Gods of the Twilight News

[p]The art revamp for our released chapters is finally complete! We typically use 3D-rendered placeholder environment art to set the vibe until we can get hand-drawn versions with all the custom details we want. And now those placeholders have all been replaced through Chapter 5![/p][p][/p][p]As for the next batch of chapters in the works, Ch 6-7 are undergoing edits thanks to beta feedback, and the Ch 8 beta version is on the way. As always, we welcome you to chat with us on Discord![/p]

[p]Chapter 7's visuals and audio are now in beta, so the entire chapter is now available for testing on our beta branch! (With the exception of voice acting, since that comes after beta ^.^ ) We also couldn't resist adding a couple more choices and a new spicy scene to Chapter 7 since our last update when the writing entered beta.

We also have more new art! Just 4 more drawings remain, and then all our released chapters will be 100% hand-drawn—no more 3D-rendered placeholders! From there on, all the new art will be for our upcoming, unreleased chapters.

As always, we welcome you to hang out with us on Discord, let us know what you think, and chat about what's coming![/p]

We're back with another chunk of updated visuals, while chugging away at the new chapters in the background!

The dialogue and narration for Chapter 7 have now been thoroughly revised and moved from alpha into beta. Animations for Chapter 7 are in progress, and then it will appear in our private beta branch for those who signed up as testers!

Chapter 7 has been quite complex, with many ways to mix and match your choices regarding the two player characters' relationships. So it's satisfying to see all the combinations of possible past choices acknowledged in these new scenes.

As always, we welcome you to hang out with us on Discord, let us know what you think, and chat about what's coming!

We now have 40 unique hand-drawn environments in the game, which means we are 74% complete with our effort to replace the 3D-rendered placeholders!

Finalizing our visuals, especially for the first few hours of the content, has been our top priority for the past several months. The motivation is to demonstrate the intended quality level for this project, especially to new people discovering us.

Meanwhile, editing proceeds on the next chapters to be released, turning the existing rough drafts of chapters 6-12 into beta drafts.

As always, we're happy to chat in more detail on Discord!

We're now up to 32 hand-drawn environments, which is up 14 from the last update! Many of them include easter eggs and other interesting details that we had fun adding, so look closely, and you won't be disappointed! And even if you don't, you'll probably find that a lot of the game looks different than it did before.

This week is the 1-year anniversary of our release into Early Access, including chapters 1-5. Originally, we aimed to have our next batch of chapters ready for release after 1 year, but we're discovering just how much of an undertaking this game is as we go, from the art to the voice acting to all the choices we're scripting. Not to mention the next batch of chapters is bigger than the first! The flow of the narrative demands that we release chapters 6 through 12 together, so that's 7 chapters instead of 5.

Considering the above, we expect to share chapters 6 through 12 with you in 2025. More updates to come as we go! And we're happy to chat about the latest on Discord!