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TCOL requests

L: We were not able to drew everything that has been requested, but here is a first batch of sketches! We'll finish some of them once C:

Guro Strudel

L: I had an unexpected burst of energy and finished Grimm’s sketch of guro Strudel.

He invites us to dinner, as always.

Beta test is ON!

Go checck it out and enjoy the updates! You can finally look into Rasko's final dialogues, secret route, Urosh and more!

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Let's keep this show going together! < 3

tCoL merch from BoldCobold is on sale!

Stickers, keychains, prints, pins and more! You can get yourself one of those sweet little things right now.
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They have international shipping from US.

We've been waiting for this chance for a preeeetty long time, and thanks to Bold Cobold for making a dream come true~

Beta test starting on 03/19!

Heeeey, guys! Finally IT'S HAPPENING! ARE YOU READY???
The beta test will start so soon, it's only two days left! We spent more than a year to make this mystical, dramatic, exciting and (of course) funny piece of Roui's story for you. And we want you to enjoy it first! 

So, make sure you don't forget to open our Patreon page on 19 of March to see the link to the beta-test Trello board and your very own Steam code. ;> 

The beta test will be open for...

The translation is finished

We're happy to inform you guys the translation of the third act is completed and we're preparing the game for beta testing. The beta test will be available to all Melalo tier subscribers! So if you want to be the very first one testing this new piece of content, make sure you have the right tier ^^ 

Get yourself ready :>

The sketches

G: Kinda into Growen lately, so we even have enough skecthes to make a page of them C:

A small work and health headup!

Let's talk about the good stuff first. The work on the third act is literally at the finish line. In our spare time, Grimm and I finish the text for items and quest journals, but in general it's all done. Also, as already mentioned, we await the English translation to start the English beta.

The news about Lin's health, however, is not very fun. Lins still has two surgeries within the next three months (maybe it will be finished sooner). We'll continue making content for Patreon/Boosty ...

<read me, I'm an important post>

Hi guys! We hope you had a great Christmas!

As the new year approaches, we are already in the middle of a beta test! The Third Act is huge and emotional. It is full of complex scenes, new mechanics, there is a whole new puzzle and interesting plot twists which you will surely enjoy (and probably surprised by it too).

The work goes fast - Lins finishes the cinematics, Dizir repairs the code, the translators work on the English versions of the dialogs. It's also nice to see there ar...

The Great Hunger [lorebook]

Aaaand it's done!

► Download here 

The Great Hunger: Gideon [linework]

L: Gideon’s clothes are so difficult to draw, agh xD

Here is the Zur linework for the same lore-book.

Sketchdump - Viskum

G: It's funny how character development works sometimes. I happen to get this character in plans a few years ago, when we first started to work on our tCoL drafts. But he didn't fit the game plot, and we forgot about him completely until now.

I'm glad to see this guy cleaned of the dust, since he is a good "bad guy" material for a small role in a Gideos story. And I'm just having fun drawing him, he has a cute green hair an all <:3
He is a real psycho, it's somehow obvious f...

The Great Hunger: Zur [linework]

L: Proceeding work on art for the lore-book! I'm sure we can make it this time.

Flynn promo [Process video]

L: Compiled a video process as promised! 

August was not very productive and we didn't make neither WIP video nor lore-book. But now it's time to fix it! Here is a process video of the Flynn promo we posted earlier~ 

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We want this type of content to be a little bit more interactive, so next time we'll make a poll for it. You vote for a drawing we posted earlier and we'll make a video next month. What do you think about this idea?

Phollie (concept finding, WIP)

Trying to find her true form! 

This is not the final version yet, but we already have a rough idea of

it, and maybe we will find the right design on the next concept sheet.

Dusk Serenity

L: It's always nice to get rid of the debt! Flynn's promo is finished, which means we'll be running the promo polls again in the next months.

"Do you think I'm trying to forget what I've done?"

