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The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake

Catalyst Wake is a cinematic visual novel set in a vividly stylized post-apocalyptic world. Discover a thrilling story of assassins, corrupted leaders, and scrap-metal robots, as humanity faces what could be its final hours.

[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40280618/2ed7be49697432323224e37660d6a641321526a1.jpg[/img] Well, I'm about halfway through creating all the backgrounds I need. I also spent some time in the first part of the week working on another scene, which means [i]Masks[/i] now has three scenes complete, out of twelve. The longest scene may be done, but I suspect it will take at least a month to draw the remaining CGs, even if all the backgrounds were done. It's a good thing I moved that release date! In other news, I recently decided to enroll in a 15-week online course that starts next year. I joined it totally on a whim, but I think it will be an extremely helpful experience. The course mostly focuses on boarding and storytelling. As I continue to make more projects like [i]Catalyst Wake[/i], which is basically just a super polished storyboard, boarding will become much more of a major part of my workflow. In future projects, I'll need to improve on the acting and expressions, since the characters aren't wearing masks — it's better to rip off the band-aid and start doing that now. So will taking this class impact the development of my other projects? Yes, most likely. However, I plan to work on [i]Broken Spirits[/i] simultaneously, to an extent. There are still a few mysteries for me to outline, which I'd like to finish before I go into production on it. I actually scrapped one of the mysteries I'd written previously and plan to completely redo it. I just want to be sure I don't run into a writer's block during production. Obviously, I will have more information on when I'll be starting production on [i]Broken Spirits[/i], when [i]Phantom Limb[/i] will be out, and what the project I'll be creating for this class is next year. For now, my work on [i]Catalyst Wake[/i] continues. Until next time! — LockedOn. [i]You can visit [url=www.lockedongames.com]www.lockedongames.com[/url] to see a backlog of progress updates.[/i] [i] Support me on [url=https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lockedon]Buy Me a Coffee[/url] to unlock exclusive images from the upcoming chapters of Catalyst Wake. I post something there every week. [/i]