Heyo~

Happy Holidays, and seasons greetings from Santa-Artisan (non-festive version further below)!

The last two months have been quiet as usual during the end of the year, as we finish up obligations and take a break for the holidays. We recently finished setting up the build for early feedback and testing, with a focus on how the narrative and progression experience feels before committing to polished work.

This also will help us in the coming year, when we move into overall script editing and rewrites.

Sprite Work

Since our last update, we’ve completed almost all the game’s sprite work! The Artisan now has his complete sprite set, giving him more variety in poses he uses to stalk plucky heroines.

We’ve also completed a sprite set for an unrevealed character! They’re one of our favorite characters, and require a bit more thought in how we portray them in story scenes compared to characters like Essie or Giselle. Figuring out how to solve that, though, has given us more potential ideas for how we can improve overall presentation during scenes for when we get to polishing.

As always, thank you for reading! Happy Holidays, and have a Happy New Year.