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Astra - Chapter 4: Playable Art Available Now!
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend so far!! Just here to share the playable art version of Astra - Chapter 4!!!Download link is available here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d85zaCVCE4YBIU22oJxlJ-nLnjHRk6zK/view?usp=sharingTwo notes:1) We have a new narrative developer who created chapter 4 so you may notice a stylistic difference compared to earlier episodes.2) The full UI is functionally in though it's not populated yet.For note 1, please feel free to share any artistic decisions you have feedback / negatives / po...
Favourite Aspect of PF Games
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a fantastic day! I was hoping to check-in on what aspect of PF games you like the most. Astral Ascension is pretty far along in development and usually around this time we start having some super early conceptualizations of what the next game could be.Below is a poll with some of the main game aspects, please feel free to vote on TWO of your favourite things about PF games. This will make sure we are well attuned to what makes PF games special!As always, any and all feedback is welcomed below in the comment...
Astra - CG Adjustments on Patreon Feedback
Hello Patrons,Looks like we have a double post today!! This one is to showcase some of the CG adjustments that we made based on your feedback. We'll have the original CG displayed, along with the notes for the update, and what the new version looks like.Let's get started!Vaela & BeepBoopThe note we got for this one was that Vaela's eyes felt a bit like it was missing something, as if it was still kind of a sketch. What we did was update her eyes with more details and reflection while still keeping that anime surprise look. Another n...
Astra - The Teasing Vaela CG (Finished)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! Just here to share the finished Vaela CGs where she is being a tease but it backfires spectacularly on her. :PNote, this is light spoilers on the Vaela route as an option event!Nothing sketchy is going on in CG number 3, just MC trying to help her out. Unfortunately for Vaela, she can't really see what's going on so her mind might be thinking about creative situations to say the least. :PThe context around the scene is one of our favourite Vaela events so we are excited to se...
Astra - Monthly Update (September 2022)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having an amazing Wednesday so far!!!!! This is a phat monthly update so let's get started with the biggest piece; we have the read-only version of Episode 4 now available!If you downloaded it from the previous post, please get the V2 one as it made a bunch of bug fixes (an especially important one that accidently skipped a Luna romance event) as well as some tweaks to earlier episodes.Read-Only Episode 4 VERSION 2:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1czBzbdJ7Zxjm6mp9OAcPVT3wam8w2KxN/view?usp=sharingWe are still o...
Astra - Chapter 4: Read Only Available Now!
NOTE: The extra menu is currently bugged, please don't click it! >O<Hello Patrons,It's finally here!!!!!!!!!!!! The Read-Only version of Chapter 4 which can be downloaded from the link below:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cvWeXmC7MPPNcu1NQKe-BNf3WS0uOOEs/view?usp=sharingPrevious saves are not fully supported. Yes it will load, but we retroactively adjusted a bunch of episode 1-3 content so the new scenes may get confused due to variables being potentially 'missing'.>> The Art Version will be available in about 2-3 weeksThis is...
Astra - The Luna Bet CG (Finished)
Hello Patrons,We have the finished Luna Bet CG!! There was a version shared earlier on Discord however this is the finalized one with both expressions. Please note there is light spoilers, just an optional event on Luna's romance route.More context for the scene is available on the WIP post!:https://www.patreon.com/posts/astra-luna-bet-70808872As mentioned before, the scene is optional if you decide to go with the bet! We are also playing the scene for humor due to the nature of the circumstance. ;^)Please feel free to share your thoughts a...
Astra - Monthly Update (August 2022)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having an amazing Tuesday so far!!!!! Or Wednesday for you people in the future time zones. :P We're coming in HOT with the August update, so let's get started!WRITINGIt's finally done. Episode 4 took quite the long while because of the sheer amount of variables, branching paths, continuity revisions...etc. This is, by far, the most complicated content we've created to date!We really hope this sort of horizontal writing will elevate player agency when it comes to choices and also the multi-playthro...
Astra - Couples Game Iris CG (Finished)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!!!!!Just here to share finalized CGs from an upcoming event within Iris' romance route. Please note, medium spoilers are ahead.The scene details are available from the WIP thread in case you are curious about the context!:https://www.patreon.com/posts/astra-couples-cg-69728055The scene is of course optional, like most of the more ecchi ones are. It's also played for humor since Iris is stoic but ends up having an involuntary audible response if you know what I mean. Rest of th...
Astra - Favourite Kissu Vote!
