Weekly Update 6 - Freebie Edition! (Patreon)

Gabmag here to give an update on what we've been doing this week. Also, this post will be available to everyone this week! It's about time we gave a bigger update :)

 This week we've started searching for an animator to create our opening video. While it'd be amazing if we CAN do this, right now we're still searching for the right person and working out our budget. But if all goes to plan, it'd be amazing to see Raen and the gang moving!

This week, we received three new backgrounds from our BG artist Henry Ou. These are a general shot of Aurelia Cavella, plus two variants (night and sunset). We also now have the sketch for our next BG (Aurelia Cavella Town Square), which should be complete soon. After this, we need three more BGs until that side of the art is ready for the demo.

Our Dakimakura's are still in the works. The sketches are complete, and we're expecting them to be done in the next week or so. Then, only four more CGs to go!

Our custom GUI is now complete! Potouto did a fantastic job with it. We currently have someone coding it in.

Our opening song is still being written. We've decided (for now) to have it sung in Japanese! We opening up a job for a singer that could sing in English OR Japanese, and we found one that can do both. The next part of our OST shold be sent to us today or tomorrow, as well.

We're also working on physical merch as well. For now, we'll definitely have wallscrolls and dakimakura available. We're thinking of acrylic straps, but first we'll gauge some interest and look at artists.

So - How long away is all of this? It's kind of hard to tell, right now. We're hoping to have the demo up by the end of November, but this will depend on our opening video. An animation of around a minute could take 1month+, which would slow things down. Or, we go the traditional visual novel opening route, and it will be much quicker! 

Thanks for tuning in to this weeks update. As a freebie, heere's some wips and other behind the scenes art!