Monthly Update - June 2020

Hi, everyone!

We've somehow made it into June, and it's time for another monthly update! Let's get right into it, starting with art:

The Divine Speaker

Art

Arts been coming along smoothly, with a few new CGs created. Here's a little preview of a work in progress:

And another preview, this time of an upgraded BG.. can you spot the additions? 

Lastly, the finished chibis for the credits, by the amazing Phreinne:

Writing

We're so, so happy to announce that Cyne's route has now been finished! It sits at approximately 70,000 words (more than we planned for!).

We've started preliminary writing on Leos' route, but will focus on editing Fawn's route next!

Here's a couple of little previews:

Programming

One of our biggest jobs right now is bug-testing and editing in game dialogue! We've just started a full sweep of what we have programmed (the whole common route, approximately 120,000 words) to make sure everything works as intended, flags are correct, the point system works fully, etc.

This includes a general clean up of the original demo script, as well as upgrading some parts of it. 

Although it takes a long time to fully play through everything, it's also an exciting task - it shows us how far we've come. We're sure you'll all be proud of it!

Voice Acting

If you hadn't seen, we've just hired an additional six voice actors to play extras in the common route of TDS, and all have turned in their lines. We're so delighted to have such hardworking, passionate VAs on our team!

In other exciting news, our Voice Director Amanda has begun scheduling for our next recording sessions, which means another 50,000 words are about to be brought to life by our amazing lead VAs!

We'll also be hiring for another VA in the next couple of months - this time for the character Ashe, who appears at the end of the common route (and into the character routes!).

Beyond the Abyss

Beyond the Abyss is progressing steadily as our second project. The artists have been working away at various illustrations at their own pace. Let's take a look at some!

 Art 

The base sprite for Zhang Zhenli is now complete! Look at that gorgeous face! Huge thanks to Juni who continues to impress us.

Next, a beautiful background by the insanely talented Saedee!

Lastly, a sketch of our next background, something a little different this time!

Music

As you know, our composer Efe Tozan has been hard at work creating our OST. He's finished seven already, and we have two more planned! We hope that with crowdfunding, we'll reach a level to get even more music!

Here's the preview we showed last month - this time with finished sprite:

Screenshots

Here's a few screenshots we've taken in game of the new sprite! Other expressions still to come.

Other news

Lastly, we've finally made a page for Beyond the Abyss on itch.io! Right now it's pretty basic, but please leave us a message and follow us there to see updates.

That's all for this month! We'll see you again soon!

- Two and a Half Studios