August 2021 Monthly Update (Patreon)

Hi everyone!

Last month flew by and it's already time for a monthly update! We have a lot of beautiful art to share this time around, as well as some other previews of things we've been working on.

Art

Fuyuure has been working on a string of CGs of all kinds, this month! Let's take a look at a few.

Distant memories of a first meeting.

A beautiful CG from Leos' route! We'll have some more to share soon, too.

How about a few cropped sketches?

Programming

A little more has been going on in the programming phase in the last month!

First of all, we were working on various tweaks and fixes to certain scenes, as well as fixing some errors we found during the Oxhabor Investigation phase.

Next, we started heavy work on the journal entries. This work is actually a little more intensive than it sounds, since we need to comb through each script for any:

• New entries
• Updates to old entries

We're happy to announce that we have completed writing and inserting all journal entries into the game. We haven't gone through to test them yet, as this will be done in our final check, so there's every possibility that we may end up adding additional information or tweaking parts here and there, but we're so happy to be done!

Lastly, Fuyuure mentioned wanting to add another pose for Illran (so that his arms won't get too tired!). This was completed, and we thought it would be an easy thing to add - of course, Illran's sprite was actually done in the *old* way.

This was a major issue, as his new pose wasn't compatible. We took the time to re-export and recode all of Illran's sprites. Honestly, this was worth it anyway, as we've now saved a small amount of space, and the quality is a little higher.

We also took the time to add in Illran's younger sprite. You'll be able to see some previews down below.

Of course, changing Illran's sprite broke everything, so we had to go back through everything to test. Here's an outtake :)

Voice Acting

We have our next session planned for this month! In July, many of our actors were away on vacations or breaks. We plan to get through script 5-8. Roughly these take an hour each, but we have some new cast members joining us for these sessions, so they may take a little more.

Screenshots

Merch Update

Last month, we sent out about 95% of all physical rewards! Yay! We've already had some people showing off their beautiful wallscrolls on Discord and Twitter.

We actually ran out of packaging, as we were shipping out store orders at the same time, so two packages are awaiting being sent. We've since restocked on both boxes and satchels, so they are due to go out this weekend.

Yay!

Organising, packaging and shipping so many packages took many, many days. I have a new appreciation for those that run busy webstores!

We still have extras on our own store, so feel free to check them out if you're interested.

Patreon Update

Kathaeris is currently working on updated graphics for the Patreon. Once these are ready, we'll begin implementing the updates. The 18+ art poll will start next month!

CuriousCat + Game Design Tips and Tricks

We can answer any questions you have about the game or game development through our blog and Curiouscat.

You can leave your questions here!

Focus for the next month

Here's our focus for the next month:

• CG creation
• Additional programming tweaks
• Audio editing

Thanks again for your support, and we'll talk again next month!