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Projects Update - 15th June

So! It's been awhile... I will do my best to sum up what's been going on on the projects we are working on, and the progress they're in, and the state we're in.

As of currently, things are getting back in order and work is progressing as usual, there was a small flood but it didn't hinder our progress as much. Things have been rather slow, and times have been hard on both of us... so we're taking it slow in trying to regain our footing, but things are looking up, and thanks to all of yo...

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Projects Update and sneak peek - 14th April

It's been awhile... this will be a bit different than previous project update.

I've paused this month mostly because I'm trying to meet my own deadline, but rest assured, I will have something done and updated for Patrons soon, hopefully this month.

First off, I've lied to myself that I would be able to pick things up and work on Breach on my own, with Rikuo gone, and Ben stepping back and providing only code maintenance. I have to admit that it is hard, and it does take time get ...

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Projects Update - 1st February

So, I've missed January's projects update. Sorry about that. There's some stuff that I've already posted in other media, in discord and in the forums, so, just to clear things up on what's going to happen, and what my project line is looking like.

On the 18th of January, my best friend, one of the original co-authors and creative partner of Breach: The Archangel Job, Rikuo, had passed away. I've taken my time to get things back in order, both in life, and mentally.

So, here are wh...

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Breach: Joy To The World (Part 4-6) - Short Story

This was supposed to go out on January but... things happened... Sorry.

Joy To The World is a not so short story that takes place just before the events of Breach: The Archangel Job.  This second release is part 4-6, which is 18,000 words long and is most definitely not a short story. (I should probably be rebranding this soon) It's written through the eyes of Kaidan Joy, the first Raphael of Gamma Crew before the MC in The Archangel Job.

There's a PDF attached to this post, ...

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Projects Update - 8th December - 2020

My energy's been rather drained lately, but I'm still going!

Breach: Chicago War Zone

With 2020 bringing down the best of us, we managed to get something on Breach: CWZ out to the public, but production is still in the works and we're still working on the game. As of currently, I am the only one working on the game with Ben taking a long break from it and occasionally going back only to give pointers on the MISC engine.

I have a list cons...

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Breach: Joy To The World (Part 1-3) - Short Story

Hello! This is completely out of nowhere, but after consideration, I'd like to release the first half of the short story that will act as a sort of small prequel to Breach.

Joy To The World is a short story that takes place just before the events of Breach: The Archangel Job.  The first release will include parts 1-3. It's written through the eyes of Kaidan Joy, the first Raphael of Gamma Crew before the MC in The Archangel Job.

There's a PDF attached to this post, or, you ca...

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Patrons

A huge thank you to everyone who've been a patron at least once!

Despite the many delays and troubles, every little bit helps. This isn't much, and I know I still have many other responsibilities to fulfil with the WIP and new short stories to come, but I just wanted to show my gratitude.

(Most of the names are discord names. If you do not want your name here, please let me know)

Much thanks! Much love! And I'm sorry I haven't been keeping people updated. I hope you all have...

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Upcoming Patron Name Cloud Art

For all patrons, I'm in the process of making a name cloud art with will include all the names patreon has listed in my list of patrons, if you would like your name to be removed from the name cloud art or changed to something else, feel free to let me know!

EDIT: So that I do not accidentally reveal someone's real name, I'll be using the discord name linked to your account if you have them. If not, I'll be using the name Patreon gives me, if you have any complaints, feel free to DM me....

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Breach: Chicago War Zone - 11th October 2020 - WIP

It's... 2:34 AM in the morning, I've just finished random testing, and uploaded everything. Hopefully, it should work.

Breach: Chicago War Zone - 11th October 2020 - WIP has been released. It contains Part 1 of Chapter 1. You may play it on the link below.

DashingDon Playtest&nb...

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Breach 2 WIP Update

Hello!

Just a quick update, I'm very sorry for the delays, but, I'm hoping to be able to get the WIP out within 5 days from now. I know I've paused this month's billing, but all patrons will still get to test out the WIP early anyway, as a thank you for your patience and perseverance.

The WIP will contain Chapter 1: Part 1, for both the FBI and Archangel route, for a total approximately 70k words. By the end of the month, it will hopefully also updated with the Part 2, also for ...

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Title Arts for Breach: Chicago War Zone

So... it's taking longer than expected, and I'm sorry. But we've paused this month's billing, because still have yet to finish the game. I'm so very sorry for the delays. The more we push on, the more problems we create and we didn't really think things through.


We're still working on it, despite the many setbacks. 2020 hasn't been the year we hoped it would be, but we're holding on. Much love, much thanks.

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Patron AMA Answers

Previously, I asked if anyone would like to ask me or the gang anything, you have a lot of questions to ask...

So here are the answers! 

Sorry about the mess, I had to transcribe and translate between 3 different calls into text and it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be...

In any case, I hope everyone has a good day! And now that ...

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Patron AMA (Ask Me Anything)

Hi! Sorry we've been quiet for a long while...

We'll be doing an AMA (ask me anything) for pretty much any topic, doesn't have to be game related. It'll all be in the game's Discord Server. Patrons will be able to ask any questions, and after a short while, I'll be answering them for the public. If you have any questions, chuck them into the #ama-question-list and we'll answer them in due time. @...

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18th March - 2020 - Projects Update

... so... I'm very sorry. I know what you're wondering, where the hell is it. Where's the WIP? There's not much of an answer besides me underestimating just how chaotic this month will be. 2020 started off with a flood for me, then a constant blackout, preventing me from working, then the virus came.

But good news for all of you! I'm now stuck at home with a pile of soap and masks! So I'll go ahead and write as much as I can. Everything is slowing down a bit because my co-author is non-...