[NOTE: Medium Spoilers Ahead!]Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far!!!! Just here to share the finalized version of the Luna kiss which is below.One major feedback was that not all the girls got a kiss for their romance route in our previous games which felt a bit disappointing. We made sure that each lovely waifu got one for Astra.What we thought would be fun is to vote on which is your favourite Astra Kissu. <3Luna ConfessionVaela ConfessionIris ConfessionLuna BonusVaela BonusI actually think Astra has more kissu than ...
Astra - Monthly Update (July 2022)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The July update is below. We got some phat news so please read on. :^)WRITINGThe writing team has done some phenomenal work this month and we are basically 95% done. Katie is going to be doing the final edit pass and there are just a couple scenes to finalize for content. I am positive the read-only version will be out in early August with the art version in mid-late August.On another note, episode 5's planning is almost completed which means the writing team wil...
Astra - Monthly Update (June 2022)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far. :^)Just here to share the June monthly update with you guys, so let's get started!!WRITINGThe writing team is in a much better spot now! It is no mystery that PixelFade has a distinct humor and branching choice stylization so to find someone who can match that has been a bit on an adventure. Ruel, who joined us last month, has really stepped up to the late and has been doing some great work so far! Additionally, Katie has also gotten back into the swing of things and we've m...
Astra - Vaela Stargazing CG (Finished)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far!! Just here to share the Vaela stargazing CG that is in episode 4. Please note that it contains light spoilers (part of the Vaela main path route, doesn't reveal anything story-wise).Vaela StargazingJust a nice, cute romantic CG. <3As always, please feel free to share your thoughts below! Thank you for your continued feedback. :^)
Astra - Monthly Update (May 2022) + Ep2/Ep3 Playable ART Version!
Hello Patrons,Happy Friday!!!!!!!!! Hope everyone's week has been going excellent so far! Firstly, thank you for your patience with the delayed monthly update. We wanted to release it with the new UI however it kept coming with some setbacks. That being said, it's in a decent and enough spot and ready for release!So without further delay, let's get started with the monthly May update.Episode 1+2+3 - Playable ART Versionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Mh-a9O15XwIQDbuJOm2-vFNbDHNvIJs/view?usp=sharingThe link above is the playable AR...
Monthly Update Coming This Week + Dev Stream On Sunday (May 29th)!
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a great week so far! I just wanted to post an update that the Monthly update will be coming out a bit late. It was scheduled to come out yesterday however we have a bunch of things that are almost done so just holding out for those.Just to give an idea of what the update will come with: Episode 2 & Episode 3 Art Versions The brand new user interface implemented (minus the extras section) Everything else the monthly updates give a status report on!We are really excited as everything is finally starting to co...
Astra - User Interface: WIP Preview (Version 2)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is doing well! I'm here to share the next version for our GUI that was updated based on the collective notes you guys provided as well as some decision direction shifts we wanted to incorporate!I've attached the original (labeled VERSION 1) and the new one (labeled VERSION 2). Please feel free to vote your thought in the polls as well as any feedback in the comments section!The two main adjustments we made was to make things feel like 'flashy' and more 'clean'. The second is to give the interf...
Astra - Monthly Update (April 2022) + EP1 Playable ART Version!
Hello Patrons,Happy Friday!!!!!!!!! Hope everyone's week has been going well so far. ;^)We got some phat stacks news today so let's get started!Episode 1 - Playable ART Versionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQS3fNG_t8ka8WkzGUOWNtjmTwBnSjFV/view?usp=sharingThe link above is the playable ART Version of Episode 1! This is the first look at BGs, CGs, Live2D integration and music. Things missing are ambience, SFX, voice over, lip sync, GUI and some other stuff however you can get a first look at the core gameplay now!This is extremely exci...
Astra - User Interface: WIP Preview
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is doing well! Just here to share the current WIP preview of the user interface, please feel free to take a look at the attachment.Once you have a chance to take a look, please feel free to share your feedback below as we are actively changing/improving it right now and any notes will be very helpful. You can also vote your general idea in the poll so we can get a rough idea where it stands so far.Thank you!!
Astra - Iris Fixing Tie CG (Finished)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far! Just here to share the finished version of the MC x Iris CG for tie fixing. ;^)LIGHT SPOILERS [Iris Path, nothing too plot revealing].It's no mystery that Iris is a bit of a ice queen so getting to see her personality past the hardened exterior is a bit of a change!As always, please feel free to share your thoughts below. Thank you for your continued support!
Astra - Luna Park CG (Finished)
Hello Patrons,Just here to share the finished artwork for MC x Luna at the park! Please note that there is MEDIUM SPOILERS [Luna Path, but an expected CG].I think Sunimu did an excellent job capturing a nice romantic/passionate moment between the two. :^)As always, please feel free to share your thoughts below! Thank you for your continued support.
