Hello, this is Ava speaking!
Today marks the 5th anniversary for this project!!! A lot has happened over the years and things have changed so much since the project first started.
A lot has changed recently too. Lots of people going in and out of the team trying to find all the people we need for the project, and completely revamping the visual style of the game.
We have a few things to talk about, so let's get straight to it!
General progress
The direction of the game has always been all over the place, leading to stuff changing at any moment. After getting a clearer vision of what we wanted the project to be, a lot of stuff didn't quite fit what we had in mind.
With a lot going under reworking, there has been a pretty big setback. We're not quite to where we were before, but that doesn't mean there's nothing.
Let's take a look at what has been done:
Lots of stuff behind the scenes has changed to keep things going as good as it can be. We've reworked our team list quite a bit and have found many new people to assist with the project!
Writing has made some pretty significant progress. We have completed the first pass of the script and are currently working to get a second pass of the game completed just to polish up current ideas. As of now Prologue and Chapter 1 are fully written in this new pass of the script.
The complete visual overhaul has given us an opportunity to go all out on the sprites, with us now making custom tiles to go along with the new visuals!
Music progress has probably been the slowest, but we're working to start speeding things up. We have a few new songs done with more in the works.
That's cool, but where's the game progress?
We have some stuff to say this time in regards to game progress.
Kass offered her engine a long time ago for us to make the game in, but It's taken quite some time... Progress has slowly been made and things have been picking up recently, so don't lose hope just yet! We will have more to say about this once the engine is closer to completion.
Special announcement?!?!?!
Something special is happening...
We won't be giving a date yet, but the new Sans encounter is planned to release soon!!
We're not quite ready to release it yet, but we're working to get it out as soon as possible!!! We will be giving more news about this when we get date sorted out!
And more????
Thanks to Redd7, we have some new art! These will be used for all of the accounts going forward.
Speaking of accounts...
We have a few new socials!
First, our Bluesky account! We'll be posting smaller updates in between these larger posts on there, to not clutter up the page.
Second, our bandcamp page! Basically just a different way to listen to the soundtrack if you want.
Third, our YouTube page! Future previews of the game will be posted here.
Finally, our Itchio page! GameJolt is often unreliable and often goes down, so this is a way to view the game and it's updates without that issue.
Let's also take this time to introduce our new team members!
daevid, Ocas17, Sawsk, Candi, and Dingyspy have joined to help us out with the game! They will help a lot to keep things moving quicker and smoother.
Closing Thoughts
Lot of words in this one, haha. Hopefully our next update can contain some more exciting stuff!
-Ava & Kitchen Crew
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