[Background Blog] February Development Update

Hey Patrons,

Compymono here! February is always a challenging month since it’s so short, but I think we managed to get a lot done! Including lots of artwork progress on Nekojishi: L&P, story progress on Astatos, and work on Beek: Familiar Spirit Remastered.

We’ve also put out new background art posts for higher tiers, featuring artwork from Nekojishi L&P and Astatos!

• [Background Art] Nekojishi: Lin & Partners - Police Pup

• [Background Art] Astatos [Alkaios - Serpentine Providence]

Nekojishi: Lin & Partners

• 3D Scene Progress

  •  Updated and finalised several props.

• Artwork Progress

  • More story/character artwork has been completed.

Astatos

• Chapter II Progress

  • Scenario writing for sub-chapter 2-3-2, 2-2-3, 2-3-4, 2-3-5.

  • Scenario editing for sub-chapter 2-3-1.

  • Translation for sub-chapter 2-2-1, 2-2-2, 2-2-3, 2-2-4.

• Artwork 

  • Monthly Hero Skin progress.

• Cascade Trial

  • Campaign select menu progress.

  • Learnt some new 2D animation tools for the menu background animation above!

  • Campaign scripting and progression systems progress.

Beek: Familiar Spirit Remastered

Note: While all core development is now complete, we are still finalising the revised English scripts, performing final testing, and adding some minor features. 

• Translation Progress

  • Updated German, & French translations.

  • Updated UI for translations.

• UI Updates

  • Added a new splash screen illustration upon completion of each route.

  • Added contextual help buttons under certain circumstances.

  • Improved the Timeshift animation.

  • Improved Bookmarks UI.

• Bug Fixes

  • Resolved some issues that prevented game progression.

  • Fixed an issue related to skipping messages when offline.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented settings from being loaded until the settings menu was opened.