Status Update #12 - March 30, 2025

Animation - 1 Remaining
Art - 100% Finished
Background Art - 1 Remaining
GUI - 100% Finished
Music - 100% Finished
Screens - 4 Remaining
Writing - 100% Finished

Not the most fruitful of weeks in terms of progress, but that's alright. As things stand, I don't see anything impeding a late April release. Things are largely out of my hands at the moment, so I've been working on the script for episode 2. I'm very satisfied with the amount of content that will be included in the first episode, but believe me when I say that the second is going to be even more ambitious. I'm having a blast writing it, and work has already begun on producing the art assets.

This week's screenshot includes two new characters: Ondrea, an envious and coldhearted noble infatuated with Duvessa, and Viktor, the king himself. One thing I'll say about King Viktor is that I've always been interested in how the public persona of a monarch might contrast with the essence of their actual character. Duvessa is very much not a part of the king's inner circle, and therefore is left guessing just how sincere the image he's cultivated truly is. My goal in writing Viktor, and any other 'figurehead' characters, is very much to leave the audience totally in the dark. 😆