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[Background Blog] July Development Update

Added 2025-08-01 00:05:00 +0000 UTC

Hey Patrons,

Compymono here! This month we’ve been hard at work wrapping up and polishing content for Astatos Chapter II.

Since it’s been in the works for a long time now, it’s a good time to share our overall progress!

All main scenario text has been written, edited, and translated. This new content adds up to at least 1.5x the length of the existing story.
Chapter II is planned to contain 12 Interlude scenes. 2 of these have been completed so far. (It’s best to write these now the scenario text is ready.)
Cutscene scripting progress — 18 out of 20 sub-chapters have been completed.
Chapter II is planned to contain 12 CG illustrations in total. 9 CG illustrations have been completed so far. Some additional sprites and assets are also still being worked on.
7 new default illustrations have been completed for Hero Cards based on their designs in the story. (The existing artwork for these Hero Cards will remain available as a skin after the release of the Chapter II update)
All necessary music and background illustrations for Chapter II have been completed.

For the next few months, the writers, Mamaduo, and myself will focus on completing the remaining tasks to finally ensure the completion of Astatos Chapter II.

We’ve also put out new background art posts for higher tiers, featuring artwork from Astatos!

Nekojishi: Lin & Partners

3D Scene Progress
- Scene polish.
- Updating textures, props, collision, wall system for the train scene.

Astatos

General Progress
- Bug fixes and optimisations.
Chapter II Progress
- Translations for sub-chapters 2-3-4, 2-3-5
- Programming for sub-chapter 2-3-2, 2-3-3, 2-3-4, 2-3-5 (WIP)
- Chapter II interlude progress.
- Completed CG15
- Additional character sprites and expressions.
Artwork
- Monthly Hero Skin Progress