ExtraColonist Progress Update 1!
Added 2024-05-21 22:44:26 +0000 UTC





We've made some really amazing progress these past few weeks for the project and are super excited to share that with you all! ✨
After we opened our applications to join Team Seraphic, we were able to discover and recruit super talented individuals to join our ranks. From artists, to composers, coders, writers and more! So we are able to speed up project progress overall and make something even more amazing for this beautiful game and community. We want to thank everyone who applied, and we really appreciate everyone who took the time out of their day to do so 💖
Before the progress notes, we just as a team wanted to give our sincerest thanks to everyone who has supported us whether that be chatting in our Discord, sharing our posts or sharing our love for IWATE! We wanted to give a special shout out to the super kind lovely people who have supported us on Patreon and Boosted our Discord server, we can't thank you enough for your kindness:
Lonely Ghoul
SolarEclipse
Xander
Remedy
Eris Parker
Vesely
Space Candy



Child Calli sprites complete
Litchi Child sprites complete
Calli Character doc complete
Calli Story doc complete
Completed 2 Calli full screen arts
Completed 3 Ast sprite event arts
Completed 1 Ast full screen art event
Advertised in some Discords
Went through and accepted Team applications
Completed 3 emojis for the Discord
Completed Patreon Archangel tier doodle
Adult Calli Sprites complete
Teen Calli Sprites complete
Child Ely Sprites complete
Teen Ely Sprites complete
Adult Ely Sprites complete
Vert all Sprites complete
Teen Axel Sprites complete
Adult Axel Sprites complete
Created test cards for physical card game expansion

Asteria Adult sprites complete
Asteria story document completed ready for event writing
Made ExtraColonist shortened Logo
Created group name Seraphic
Created Seraphic Mascot
Created Seraphic Logo and Design Document
Created shortened Logo for Seraphic
Created Seraphic branding background
Created Seraphic Discord Server - roles, channels, permissions, setting up bots etc
Created custom Seraphic emotes
Created custom Seraphic branding like dividers etc
Created Seraphic User Template for Patreon
Adding Seraphic members to template and Patreon as they send me their profile pics
Created card template for Poayo's ExtraColonist Cards as well as all cards
Created Seraphic Patreon, all tiers, designs and integrations with Discord
Created Calli reveal and post for Patreons
Setup Tumblr Account
Setup Instagram Account
Setup Reddit Account
Completed layout design of first public post of Poayo's art
Setup about channel on Discord
Setup ticket bot for people to submit applications to the team
First post made to Reddit/Tumblr/Instagram/Patreon advertising
Setup Discord recruitment event
Went through and discussed Team applications
Created new icons for Discord and set them up with roles
Discussed and created Team roles with Poyao
Post made to Reddit/Tumblr/Instagram/Patreon/Discord sprite reveal

Completed custom character being able to become a childhood friend mechanic
Completed loading in sprites into the game
Added Custom Gears
Pronouns can now change with each life stage (Child/Teen/Adult)

Fixed likes and dislikes of characters being handled inappropriately
Fixed game breaking bug preventing resting (may need a fresh install if character exo files have been previously edited)
Fixed cards not working whilst using the mod (may need a fresh install if character exo files have been previously edited)
Fixed custom characters not appearing after a rest (no longer a need to save and reload)
Fixed character dialogue clouds not disappearing
Fixed characters not appearing correctly
Custom characters can now be clicked on
Experimental tweaks to make characters spawn more frequently (hopefully)
Compatibility with other character mods (hopefully)
CUSTOM CHARACTERS NOW DIE
Characters are loaded correctly between menu and ingame
Custom music can now be added to seasons
Custom music can be played in character dialogue, can also be excluded from playing in seasons
Characters spawning in expeditions
Glow season support

Mapped 320 of the 859 events in the game, noting backgrounds, characters, and available ages

Documentation: "how to find and read exocolonist exo files" completed
Event names gathered into a single spreadsheet for tracking purposes

Wrote outline for Rin
Wrote greetings for Rin
Wrote 10 and 20 heart events for Rin

Created new character, Elysium (Ely)
Started playing the game itself
Downloaded Visual Studio and began experimenting with the code
Assisted in the creation of Pinterest boards

Drafted outlines for a few side characters
Finished sprites needed for a side character for the demo

Created new character, Acceleration (Axel)
Outlined all of Axel’s heart events
Began rough drafts of his heart events
Began rough drafts of Calli’s heart events

Created new character, Genesis (Gene)
Fully fleshed out character outline + Greetings for Gene
Outlined all of Gene’s heart events
Finished fleshing out Gene’s major heart events (100, 50, and 90)
Working on minor redesigns for Gene

Finished Music track "Fathom"

Completed Senior China Sprites
Finished 2 art pieces for cards