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February 27, 2024: 0.8 Beta SE

Hello everyone. Normally, I like to try and do the releases close to the weekend in case there are errors that need to be caught and fixed. There really aren't any errors through at least three full play-throughs, so...

The 0.8 Beta SE is now available for download on Discord. Look in the #releases channel. If you can't get on the Discord, let me know and I will message you a link. It is a Mega link though I will be putting up a Pixeldrain one too.

Feedback is appreciated. I hope ...

February 13, 2024: ECA 0.8 Changelog & Release Dates

I'm finally at a point I can reliably set out the changelog and release dates for the 0.8 ECA. While I'm just short of having 50% of it put together, my schedule and the remaining content should, theoretically, make it easier to assemble and compile. There's no major code/GUI/etc. being added to 0.8. It's pretty much all story.

And, boy, what a story. It's different from my side. I know what is going on and what is going to happen. This may not be on the "Luke, I am your father," "Spear...

February 8, 2024: Sneak Peeks

The principal imaging and animating for 0.8 is complete. I may have to go back and do some fixes, but with the writing and the main graphics done, we're on the downhill run to completion.

With somewhere around 2600 images, I figure a good promo release of various images and characters needed to be done. These are the same ones shared on Discord. I tried to upload these last night but the internet was going in and out.

I hope you like the looks of 0.8. The release date for 0.8 to a...

January 30, 2024: Patreon Unpausing in February

Warm day everyone.

The pausing for Patreon supporters will expire on February 9th, 2024, so wanted to let you all know I'm not going to pause the next month as I am anticipating a release to supporters before the end of February.

Once I get the last of the images completed, I'll be showing some more images, and perhaps animations, before the release comes out.

Thank you all for your continued support, especially during this much longer release time.

January 24, 2024: It keeps going...

... and going...

If you've been following on Discord, you've seen some more previews as well as some ramblings from me about how developer-intense this update is, especially regarding the esbat/festival section of the update.

I think I'm pushing Koikatsu to its limits. Massive amounts of set building and characters makes it lag when saving and moving, requiring several restarts to complete a scene. Additionally, with how much is going into each scene, it takes a long while to stag...

January 15, 2024: 0.8 Previews

One of the most difficult parts of writing ECA is how much I want to tell everyone everything about the story, thus ruining it in the process. When I'm selecting images to share, I'm always cognizant of releasing images that might give too much away.

So here's some raw images from 0.8, hopefully not ruining anything. It's merely meant to whet your appetite and let you all know things are progressing.

Speaking of progression...

Current raw image amount is 769. Some of these a...

January 9, 2024: 0.8 Update

Happy New Year, everyone. I hope it's been a good week-plus of 2024.

The entirety of 0.8 has been written and reviewed to make sure nothing was missed and continuity is good. Seeing as the scenes are set, it's time to describe a bit of how 0.8 is going to work.

First, regarding the end of 0.7 on Android, the plan is for players to reach a specific spot (basically the end of 0.7) for their open stories/threads and then be given a choice to save. The save will then transfer to an EC...

December 8, 2023: Public Update

Hello everyone. I hope you are doing well.

Due to some real-life circumstances, development of the next ECA update is going a lot slower than planned -- much slower than I had ever wanted. Because of this, I am pausing payments for Patreon and other supporters.

When payments are paused, Patreon doesn't allow new people to sign up. I appreciate your understanding in this. In the meantime, feel free to come by the Discord and hang out with us, where I will be publishing more info on...

December 8, 2023: Update

Hey everyone.

This part of development has been an extreme challenge for me to get completed. It's been a slog. Real life work and struggles with health have been nearly constant, and it has sapped a lot of my creativity. Every day I sit and write, the words come out so slowly and painfully. Have you ever had the strong desire to do something, but every time you pushed yourself to it, something either inside or outside just pushed the other direction?

I could go through a list of ...

October 14, 2023: Update update

As I was working on some general sandbox content for a 0.7.1 update, I began to do some writing on the side when I wasn't able to work on the graphics and, well, seems kind of like my ADHD took over and the graphics got put aside and writing is now on the menu.

