With the release of the last update already a little over a week behind us, I'm happy to say that the release seems to have been very well received! I only have a few metrics to go off, but judging by those and the feedback I saw, people seemed to really like, which is really the best thing I can hope for!
And as always, one update goes out the door and I'm already on my way to the next! The work is coming along quite well; I'm pretty much script-complete, now it's mostly a matter of ca...
2024-01-28 11:10:31 +0000 UTC
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Managed to hit the release sooner than I thought; and why wait when it's ready?
Content for v0.8.9
So, this latest release focusses on expanding the so called "Rahayal" storyline. So far there hasn't been too much revealed around this one, nor have there been too many updates revolving around it, but I think this update will go a long way towards setting up what this storyline will be about. It's not one of the three main story branches, but I think eventually it ...
2024-01-18 19:22:02 +0000 UTC
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So, a quick little update on the progression of the new release. Everything has been going smooth and we're story/script complete. Right now I'm waiting for the last batch of images so that the new update will also be art-complete. My best estimate is that this should be somewhere between January 20th and the 27th, leaning closer towards earlier than later. So, I'm confident that my next update will be the release of v0.8.9.
Also some good news is that my efforts to exp...
2024-01-14 18:35:07 +0000 UTC
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Hope everyone had a great holiday season and New Year's, I know I sure did.
Lot of good news behind the scenes; number 1 being the progress on the current update that I'm working on. Production has been going steady, the script is essentially finished. The only reason for the slight delay is that the update is probably going to be a lot bigger than I had initially expected. At first I was thinking it might be 30 new artworks, but by now it's steadily moving towards the 60-70 range. Alon...
2024-01-02 18:31:28 +0000 UTC
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My real job vacation just got started so I thought this might be the perfect moment share this piece with all of you! Just like last year, I asked one of the main artists on TSSR to come up with a holiday-themed design, and I hope you all enjoy it!
It's crazy to think about how the game has continued to develop over the last year. Quite a lot new content, a little over 200 cg's by my last count! Not to mention wordcount!
On top of that, re-worked main menu art, the inclusion of so...
2023-12-16 12:06:03 +0000 UTC
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So, a quick update! I'm happy to say the last update was very positively received! Received a lot of great feedback, both from existing fans as well as some new fans discovering the game, which is always exciting!
As for the next update, I hope to give a little insight into what the subject will be about, but for now I'll leave you all with a small preview image that might give a hint!
As I said, this update is shaping up to be quite large, which is both exciting and challenge, bu...
2023-12-03 17:41:03 +0000 UTC
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Content for v0.7.9
So, this latest release further expands on the Warrior-storyline. It picks up from where we've last left, which would be after the optional storyline featuring Garret, and then continuing from there. It mostly serves as a bridge/setup to a very large storyline that will follow after, so it's a little slimmer than most, but still features about 23 new art pieces.
A small note that I did want to give; during production I realized too late t...
2023-11-18 13:38:06 +0000 UTC
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With production on the art coming along nicely, I now feel pretty confident giving an estimate on the next update.
I'm aiming for the next update to drop in the upcoming weekend, so give or take the 18th/19th.
I didn't explicitely mention it yet, but some people picked up on it from the previous preview image. The subject of the next update will be the Warrior-Route!
Hope you're all excited!
As for myself, I've been quite busy. Writing has really been eating up a...
2023-11-12 10:04:36 +0000 UTC
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Quick little update since last time.
I was happy to read a lot of people responded postively to my previous post, showing you all a little bit of the behind-the-scenes considerations that go into creating TSSR, as well as the longer term planning, so that was very encouraging!
So far, I can report that I'm still hard at work at the next update. The script is near complete, running a last few edits. Art is still being worked on, but is also making good progress.
Above I've in...
2023-11-02 19:43:30 +0000 UTC
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So, quick update on the game, hard at work on the next update. Still a little too soon to talk about it in more detail, hope I can do that soon, but I've included a preview image up above. Here we see Sarah at night, dressed in a new (optional) outfit, meeting with Razaphel the spirit.
Bigger picture
The main thing that I wanted to talk about with this post is talking about the bigger picture development for TSSR. This year feels like it has gone by in a flash, an...
