Hello, I finally fixed my routine which means it's time to get back to working on my projects! ^^
I did a poll last month and a lot of you guys are interested in FEHigh(72%) so that's what I'll focus on. My goal for 2026 is to finish a project, and finishing FEHigh is far more realistic than finishing The Coven's Aide.
Let's talk about FEHigh progress:
Wordcount: 12K words
This covers up to Chapter 2.
For reference, the early release's wordcount was around 5K.
Rough draft goes up to chapter 3 (this is where the fun begins)
Some screenshots:
I finalized the "Art Style" of the project. In simple terms, art style/process just means what brushes I use, what color palette I use, what visual effects I use, etc etc. I was experimenting a lot before this (which was essentially procrastinating since I wasn't actually progressing the project)
One of those experiments was to combine 3D backgrounds + 2D characters. In the end, it's faster to do 3D block outs (to help with perspective and layout) and then paint over it. I suck at 3D textures and lighting lol. Anyway, here's a few examples of 3d paintovers:
I'll do my best to release an update this month! ^^
I also worked on The Coven's Aide but I got stuck at making my Cutscene system. I know how to code it, it's just daunting lol. I'll focus on FEHigh for now but here's a few screenshots/previews.
tl;dr
I'm focusing on FEHigh and I'll do my best to release an update to FEHigh this month! ^^
Note: The release will be available to Bishop and Archvist tiers first, then a public release will follow in a week or so.
Thank you for all your generosity and interest, it really means a lot to me ^^