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[Background Blog] February Development Update

Added 2025-02-28 23:29:01 +0000 UTC

Hey Patrons,

Compymono here! February is always a challenging month since it’s so short, but I think we managed to get a lot done! Including lots of artwork progress on Nekojishi: L&P, story progress on Astatos, and work on Beek: Familiar Spirit Remastered.

We’ve also put out new background art posts for higher tiers, featuring artwork from Nekojishi L&P and Astatos!

Nekojishi: Lin & Partners

3D Scene Progress
- Updated and finalised several props.
Artwork Progress
- More story/character artwork has been completed.

Astatos

Chapter II Progress
- Scenario writing for sub-chapter 2-3-2, 2-2-3, 2-3-4, 2-3-5.
- Scenario editing for sub-chapter 2-3-1.
- Translation for sub-chapter 2-2-1, 2-2-2, 2-2-3, 2-2-4.
Artwork
- Monthly Hero Skin progress.
Cascade Trial
- Campaign select menu progress.
- Learnt some new 2D animation tools for the menu background animation above!
- Campaign scripting and progression systems progress.

Beek: Familiar Spirit Remastered

Note: While all core development is now complete, we are still finalising the revised English scripts, performing final testing, and adding some minor features.

Translation Progress
- Updated German, & French translations.
- Updated UI for translations.
UI Updates
- Added a new splash screen illustration upon completion of each route.
- Added contextual help buttons under certain circumstances.
- Improved the Timeshift animation.
- Improved Bookmarks UI.
Bug Fixes
- Resolved some issues that prevented game progression.
- Fixed an issue related to skipping messages when offline.
- Fixed an issue that prevented settings from being loaded until the settings menu was opened.