[Public] Devlog #1

Introduction

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for reading this post! 

I found out recently that Patreon released a new feature that lets you set your Patreon to allow fans to join the community for free and receive access to free posts, which automatically converts any previous Patrons who cancelled their pledges as well. I've decided I'll start doing monthly devlog posts for the free community tier, available to the public, and here is the first one!

So if you're receiving this post notification and have no idea why, now you know. And if you don't remember who I am, then let me shamelessly refresh your memory that I'm Windchimes, from Wind Chimes Games, an otome/amare game studio! Our projects include: 

Reanimation Scheme — a fantasy otome visual novel where you get to play as a necromancer to investigate a mystery of uncontactable spirits. (PS: Please consider wishlisting the game on Steam if you haven't yet!!)

Emberfate: Tempest of Elements — a chatroom-based MMORPG-simulator romance visual novel, where you play as the guild leader of a raiding guild and romance three other gamers. (The game is free and already fully released, with a paid DLC coming in the future!)

Devlog: September 2023

With that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff! 

Reanimation Scheme

In case you haven't heard yet, Reanimation Scheme has entered beta phase earlier in the year, with each route being released in parts to Patrons ($15 tier+) and Kickstarter backers with beta access as tier reward. 

Currently, Aldrias' and Lyrissa's routes have been fully released for beta, with the exception of the partial voice acting. Kierdan's route is also mostly released — Chapters 10 - 12 were released for his route for the September beta update, and the remaining chapters (13, 14 and endings) will be added to the beta build later this month as well! 

Here are some teaser screenshots of Kierdan's route, which you can also find on our social media, so it's not super spoilery: 

I'm excited to get the conclusion of his route out to beta players soon, which would mark the completion (sans voice acting) of the base game's original three routes!

Speaking of voice acting, I'm still waiting on the voice director to deliver Lyrissa's voice acting lines to me after processing and audio engineering, but I'm hopeful that I'll have previews of some lines by the end of the month. 

After Kierdan's route is wrapped up, I'll be focusing on getting Jori's route ready next, followed by Sebastien's. The game is finally nearing completion after these years, and I'm really grateful to all the supporters who've so patiently waited all this time!

Studio 

In other news, I've just started up the newsletter for the studio on the studio website! https://windchimesgames.com/ 

Thanks to Twitter being well, whatever it is nowadays, a lot of our followers seem to have gone inactive or moved to a different platform. Belatedly, I figured it may be a good idea to make a newsletter for players potentially interested in our games to keep up with news, regardless of what happens to social media. 

I'm still trying to think of some incentive rewards to give out for signing up to the newsletter, but please be assured that if I do offer any, they would be sent out to existing newsletter subscribers too, so you won't miss out on anything if you subscribe early! 

That's all I have to write this month. If you'd like to receive more of these monthly devlogs, be sure to stay as part of the free community of our Patreon 💖 Thank you so much for reading!