So, for right now, I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go with 0.7.1. I've got the port for Android working, as far as I can tell, so with that being stable, and writing going quickly, I'm thinking of jumping over a 0.7.1 v...

September 23, 2023: 0.7.1

So I think I've figured out how to do a transfer for Android users from Part 1 (up through 0.7) to Part 2 (everything 0.7.1 and beyond).

To cut down on the headaches that are probably going to start on the first release of this kind of "split" program, I'm making a 0.7.1 that is going to feature only sandbox content with established characters.

I'd like to have more options with more characters, and it's a very easy way to make sure I have a fully functioning "Part 2" to release t...

September 13, 2023: Beyond 0.7

I should have typed this out sooner, but several bumps in the road have slowed me down. Thank you everyone for your continued support, and a thank you and welcome to all the new supporters. It's heartwarming to know you enjoy the story and characters this much. You've my deepest gratitude.

The 0.7c SE/PE versions will be out this coming weekend. It will just be a patch update for anyone that has any 0.7 on PC/Linux/Mac. Android users... man, I really feel bad for you guys when it comes ...

ECA: 0.7 SE Beta - Released to Patrons/Supporters

The full beta version of 0.7 SE has been released now and the downloads are available in the usual place on Discord. I was able to get a compressed Android version put together, but it is not tested at all. It should run fine, but some graphical issues may be present because of no platform to test them. I do have some supporters that are gracious enough to help with that, so bug reports are welcome.

If you don't have access to the Discord, send me a message and the version you need (PC/...

August 19, 2023: ECA 0.7 Changelog & Release Dates

It's been a bit of a struggle to get everything put together, mainly due to being extremely busy at the "real work" job. I've never seen an August like this. June and July are usually the busiest times, but this year... it's different. But enough of that. You want the info.

0.7 Changelog

** Depending on how you want to count scenes, there's 43 (or 44) story scenes for 0.7, making it pretty massive in this area. Of those 43 scenes, five of them a...

July 30, 2023: 0.7 Progress

It's the middle of summer (at least in the northern hemisphere), and it's really freaking hot. I hope you all are able to comfortably make it through. Stay cool. Heat exhaustion is no joke, and heat stroke is a devil-fucker.

July marks the one-year anniversary of Endara Chronicles. Technically released on the 10th last year, everything has come a long way. I appreciate everyone's continued support very much. Thank you.

Now, on with the update.

The base imaging for 0.7 is com...

ECA 0.6b SE Released & 0.7 Update

The 0.6b SE is released on Discord for both Mega and MediaFire downloads. This should be the final 0.6 version. I'm hoping so, because I'm well into doing the images for 0.7.

While only a couple scenes have been completely imaged for 0.7, they are some of the larger scenes that needed custom/new images. There's going to be a lot of new media to create for 0.7, and for the remaining parts, which slows down the development due to building new locations, light design, and creating characte...

July 8, 2023: 0.6a & 0.7 News

Weekend again. That means a lot of work on ECA from dawn until I fall asleep. Before I get to doing that this morning, I'm wanting to give a little progress update.

The 0.6a version is being uploaded (and has been uploading all night) for release on the Discord. There will be a patch fix version available as well. If you can't use that access, send me a message and I will send you a link to either the full or patched version. Make sure you tell me what platform and where you prefer to d...

June 27, 2023: 0.6 Android Part II

After going through every possible issue, it's come down to the size of the archive. Being over 2 GB, even just a little, means it won't install.

The quick-fix to this is to compress image resolution for the Android version of 0.6, mainly going back to the early images that, while small in relative size, have much more compression space. What this means is that a stable 0.6 version will be out soon for Android.

The bigger issue comes with what to do next. There's only so much comp...

June 26, 2023: ECA 0.6 Android Version

There seems to be an issue with the 0.6 Android version. It doesn't install in any device that's been tested (phone, tablet, emulator), though it compiles and works perfectly fine with PC/Mac/Linux, as far as I know.

I'm working on figuring out where the error is. While I don't want to admit it, the most likely problem is somewhere in the game's code or files. I'm not sure how to track down the problem this way without ripping chunks out to see if that "fixes" it. If anyone has a sugges...

