Update #13 - Now in November
about 5 years ago – Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 08:13:52 PM

How is everyone? Definitely trying to push everything through at the moment. Been a rough last month, especially when the last week of October was dreadful to every teammate. Me with a bad case of food poisoning. Greg became tied up with family affairs and school assignments due at the same time. Geck's computer died, and Natalie was sick as well. A crazy freak of nature coincidence indeed. We've all made good strides though! T_T;

Currently, the game has reached the Alpha stage for half the game! It's perfectly playable, and I think I got all the points figured out so you should successfully be able to get on Ai, Jinhai and friendship routes. The good and true ending will need some math work... once I get to finish scripting it. Polishing will still include some images I'll need to make myself and finding sound effects. Amori is doing alpha testing at the moment.

Greg now has it in his hands to suggest which song should be inserted where, or he'll make new variations of the songs. He's also worked on an updated version of the trailer song. New instruments and what not added!

 Geck's portion, fortunately, most of his work is online, but we did end up losing the demo rewrites he did, which was offline and done early on. He changed his work routine to google docs but forgot to move that file and lost track with the bulk of the game. Then the disaster happened =_=; Luckily it's the smallest section and should be redone quickly. He has just the endings left after that. He's hoping to finish it in a week or so!

The physical merchandise has now been made (sans artbook being worked on still). Just waiting out the details for it to be mailed to us :)

Here's a sneak preview of the next patreon update: (unseen sprite!)

See you soon with hopefully more good news! ^_^

Patreon
over 5 years ago – Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 11:28:02 PM

Hey Everyone!

It's time to announce our Patreon ^_^ https://www.patreon.com/aikasacolle The patreon will charge at the beginning of each month and we'll be funding the next game, RRH.

We're still deciding what the first art post will be on there for November, but you can enjoy a sneak preview of Ai's mermaid sprite ^^; See you later!

Update #12 - September Slumber
over 5 years ago – Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 03:34:10 AM

Hello Everyone!

I have to admit we don't have all that much to update on besides being busy last month with all the physical prep work. You've all done a wonderful job with the surveys ^_^ Mighty thanks! Last step is the few backers that ordered acrylic physical goods, you should have received a KS message (or email) a few days ago asking for your input on your ideal acrylic stand. I'll be making my decision in the next two days, so please fill it out, unless you just want to be surprised! Then we'll make our orders and hopefully the next update we can show off our acrylic goods ^^;

Game is progressing slowly... as you would have expected. We are still scripting and editing. The editor has also gotten a new part-time retail job, so he's adjusting to that while juggling everything else. I'm confident he'll still finish earlier than me scripting, so I have no worries on his end. I'm hoping to near the halfway mark soon to throw to Greg to get the remaining music going.

Patreon:

In less than two weeks, we will also be announcing our studio patreon! You can continue to support us by funding our next yuri game, codename RRH ^_^ Mizuchi is done artwise, so you'll be supporting Natalie on the new game art assets instead. Up until Mizuchi is launched, you'll see previews of art from Mizuchi (bigger spoilers and whatnot). If you would like to pledge to our highest limited tier, you will also have a chance to character design a minor character in the next game! It's ideally an 8-month commitment of patronage as you'll have all the steps of building a new character from sketch to fully colored sprite. You will be the first introduced to the new storyline setup, themes, game mechanics, and preview our new coloring style. We do require you to be extremely flexible as the team members will have the final say on your design! Please don't pledge if you want the character to be your perfect... Otherwise, you can also always hire Natalie for your personal side commissions!

Any questions as we're still nailing out the details, let me know! See you soon!

- Roxie

Quick Reminder - Merchandise orders close on Wednesday
over 5 years ago – Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 12:32:13 AM

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Backerkit Surveys Open!
over 5 years ago – Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 06:59:40 PM

Hello everyone!

Backerkit surveys should now be available to everyone as of Monday. Be sure to check your emails for it! About 60% of you have already completed it actually ^_^ Thanks so much! I'll be closing it up by the end of the month to allow everyone enough time. Then we'll be putting in our orders for some of the physical goods right after. Feel free to message me if you need another email resent to you. If you'd like to offer the link to any friends that weren't able to be part of the original campaign, here's the link to the store https://mizuchi.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/

Thanks again! ^^