Hi Everyone!
Esh here with this week's patreon devlog.
Sorry for the late update today. I meant to do it earlier, then got distracted. And by afternoon I was feeling pretty bad and didn't have the energy to focus on an update. ;A;
But here we are - 10:30 PM and I'm posting...
2020-06-19 12:39:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone!
Esh here with this week's patreon devlog
Writing:
Ugh. Guys. ;~;
Why is this the year of distractions? If it's not global pandemics, it's going to be something closer to home, I guess.
This was another week of distractions w...
2020-06-12 03:58:38 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Sorry for being late with this again! I had some things to deal with this morning that just sort of took over. And then I got really distracted with other things.
So here we are with another late devlog!
(Also, where is time going? How is it already J...
2020-06-05 09:26:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Everything sort of crashed into me yesterday afternoon and evening, so I apologise for this being a little late.
While the situation in Minneapolis is far removed from us here in Australia, it's still saddening and worrying to see. It was terrifying to watc...
2020-05-30 01:38:22 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Just have a quick question about personality traits in the game. I've already posed this on the Discord server but wanted to post a poll here on patreon too!
Right now, the personality traits are chosen once at the start of the game, and remain the same throughout. ...
2020-05-29 01:00:52 +0000 UTC View PostDISCIPLINE AND PERSEVERANCE
Sometimes, the issue that causes a slowing of forward momentum isn't actually writer's block. It isn't frustration or discouragement and self-doubt.
Sometimes it's just boredom and lack of focus. Everyone knows the best way to make progress...
2020-05-25 06:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
I totally forgot to update yesterday! I think the Thursday update threw me off and somehow my brain decided at some point that I'd already updated?
I don't even know. Let us jump in.
Writing:
What all have I done in writing? Well, I f...
2020-05-23 02:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostLast time I started talking about some of the types of writer's block I encounter when I'm writing. And this time I'm going to continue and talk about some of the other types of writer's block I encounter...and how I tend to work through them.
I do strongly believe all types of writer's blo...
2020-05-21 04:01:27 +0000 UTC View PostMOTIVATION AS A DRIVING FACTOR
Right off the bat, I want to acknowledge that many things can affect our motivation - that is, our desire to work on things. Motivation may be an internal feeling, but feelings are impacted by outside influences all the time. And not all these...
2020-05-18 05:03:43 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Time for this weeks patreon dev log!
Writing:
OOF.
This was a tough week in writing.
Chapter Five has been a really difficult chapter to write. As I mentioned before I realised my original idea for Chapter Five was just not going t...
2020-05-15 02:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone!
I'm going to be posting a series on a variety of topics I consider related - writer's block, motivation drain, and how to stay productive on a project when you're facing those things.
All of these things are based on my personal experie...
2020-05-11 02:06:42 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Posting this week's patreon devlog.
Writing:
This week I started writing Chapter Five of Caleb's route. I initially started off somewhat sticking to my original synopsis, but quickly went off track. When I tried to get back to the synopsis, I ...
2020-05-08 04:59:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone!
Hopping in with this week's devlog and update! I have no idea where this week went but it feels like it somehow passed me over and I managed to not experience most of it..@_@
Let's jump into the update!
Writing:
This week I did fi...
2020-05-01 02:37:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Just posting some of the background sketches we've gotten for various places in Delphine!
You can really start to get a feel for how different Delphine is from New Albion.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing all these places fully rendered! OwO
2020-04-27 00:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Popping in with this week's devlog and update! I may have rambled.
Brace for impact and all that!
Writing:
So this week, I finished editing Chapter Three and started working on Chapter Four. I was hoping to be a little further along with...
2020-04-24 06:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I am here with the previously mentioned post about beta testing!
So here's the thing I'm making good headway on my third route of Gilded Shadows. Once it's complete 50% of the original six routes will be completed at the rough draft stage. We'll actually be more than hal...
2020-04-23 04:13:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Guys!
Sorry the update is coming later in the day - I had a busy morning and afternoon so I'm just now getting the chance to sit down and work on this.
Writing:
I've been working on Caleb's route and have the potato draft of chapter three done. I...
2020-04-17 08:50:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Time for this week's update. Except....where did the week even go? Man, it passed so quickly!
First of all, we want to wish everyone a Happy Easter and a Happy Passover. We hope all of you have a peaceful and safe holiday.
In the meantime, let's discuss this week in...
2020-04-10 01:25:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone!
Things are continuing to be really crazy and it's been a huge struggle to continue to write through it all. But we are persevering.
So let's jump into our update!
Writing:
Caissa's route is edited into "rough draft" state and is c...
2020-04-04 13:09:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone!
Things are continuing to be really crazy and it's been a huge struggle to continue to write through it all. But we are persevering.
So let's jump into our update!
Writing:
I got my potato draft of Caissa's route done and am now working on edit...
2020-03-27 00:47:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone!
First off, I apologise for the lack of devlog last week. Things have been a little crazy around my house and with the pandemic issue, I was just having some issues regarding devlogs and what to say and how to update people.
I did update on tumblr and for thos...
2020-03-20 00:30:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
I wanted to post this earlier in the week but the week really got away from me. There was a lot going on and the week kind of just got away from me.
But I wanted to talk a little bit about routes and what my plans are story-wise for Gilded Shadows.
GS is what I call...
2020-03-12 12:17:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone!
Sorry for the slightly late update here.
With our Kickstarter ending yesterday, it ended up being quite a busy day for me.
I hope you're all well!
Anyway, let's jump into this week's update! There's a lot to talk about!
W...
2020-03-07 01:27:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Welcome to this week's patreon devlog!
Writing
This week I finished writing Chapter Nine and have gotten most of the way through Chapter Ten. This chapter involves a love scene so it's a little slower getting through the end of it (especially because there ...
Hey Everyone!
Brace yourself. MWA HA HA
Writing:
So this week I finished up Caissa: Chapter Eight and I've started working on Chapter Nine.
I also did some general plot fine-tuning for the remaining chapters. I had a full synopsis ...
2020-02-21 02:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostSo this week I've been doing a lot of writing. I got chapter eight of caissa's route done. And have started chapter nine.
A lot of times when writing it feels like I don't have much I can talk about. I can't talk about what I wrote since it's often spoiler heavy. And there's not ...
2020-02-18 02:46:44 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Just wanted to give you guys an early look at some artwork I've been doodling!
New sprites!
The first is a new character for Gilded Shadows. I won't give a ton of information on who he is just yet but as he's probably going to be worked into the demo for a br...
2020-02-13 01:03:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Ditching the normal format for this as (wonder of wonders), launching the Kickstarter completely threw off my work schedule this week! LoL
First order of business, Progress:
I'm still working on Caissa, Chapter Six. I'm about half finished wit...
2020-02-07 01:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Today I not only remembered it was Friday but I remembered to do the update early! =OO I didn't remember at 4:00 PM when I'm so busy with other things that it takes several hours to get it written up.
And this in spite of being WEIRDLY SLEEPY today.
So ...
2020-01-31 00:50:23 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! Over the weekend, I was doodling some sprite related things for the non-existent side project that definitely does not exist! =D
I thought I'd share.
Silas is the only character with a full sprite and expressions.
Silas is...a doctor. He has a more serious, gentle deme...
2020-01-30 01:47:40 +0000 UTC View Post