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Please consider listening to After A Date, the first in the Celeste Academy OST, while reading the following text.
Flocks of students pass by in either direction, many heading to the dining hall for dinner while other, more adventurous di...
2019-09-11 08:59:20 +0000 UTC View PostHeya,
Welcome to September's monthly update, AKA the one where we finally have a clear direction again! It's been a bumpy few months since Heart of the Woods came out, and we've been bouncing between a couple projects trying to find one that works. We're happy to say that we have, and are getting back into the swing of things.
Our main project right now is one that we're referring to as Samayuuni. That's the shortened version of the title, which we can't reveal yet. Not u...
2019-09-01 18:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy y'all,
August is over, and in just a few weeks summer will be too… Personally, I can't wait. It's been far too hot for too long here x.x Despite that, we had 8 posts on Patreon again last month. Here's a recap:

minute here to bring you this month's technical post, colloquially titled "In Another's Shoes", that's not as eye-catching. This will be about my design decisions as visual director of HOTW, and a bit into how they play into the characters as well. Hope you enjoy!
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2019-08-27 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThat's right y'all, we've got another game to only cryptically refer to by a shorthand title right now. You might remember that right after we cancelled Starkeeper, we had another really cool opportunity come up. Samayuuni is the result of that, and will be our main focus, although we're still working on "We Dream of Lighthouses" as well. Any guesses what Samayuuni is a shortening of?
We'll have details on that game in a few months, once we've got more to show, but for the time being it...
2019-08-24 22:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We tried to edit the last post because it made Morgan's titties the thumbnail for the HotW tag, but then the post just 🅱roke so we're reuploading it
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2019-08-22 03:09:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It really, really doesn’t help that the photo of the address that Natalesca sent her with perfect cursive led to a parking lot.
Maybe it wasn’t Arpeggio Road. Maybe it was Arpeggia Road. Why did she have to send a photo?
The parking lot is, to be fair, a really nic...
2019-08-21 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWow. She's. Handsome. How did she get those sparkles on photo? Is that an attunement?
2019-08-16 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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It’s hard to stop a laugh bubbling out. She could just imagine Lexa giving extra emphasis on the ‘please’. Sohee, the nosy roommate, raises an eyebrow.
“Who are ya texting?” her roommate asks with a cheeky little grin.
Carida smiles back. “The beast of the library. She’s very cute.”
“why not! if my weeks end with a dinner party, so could ... 2019-08-04 22:11:12 +0000 UTC View Post

What’s up, gamers & gamettes?
It’s August, and that means there’s only one month left of summer! (If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, that is.) Time passes by so quickly, you know? Wait, but the autumnal equinox doesn’t happen until the 23rd of September… Rounded up, that’s, like, almost two more months of summer! I just want this heat wave to be over…
Anyways, here ...
2019-08-02 04:32:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello friends,
It's been another kinda slow month for us, as we're still in the process of righting our course after cancelling Starkeeper. We know what our next project will be, and we're excited for it, but first we've gotta outline the damn thing. We're expecting that to take all of August and part of September. We'll probably be officially announcing it next year, with a title, key visual, logo, and more. After the delays and scheduling issues that we ran...
2019-08-02 04:32:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello world! It’s Adi with a WDOL update!
You’ve seen the words. adi voice this isn’t the logo.
This means, of course, there needs to be a logo. It’s not made yet, but I’ve definitely begun the process!
2019-07-29 15:34:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Earlier today, we announced something really cool: we're going to be bringing English voice acting to Heart of the Woods, which will be a free update for PC and available on Switch at launch. We're currently still in the casting process, listening to auditions for the characters as they come in. Auditions are open until August 12th, so we'll have plenty of time to listen and reflect. We've already gotten some amazing auditions within the first week, so we're super duper ex...
2019-07-20 01:30:40 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo,
This is kind of an accompaniment to the "Evolution of the HotW Premise" post that I did a while back. I was recently thinking about the demo of the game that we released last year, and how the final version of the game differed from what we'd been going for originally. So, I thought might be fun to write about how exactly we developed the demo, and where we thought the story was going to go. There's not as much "lore" to this one, although it's a fun trip down memory lane fo...
2019-07-18 04:50:47 +0000 UTC View PostContains: full nudity
There's not a lot to say beyond the post title: today's NSFW post is a pinup of Melanie by milkgrrl! Let us know which of our characters you'd like to see in this sort of style next 👀


