June 2022 Monthly Update

The Divine Speaker

The Divine Speaker is still going through some updates in the background. Mostly we're not doing any work on the game ourselves-it's handled by our team mates in the art and sound departments. This leaves us free to work on programming and writing our other projects, which is nice.

Art

Fuyuure finished up on the last of the CGs we decided to add post release, hurray! Here's a little preview:

With that, Fuyuure is now working entirely on the prequel, which we'll talk about a little more below.

Voice acting

All lines have been recorded, and the editing for Leos' route is now complete. Fortunately, the Fawn route has less lines that need to be edited and tested, so it shouldn't take too long for that to be done!

Our editor Cats on a Lilypad also sent through this "blooper" reaction that Illran's VA, Michael Kovach, had to one of this lines.

The Divine Speaker: The Sun and the Moon

Writing and editing

Editing wise, we haven't touched too much of the original script as we're still working on writing the new sections.

Featuring a brand new prequel character, too!

Programming

We've been working on adding music and sound effects to the current build because... we're releasing a demo for Steam Next Fest! Which is... in about a week, we better hurry up...

I sent a WIP build off to Steam for approval ahead of time, which they thankfulyl approved very quickly, so we're all set for the release now.

Art

In the background space, we're working with Vui now to refresh some of the older backgrounds to bring them up to speed with the quality of the sprites.

Here's a look:

Both of these are new locations within Aurelia Cavella, since a decent portion of the game is spent within the city.

In the sprites department, Fuyuure has completed sketches of three new sprites for the prequel, one of which we've shown here already. Here's a little preview of Nicoli, for those that haven't seen:

It's likely the demo will not have any CGs, instead we decided to focus on completing new sprites for the time being. However, we'll be posting CGs on our Patreon as per normal once we get up to them.

By the way, now is a great time to wishlist the game on Steam. It really helps us a whole bunch with the visibility of the game.

Dreambound

Writing and editing

I've been focussing on editing in regards to Dreambound for the last couple of weeks. As of now, the prologue and chapter one are completely edited and ready for release in demo form.

Art

Like we said last month, all the main characters have completed sprites already, and one of the side characters that appears in the demo, too.

For now, Sinran is concentrating on CGs from the character routes, as the demo and common route artworks are already complete.

Here's a preview of a character some of you were introduced to last month:

We're also working with Red on item art for the escape sections of the game:

Shortly, all of them will be complete!

Programming

The demo is now complete programming wise minus the credits and the item art being added, which shouldn't take long.

We're now considering launching the demo next month, alongside our convention appearance, if the opening movie is complete in time. 

Either way, the demo will be available to Patrons this month, ahead of the public release. Please look forward to it!

Lastly, we're currently working on some new merch items for the convention we're attending. After, we will have most of these available on our website, too:

Keychains from start;again

Illran booba mousepad

Illran and Veras matching keychains

Lanyards (we wanted some to wear at conventions and the MOQ was quite high!!!)

Notepads (we're going with the two designs on the end)

Amelie shirt and totes

Amelie Lilika keychain

We're also working on a TDS related tshirt design, too. In general, the stock of some of these items will be very low. Patrons will get first access to orders once we've done a stocktake after the con, though!