Saturday Devlog (October 22)

Hi everyone, I hope you're staying safe and healthy!

Midterms are always a hectic time, but I'm happy to report that it's now a thing of the past, and I'm free to devote most of the rest of October into AMR! There hasn't been a lot of progress on the wordcount front, but I did a couple of editing passes through the ~20k words I already have for the update, and it's looking much more presentable now, which I'm quite happy about!

The next update will focus quite heavily on setting exploration and character interactions, not unlike the first half of the Yotai arc. I'm currently on the lookout for anywhere I can sneak in a small fight scene (because frankly, I've been itching to write one after months of writing pure story); no obvious candidates have reared its head yet, but I will continue the hunt!

On the art front - I'm happy to report that an artist has been found that's willing to do a couple of the Arcanist-tier art reward ideas I had! These include comic/manga-style mini scene illustrations and character tarot cards, as well as older suggestions like background art or continued phantasma art. The caveat is that unfortunately, the artists' slots for the month are full, and so this will only be applicable from November onwards. For this month, I plan on posting one phantasma art (featuring our newest, Oiral the Visionary), as well another AMoG art preview.

As for our Retainer-level art rewards for the month, things are coming along quite nicely! This month will feature the White Fangs cast in a job-swap scenario, with Leon in the role of healer, Saine in the role of warrior, and Ilya in the role of rogue. I think the sketches look very good so far, and I can't wait to share the finished results with you all. :)

As always, sneak peek for the next update will go up soon after this post!

That about wraps it up for this week's update. As always, thank you for supporting the development of A Mage Reborn!