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July 2020 Update

Another month, another monthly update. Two months in a row this time - that might be a new record! Let's see, what's happened these past few weeks...

For one, a couple days ago, Studio Coattails held a charity stream that included playthroughs of (some of) Highway Blossoms, Heart of the Woods, and their own project National Park Girls. I was a guest for the HB section and part of the HotW section, and I'd also like to give a shoutout to a few of our voice actresses - Allie, Teffi, Katie...

LAK Progress Update - June 2020

Hey everyone!

It’s been a while since we checked in on Lock and Key, huh? Rest assured, we’ve been hard at work in the meantime: we’ve put together a new batch of sprites and our first set of backgrounds, as well as having made some great script progress! Our lives have been pretty hectic since Covid-19 hit, but we’re continuing to push forward with the script and plan to hopefully have the first two acts finished by the end of next month! We’ve also been preparing a bunch of ...

Screenshot Saturday

The power of gay can move mountains. Usually metaphorically. You could probably do it literally, though, if you believed hard enough. 

Heart of the Woods - Chibi Afterstory!

"I TOLD YOU SO! with Tara & Morgan" is our new Taranormal! Featuring all 4 girls, it's a collection of short scenes following the events of Heart of the Woods. True to its origin, it's of "dubious canonical content", which we say only so we can be Silly Without Limits.

The above GIF is from an episode titled "INTERVIEW WITH A GHOST". I bet you can ...

Ask Us Anything! 06/15/20

Hi everyone! Every two weeks, we take questions on our CuriousCat account and answer a couple of your questions! It can be anything about Studio Élan and our projects.

If you have anything you're curious about, drop us a question! 

Here are the questions and answers from this time!

2020-06-17 01:57:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Spring Collection Merch Shipping Soon!

Just wanted to let you know that if you ordered merch from our Spring 2020 collection (thank you!) it should start shipping out soon! Hopefully next week at the latest. We just received some pictures from our supplier of the keychains, and they look super great! Postcards and stickers are still in the process of printing, so we can't start mailing stuff until those are done.

2020-06-16 17:09:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Mid-June Update

 Hey y'all,

It's been a busy couple of weeks since our last update. Let's go through everything game by game.

So, first up, Heart of the Woods. The Nintendo Switch port is still in the very final stages of completion. Just yesterday, we got the rerecorded pickup lines for the voice acting update, so now we'll send those over for audio engineering before adding them to the game itself. If all goes well, this should be the last bit of work needed for the VA update! Thanks again...

Technical Post - Ship Designing with Adi!

Hi everyone! It's Adi!!! Today I'm gonna show off the process of designing the ship that everyone travels in Summer at the Edge of the Universe!

I got a couple refs from minute and I kind of just Went For It!!! It was really difficult to think more mechanically - I'm usually an anime girl artist so...! I wanted to share my struggles, haha. I'm pretty happy with where I ended up with though!

Ask Us Anything! 06/01/20

Hi everyone! Every week, we take questions on our CuriousCat account and answer a couple of your questions! It can be anything about Studio Elan and our projects.

If you have anything you're curious about, drop us a question! 

Here are the questions and answers from this week!

2020-06-02 01:19:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Music Mon...thday? - Spaghetti

It's been a hot minute (like, over a year, dear goodness) since the last music preview... but we're back! A new song for Highway Blossoms and the DLC, Next Exit, we're excited to preview the shootout-at-sundown track, named "Spaghetti" - composed by Sarah Mancuso!

Screenshot Saturday

This Screenshot Saturday, Amber and Marina find themselves back at the sweetest place on earth. Marina is ready to GOOOO!!  

Screenshot Saturday

A well-placed greeting can spark a conversation in an instant. Unfortunately, "meowdy" tends to end conversations just as quickly. Unless you're talking to someone with good taste, that is. 

May 2020 Wrapup

Hey everyone,

We wanted to recap what we've been working on this month and provide you guys with some progress updates. We're gonna try to do these kinds of updates every couple weeks (we know we've been iffy with the monthly updates - we're sorry) from here on out.

It's looking like we're in for a busy summer. Just yesterday, we got word that the port for the Nintendo Switch version of Heart of the Woods is in the final stages and just about ready for testing. Thanks to everyone ...

Highway Blossoms: Next Exit - Characters

Hello everyone! I hope you've enjoyed our previews of Next Exit! We've been slowly unveiling information of all the characters on Twitter, and wanted to put them all together in one place for you too.

2020-05-27 01:59:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Screenshot Saturday

It's not exactly Saturday... except maybe in my heart. Here are some older Screenshot Saturdays from Twitter from our upcoming game, Lock and Key!