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A sneak peek and a bit of update

So, I know what you're wondering. "Where's the WIP?" Truth be told, it's not ready yet. I wish to be able to post a full chapter worth of the first WIP but I'll be honest, from the constant flooding going on here in Indonesia, to my horrible tendency to lazily procrastinate, I am unable to finish polishing the full chapter.

So, here's a bit of sneak peek into what's currently in the works, with no context whatsoever. I plan on releasing the WIP in a few days or so... hopefully. Please d...

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Projects Update - December 18th

 Very sorry for the absence, there's been a lot on my plate, and I feel like this excuse is getting old. But in all seriousness, I was not ready for this much projects to be going on all at once.

Breach: The Archangel Job

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Emergency Projects Update - November 24th

So, Breach blew up, and so did this Patreon apparently... Wow, I did not expect that. Thank you everyone for the amazing support for the game! The pressure is real. XD

From the polls here and the polls in the forum, I've rearranged my priorities and projects. First on the subject is the new Discord Server

— Breach and Afar Discord Server —

The polls in the forum has shown a demand for a discord server, so I shall provide. But I need moderators. I've already asked a few...

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Breach: Chicago War Zone VS Afar: Mad World

My first game, Breach: The Archangel Job is doing quite well, and people are eagerly awaiting the continuation of the story. However, I am currently working on Afar: Mad World View Post

Projects Update - November 17th

My game has been released! I'm absolutely happy, but also extremely busy! 

Breach: The Archangel Job

It's been released in the hosted games page! It also releases on Steam, 2019-11-18 01:21:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Projects Update - October 17th

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I have no reason other than slacking off and waiting for Breach to finish the copyedit stage. Here are the current projects I'm working on.

Afar: Mad World —  &    Breach The Archangel Job  

As of currently, I'm going through writing the first half of chapter 2 of Afar: Mad World, which is much longer than I anticipated. It...

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Lady Pissoff Comission by Thunderbird

I've commissioned a friend of mine to create a drawing of one of the characters in the new game Afar: Mad World. 

This is Lady Elisa "Lady Pissoff" Pyssau, First mate to Captain Cannonbeard of the ship Las Tetas de Sofia.

Artist site: Thunderbird Paints site 

Twitch: ThunderbirdPaints twitch&nbs...

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Projects Update - August 15th

Here are the updates for the projects we're currently working on. 

Afar: Mad World —  

Afar: Mad World has been released to the forums! More chapters will be released to the public periodically, but Patrons will receive early access, and while the public forum will only have 2 chapters to play with...

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Screenshots - 15th July - 2019

Here are currently some of the screenshots of the game we're currently working on. 

  • Below is the startup file for the game in it's current state

  • Below is the the chapter start screen for chapter 1

  • Below are the relationships for most of the NPCs and factio...

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Projects Update - July 15th

 Here are the updates for the projects we're currently working on. 

  The Next Game —  

Afar: Mad World is now in the works! Select tier Patrons ($3 and up) will have a demo to play by the end of the month, which will be released to the public somewhere in early August. Hopefully.

Tier $5 patrons will receive an Alpha before the end of the month as soon as we ar...

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Rook's Short Story - Blood Trails - RELEASE

Hey! It's finally done!

Attached to this post is the 15k word long, 4 parter not so short story for the Breach:The Archangel Job character, Rook. It tells the story of how he met Bishop, and the event that marked the turning point in his life as a combat comic relief.

For the next Short Story project, I'll be making a patron only poll to see what you would all like to see me work on next.

As for the next game, that will most likely be done by the end of the month. S...

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Pledge Tier Change

Dear all patrons (And future patrons, if any) I have made some adjustments to the benefits for each tiers and moved down some of them. 

  • The Early Alpha Access benefit from the $8 tier is moved down to the $5 Tier. 
  • Early Beta Access benefit from the $5 Tier is moved down to the $3 Tier.

If there you are of a higher tier and would like certain benefits, please adjust your tier accordingly, or be free to send me a message. Much love!

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Trebantaboo RPG - Session 1 - 16th June, 2019

With more than a month to get to know each other on the ship "Las Tetas de Sofia", our party of three,  spent an ample amount of time both getting to know the other passengers, the crew, first mate, and captain. Everything soon began to fall into place as the ship grows near to Trebantaboo. Everything was fine and dandy, with little to no problem.

One of the party member, Naveeh, provided everyone with daily meals fit for royalty. Another party member, Pavo, along with the entire s...

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$100 Goal Poll

So, I have two ideas as to what the $100 goal mark would be. If you have any other suggestions or any comment on whether or not the goal should be raised or lowered, feel free to comment below!

I will be making a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game with the theme, genre, and story voted by my patrons.

  • This can either be a continuation of the Breach series or a Sequel for Trebantaboo, or a new game unattached to both of the story made entirely from scratch. Either way, al...

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Projects Update - June 16th

Here are the updates for the projects we're currently working on.

 The Next Game — 

Ben has begun working on the base script for Trebantaboo and we will both begin working on it next month as per the polls. It's still a working title. Pretty soon, I'll have to find a name for it before I make a thread for it on the CoG forums...

The first half of the month will be us getting busy setting up a very short alpha...

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Trebantaboo - Work Start Poll

Since my first game has yet to be released, I wonder when exactly I should start working on the game.

The CoG release process could take many months, possibly even a year or so, and I don't wish to disappoint anyone by simply doing nothing while I wait. If I were to focus on making this new game, this allows me to actually create the new rewards for tiers to give early access to the game's development.

However, this would mean that the short stories may take slightly longer to mak...

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