On Track (Patreon)

Hello! I'm writing this post via dictation. Let's see how this works out — who knows? Maybe will increase my productivity if I can get used to this.

Anyway, today I want to give a small update on our progress. Last week, I got a huge amount of work done on the upcoming steampunk expansion pack. My focus was on fleshing out objects for interior tile sets. This includes interiors for the train cars. Here's a preview of this so far:

The set will also include some items you might recognize from previous release. Assets that have only been seen here on Patreon. You might recognize some of these tiles from releases such as these mansion interior tiles. Of course, they have been modified and updated to match the Victorian aspect of the steampunk style and color palette of the new tiles. So those seem like new:

I'm hoping to finish up the steampunk tiles this upcoming week. The last thing that I will put together for this set will be the animated steam and smoke. The animated sets will be based on the existing tile so they match, and once those are finished, I will share the same with you as a patron beta release. Hopefully it will be finished by the end of this month, and you can look forward to the release in the beginning of July.

------

You also remember this sewer tile set that I created some time ago. So far, the set has not been released to the public. I think that outgoing to included as a part of the steampunk set. Instead of chopping it up and incorporating it into the set though, I'd probably include it as-is, as an add-on. Let me know what you think of that idea.

 ------

After that, I plan to jam through and put together the dark forest and fairy forest pack that you voted on earlier this month. Unless something crazy happens, my current plans are to put other things on hold and speed through this to give you guys a solid release as soon as I can.

That way, we can pave the way for the next thing... I have been getting a lot (and I mean a lot!) of messages and emails regarding the upcoming character set. I'm happy to see how much excitement there is for this. And you can be assured that I will be sharing my progress with you.

Before I get too deep into any new style, I will be sharing mockups, concepts and style ideas with you here before I commit to the animations.

If all goes according to plan, the new character animations will be underway before the fall.

------

Anyway, the main purpose of this post was an excuse to try the dictation thing. I needed to go back through to add the images, and fix any mistakes anyway, though-- so I don't know if it will really end up improving my productivity much.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

------

In the meantime, you can expect your regularly-scheduled posts to continue. I will be back tomorrow with a new release. 

See you then. Thanks!