Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder News

Greetings weary travelers, I hope you're faring well on your journey.

It's been a few weeks since the successful KS campaign for CoTTR's expanded edition, and we've got some updates to keep you sated until the new edition comes out!

Since we're most comfortable with art, we decided to get into some re-works of existing artwork to get us into the mood for the whole project.

We noticed that Ilar's face looked somewhat...varied across different illustrations in the game. I would like to blame it on the nature of magick, being based on Waters and fluid and all that, but it's actually just because we couldn't quite get their likeness from different angles right.

To remedy this, we asked them to sit for a few portrait photos so we wrap our eager tendrils around their illusive anatomy.

(Translation: we created a 3D sculpture of Ilar's head so we can see it from various angles.)



With this, we can adjust the existing illustrations, here are a few in progress.


And a few that are finished.



And when it comes time to make new illustrations, we'll have an easier time of it. We've hit the funding goals for 2-3 reworks, but with this workflow, we could squeeze in several more reworks where the only thing to be improved is Ilar's likeness, so you'll have those to look forward to.

The next steps will be to begin editing the text, sketch out new scenes to be added, and producing the writing and art for those scenes.

You can rest assured we'll be throwing out updates whenever we have something appetizing on our hands.

If you've been to our discord server, you'll know that we have a horrid time keeping anything to ourselves, and are constantly filling the servers with a deluge of updates, chitchats, and general good-natured nonsense. So if you'd like to really get into the thick of our development, then that's where you'd want to be. Here's a portal: https://discord.gg/PgZASVhN7E

If you missed the campaign, you can still make a late pledge on backerkit: https://the-remainder-expanded-edition.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders


That's it for now, take care and we'll talk again real soon.

Ze
Arch Magus
Square Weasel Studio

Weary travelers! Yes, that's you.
You probably already know, but our kickstarter is live!
Help us make The Remainder even better than it already is, and get some unique physical rewards like hand-written letters from Ilar, linocut prints, even original ink drawings of scenes from the game.

Click here to check it out.

Greetings everyone! We are working hard to prepare the Kickstarter for the expanded edition, and now you can follow our page so you don’t miss its launch.

There will be lots of physical art rewards, but one of more unique ones will be traditional ink drawings of the scenes from the game.



Examples of the ink drawings. 💜



We will reveal more rewards and details about the expanded edition as the stream of time flows toward launch date!

Join us on one of our social media channels and stay up to date!

[h3]Expanded Edition[/h3]
Greetings Weary Traveler, have a seat, sip some cactus juice, we have news to share.

The Remainder might be getting an Expanded Edition soon.

Since making CoTTR, we've learned much and improved as writers and story-tellers, so an edit of some text will make it a better narrative experience without altering the plot. We would also like to add content that were left out of the current release due to time constraints, to make it a more complete and thoughtful experience.

This edition, if we manage to do, it would be free for everyone who already owns the game.

Some artworks will also be re-worked to achieve the same level of quality that we have for most other pieces of art, with the possibility of new scenes or character art, if we hit our funding goals.

[h3]What We Want To Do:[/h3]

• General text re-write and editing.
  
• A new intro scene to set the mood and lure players into the narrative.
  
• Alternative True Ending(s) for those who prefer a purely emotional connection or for those who prefer to not stay together after the ordeal is done
  
• Extra surprise endings where the story goes into other weird but characteristically Tal'Dun directions.
  
• An extended epilogue hinting at the life and challenges characters might face in a future game in the same universe.
  
• More ways to die. (Is there ever enough?)
  
• More enlightening conversations with the sage.
  

[h3]How We Want To Do it:[/h3]
In order to fulfil these goals, we will most likely run a Kickstarter campaign with a conservative goal, just enough to give us 1-2 months of time to work on these changes. We will start it sometime in July.

Naturally, we will create some interesting rewards for our backers to show our thanks.

• Physical hand-written letters from the game.
  
• Art prints from scenes of the game.
  
• Limited run A3 lino block print of Ilar’s sigil.
  
• Very limited physical CD release with the game, soundtrack, and post-cards.
  
• The game itself for those who haven’t ventured into the world of Tal’Dun yet.
  

If you already love CoTTR, now's the time to tell us what you'd like to see added to the expanded edition! Leave a comment below and we'll collect it to be considered for the kickstarter.

Waters keep you,
Square Weasels

Join Ze, the lead writer and half of Square Weasel Studio during the Story Teller's Festival on March 27th, where he will hang out with COTTR fan and game design guru Nich @Furidashipod, showing the game, and talking about the story, characters, and other insights about the process of creating The Remainder.