Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel News

Apologies for the lack of updates, but as usual, a lack of devlogs does not mean a lack of progress!

Those of you on Discord probably know that we're still working on Infinite Stars! But if you're not on Discord, this update is for you!

My day job continues to be my day job, and other than playing a stint of Factorio: Space Age, all of my available free time is poured into Infinite Stars.

We've got some more portraits to be added to the next release, a fancy new background, and a surprise character with a twist.

Unfortunately a big chunk of content had to be rewritten to fit with the updated, improved narrative. It's not all lost, and quite a bit of the written content can be reused with minor tweaks. We're also upping the angst during the next batch of story while trying something new. I hope it works! (My goodness, I really, really hope it works!)

I want to get back to my writing as we're nearing completion of the content planned for the next release, but I also felt it prudent to say: "Hi, I'm still alive and working on Infinite Stars."

It's Friday– again!

I have three more days left in the bushveld before returning to civilisation. I've got a bit of a tan, and the little one is loving the wild bucks, babboons, mangooses (mangeese? We just call them "muishonde" or mouse-dogs as a literal translation from Afrikaans) and monkeys to the extend that I'm interrupted every few hours to go on walk to look for some wildlife.

I've been making solid progress. I know it's not super interesting reading that I wrote more content each week, but that's what it is for now. We're chipping away at the work that still needs to be done for the next public release.

In the meantime, Tae has been drawing more portraits from our newest Captain tier patrons. (They get to add their portrait to the game, either of themselves or their OC, whichever they prefer.) If you've ever wondered what that process looks like, wonder no more!

The process is really simple. Once a patron signs up to the captain tier, I usually reach out in a few days to get some references. References can be selfies, random photos off the internet, mixing and matching your OC, we've even had references from Sims, like the example below.



Once we have the reference, Tae takes a day or three to do lineart:



We then contact the patron, checking if they are happy and if we need to make any changes.

After that, we do the colouring and shading, giving the patron another chance to request any minor changes.



Once that's done, the portrait gets added to the game's next release.

I'm speaking out of turn, but the team is arranging a Halloween themed Infinite Stars fan art competition where the winner wins a portrait commission for Infinite Stars. The announcement will probably go out on our Discord in a few days.

That's it from me for now.

Stay safe, be kind to others and enjoy your weekend!

Heya, it's Friday! Yay!

Been crazy busy with life! Was sick for a bit, and then had to play catch up after that. The little one was also sick for a bit, and her latest is cutting teeth, so that's been fun! (Not the FUN!! kind of fun!)

I've been able to consistently work from 8:00-17:00ish, taking a break for some family time, etc, until 20:00ish, and then working again from 20:00ish to 23:00/00:00 most days (The super productive hours with zero interruptions!) However, the little one's newest party trick is waking up at 00:30. Not the "I'm upset" kind of wakeup, no. It's the unfettered childlike joy and glee, ready-to-play and talk kind, so sleep deprivation is real.

However, thanks to the fantastic team, the work on Infinite Stars has continued! Veera's scene intimate scene is done at 7.5K words, and I'll probably start coding it over the weekend. We also have a date scene with Lebeny and a second intimate scene for her in the works, which are nearing completion.

The main story progression has also been falling into place, and I'll need to decide on a cut-off point soon. The good news is we'll probably have a patron release later this month with some of the new intimate content!

Tabitha has gotten a few new outfits thanks to our generous Admiral patron AND we've been working on something exciting!! Hint: It has to do with outfit variations!



Tae has also made some changes to Veera in anticipation of her first intimate scene, and she is now much more in line with her original sprite!

I hope all of you have a fantastic weekend. Stay safe, stay warm (it's winter here), and be kind!

Another busy (two) week(s), and another Friday to report on it.
I'll share some of what we've been up to! (Veera's intimate scene is still... on its way. Been banging my head against a wall with some writers block on her ff scene as I don't want it to be 'just another smut scene')
We're adding another new player portrait.

(All of our Captain+ patrons and subscribestars get their own custom drawn portrait, either of themselves, or of their OC)

We have several new audio tracks, and I took the liberty to attach one of them to this post! (The track is one of Sonia's new themes.)


We're adding two new Cephilusk twins for your Mah'Abeu to run into while looking for the elusive Naaka. These two are from the Khaelbesh Cephilusk tribe, and I've included a short excerpt from the upcoming content.

[h2]!! SPOILERS AHEAD !![/h2]

A large Cephilusk had bumped into me, almost knocking me to the floor, but they just kept on walking. Andreas turned to her and shouted.
"Rude!"
The Cephilusk woman stopped and turned towards Andreas, her eye needling in his direction as she rose on her hind tentacles. I suddenly felt an immense sense of dread pressing against my throat.
"Did the shrimp spit on my honour?"
"No– My apologies, he didn't mean it."
"Let the manling speak for himself Mahlabeu."
"I meant it. I spit on your honour! No one insults my faiyarga! Now apologise to them."
The Cephilusk inched closer towards Andreas– alku'ahf– She– She was going to pounce and snap his neck.
"You aren't in Sol anymore. Yumans should know their place when they aren't in Sol."
She spat in his direction and leapt into the air– but Andreas was expecting her movement and dodged out of the way, tripping and falling to the floor as he did so.
"Come closer little yuman shrimp so I can peel your skin from your face! Let me pull your innards through your mouth and dangle you over my birthing pool for my young to nibble on your entrails."
I knew that voice– I knew this woman, but how?
"Bold threats from a Kahlbeara as ugly as you."

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

Another week, another Friday, another Devlog!

It's been a hectic week!

More fixes, more expressions, a quick short story, pediatricians and vaccines for the little one, some flu at home (all around), a new debit order system for my day job, plus financial yearend for my company–

Like I said, it's been a hectic week.

I might have some more exciting news to share in the coming week, but negotiations are still ongoing and can still go either way.

Also, don't forget about the custom content workshops happening tomorrow!

Have fun, stay safe, and be kind.
(The new patreon build is just about ready, so keep an eye out for that!)