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Project Update + Billing Cycle Pause

Hey guys, sorry about the long silence.

Lots of life stuff has been happening for some project members, and we're pausing billing for another month to give us more time. However, we do have some tentative release dates, with Khemia aiming for a release next month, and Glory Hounds' next iss...

Billing Cycle Paused

Due to the need for more time to create our next visual novel builds, billing will be paused for this month. Expect a post on likely release time frames in the coming week. Thanks everyone!

Glory Hounds Issue #05 - A Dawn Without Sun

Downloads below

Raoul hasn't quite been himself since the events at city hall. When circumstances force Alex (and Max!) to spend the night at the mansion, he decides to find out why.

Hey everyone, Redd here with the fifth installment of Glory Hounds. While it is a bit shorter...

Khemia Build 4 - Seeing in Math

First I want to apologize for the late update. Had some issues with saving over files that took a while to resolve and involved needing to re-type several scenes. It should be good to go now, though. Thanks again for your incredible patience.

This build includes new background and illustrat...

Development Update on Next Builds

Sorry for the silence everyone. Uneven health has made things a bit unpredictable but we can now say that the next build will be released this coming weekend. Above is some art that will appear in the next build, done by the wonderful Haps. Also, the Glory Hounds team is shooting for a release in...

General Project Update -Updated 8/10

Hey everyone, just wanted to update you on what's coming out soon. Khemia got a bit delayed, but we're anticipating a release during the first weekend of August. Glory Hounds is also in the works and should have an update in the near future. Thanks everyone for your support and patience!

Up...

Billing Cycle Pause

Hello,

Due to some temporary health issues, I’ve had to pause this month’s billing cycle. We are still aiming for one build a month, so I apologize for the delay. We’ll be back soon with updates for Khemia and Glory Hounds in the future.

Also, I accidentally deleted a post about...

Khemia Build 3 - Keys and Gates

This is the newest build of Khemia, with a generous amount of new illustrations and sprite art from Haps, including illustrations for build 2 (as you can see above). Thank you for your patience and support. Feedback is always welcome!

Downloads:

Windows: 2025-05-10 04:44:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Glory Hounds Issue 4: The Thorn in Milo's Side

Hey all, this is the Glory Hounds team with a brand new issue! Alex and Raoul join Milo when he competes in a floral art competition, but things quickly spiral out of control when a rival tampers with his piece and turns the venue into a war zone. Will they pull through?

This build features...

Khemia - Build 2 - The Favorite Sibling

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Note that Build 2 is technically build 3, but build 1 and 2 were combined into 1, so this is an all-new build.

First of all, huge apologies here from Howly. Multiple saving mistakes, along with needing to travel delayed me longer than I could have predict...

Schedule Update and Billing Cycle Pause

Hello everyone,

Despite pushing hard to get this update out on time, read-throughs have revealed several technical issues regarding new assets incorporated into the update. While these can be fixed within a day or two, the main issue I found is in the writing. A high number of typos and awk...

February/March Update Schedule - Edited 3/1

Just wanted to give you all an update on what to look forward to over the next two months.

This month we will release the third build of Khemia to patrons, a teaser of which you can see above, done by Haps.

In March, we'll have the next issue of Glory Hounds out, along with a new buil...

Khemia Build 2 - Trust

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With new art by the always amazing Haps

This is the second build of Khemia and the last to retread some of the original release's story. There are several scenes that differ from the origin...

Khemia Build 1 - Others

Here's the first build of Khemia with an overhaul to the story and art. Art is of course by Haps, along with a new track from Anthemics. In terms of story, most lines ...

Glory Hounds Pocket 2 - No Bike of his Own

https://echoproject.itch.io/glory-hounds

Hello, everyone! Redd here with the second Pocket Issue of Glory Hounds, guestwritten by 2024-11-30 19:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post

The Smoke Room Cancellation

Hello everyone,

Due to multiple incidents over the past five years, it is no longer possible for Echo Project to continue the development of The Smoke Room, and we have come to the difficult decision to cancel it. George, the lead writer for TSR, will be creating his own visual novel.

Khemia WIPs and Progress Update

Some teasers for the upcoming build of Khemia with art by Haps.

The first reworked build will be uploaded this month.

Khemia WIPs

With Arches complete, Howly and Haps are back to work on Khemia. After some setbacks on both sides, Howly is now focusing on the project full time, and Haps is glad to be back illustrating for an Adastra project.

Above are some examples of how Haps is trying to make sure his sprite a...

Arches Finished

Download here: https://echoproject.itch.io/arches

After several delays due to life issues for some team members, Arches is finally finished. Arches is a very personal and special visual novel to those who crea...

Glory Hounds - Pocket Issue #01 - Treasure for the Cap'n

"Hello, Redd here! Been a while!

The Glory Hounds team would like to present this special shorter update featuring a new short story! Ishmael and Polly are trying to find the perfect present for Ahab. They have no idea what kind of trouble they're getting themselves into...

2024-09-17 10:41:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Important Update Regarding The Smoke Room Development

Hello everyone. We have some very important news concerning TSR. Due to irreconcilable differences between George and EchoProject over the past few years, we have decided it will be in the best interest of everyone if we part ways.

This will require a pretty big restructuring of TSR'...

Momentary Pause

Hi everyone, thank you so much for your continued patience and ongoing support for the project. We want to keep our patrons informed on the current status of progress with our stories. Due to some minor scheduling conflicts in personal life matters (as well as adapting to site changes), we're go...

TSR Build 35: Steady and Aglow (Nikolai, Ending 1)

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Hello!

Cafealopex here, updating you while George is traveling! It's been a busy few months for the team, so we're happy to get you the first of Nikolai route's endings.

As ever, the team worked very hard, and we're looking forward to s...

The Smoke Room Build 34 (WIll): "A Hundred Visions and Revisions"

Hey folks, this is George. The team has been working on restructuring Will's chapter 3 for a good while to make it mesh better with the tone and the timing of the animatic. Scenes with Todd and Marcy have been restructured to be before and after the stag. I also added a good deal of new wr...

Neferu Sprite WIPs

An update!  Here's some WIPs from Neferu's sprite set showing off the shading style Haps' is using!

Khemia - Sprite WIPs

Sprite overhauls to show Haps' stylistic change!

Vessels - Arches Short Story

A quick short story in VN format that will appear with the completed Arches visual novel. Thought we should release it a bit early to any patrons who are interested due to the lack of content as of late. Be warned that it includes heavy spoilers and might not make sense to those who have not fini...

Khemia - Neferu Sprite Overhaul

Hey guys!

Sorry for the delays once again, but things are moving along now! Here we have a couple of Neferu's sprite overhauls.

Art is, of course, by Haps.

A quick note on Arches; things got really busy for those of us working on finishing the update, but it should be don...

The Smoke Room Build 33: "And When You Sleep You Remind Me of the Dead."

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Hey folks. George here. We're at a point in Nikolai's route where our choices are coming to a head. The next TSR update has been scheduled for April, and it will be more of William's route, which will includie some reorginizations for s...

Update From Howly (Khemia, Arches)

Hello everyone, howly here.

Since it’s been a while, and you might not know/remember who I am, I wrote Adastra, Arches, and I was one of the co-writers for Echo.

First of all let me start apologizing for the incredibly long silence on my part. Not much can excuse my abse...