2023-10-20 20:01:21 +0000 UTC
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The latest update has only just gone out the door last week and I'm already hard at work on the next! I hope to share some more details with you all soon as to what the subject of that update will be!
I've also been thinking about writing an update on my goals for the game in the next year. As progress keeps churning along, I increasingly feel comfortable talking about the big-picture plan that I have for TSSR. Hopefully I can share that in the coming weeks!
As for now, I leave yo...
2023-10-08 20:52:21 +0000 UTC
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Content for v0.6.9
The new content for 6.9 is mostly aimed around expanding the sailor storyline, featuring Sarah and Captain Belmont. To get to this new content you can simply continue along the sailor path, or for those who have not yet discovered it:
Intro > Leave with Kate > Lie to Belmont > Sleep with him > Join Mercenaries > Agree in the optional event with Belmont that appears.
That should get you started!
Other u...
2023-09-30 13:48:12 +0000 UTC
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Hard at work here at putting the finishing touches on the upcoming update, centered around the always well-intentioned and honorable ship captain Belmont.
Good news is that the writing is complete and the art is also nearly complete. Due to a mix-up with the artist, the last two or so scenes ended up getting delayed, so while I'm pretty much art-complete I'm still holding it off for a little bit, just so I can ship the update 100% complete.
Either way, I feel entirely confident th...
2023-09-15 07:45:14 +0000 UTC
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Just a quick update from my side!
Everything is coming along quite well. I've been on a real writing kick lately, so I've been making incredible progress. You never know for certain, but I feel more confident every day about completing the full game script ahead of my personal schedule (though to be clear, that's still a ways away).
For now, I have a preview from another update (not the next upcoming one), where we see Sarah and Samayra, appreciating some art!
2023-09-02 13:29:37 +0000 UTC
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I dropped the last update around a week ago and I'm happy to say that it seemed to be positively received by a lot of you! Writing it had been a lot of fun and it was a chance for me to revisit the Princess-route which hadn't received an update in a while.
The update itself I think tells only half the story, with the later half hopefully coming soon, but it's a big one so it's a real challenge on the art side as well. Fortunately, the story-part of it is coming along well, so I have goo...
2023-08-24 10:50:01 +0000 UTC
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Content for v0.5.9
The main focus of this update is on further expanding the Princess-storyline. This new update expands both the Varga-storyline (where Sarah marries Varga) and the "Neither" storyline, or basically the storyline where Sarah opts out of marrying anyone.
These two versions of the Princess storyline cover the same core story, but they involve very different options in terms of relationships, so for those who want to experience all the new content, I...
2023-08-17 14:28:16 +0000 UTC
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So, as I promised last week, I'd try and give a more concrete estimate on the expected release for the upcoming expansion of the Princess-storyline.
Currently, everything is progress smoothly and I'm getting pretty close to being story and art complete.
I'll give myself a little wiggle room, but I feel confident in saying that the next update will be landing in the week of 14th-20th of August. Could be on the earlier side, could be on the later side, but I feel very certain that I...
2023-08-04 12:23:53 +0000 UTC
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I hope to be able to give you all a more concrete update regarding the upcoming patch. Development is still progressing smoothly, so I suspect I'll be able to give a reasonable estimate sometime next week.
Because I didn't want to leave you all with nothing, I've included two images of re-worked art. Specifically, we're seeing Sarah and Kate, in the very early stages of their game. These are 2 re-worked art pieces for their first 2 encounters.
The old pieces weren't terrible, but ...
2023-07-29 17:04:53 +0000 UTC
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Not much new to report on the production side of the new update. Work is still chugging along and I'm still happy with the progress I'm making, but unfortunately I don't want to spoiler too much new stuff yet!
So instead, how about something old?
The previous update, expanding on the Warrior-storyline by introducing the mini-arc of Sarah and Garret, saw a whole host of new artwork added to the game.
Above, you'll find the sketch work that went into laying the foundation for ...
2023-07-21 07:11:48 +0000 UTC
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Just a quick update for now to let you all know about the progress on the next update.
So far everything has been going quite well, making steady progress on the art-side and nearing completion on the script for this update. It's mostly editing and giving it a last final overview before I consider the script-part finished.
It's still too far out to give a concrete date, but so far things are looking quite good in terms of progress.
