September 2022 Monthly Update

Hi hello,

Here's our recap of everything from August!

PBH

Writing and editing for PBH are still going for some of the later chapters, while we're also working on scripting and implementing the early chapters. Adi's already finished Chapters 1 and 2, and will be starting on Chapter 3 soon once editing is finished. There are a handful of Juliet scenes left to be written, plus some assorted other ones like the side character scenes, and then that'll be all done! A couple days ago, we added up all the words so far and were shocked to find that the game is already about 150,000 words long, with another 30-50k to go. We knew it was long, but weren't expecting it to be quite this big. For some context, Heart of the Woods was about 130,000 words total, and Highway Blossoms was 90. Considering we expected the game to be HB length at the most when we began, it's ended up a lot chunkier than anticipated. Other than writing, there are a couple extra pieces of art that need to be completed, which adi will be tackling after scripting is done. Music is all done, save for one song, so we've also been working those into the build as we go.

LAK

There's been some new art completed for Lock & Key as well, although we don't have any previews of it just yet. LAK is gonna have a bunch of CG's, so we're looking forward to sharing more. We just recently settled on an editor for the script, so that'll be getting touched up soon. There are only a handful of scenes left to be drafted for LAK as well, but Rachel's waiting until the rest of the story is edited and fixed up before writing them.

OHMK

We posted about the sprites for Paige, the protagonist for "Our Home, My Keeper" a couple days ago, so if you're a $5+ Patron and haven't seen that post yet, be sure to check it out! In the time between posting that and now, Madi's finished up the sprite, and she looks really great! As we mentioned there, the first draft of the script is already done and is just awaiting proofreading by ebi-hime. If you're a follower of her games, you'll know she's got a loooot of projects going on (even more than us!) so she's been working on some other releases before finishing up this script. Composer Singto Conley has been hard at work too, and there are a lot of songs done or in-progress. They just shared this new WIP with us, tentatively titled "The Fairy, The Doll, The House." You can check out the demo on their Soundcloud, and we'll have some more clips to share in the future too!

HotW

We posted two new bonus tracks from the Heart of the Woods soundtrack on Youtube, entitled Hearthside and Slow Sigh! Both were composed by Sarah Mancuso and originally released on the vinyl version of the soundtrack. We'll be getting them added to the soundtrack DLC's soon, as well as Spotify - they may even be available by the time you're reading this!

Bellhouse

We released a new title under Bellhouse: Who Is The Red Queen? by 4noki & Co. If you haven't checked out this dark Alice in Wonderland-inspired game, be sure to do so! The Steam release added a lot of polish to the original game jam version, so if you played it in the past, it's worth checking out again for sure. Just like the original, it's totally free, too! If you have played the game and enjoyed it, we'd really appreciate if you could leave us a review on Steam, too ♥

It's been a busy month, and we've got a busy rest of the year ahead of us. We're working hard to still release Please Be Happy this year, so we'll keep you posted on that progress. We've got some other neat stuff in the pipeline too, which we'll hopefully be able to share later this month. You know how we just love announcing announcements.

Anyway, thanks for another month of support, and we hope to have some more good news to share with you next time.