Progress Report #49: January, 2023

Hi everyone,

After a brief hiatus, celebrating the dawn of a new year, the team is back in their seats picking up where the left off. Though, we'd like to apologize in advance, because the chilly weather has left some of our crew worse for the wear, thereby slowing down the progression. 

Rest assured, we've have still made headway, so lets quickly get you up-to speed.

It's been a while since we last worked on the standing art. For the unaware, its the character CG that pops up every time you initiate a dialogue or during combat. So when a proposal was tabled for a new side-quest, our artist was quick to suggest adding some new additions to the standing art roster. New eye candies for our players to enjoy? We can never say no to that!

Our story progress hobbled down a bit this week as our lead writer was(and still is) bedridden. Don't worry, its just one of the seasonal quirks that we all fall prey to now and then, and we're hopeful he will make a successful recovery back to his feet in no time. In the mean time however, he has been keeping himself lightly busy by scribbling the foundation story-line for the next planet: Jaee. For those who are new or might have forgotten, here is a short summary about the planet: 

Jaee a planet made up of half lush, but alien wilderness that's full of fairy-like creatures. The other half is hauntingly silent and long-abandoned technology beyond anything seen before, such as hard-light constructs.

Can't wait!

Finally, we found some new brains to pick at! No... this is not a foreshadowing of a zombie apocalypse about to overrun the Voidverse. It's actually about the combat overhaul and our pursuit to keep making it better and less cumbersome, and for that we found a few professionals of the field willing to come onboard and give us input and advice on the matter. We can't really go into the details about their circum vitae as they prefer to remain anonymous, but lets just say their experience will not only improve upon our vision but will also help develop more exciting elements for future expansions. The path to improvement, it seems, would be paved for some time more still. 

And that is our maiden week of 2023. Next week on the agenda: some new sprites, some new revisions and some new enemies! Till then, we wish you well and will see you in the next one!

Kind Regards,

Cursed-Atelier Team