Visually Novellizing

As per the original concept, I've been working on the visual novel aspect today, learning scripting in GM8 as I go. Currently, I have a rudimentary intro. Have a bit of work on sprite polishing to do, but here,

A scene from the intro conceptualized in GIMP 2.0:

The Same scene rendered ingame. As you can see, I have some touchups to do, but I know where to go:

 Anyway, I'll keep ya posted.