Post-KS Update #18
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 11:40:54 PM
Sorry for this late night Kickstarter update!
Work has been a mess lately because a ton of people have been calling out so there's that and I've been pretty exhausted after work. That said, I do have a little bit of progress to report!
The first half of Victor's route had been recorded by the entire cast excepting Aureve.
We recorded the first quarter of Victor's route, so we made a second appointment. That recording date is on Monday, so I'll be following up to finish recording with Zoe then.
Once the VA is recorded and processed, that means the VA can be implemented which means! Extended demo! I can't wait to release it!
Instead of choosing the follow the events of the demo, players will get two extra scenes--one for the Nightmare Prince and one for Victor--that reveals something sweet about the characters. It's my hope that people fall in love with what the extended demo has to offer.
I'm almost finished packing orders.
I unfortunately waited on the last fifteen people to finish their surveys, but honestly if they don't finish them, I'll be mailing them out on Monday during my lunch break anyway! So keep an eye out this upcoming week.
That's it for this week!
//owl.
1. Aureve has never seen a dog, but she has seen a cat before!
2. Klaus can be quite cross if he feels you're crossing boundaries.
3. Victor plays the violin for... reasons.
Post-KS Update #17
about 2 years ago
– Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:47:44 PM
Sorry for the late update! I had a long day at work. So let's hop right into it!
Victor's route is half-way complete.
I don't know how I got this far, but I'm glad to be here LOL. I've been working on it in little bits after work, but I didn't realize how far I was getting until I checked the work count and boom! Half-way. As such, I started scheduling recording sessions. So far I've recorded Diego and Klaus' lines but I have the rest of the cast this upcoming week.
The packing supplies I ordered arrived but one set of items was too small :'^)
So I had to order it AGAIN, this time in the correct size. So NOW packing can continue. It's a small extra that photocard order-ers will receive but I'm really proud of it! So far here's just SOME of the orders that are 100% ready to go. (Carefully placed so no addresses are revealed, haha.)
It may not seem like a lot but for one person writing everything by hand, I feel pretty proud of myself. I'll start mailing them and the posters out this week!
A new CG artist has been found.
I forgot to really talk about this but the CG artist and I had some creative differences that ultimately led us to (amicably) part ways. I did find another CG artist though and although her delivery will be a little slower, the style is a lot closer to the sprites than the previous artist.
That's all for this week!
//owl.
1. Klaus has broken three microwaves in his life.
2. Klaus has also locked himself out of his vehicle three times in his life.
3. Diego dislikes the color green unless it is in nature.
Post-KS Update #16
about 2 years ago
– Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 08:37:21 AM
Hello, everyone! Sorry for not updating last week. Honestly, there was just a lot of real life drama going on and my real life situation is about to change drastically as a result. Personally, I don't like to talk about my real life enough to give all of the details, but I will try my best to keep you guys updated on progress of Belle Automata.
A few things:
Thus far, I have been unable to find a publisher for Belle Automata, but I did receive an offer for funding.
We'll see what happens, but hopefully, I'll have an update for you guys soon either way I decide. I did consider strongly turning them down but there is a renegotiation to be had on my part because of certain future circumstances. I really want Belle Automata to be fully realized instead of just 1/3 of what I imagined to be totally honest.
Packed up 10 out of 12 pages of orders.
Due to the Things Going On, I went ahead and worked on physical rewards instead of working on the game and thankfully, I finished most of them--as of right now, I have 61 physical rewards left to pack and the only reason there's that many is that I ran out of packing materials ^^;; I ordered more materials and they're well on the way so by next Friday, I will be done and able to mail everything out after work except the physical light novel. I hope y'all like them!
I didn't write anything new for Belle Automata.
Victor's route is about halfway done but as I said, I packed orders after work and now that I have a full time job, I can pretty much just do one thing per day. It's not really an update you guys would like to hear probably, but it is an honest one.
I received the last part of the Nightmare Prince's VA.
I haven't decided if my next Belle Automata work will be to program or to write. I think I will focus on programming next week, THEN scheduling VA for the first 20k of Victor's route and THEN focus on writing. It'll be slow going but thankfully, I scheduled time for release.
Thank you for walking this slow journey with me.
//owl.
Post-KS Update #15
about 2 years ago
– Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 10:07:18 PM
Hello everyone! Friday again?
Nooo problem.
This week was totally busy. Not only is my full time job taking up quite a bit of my energy but I got to do something awesome this week:
I only attended virtually since I couldn't take off work but I got to watch some fantastic talks, make some connections and, most excitingly, got some connections for possible publishers.
Briefly I'd like to expand on this but basically, as you guys know, when I funded Belle Automata's first two routes, it was:
- only for voice acting
- only for the first two routes
If I am able to secure funding from a publisher, I can go ahead and begin the development of the other four routes, that of Diego, Zaffre, Roman and Klaus. I don't want to make any premature announcements but I have started working on outlines for the other routes!
I don't have any announcements at this time, but trust and believe, we're working very hard behind the scenes to make that publishing dream into a reality.
Wrote more of Victor's route.
This one is pretty obvious, haha. I worked on Victor. I've hit a point where his heart is starting to awaken to emotions so it's pretty fun to peel away those layers. It's a bit difficult to strike the balance between unwrapping him but not too fast.
Started packing up the physical rewards!
Exactly what it sounds like! My weekend is going to be busy packing up prizes since I finally have everything I need to do so! In case you forgot, what's going out is:
- posters
- stickers
- photocards
So if you're expecting any of those things, please expect them in the coming weeks.
That's all for this week!
//owl.
I'm pretty busted this week, so just one mini fact today:
1. Klaus was raised by his brother and sister.
Post-KS Update #14
about 2 years ago
– Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 01:55:16 PM
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