Meowdy everyone!
I really wish I could use our custom discord :meowdy: emoji here.
2019 is in full swing, and... holy shit we're only two weeks away from the release of Heart of the Woods. As with last month, pretty much everyone's focus has been on that, rather than our other games. We're doing last minute fixes and quality checks, and probably will be up until the moment we hit the release button. There's not a whole lot that we haven't already said about HotW at this poin...
2019-02-02 16:40:19 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Here we are with the very last Heart of the Woods sneak peek. This one is for the giant forest monster. We first revealed it in the official trailer (have you watched our trailer yet???), and showed the concept art in one of our earlier sneak peeks here on Patreon. While the CG in the trailer was drawn by Rosuuri, this in-game sprite for it was drawn by adirosa! The design and concepts were...
2019-01-31 16:27:40 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all! Just here to give everyone an update on all the progress we've made on TWA this month!!
It's not a lot! Everyone is really focused on Heart of the Woods, we're really doing our best to make sure that it's as good as it can possibly be for its release date. Unfortunately that means that TWA has temporarily been placed on the backburner, until the HotW release.
Currently TWA is between drafts right now. A few scenes need to be rewritten, and a few scenes nee...
2019-01-28 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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With the release of Heart of the Woods coming up just next month, we're excited to show you our brand-new official trailer! Check it out!
2019-01-28 02:28:08 +0000 UTC
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Samara lept out of the window and easily took to the sky, carrying the princess with her. She had expected a difficult flight, but Sophie wasn’t struggling at all. In fact, she seemed to be enjoying it.
Sophie: “Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee! This is awesome!”
Samara: “Uh…”
Samara: “B-Be silent! Nothing you say can fool me into returning you to safety.”
Sophie laughed, her hair fluttering in the breeze and her arms outstretched.
Sophie: “Why would I want you...
2019-01-27 21:35:07 +0000 UTC
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Tara's got a very specific vision for the Taranormal web series' special feature on the town of Eysenfeld. Maddie, you got all that?
2019-01-27 21:16:10 +0000 UTC
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Like the title says, here's a sketch from one of the H-CG's from Heart of the Woods. You'll have to play the full game for the finished version 👀
2019-01-20 16:33:19 +0000 UTC
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When you think about it, "magic" can be the answer to pretty much any question or problem you can imagine. Though... it usually ends up creating its own problems, too.
2019-01-19 20:01:50 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all! Last month we showed off Clio's concept art, and for this month we'd like to show off Maera. This is also our first technical post with the new tier-structure, and we're really excited for everyone to see Namie's wonderful concepts.
If we had to describe Maera's primary character trait it'd probably be motherly. Her job is to care for stars, these sentient beings who are unable to care for themselves in any capacity. They can't even move. Most of her other personality traits ...
2019-01-13 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Tara might not have a major in economics, or primatology, or sociology, or econocryptozoology, but she knows a scoop when she sees one.
2019-01-12 20:23:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!! It's that time again, to let you all know how progress on Heart of the Woods is going! And, good news, there's not a lot to tell! Things are mostly the same as the last update. Progress is moving along steadily, more than steadily, and it's great to see everything coming together.
The team is working really hard, especially minute, who we are endlessly grateful for, and we're all doing our best to make sure things not only stay on schedule, but maintain the absolute highe...
2019-01-12 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all! I'm here today with our very first NSFW post! It's a cut scene from The Waters Above. It was written fairly early in the script, before Scene 3 even, with no actual plans to include it in the game. Some of it has in fact been cannibalized for the actual scene 5! Anyway, please enjoy some 85% canon fishporn.
Her hand hovers hesitantly above my cheek. I can feel it, so close.
Fingers tensed slightly, ready at a moment’s notice to retract.
<...
2019-01-11 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey there, everybody! If you remember, we recently welcomed the lovely and talented milkgrrl aboard as a merch designer. We haven't wasted any time - we're looking to start off strong with some Heart of the Woods-themed t-shirt designs. We haven't gotten production/distribution specifics down pat just yet, but we've certainly got some spectacular concept sketches from milkgrrl:
2019-01-10 18:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Maddie, alone and unsure, travels to the clearing.
Love at first sight? Maybe. Maybe not. But it's the start of their story.
Hope you're looking forward to it! ♥
2019-01-10 00:39:38 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
We've been discussing for a while and have decided to restructure our Patreon tiers to make them a bit less top-heavy and give everyone a bit more bang for their buck. What we have below is our idea for the new structure, and we want to get your feedback on it. In addition, we've been considering making our Patreon 18+ and offering more NSFW rewards, and we want your feedback on that, too. We'll be polling our Twitter followers and fanbase for their opinions on if they'd like...
