Spoiler Level: None (Let's be honest, you knew a beach scene was inevitable! :P)
Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great week! For our American supporters, happy turkey day to you. :^)
Just here to share the WIP swimsuit designs for the three waifus!:
2020-11-26 20:44:16 +0000 UTC
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Spoiler Level: Minor (character background information is general, you will uncover this content within the first 30 mins – 1 hour of playing)
Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend! Today, we have a post regarding character backgrounds. If you haven’t had a chance, please check out the universe lore post (https://www.patreon.co...
2020-11-13 22:25:52 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great week so far! Today, we’ll be talking about some Astra world lore, technology lore, historical timelines and notable factions! This post will be important to review before reading the next planned post for characters since it’ll refer to things from here. So without any further delay, let’s get into it!
Astra takes place about 200 years into the future. Humanities biggest technological break was the warp drive which allowed us to...
2020-11-11 22:54:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Just here to share the finished track of Daylight! This is similar to the 'bright new day' style track of Crystalline and Ethereal Engima. It's happy with with a sense of a new adventure awaiting. Attached is also the 'moderate' version of the track which is a bit more subdued for a more relaxed new day. There is also a crossfade example to see how the tracks would transition if needed!
On the note of music, our composer Eric has been moving so the audio ...
2020-11-07 21:26:52 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend! Just wanted to provide an update from the last couple of polls we had and how we are moving forward!
First order of business is spoilers. Based on the votes, we will not be revealing any major plot twists at all and for other content that has spoilers, there will be a spoiler warning.
Secondly, the ship name chosen is Aetos! It was a fairly close vote however Aetos ed...
2020-11-06 21:14:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great evening so far! Just wanted to get your input if you prefer the character artwork stylization on the left or right:
Left is the original design that is similar to our games in the past, right is a new design idea that has a slightly more mature and "anime" outlining.
Please feel free to vote for your preference! 2020-11-05 02:08:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
It's Wednesday my d00ds, hope everyone is well! Today, we are here to share the finalized design of Astra's main starship along with its interior layout and finally a vote from you guys to pick a name. Let's get started!!
As for as the story goes, the ship was originally...
2020-11-04 20:34:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to the weekend! I just wanted to make a post since it's been about 2 weeks since our last one. Things have been fairly busy this month and it is just a coincidence a lot of things are going to be finished and ready for sharing next week!
These are the posts you can look forward to:
1) World Lore - This post will specifically talk about the lore of the universe. What factions there are, how i...
2020-10-30 19:52:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great week so far! Today, we are here to continue our segment on the game design upgrades that are planned for Astra. If you haven’t had a chance yet, you can see the previous posts in this series here:
Hello Patrons,
It looks like ship A and F were the most popular designs so we made refinements by taking the best elements from both! And with that, please see below for AF-1 and AF-5, the main difference is the cockpit area. AF-1 is a more shuttle/hefty look while AF-5 is a bit more sleek and futuristic.
2020-10-08 14:50:47 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great week so far. We have some incredible news to share today... we got accepted as a Nintendo Developer!!!!!!!!
This is our first dive into the world of console gaming and there will be a lot to learn in terms of process and porting. Our initial goal will be to get Crystalline available on the Nintendo eShop and then continue onward with Ethereal Enigma. I don't have any rough time frames since we've ne...
2020-10-08 14:43:34 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. ;^)
Just here to share the early concept designs for your crews ship! We are still in the early stages of development so if you like a mix of two designs or have some other ideas, please feel free to share. Multi-voting is enabled however please vote just your top two at most!
The idea with this ship is that it is a 'corvette' class. That means that while it is quite small and nimble, it does have all the fa...
2020-10-03 15:10:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great week! So we've been bouncing name ideas for Astra's proper title and have come to the below shortlist; please feel free to vote your favorite!
If you have a different name suggestion than the ones listed, please go ahead and post it below! The only guideline is that the name start with an "A". ;^)
Thanks for your continued support, let's finalize the title for the next VN!!
- Dishu
2020-09-24 11:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostAstra: Game Design Upgrade – Music
Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Today, we’ll be discussing the next game design upgrade we have planned for Astra – the BGM/OST!
Before we get into it, just a quick announcement that Eric is returning to work on Astra. He is the musical genius that made the OST for Crystalline, KAS and Ethereal Enigma!! For Astra, we are going for a bit of a futuristic-synthesis vibe but without it feeling robotic or dystopian....
2020-09-21 00:16:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Hope everyone is having a great week so far. Today, we’ll be discussing game design upgrades that we have planned for Astra! Before we get started, let’s identify what they are. Based on feedback we’ve received for the last 3 projects, the two biggest notes that keep coming up is that our storylines are too simple and that choices, while plentiful, don’t feel impactful. We’ll have two posts to address each item individually; today will be for choices.
The ...
2020-09-08 18:43:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone has been having a great week so far! Today, I'd like to share a little bit of history followed by what the 'big' news is that has been getting hyped. So without further delay, let's get into it!
