter

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This is Dandy, originally made as an animatronic for a “decades of history” museum, it was learned Dandy was useful for many tasks outside her designed function. Her model is often found in restaurants and gardens, using the knifes on her hands to complete tasks.

#dandy

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Sorry about being late to post, instead I'll be posting twice this week. I was on vacation with friends and didn't have a lot of time to work.

As a placeholder, here's a robot I saw while getting dinner with a friend
#robot #dinner #vacation

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Say hello to DOS, the oldest bot at Nexus Tech. Created in 1986, DOS was the first fully sentient robot. This led to him becoming extremely famous, and even getting his own clothing line and being featured in some commercials.
#DOS #datablecharacter #objecthead #oldcomputer

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One of the biggest parts of a dating sim is the characters. Way more will be on the way, but for now, here's a sprite of you new boss.
#characterart #Boss #sprite

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A set of Call-outs for the Nexus Tech building, more of these items will be seen in other backgrounds around the company
#Callout #ArtCallout #Background #Backgroundassets