Weekly Update (7-1-2024) (Patreon)

Things are preceding apace, and we're looking to be on schedule for a friday release. I have some stuff to do, but got through an initial round of testing which is the most important thing. After adding in a couple of things and a loooot of new equipment, the text file has crept up to 78k words. XD

I've decided to name this chapter "The City of Merchants," since my original intended title is probably more fitting for next chapter now. A few teaser screenshots:

One other thing I wanted to note. It seems like it won't be done in time for the update, sadly, but, since some people raised valid criticisms of Ligaea's new art looking like a teenager, I commissioned a second version of her from Mimo, the artist who did Alexander's art. I think the current version is fairly good, myself, and I'm sure another change would be jarring to some people, so I'm going to include both in the game with an option to swap between them based on your preference. I already made the tech for this in making the patch to restore her original art, so it shouldn't be a lot of work to make both available.

But, I'm liking how Mimo's version is coming out so far too. Once it's closer to done, I'll probably share a preview for the $10 tier. I also learned from last time and made sure to look at how the art looks at game size during the process instead of only at the end.

Anyway, back to testing XD Looking forward to release!