Elo :)
This is hadulm, dont tell Prisem, but i took over the devlog!!! Teehee~
We have a lot of actually exciting news this time, but first we have to acknowledge some things about the team and the administration itself.

TEAM-WISE

We're gonna be real for a second, we know development has been really messy. the story, characters, locations, basically everything changed multiple times through this last year. This has been, obviously, incredibly difficult to work with for us at the team, wich lead to a lot members leaving through the months ( almost everyone left felt this as well ).
Prisem had been doing the best they could managing the team this whole time, and I can personally confirm that. But it's simply a lot to be in charge of alone. And, as you might have noticed if you were keeping up with the devlogs/news, i (hadulm) started collaborating with this project last...january? (i think?), and went from musician, to writer, to now, co-lead.
Having me as co-lead/co-owner/whatever, basically means that any major changes now have to be decided between me and Prisem. We really hope this will help mitigate the problem the team has been dealing with, and allow this game to finally go forwards instead of suddenly starting over every few months.

(TL;DR: The story is finally set. Better administration. The game can finally make progress.)

Okay, now that the formal stuff is over with, here's the good stuff. We know you're here for this lol, here are news regarding progress on the game!

CODE-WISE

I (still hadulm) also stepped up in the coding by learning how the engine @_pancakez built for us long ago works. It really is pretty solid props to him lol.
I'm currently making the first section of the ruins more solid as both practice with the engine, and "completing" that part of the game. Asides from that, once i figured out the engine, i made some sort of "tutorial" for everyone else in the team to be able to implement/work on stuff in the game code itself (to streamline production). Prisem has been working on the future rooms, so we can have a base to work off of when we get to that part of the game ( this is incredibly helpful actually i hate making rooms its easier to just make the cutscenes and stuff lol ).

TL;DR: I can confirm the game is being coded now and progress is actually happening. its a crazy feeling, i know.

ART-WISE

Howdy everyone, it's me, Prisem! You guys didn't happen to see Hadulm around here, have you?
He just kind of ran off with all the devlog information i had for today to share with you all! All i have left is a few screenshots to show you, and a progress report on the art-related side of development. Well, let's waste no time and get into it!

So, around february, i think, i had my computer go into repairs due to it being like really old or something. Well, during those repairs, the folder with most of the game related art stuff, got deleted ( along with some other folders, but they're irrelevant both to this conversation and overall ). After this incident, I was really upset, as one would be. Well, I told Hadulm about what happened, and he and me came up with an idea to take this as an opportunity to start fresh, considering the previous folder was quite messy. Therefore, I started to "recover" spritesheets, which in reality was just me making completely new spritesheets. At this point, I haven't gotten past making most of the DEMO characters' spritesheets, some decorative objects, and the tileset for the areas in the DEMO.

Unfortunately there's nothing to show as of now, as i have either teased it on our DISCORD, or it's just too spoiler-y to show. I'm sure next time there will be a lot of stuff to show, tho!

WRITING-WISE

In regards to the DEMO, we have the whole script done, Most of the routes and a few of the battles. Now it's mostly just clean-up and details.

But you will never be wondering: "How can you have the whole script done when you don't even have a story set in stone?"
Well, i have an answer for this question no one ever asks!
...Actually, i think i'll spare you the spiel.

TL;DR: The overarching story is somewhat solid now, and the first area and it's story is now set in stone. (Yes silver is still a thing we love her).

Oh! Looks like hadulm's over this convinient separator...I'll let him take over the next part of this log :3

RELEASE-WISE

Hi, hadulm here! So, about the release...
It'll come out when its ready. However... keep this a secret between us, but internally, we're feeling pretty confident on a late 2025/early 2026 demo release.
No promises though, working on this game is and will stay as a hobby for us. We have other things going on our life and our free time is limited. So please, stay patient. Nobody wants this game out more than us, fr fr.

That was prett dry so i'll take over the "goodbyes".

Goodbye, and thank you for reading this log! We, the team, sincerely apologize for the small amouts of pics, especially to those who love pics more than anything, myself included, but there really isn't much too show at the moment.
Anyways, thank you again, and Goodbye!
...
Actually, before I go, I do have to say a quick thanks to everyone for the huge milestone of 1,5k+ followers on this page! It's honestly a dream come true for me, and for the team as well, so this is the most sincere thank you you'll probably ever see from me!

Anyways, for real now, goodbye, and stay PATIENT

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