PixelFade started off as just a hobby project way back in 2014! I'm sure some of you guys remember our first iteration of ACE Academy which was known as Kendo Crush! at the time. Back then, I had also just wrapped up school and started my first real job.
...
2020-09-02 23:02:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
Hope your Monday is going well so far. :^) The first Astra CG is finally finished and I'm really thrilled to share it with you all!!:
The full 4K resolution version is also attached. Sunimu did a phenomenal job and I'm really excited for more Astra artworks to come!!
Just out of curiosity, who is your favorite waifu so far based on aesthetics? Please feel free to vote...
2020-08-24 18:39:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone is well! Ethereal Enigma has officially launched and is now available on Steam, Android and iOS (in the near future).
Thank you you so much for all your support throughout EE's development! Patreon is the reason why we are able to continue making the quality of VN's you expect from us... so thanks again!
Speaking of Patreons, as with previous projects, here is a link to the uncompressed/lossless .wav OST as well as 4K resolution CG's (in-game use...
2020-08-22 08:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone is doing well so far!
With Ethereal Enigma's release coming soon, we'll be ramping up production on Astra as things start to cooldown from EE's launch! We've been working extra hard on this first reveal CG to really capture the essence of a sci-fi / futuristic vibe. It also looks like there is diverse support for all three waifu's without one being overwhelmingly the fan favourite; this bodes well for things to come.
Speaking of which, I hope to ...
2020-08-20 14:13:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend!
Ethereal Enigma - Episode 5 Alpha is now up on Steam! If you haven't enabled your code yet, please take a look at the link below and use the code "ETHERPATREON" during the prompt:
https://www.pixelfade.com/alpha-beta-code-activation/
The Alpha build is the entirety ...
2020-08-15 12:28:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
Just here to share the finished CG version of the super secret platonic romance route. ;^)
And with this, it marks the art completion for EE!! All we have left is a NPC portrait or two remaining and then it will be full force to Astra!
Happy Viewing,
2020-08-04 22:49:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Hope everyone is having a great week so far, just a quick update that we'll actually be collecting Patron names next week on July 24th that will be put in the credits sections of EE. :^)
Please make sure your Patreon username is whichever name you'd like listed in the credits as it'll be a csv export that'll contain the information!!
Thank you guys for your support during EE's development, please look forward to episode 5 coming out for you gu...
2020-07-16 14:30:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Here to share the track "One Last Time"! Our plans for the credits page will be similar to ACE Academy (sketches/concept artwork/CGs being shown while the credits name scrolls up).
[SPOILER]
Since EE doesn't have a true ending like Crystalline in which we put some critical content after the ED (that MC and Leanna are back together and he's studying), we are taking a more "bittersweet" approach that we did with ACE's ED track. Kind of like reme...
2020-07-02 15:12:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great week so far!! Just here to share some general news regarding episode 5's current development as well as some potentially rough timelines! Without further delay, let's jump into it. :^)
Episode 5 is coming along relatively well, we had a few hiccups along the way due to COVID19 impacting some of team members. So far the planning has already been done and we are just over half way done the script. Club events are currently plotted out i...
2020-07-02 15:03:44 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Sunimu is a BEAST and finished all the sketches in just 1 month!!!!!!!!! Here is the last batch with images 30 to 41. Happy viewing me hearties. :^)
2020-06-27 23:58:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Our madlad artist Sunimu has been working like a beast and got a bunch of sketches done!! Without further delay, here are sketches 16 to 29. :^)
Happy Viewing!
P.S. NUMBER 26 is <3
2020-06-23 14:22:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
It's Wednesday my d00ds. We got the next batch of two character sketches for you guys!! Please feel free to take a look through the attachment. :^)
Thank you guys for your continued support. Happy viewing!!
2020-06-17 22:28:15 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday so far!! We have the final two single character sketches done and are into the two character sketches. Please feel free to take a look through the attachment!!
Thank you guys for your continued support. Have a good one!!
P.S.: There is no image 1 (table of content column) for the first two character sketch... just a FYI in case you are wondering why the numbering starts from 2!! This will be corrected later as we'...
2020-06-13 18:11:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great Monday so far!! We are working through the KS backer sketches and I figured I'd share them with you guys as it get's done. ;^)
Please feel free to take a look through the attachment!! You can expect most probably weekly updates as more are done.
Thank you guys for your continued support. Have a good one!!
P.S.: There is no image 1 (table of content column) and image 3 (issue with reference) just a FYI in case you are wonde...
2020-06-08 17:40:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is well and safe! Just here to ask you a very important question that will have a massive influence on Project Astra! Since it is a big decision, we are including all Patreons to be able to vote.
Without further delay, the question is: What level of gameplay do you want to see from Project Astra? This is during instances in the story that require combat and an outcome. We have a few options below with a description, please feel fr...
2020-06-04 16:19:30 +0000 UTC View Post