So... been a while... hasn't... okay i'm tired of saying that line each time so YEAH IT'S BEEN 7 WHOLE MONTHS since our last devlog.

This is both due to complications, many changes taking place within the development cycle, and other, more personal factors i wouldn't want to get into. But lo and behold, we are BACK with out inconsistant-ly timed gamejolt devlogs, now better than ever!

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So what HAS been cooking over at Jokemas HQ?

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First of all, a total restructure when it comes to how we will release this project!

Releases will come in "Drops" as a part of a demo to the mod.

The songs won't be in chronological order to the Story, and will alternate between Story Songs and Bonus Songs.

----THE STORY MODE WILL BE LOCKED IN THESE RELEASES---

The full release of Jokemas won't be coming until it is fully
finished, only then will the Story Mode actually be unlocked.

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New people have joined the team!

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Since last time, a lot of new faces have joined the crew to help out on the project, such as these three lovely fellows!

As for the rest of the team, it's mostly been the same people, with some surprises i want to keep behind closed doors due to their contribuitions.
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What ABOUT those contribuitions?

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Alright time to get into the juicy stuff.

A lot has been done both in the art and music departments.

I won't show much yet, but i'd like to present Max's final look for the song "Tomorrow"!

Her design sure has changed quite a bit since last time!

Which is true even more for Vali!

His design has had a complete overhaul, and while this idle still isn't finalized, his design should more or less stay the way it is here.

These were both done by yours truly, but what about the rest of the team?

Well, hifish, one of our main composers, has posted a teaser of the upcoming song "Taste Of Autumn" over on their Twitter page! Go take a listen!
https://fixupx.com/hifish__/status/1970608879215264250/video/1
(With beautiful artwork done by TUtoArtistOG!)

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About 12JSTUDIOS...

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12JSTUDIOS, as already announced in our official discord server, has been shut down due to personal reasons, and mainly due to a lack of proper teamwork coming from it.

We are working on reviving the concept of a general dev team, but it'll take some patience to get to the point where we can fully present it to the public, so please stick around our discord server until then.

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Happy Jolidays!

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A new side project all about the yearly holidays has started! Featuring people from the main team working on it, JOKEMAS: JOLIDAYS seeks to bring (not so on time) releases themed around all the different holidays of the year! Starting off with a Halloween release, hopefully coming on the 31st!

(WIP Logo by yours truly.)

Here is also an outdated WIP of the first song in the Halloween week, by Tristone & YellowWest!

https://files.catbox.moe/uoiodu.mp3

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Closing off..

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I think that was just enough for today, see y'all soon, whenever that is!

-Bivie