2019-01-06 00:18:55 +0000 UTC
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It's Screenshot Saturday, so you guys probably have the day off. Take the time to clean up and dust your furniture if you haven't in a while, unless you live in an abandoned church. You guys know who you are.
2019-01-05 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Heyo,
For today's creative post we have something new. Well, technically, something old. Back in 2016, before the studio was actually formed, a few of us participated in the yuri game jam. The premise of YGJ is pretty simple: make a yuri game of any sort within a 2 month timeframe. Unfortunately, due to other obligations at the time, we weren't able to get it done. But we got part of the way there! We've talked about resurrecting and finishing it as an Élan project, althou...
2019-01-04 21:13:10 +0000 UTC
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Drumroll, please!
For today - the last sneak peek for Heart of the Woods - we're introducing the last of our side characters: Morgan's cat.
Her name is Geladura. If you believe Morgan, she can talk. If you believe your eyes, ears, and common sense, she can't. There's a reason nobody believes Morgan. Still, she's a very pretty kitty, isn't she? The art for Geladura was done by a...
2019-01-03 15:19:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Happy new year! Hopefully 2019 will be a great year for everyone. We're looking forward to a lot of exciting things coming soon.
As you hopefully heard, Heart of the Woods is going to be released in a little over 5 weeks (hype!) on the 15th of February. We're working on the final touches right now, which is mostly just programming and testing. Adi's working on the launch trailer while Minute's implementing everything in-game. Rachel and I are working on the last of t...
2019-01-03 01:13:37 +0000 UTC
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Here's an exciting announcement: milkgrrl will be joining Studio Élan as a merch designer! We hope you can look forward to seeing her amazing designs come 2019 - we know we're excited!
2018-12-30 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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This Screenshot Saturday, let's make sure to share all the love and support we can to the people who matter most to us. Also every other day, really.
2018-12-29 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Hi hello everyone! I hope you're all having a good holiday! I am back with another sneak peek for PBH!
So while we're making strong progress on HoTW and TWA, the PBH team contacted kobuta for our first character design and sprite! It's still a work in progress and these are the first roughs we've received, but they're so beautiful and we wanted to share!
2018-12-28 00:31:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
You may have seen on our social media, but just in case: Heart of the Woods is going to be released on February 15 of next year! Less than two months away. We've been working super extra really hard on it, and we're sooooo close to the end.
Along with that news, we also finally announced the artists for our ending theme for HotW: In Love With a Ghost and Ukuletea! There's a snippet you can hear attached just below, and the full version of the song will be released wh...
2018-12-22 01:12:56 +0000 UTC
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Back in September, you chose the protagonist of our Celeste Academy creative post series - Carida, a fourth year student who started learning culinary magic to impress girls. Now, you get to see her in the flesh - with a beautiful illustration from ches (chuteki)! She'll be providing occasional illustrations for the Celeste Academy series for our $5 patrons to help illuminate Carida's patron-driven romantic adventures as she...
2018-12-20 18:26:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all! For this character post we'd like to go the character design process for Clio, from The Waters Above!
Clio is fun-loving character who is impulsive and energetic and sometimes, as a consequence of all those, liable to misinterpret things and can be somewhat quick to anger. She's a lot more active than Maera and we wanted to make sure she came across as messy and carefree.
I hav...
2018-12-16 23:45:59 +0000 UTC
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If you're cold, she's cold. Bring her inside.
2018-12-15 21:46:08 +0000 UTC
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Meowdy nyall,
Feels kinda weird that this will be the last HotW update I write for 2018, and quite possibly the last one I ever write, since there will (hopefully!) only be one or two more before release. It's only been two years or so since this project began, but it feels like a whole lot longer.
Anyway, things are going well. Technically, the most recent update was only a little over a week ago, when I mentioned that we're in the final stretches of putting stuff together. Unsur...
2018-12-14 05:07:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all! Back one more time with a sneak peek for NBR! This time we have a finished character design for Minerva, the final main character!
Last month we released the design write-up, so if y'al are interested in that be sure to look at the previous post! But for just a bit of a recap, Minerva is a tourism AI from the future and one of the romance options in the game. Her design themes are ghosts and funerals!
2018-12-11 23:56:37 +0000 UTC
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If you think menacing sound effects are a hoot... just wait until you hear this menacing music track.
Composed by Kris "Astartus" Flacke, you'll be hearing this when The Waters Above comes out in early 2019!
2018-12-11 02:10:30 +0000 UTC
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Ever been told you should feel bad for feeling bad? Yeah. It kinda sucks.
One thing that we are happy about this #ScreenshotSaturday is this neat effect Minute's brewing up! The most recent dialogue bubbles are completely opaque, but the earlier ones become more transparent with each subsequent bubble. And, of course, the beautiful GUI designs are by Adirosa!
2018-12-08 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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