Celeste Academy - Birdwatching with Adelaide

 The Nouveau Birdwatchers' Club is one of those buildings that… It's hard to describe. 

Carida's seen the building more than a few times on visits to Sifonia, and she's sometimes wondered what was inside it, but the entire time she'd thought she'd never have a definitive answer to that question beyond the glimpses she got through its windows as she passed by.

Well, she'd tho...

Screenshot Saturday

 Ouch. Amber isn't looking too hot right now. Luckily, Marina's there to lend her a hand... but they're still in kind of a pickle. 

Screenshot Saturday

Family is who you want it to be - and for Amber and Marina, it turns out it's each other. Aren't the two adorable? 

Heart of the Woods Chinese Translation

 We're excited to announce - and release! - the full Simplified Chinese translation of Heart of the Woods!

Since we originally launched the title in 2019, Heart of the Woods has amassed a sizable following of Chinese-speaking players, so we hope that this translation will help make this magical adventure more accessible to Chinese fans, both new and old. We'd like to than...

New HOTW Voice Acting patch!

Hello everyone!

First of all, thank you all so much for the feedback. The EditingLogs we've received through email and DMs have proved invaluable in helping us squash bugs and other issues. With any luck, we're very close to release ready version!

Here's the newest patch for those of you not enrolled in the Heart of the Woods beta branch on Steam. Hope you enjoy! Please refer to the last post for a refr...

(POLL) Celeste Academy - Ninth Date

The weather's been particularly pleasant these past few days, so Carida's taking full advantage of this by hanging out on the campus grounds.

Seated in the shade of one of the larger trees, she pores over a book on Old World magic; though Agatha hadn't gone into detail about the subject, Carida's curiosity had been piqued regardless. That, and she wants to do at least a little research,...

Technical Post - Lock and Key UI 1

Hello patrons, it’s me again! That’s right, it’s adirosa to talk about user interfaces!

I hope everyone’s been enjoying our first screenshot for LAK! The UI for LAK is still on-going, but I wanted to share a bit of the process.

Whenever I start a UI, I always always start with the screen that people will be looking at the most: the one with the textbox and the background and character. I want to get the feeling of this right, so then I’ll have a very strong styl...

Heart of the Woods Voice Beta

Meowdy! It's minute here with some amazing news!

Today we're releasing the voice acting patch and beta access for Heart of the Woods to all of you, our awesome patrons. We're so excited to see and hear your reactions to the voice cast! They all did an amazing job and we couldn't be happier. Make sure to give them all a follow, a compliment, a nice fanmail, or just a like! In case you need a refresher, our cast is:

• Maddie Raines - Allie Goodell (@A...
  2020-04-25 19:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Celeste Academy - Date with Agatha

One of the earliest memories Carida had of her childhood, was that of her first taste of coffee.

The first barista for miles around had opened up a small shop, and her grandfather wanted to see what the fuss was about. Having made the mistake of bringing her along while babysitting, he gave into Carida's childish nagging and bought her as small a cup as could be bought to placate her.

S...

(POLL) Celeste Academy - Eighth Date

Carida's phone buzzes against the countertop. As she reaches for it, Carida already has a pretty good idea of who it is that's messaging her. She swipes away the notifications from Wondr and the ongoing timer for her soufflé, and sees that her hunch was right.

Hello Carida, hope you're enjoying the lovely weather. Here is a "selfie" of us. Don't we look good? 2020-04-07 21:57:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Monthly Update - April 2020

Hey y'all,

Sorry it's been a couple months since the last general update. Here's what we've been up to, to date.

Highway Blossoms: Next Exit is cruising along and about ready to hit the scripting phase. Writing took a while, longer than initially anticipated, so as a result, the DLC is a bit behind schedule. But now that scenes are finally reaching completion, we're getting into "home stretch" territory. We still need to schedule and record voice acting, plus all the work...

Without a Voice Release!

Without a Voice is now available for everyone for free (!!!) on Steam and itch.io!

Thank you everyone for waiting patiently!

In case you missed the memo - Without a Voice is a game published by 2020-03-23 02:08:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Samayuuni - Hanna Reed: Star Student

Art by theo 

Celeste Academy - Date with Fauna

“Sorry, the number you have dialed is not available right now. Please try again later.”

Carida looks at her phone. She matched with Fauna, so she really needs to talk date details with her. She opens up the message tab on the app.

hello! it’s carida. i’m sorry if you’re busy right now! i wan...

2020-03-09 04:21:53 +0000 UTC View Post