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Astra - Monthly Update (June 2024)
🕑 Added 2024-06-25 20:28:19 +0000 UTCHello Patrons,
Here comes the June update! Thank you for your patience with this, we really wanted to have the penultimate build out for you all before making this post. Speaking of which, feel free to check that out here!:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/astral-ascension-106813476
Now let's continue with our regular monthly update. :^)
WRITING
We finally filled in all the placeholder names! Just for fun, here is the list. Please note that there may be minor to major spoilers based on the title of the name so please proceed with caution:
MYSTERY_EMPLOYER - Arden Kaleb
POPIDOLSONG - Neon Dreams
CSI LADY: Helen Colby
Vaela's Brother - Vaerin Kade
Vaela's Dad - Lorian Kade
Vaela's Mom - Stella Kade
Alycon travel business name - Helix Velocity
Iris dad - Galen Alcyon
Kai's Girlfriend - Evelina Rose
Iris mom - Violeta Alcyon
Pop Idol - Nova Sky
Union planet tehy fly to first - Edenia
bitter flower from Luna garden event - Petalus
dark planet form luna garden event - Noctyl
flower gift to luna garden event - Lussenta
Photographer - Cameron Snap
Paradise Planet Name - Valtoria
CARTEL1 - Black Hounds
CARTEL2 - Silver Skulls
CARTEL3 - Dread Ravens
Dominatrix - Morgana Shade
Luna doctor mentor - Mira Lawson
Hipster rich guy: Jonas Jones
His brother: Tobias Jones
Shady_guy in evidence - Marcus Voss
Evidence guy - Derrick Mason
Politician - Richard Donovan
Richard Donovan’s Party: Stellar Equality Party
Vigilante Guy - ROOK
Vigilante real name: Nathan Chase
the planet's name where all this went down - Velora
Pango Planet - Astralon
I will let you know right now that coming up with this many names was... an adventure to say the least LOL. In the future, we will definitely fill in names as we go instead of doing it all at the end! If you are curious why we waited, it's because names usually come up during writing and can cause writers block, so we decide to put placeholders and keep the momentum going. What we'll do in the future is fill them in at the end of an episode so it all doesn't stack to the end!
CHARACTER ART
Sunimu made one last CG for Astral Ascension! Check it out here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/astra-vaela-cg-106881492
BACKGROUND ART
Just another BG to round things out! We have exactly two more left for the project and that will be all the BG's that Astral Ascension needs as a minimum. We may add a couple here and there to polish things up if something feels whacked out or out of place!
ANIMATION
Nothing further for animations at this time. Still thinking about updating the UI for the game but I will wait just a little bit then do a vote to see what your thoughts are on the existing one! (same update as last month)
PROGRAMMING
Firgof was an absolute beast to get the penultimate build completed! Now we have exactly 3 things left:
NPC Portraits
Voice Over
Final Polish
We'll be working through these in sequence for the rest of June and most of July as we come towards release!
AUDIO
Eric who is our musician actually did the voice prompts for BeepBoop as well as a g00se that you meet in the game, it will be pretty fun to have his signature finally on some characters! Additionally, we are looking to make a couple of epilogue specific tracks and the ED track.
VOICE
Iris, Kai, and Celeste are fully done! Luna and Vaela are about half way through. As you can see, things are moving VERY fast! It will take some time to process all these lines and then we also have to get the extra characters done, but I am very surprised how quick it is coming together (compared to previous games). This is a major benefit of making the entire game in one shot and saving voice for the end!
That is all the updates for now! As always, please feel free to share your thoughts below.
Thanks again for your continued support. :^)
- Dishu
Comments
Butlee
Helen will always be ‘csi lady’ in my heart
