Hey hey Patrons! The starting signs of Spring are finally starting to show themselves (at least where I live) and we are already a week into April! Which means that it is time to give you all a run down of this Patreon and how things are coming along behind the scenes.
First off, to give the official results of the commission polls we have the theme for the Ronda and Brittany duo piece (numbers in brackets represent the large meal patron votes adjusted for weight) :
Brittany asks for Ronda's help getting bigger: 39 + (6) = 45
Ronda gets tricked into visiting Brittany at her home: 16 + (6) = 22
What if? Dnd: Ronda the barbarian and Brittany the warlock, fighting a cake golem: 43 + (12) = 55
Brittany forced to go to the gym with Ronda: 9
Rush hour at the café and Ronda doesn't appreciate Brittany offloading all the work on her: 15
Ronda and Brittany explore a haunted house together: 12
So it looks like we are going to be delving back into the fantasy setting for these two! I am honestly pretty happy that this one won because the script and idea that I got written out for it is fun. It is going to be another comic handled by Thatsmy4rt, so look forward to seeing that one!
Secondly, the results from the large meal suggestion poll:
Monster Gummy Shenanigans: 1
What if Tiffany shopped at shadowed Curios: 7
Ophilia meeting other fairies from other games and getting into mischief: 6
Another TIffany and curio shop focused win! Honestly I'm beginning to think that you guys might have a preference, haha. This one is going to be a sequence handled by KageyRagey, I've already received the sketches for the piece and I am very happy with how this one turned out.
Let's move on to the Patreon itself. Last month we were able to get out the Tiffany comic commission, which was a quickly little focus on Tiffany and her obsession with constantly trying to do more and push all boundaries. The more time that I put into writing for this character the more I realize that she might actually be more obsessed with size growth than even Aubrey. Which is saying a lot. Aubrey tends to approach this stuff from an area sexual desire, where are with Tiffany I view it more as an obsession. Like once she realized just how good she was at putting on weight she had to figure out what the limits were. But in the world of BA, limits aren't really a thing. So you can see where that leads.
As for the second commission piece, that one is still being worked on, but it unfortunately has had to be put secondary to the other works that the artist is working on at the moment. So when it comes to a release date for that commission, it will just have to be whenever it gets done, my apologies for that. I can say however that there are going to be a couple of extra pieces this month to make up for it, but I am going to keep those a secret for now so as not to spoil the surprise.
Lastly on the art front, the redrawing of the resort sequence from the DLC of BA continues to slowly pour in. I just received the 8th piece of artwork for it, so we are close to getting into the meat and potatoes of the story, I am very happy with the pieces that I have received up until now and am looking forward to seeing these plus sizes reach to the obscene. I want to show them off real bad, but that would ruin the surprise of seeing them all in game when it is finally completed: so I will just be showing off a few pieces through out the months just to give you all a teaser.
Next lets talk about Flarea gains! As always I have been plugging away at the art on it and I am happy to say that I have gotten over the last major hurdle, which was the Kinode section of artwork, the finish line is definitely in sight at this point and I wouldn't be surprised if I wasn't finished sometime in May. I would maybe say this month, but I am taking a week vacation on the 18th that will cut into my progress, but with the pace I have been maintaining next month feels more that feasible. Here is the breakdown: we are currently sitting at 276/311 of the drawings complete, meaning we are at 89% done with the art!
Brielle (love interest): 23/23
The Doctor: 5/5
Doris (Manager): 12/12
Emmery (Airhead Roommate): 6/6
Flarea (MC): 149/149
Kali (Comparison Roommate): 19/19
Kinode (Femboy): 54/54
Lacrue (Magic Shop Owner): 8/14
Chef: 0/4
Random: 0/12
Rybica (Wolf Girl): 0/13
My hopes is to have the art finished either by the end of this month, or part way through May. And then there will be one last round of playtesting to make sure that everything is in working order. And you can expect to see the finished game here on the Patreon available for all supporters, where it will be exclusive for 6 months before it becomes free to play on itch.io.
I am really looking forward to getting out for you all and I am happy with how this whole project has helped me develop my art, looking at pieces that I am doing now and comparing them to some at the beginning makes it pretty clear how far I've come in the months since beginning.
Pre alpha work for Yuki grows continues to be worked on as well, more art is being made by me and Bun, some more writing has been hashed out, bug testing continues as Lucy works on getting everything working in the way that we imagined. The game has turned out to be more ambitious that we had thought at the beginning, but I really think we are making something pretty cool here. I look forward to the day when we get a fully functioning demo out for you all, but as this is a collaborative project, our goal is to get work into it when we have the time to do so, and when it is ready, that is when we will put it out there.
Have a look at the title screen though: It's pretty dope!
And that is all that I have to say for this month! Thanks to everyone who has stuck around during the months between game releases. I hope that the commissioned work that you have all helped to fund has made it easier to keep on supporting me, but I also understand that the main reason many joined was because of the regular exclusive updates to BA, so thank you all for your patience, and I really do hope to deliver something for you all very soon!
-Anvil