Inayva Mon sketches~

This summer we decided to create characters from Inayva Mon, the homeland of the kodo and inay humans, located right in the middle of Beyleria (but closed for the beylerians themselves due to the Flat surrounding it). You may saw the cute plush tigers while playing the second chapter of tCoL?

These are the inay souvenirs!

Shanglanians from other countries doesn't know much about Inayva. Basically, they only know that inay draw cool comics, love tigers, practice some kind of weird ...

Letter Eaters

Well, let's start this month with something interesting!
You saw a letter eater in the Slough, probably heard a few words about them from Juny, and... well, this information will be enough for now. 

But you still can have a good look on letter eaters in all their glory on this refenrence.
There are other creatures somehow similar to letter eaters in their vibes - the white wolves. ...

BOutiful xD

It's just so funny how the Russian and English comments here are 100% the same xD
Bo wasn't a main hero of the stream today, yet he has his portion of love anyway! 

Stream content

L: We had a great stream today! They talked about how they spent the summer, sketched and lined Lisa's sprite a bit (her name was found during the stream!), and drew a couple of requests. We will finish the first sketch later - it reveals the lore of the relationship between Elias, Ingrid and Lisa a bit. The second sketch is Adriestra, the third one is sahash!Bo.

Stay tuned for the next stream in October! Fire worshipers, we will soon publish a recording of the stream for you.

Adriestra, linework

L: It's been quite a while since the day when I streamed the very first sketches of Adriestra's sprite. When I reopened the sprite file to finish it, I found that the anatomy needed some serious fixes XD Everything is in its place now, plus Adri's body type looks exactly how I planned it to be.

Can't wait to start writing her lines, but it's too early for it yet~

Adriestra, finished sprite

L: I have updated the sprite standards in Chapter 3 so that all new characters will be drawn the same way as Adriestra. No more inconsistency in line thickness and positioning on the screen! We grow, we gain experience, that is to say.

The longer you work on a character, the more you become invested in their nature. Their voice even starts to resonate in your head, like this character is reading their lines aloud. It is already clear what  exactly Adriestra will say with...

Stream date changed: waiting for you on August 31!

GUYS GUYS

We will have the electricity turn off here in the place we are living right now tomorrow, for the whole day.

So we will set the stream on 31.08, 15:00/3 PM, MSK! 

You are invited! Don't miss the stream!

We hope it will go well, since we are still outside the city and the local Net here is far from stable. However, we still gonna try it out! 

The Great Hunger (WIP)

L: Honestly, this topic is not sparing us. We can’t decide what information should be covered and what should be left behind the scenes - the Great Hunger affects a lot of events and characters, and it’s very easy to get lost in all of this.

At first we went too far trying to explain all the causes of the Great Hunger itself. We realized that if we go too deep in detail the lore book will turn into a brief for a completely independent story. We tried different design options, discus...

Flynn, promo (linework)

L: I’m looking for the less boring ways to demonstrate the linework :9 I drew this surprisingly quickly - during the day in between my irl-tasks.

Flynn, promo (in progress)

L: Promo is almost finished!

The linework didn't take as much time as I originally expected. But I had to tinker with the render, because I could not manage to make it look like the original underpainting.

I will add more details and change a few things on the final stage. Even on this month overly busy with irl events, I hope to finish the promo before the end of August. I really want to set up a new poll :3

By the way, a question! Would you like to see a v...

Axpers

L: Finally, a finished gear for axpers! A small compensation for delay with the Great Hunger lore-book. Also there is a bit of useful information!

Captions:

1. Guard gear (for Golden Birds)
2. Civilian
3. Ritual (guardians of Ayelahaian temples)

Leik [WIP]

L: I had an ambitious (no) idea — to draw a series with the Cefeids after a fight with the soon-to-be-King Gideon. I had no time and courage to approach it, but lately I finally made a linework of Leik.

And there are five more cefeids xD