Students love to hear about the tales where stepping on the thirteenth missing step in the stairs to the third floor may be an entrance to the supernatural or reading a secret book stashed in the archives could transport you to another w...
2019-07-07 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostMeowdy gamers..,
What! It’s already July?! It’s been a wild half year. Thank you all for being with us through it all! I’m gonna jump straight into the recap for the last month. For June, we had 10 posts.
Hey all,
Josh here with our general update for the month.
The most important stuff from June was news. First up, we had to make the unfortunate decision to cancel Starkeeper: The Waters Above. Even though it was only a couple weeks after we'd announced new details on the game, things just weren't meant to be. We've rebounded nicely since then and are working on a new project, details to be announced later.
Our other big announcement (this time good news...
2019-07-01 18:02:46 +0000 UTC View PostMeowdy! It's n'ya girl minute here with a sneak peek for everyone, and it's something I'm extremely excited about, so without further ado I would like to present…
Oh, look, a colored Celia, too! If you came for art, here it is! The rest of the post has gameplay and programme... 2019-06-30 02:14:31 +0000 UTC View Post
She does not want to lose Aurora’s warmth again. Carida is opening and closing her hand to feel Aurora’s tenderness return once more. She starts rolling around her bed while daydreaming about that little date she had with Aurora.
“Your ring. It needs to have an emerald on it.”
Those words — they are still ringing in her ears.
She squeezes the pillow up her face. That was the kind of date she had fantasized about during high schoo...
Amber and Marina continue to live ...fulfilling lives after Highway Blossoms. Thank you Josh for the story and Rosuuri for the image!
"'Scuse me, babe," Amber says as she squeezes past me. I tuck in my butt ...
2019-06-17 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! While our sneak peeks are usually at the $20 tier, we're doing a special feature for all our patrons! Together with Studio Coattails, we've been working on putting in all the accessibility features available in HoTW in Highway Blossoms too!
2019-06-14 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Just announced as part of E3: Heart of the Woods is coming to the Nintendo Switch. It'll be published by Sekai Games. We don't have an official release date yet, so stay tuned for that.
This will be our first release on console, ever, and we really, without exaggeration, couldn't be more excited. Seeing that iconic Switch introduction followed by our logo feels surreal. Thanks to all of our Patrons and everyone else who helped make this game a reality. We're still hu...
2019-06-12 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m just finishing up! Come find me in the forge when ur ready!
She’d never paid the forge much mind in the past, seeing it as just another building to pass by on her way from one class to another. Bu...
2019-06-11 19:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
Just to let you know that this post will contain lots of spoilers for Heart of the Woods. If you haven't played that yet and don't want to have a lot of the plot spoiled for you, then don't read any further than this.
Today's post was actually requested by Alyssa R. It took us a little bit longer to get to it than we'd expected though, heh. Alyssa asked how Evelyn's role in the story developed over the course of the game, since we talked about that for t...
2019-06-10 01:53:51 +0000 UTC View Post

In fact, in the islands of Nouveau, it really is just like any other. But unlike our world, universities here are focused on one very special discipline: Attunement. A unique form of...
2019-06-02 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Meowdy! Summer is finally here… at least in the northern hemisphere. Hope you're all staying cool! Or warm. Onto the June news!

The Waters Above has been reworked! From here on out, it will be referred to as Starkeeper: The Waters Above. We're so excited to share m...
2019-06-02 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
As June starts off, here's our recap of everything we posted on Patreon in May! This was one of our best months of content, at least in my opinion. Hopefully y'all agree!
The story might be over, but theirs has only just begun. Short drabble by Josh, image sketched by minute and rendered by Adi.
Madison smiles more, lately. Easier and more freely than she ever did in the forest. She smiled when we woke up this morning, our foreheads nearly touching. She smiled when we decided to go out tonight, and chose one of her favorite restaurants. She smiled when she tried on her dress. When she first stepped out of our room, she was blushing nearly ...
2019-05-30 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post