Astra - Monthly Update (March 2022)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a great March so far! Firstly, I just wanted to thank everyone for their patience regarding this update. It has been an adventurous month to say the least and I wanted to capture all the proper information before relaying it over to you guys.So with that being said, let's get started!WRITINGThe reality is writing has been going a bit slow for a bit now and we grabbed a second writer to help out. That hasn't seen a return on time yet and we've actually had to direct some writing effort away to ge...
Astra - Exotic Dancer CGs
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! Just wanted to provide an update that we are finally caught up on all the CGs now that these are complete. :^)What this means is we should be returning to a more normal sharing of CGs from hereon out. So that's basically sketch -> WIP -> completion and alternative shares if CGs have some substantial rework!Anyways, without further ado, here are the exotic dancer CGs for the three lovely ladies. Note, these are LIGHT SPOILERS [Main path but in episode 3].The Luna was shared as par...
Astra - Monthly Update (February 2022)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far! Firstly, thank you for your patience in this update being one day delayed. We ran into a last minute snag on some Live2D share I wanted to do within Unity however it cascaded a few more issues. I rather have this update to you guys now and we can discuss more about that in the programming section.The super big juicy update for this month is that things are progressing well and starting in March, we'll be able to start making the actual playable version of our game!! This will be...
Astra - Monthly Update (January 2022)
Hello Patrons,It's the first update of the new year!!!!!!! This month was more relaxed as a lot of the team took 1-2 weeks off for December end / January beginning. That being said, we got some phat news to share so let's get started. :^)Please note there are medium spoilers (artwork and locations that are main path specific but may reveal certain game content; writing titles revealing game events).WRITINGWe've spent most of January doing some storyboard adjustments based on feedback received and also some continuity issues that wer...
Here Comes 2022!!
Hello Patrons,It's Friday and New Years Eve!!!!!!!!! Just wanted to say Happy New Year to all you lovely people. :^)2021 has been an incredibly smooth ride for the development of Astral Ascension thanks to all the support you guys have given us! Not being forced to release episodically in early access (which was necessary before to fund development) has been nothing short of a blessing and we have been able to make a no-compromise vision for this project! I figured I'd list a few of the accomplishments the team has done so far thanks to...
Astra - Monthly Update (December 2021)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is having an amazing week so far and are ready for the upcoming holidays!! This is the December 2021 update for Astra which will be the last status report for the year. So without further delay, let's get started!Please note there are medium spoilers (artwork and locations that are main path specific but may reveal certain game content; writing titles revealing game events).WRITINGEpisode 3 Part 2 grew so much that we are just calling it episode 4 now. The game length is looking to be almost twice the length of C...
PixelFade - Future Project Showcase Sample
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is doing well so far!! Today, I wanted to share a PixelFade future project that we've been bouncing around.Our team is of course hard at work with Astral Ascension and we have more stories to tell, so a secondary project idea that we've been thinking about doing is with mangas! While our core focus is of course on Visual Novels, a secondary manga project might be fun to do and of course it is more content for you guys. :)We have a couple ideas in mind which we'll discuss below, but here is a general previ...
Astra - Monthly Update (November 2021)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone had an amazing weekend! This is the monthly update for November 2021 for Astral Ascension; please note there are small to medium spoilers (artwork and locations that are main path specific but may reveal certain game content).I also noticed that I forgot to add a section for music/sfx so we will be adding in a header for Audio.Let's get started!WRITINGEpisode 3 writing was completed this month! You can check out the read-only version of all the content thus far by checking out this post:https://www.patreon.com/po...
Astra - Chapter 3 (Part 1): Read Only Available Now!
EDIT: Original version had a problem with romance points (especially Luna path!), please download V2 version attached now which has the fix!Hello Patrons,Firstly, thank you so much for being incredibly patient with Astra's development! We are being quite thorough in our approach with continuously making adjustments, continuity fixes, expanding on motivations...etc so that the final game will really be a new benchmark on what we can do!Chapter 3 was growing really big so we decided to split it into two separate parts. This is Part 1 and will...
Astra - Monthly Update (October 2021)
Hello Patrons,Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend! This is the monthly update for October 2021 for Astral Ascension; please note there are small to medium spoilers (artwork and locations that are main path specific but may reveal certain game content).So without further delay, let's get started!!:WRITINGWriting has been progressing at a steady rate! I was hoping to have a read only version out for mid October however we ran into a lot of extra planning when it came to the jealousy scenes. There was a lot of continuity to conside...
