My name is Kirill Repin. I’ve been working as a digital artist since 2015. I started as an illustrator, became a freelance artist, and have since created concept art, variant covers for comic books, and various illustrations, primarily for mobile games.
I’ve always been a big fan of Akabur games and Harry Potter books, which inspired me to create my own game about Hermione Granger. While working for various game studios and clients, I built a formidable skill set to handle the art. The coding and game design were skills I had to learn along the way.
The first version of ‘With Hermione’ was published in 2022. People seemed to enjoy it for what it was, but I was busy doing variant covers for titles such as GI Joe, Red Sonja, and Vampirella as my main job. This meant the project progressed slowly, especially since I was also creating fan art on Patreon (DC, Marvel, pop culture in general).
Since then, a lot has happened. I took the full year of 2023 off to focus on learning more about neural networks, machine learning, and coding. At the beginning of 2024, I decided to return to the game, focusing on it full-time to push for photorealism, voiceover, and more advanced game mechanics.
That’s where we are at the moment. Development is steady, updates are weekly, and progress is being made. If you like the existing version of the game (free to play) and want to see it reach its full potential, you can help by subscribing!
That’s about it. Thanks for your support, and stay tuned for updates!