Patreon/Discord Problems?

I've gotten a couple of messages from patrons that Discord is not giving them the correct roles and access to the Patreon channels.

If this is happening to you, message me with your Discord name and I will manually fix the problem.

Subscription Payment is now enabled.

Due to a variety of reasons, I'm enabling the subscription payment for Patreon.

You will be charged immediately upon becoming a supporter, and then charged on the same date for the next month.

June 25, 2023: 0.6 SE Released... and a few other things.

Warm day!

The 0.6 SE version of ECA is available for download in the Patreon section of Discord, along with the 0.6 Patron's Player Guide. You all have my continued thanks for the support. It's humbling to me to know there are players willing to pay hard-earned money for a creation of my own making. It's awe-inspiring.

You will notice there's no links here posted on Patreon for the downloads. There's a couple re...

June 14, 2023: Changelog Update & Release Dates for 0.6

Okay, so I got into this site called Inkarnate. Wow. What a lot of fun this thing is. I haven't even gotten into half of what it can do but after fiddling around with it, I decided... ECA could use a new map. So... here.

Add it to the changelog, I guess.

I'm not a hundred percent sure it's going to work the way I want it to, but it'll basically be the same as the current map. I'm hoping to make it so the player has the option for being able to see the names of places when they're ...

June 9, 2023: 0.6 Changelog

The assembly of 0.6 has begun, and a few scenes are already completed and installed. More will be done this weekend. Since the update is being put together now, I can release the official changelog of 0.6. There may be some slight changes, but this is what's in store:

* 30 character and thread scenes. Some do depend on the path you are on, especially in regards to Lerran (specifically the Lord of the Hovel thread) and Katira (I mean, you all did keep her, right? You're ...

June 1, 2023

Just a quick note. There's a poll up in the Discord regarding Lerran and 0.6. Please read it and react/vote as soon as you are able. I've only got a little more left to do in 0.6 before I can start building, so the sooner you can get your voice in on it, the better.

Hope your May was good and your June is better.

May 30, 2023: ECA 0.6

First off, welcome to those of you just pledging into the Endara Chronicles. Every bit of support gives me more motivation to finish this project. You've my thanks. Feel free to come by the Discord and chat with us.

Now, onto the 0.6 update.

The last scene was finished being rendered yesterday. By far the biggest scene in 0.6 is featured in a couple images above. It clocked in at 240 images, which will be broken down into sprites to create a rather long and wholesome scene... for ...

May 19, 2023

I've received some reports from other Discord developers and server owners that some roles might be getting deleted by the Patreon bot without notification... like it's got a psychopathic mind of its own.

If you've lost a role on Discord, message me there or here and tell me so I can get that manually added.

ECA: 0.5.1a SE - Patreon Release

Woot! It isn't the size, it's how you use it, right?

I hope you guys enjoy this update, even if it only has a couple setup scenes for the next update (0.6). There's a lot of sandbox content spread around several characters -- Iris, Yanwei, Erranda, Nadine, Sephone, and Reece all got some fluff to their content. There's about a half-dozen scenes, mainly focused on Genny, Cali, and Lerran, to experience as well.

I'm already deep into the script writing of the 0.6 update if you've be...

ECA: 0.5.1 - Patreon Release Dates, Changelog, and Next...

Hola.

The aim is to get 0.5.1 out to patrons starting no later than May 19th. It may be out before then, however the simple plan is ten days from now. Yeah, it's soon, but that's because it's going so well. Images are done, as are the animations. I'm editing the animations now and will begin post-processing very soon. It also helps there's very little complicated code that will need to be added.

My purpose in 0.5.1 was to get a couple of scenes out of the way that needed to happen...

April 12, 2023: 0.5.1 update update.

0.5.1's main additions have been written and blocked, and some sandbox additions have been written though more might materialize before the end depending on how the rendering/animations go.

It's been a while since I've done any imaging of any kind. The main reason is that the laptop I've been using for development has run out of space. When I bought this thing, I thought to myself, 500 GB isn't too bad. Of course it isn't actually 500 GB. It's 487 GB, and over 470 GB are used.

So....