[Developer Update] Concept Art, Plushies, and Animations! April 2021

I've decided to swap the format slightly for Patreon! I used to sort by category but I don't want to spam multiple posts to your email. So I will continue to combine the posts into one big update thread.

Concept Art

Some concept art for some of the bits and bobs around the goat village! We will be using Houdini to speed up development.

Examples of how Houdini works! 

Another example!  

Fantoccio Plushie! 

The Fantoccio plushie by Makeship has arrived!  

He will be 25.99$! We adore how this came out, the quality is great and he's super cute! We need to sell 200 to succeed. If this campaign goes well we can see future plushies from them! Like Barnaby and Aristotle 👀

A quick note that this is not handled by us like Kickstarters plushies but by Makeship! We have given them permission to use our IP and they handle design (with our guidance), prototypes, shipping, and production. They've been very generous with the profit split too, so it will help development. If you would prefer a Fantoccio plushie instead of a Billie or Oscar please let me know via Kickstarter DM or email, although I'd warn you that the Budsies plushies are generally worth more bang for your buck due to their size and custom shape. They are exclusive to Kickstarter. 

Game Updates

We now have controller remapping wooo! We have taken a focus on getting the accessibility features done earlier on as it's easier and faster to do this at the start of development sooner rather than later, and it's important to me that everyone can play! 

We also have the Kraken ready to go. Look at this large lad! Should be available for playtesting soon. 

Lighting is not final! 

He's rigged and ready to go! 

Animations will come later once the boss fight testing is complete as speed is very important in this boss fight and will match the music similar to Fantoccio's! This is for Aristotle's tutorial song and not Elaine's boss fight, but he will be used for both! 

It won't be in this update but most likely in the next. I'll be focusing on fixing Adventure so you have a playable demo before the month is up and a new song! 

The Autism Acceptance Stream! 

We ran an autism acceptance month stream with our cast the other day, donations were given to ASAN and we raised a whopping 1500$ for the cause! A big thank you to everyone who donated. We had some great requests and a lot of fun with the main cast.  

That's it for this week's update! I'm super excited about what's to come and we hope you love it!

- Katie 

P.S In terms of my health, I now have the referral I need to proceed with private health care so I can be 100% for Billie Bust Up work! I've been able to catch up a bit recently although it is still tough. Some of you have been extremely sweet in offering to help pay but it's ok! I'm in a privileged position and my family will be helping me pay. BBU funds will not be used for this! I just wanted to make sure I was transparent with any issues or delays BBU may have along the way, but you needn't worry about me. I'll be able to fix this without financial support and I really appreciate all of you for caring, it means a lot ❤