Additionally, while I've been working with ...
2023-07-11 16:54:08 +0000 UTC
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With the previous release now about a week behind, I'm already hard at work on the next update.
As mentioned in a previous post, the next update will be focussed on expanding the Princess-storyline.
Specifically, the story will be picking up a few years after Sarah has put down Marion's rebellion, and will focus on Sarah's struggles with ruling as one of the neighbouring Kingdoms sends an unexpected invitation.
The new update will advance both the Varga-storyline, where Sara...
2023-06-29 16:32:39 +0000 UTC
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Content for v0.4.9
The new content in this update is focused around introducing a new character on Sarah's warrior-storyline. It's somewhat of a side-story, so opting into the story content is important to get the full experience, otherwise the content cuts out quite quick.
For those that opt into the new content, there are around 30 new art pieces and about 20k new words of content available. I won't spoiler too much more to keep the actual content fresh.
<...
2023-06-21 09:37:56 +0000 UTC
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As promised in a previous post, I'd come back with a more solid prediction on the expected release date for the next update, and I'm happy to say everything has been coming along quite well so I finally feel confident giving a date.
The next update is going to be released somewhere between the 18th and 25th, the work on the update is nearly complete, just a last few art pieces so I'm giving a small buffer just in case, but I feel pretty confident that I'll be able to ge...
2023-06-13 07:50:01 +0000 UTC
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Work on the latest update has been moving along quite well, I'm not quite yet ready to put an exact date on it, but it's definitely this month, and likely earlier than later.
For now, because I can't share too many pictures from the next update without falling into spoilers, I will instead share some new character artwork on new and existing characters that will show up in the next Princess-update.
I'll leave it up to you all to take guesses on who might be who.
2023-06-06 05:13:14 +0000 UTC
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I've made a few updates regarding the progress on the next update, v0.4.9, but I have so far not yet talked about what the update will actually be about.
In terms of the progress, all is still going well. I hope to give an estimate on the release date soon.
Now, as for what will the content update be about? The next scheduled update will expand on the Warrior-storyline.
Specifically, it will see Sarah meeting with a so far not yet introduced character, the c...
2023-05-29 18:06:35 +0000 UTC
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Not too much interesting to report as of this week. The work on the next update has been coming along steadily, making good progress so far. Too early to name a specific date, but I'm happy with the rate-of-progress so far.
Script itself is pretty much final, some last few edits but essentially 99% done, which mostly just leaves art production, but there we're also making good progress.
For myself, I've continued to take advantage of the extra breathing space to keep getting furth...
2023-05-21 20:53:11 +0000 UTC
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A new menu and GUI assets might not sound like the most exciting thing in the world, but I'm definitely excited to share these new pieces with you!
Above you'll find a layout for the new main menu for the game. I'm still tinkering with the exact positioning of a few buttons/etc, but for the most part this is likely how it's going to look more-or-less.
For those of you who are familiar with the old version, you will likely instantly see that this is a pretty big jump-up in terms of...
2023-05-12 20:59:01 +0000 UTC
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With the release of the last update about a week behind, I'm happy to see that it seems to have been well received!
But of course there isn't ever much time to sit still, production on TSSR is a constant train that's always chugging along, and so I'm already on my way to the next update!
Some good news has been that while there had been some delays on the art-side, I have managed to keep writing at a pretty steady pace. That means writing-wise I feel like I'm on pace to probably g...
2023-05-06 10:41:42 +0000 UTC
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Content for v0.3.9
The new content in this update is focused around the mage-storyline. Picking up where we left off, Sarah (and optionally Samayra) set out into the First City, to try and find out what the source of the magical signal is.
How do you get to the new content?
It continues directly off the regular mage-route, so players should be able to continue from there.
Looking ahead
As for what's next, I hope ...
2023-04-29 07:55:34 +0000 UTC
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A small heads up on the expected release date for the next update. Though I'm getting closer and closer to being art-complete, I will unfortunately have to make the predicted release date for the next update a little more flexible. In my previous update, I predicted the 22nd, but right now, I think it could possibly be a few days late than that, at the most, the 29th, but I promise to push it out the moment its ready.
It hurts to delay the release, especially when it is so near-complete...
2023-04-19 20:17:04 +0000 UTC
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