Hello All,
Another report on what I've been doing in the past week and it's been mainly... making Stellar Incognita images. For those that don't know, my two favorite storylines from the whole game are: 1) The dronification storyline with Skyla and Xandra in Route C and 2) The prison colony storyline in Route B. Well, I realized there wasn't a storyline I felt was "cozy" like those ones in Route A, but that is going to change.
Remember how I said I would consider STELLAR INCOGNITA complete when Route A is as big in content as Route B? Well, I think Route A is going to be bigger than that. There's no use placing some artificial boundaries onto the work if the story is not told the way I imagine it - so I'm going to go full send and add as much content as required until the storylines are done.
That doesn't mean the stories are going to ramble on and have no end - the story branches are very clearly mapped out for the extra content (there are five branches). I'm just going to make sure each of those stories is told in full in a way that excites and interests me. Hopefully, you'll enjoy playing it as much as I'm currently having a good time making it. It's going to be weird, because the images look much more polished for this latest content compared to the first renders I made when this game came out. So there will be a noticeable visual leap in Route A to show how far things have come. But, I think it's a great way to finally conclude the game.
HEROES OF CELTICA is also proceeding well and v0.7.0 is almost in the bag. I need to compete some writing and do some pick-up images so that the story flows smoothly. Focusing on druid-only does make it simpler, because I'm not leaping between what are essentially four separate games. This makes it easier to get into the right headspace a lot quicker. I could talk more about the work here, but anything that comes to mind feels like a potential spoiler.
Finally, I just want to be clear about something for ALPHA SLAM supporters. Soon, you will get an advanced release copy of v0.6.2, which will be two weeks before the public release. Please be aware that this advanced copy is for the public version of the game, which does not have the extra patron supporter storyline included. So Alpha Slam get early access as a perk, but early access AND the extra story content is reserved for Sigma Slam and Omega Slam only.
I will eventually release the Sigma and Omega exclusive content in the future to the public, but not for a long while. This extra content (which is about 25% more each update compared to the public releases) is my way of trying to say thanks to those patrons that support me at a higher tier.