The Future of the Hand Drawn Art Set... (Patreon)

Unfortunately, Oni-san, the artist who has been working on Succubus Stories with me for over a year, is no longer able to work on the game. In many ways, the visual style of the game is rooted in Oni-san's fantastic rendering of the characters; the overhauled aesthetic of the game's colors and UI were inspired in an attempt to match (and really, to be worthy of) the artwork Oni-san created, and his vision of the characters has become their official looks, eclipsing the 3D renders, at least for me.

Oni-san leaving was not planned for in advance, so a lot of things really were thrown into chaos. In addition to Succubus Stories, Oni-san and I had plans to work together much more closely starting next year on a brand new project. Obviously, the plans for that project are also now uncertain.

There is some good news, though! These outfits were actually not drawn by Oni-san, but by a new artist (they prefer to remain uncredited, at least for now). While I'm not sure that the new artist will be able to match the existing art to produce new character portraits and CGs, they have done awesome work on these outfits thus far! So I can at least confirm that outfits will continue to come out.

As for CGs, the hand drawn art needed character-specific CGs (for Charlotte, Rais, and Priscilla). We also needed portraits for Roland, Carol, and Pelenor. It looks like some or all of this content may not come to the hand drawn art set, and even if some of it does, it may look a little (or very) different. I simply can't go back and start all the art over again for a third set at this point to give the art the consistency it should have if a new artist does indeed take over and cannot replicate the existing style.