Devlog 2023-04-21

Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel

Infinite Stars is a visual novel filled with romance, mystery & roleplaying elements where you choose how the adventure unfolds. Establish your character & personality through the hundreds of choices presented in this interactive fiction inspired by stories like Dune, The Expanse & Mass Effect.

It's Friday! ::shoulder wiggle:: I've been continuing to write dynamic content and working on the scenes I mentioned in last week's Devlog. (It had some very cool teasers about the two new Cephilusk Characters) A small teaser from one of the snippets I've been working on: Her desk display was filled with gruesome pictures of corpses, and morbid curiosity compelled me to take a closer look. It seemed like Kiaria had been doing research on various ways to dispose of a body. All of her search queries were oddly specific with her biggest concern being whether or not the method in question would actually work. There's a new Patreon build ([url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/81834228]Win|Mac|Lin[/url]) and ([url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/81834229]Android[/url]) available for you to test the new MC portraits showing while your Mah'Abeu talks, and depending on the feedback, we'll share this feature next week in a new public build. (I've been rushing to get everything compiled and uploaded before my power goes off!) [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41223954/52a19248d7f1aaab86254c15659b042ee6a20dec.png[/img] Tae has also been working on some new player portraits that we'll be adding to the game, and she has redrawn Kiaria's sprite to make her look more like the original Kiaria all of you love and adore. We sadly missed the deadline to have the new Kiaria in today's release, but you'll see her in action from next week! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41223954/9df772ac4cd6f41ba671e1ead94f223fdeb30df6.png[/img] Stoffies has continued to work on updating the older backgrounds, and he is still busy with the Drop-Drone redraw (with bonus modularity!) Our studio (IF THEN ELSE Interactive Fiction) has been growing slowly, and we've been adding a ton of new character sprites for our fellow indie devs to use in their own game. [url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/treasure-trove-81691323]Seriously, if you have any interest in developing your own Visual Novel or narrative driven game down the line, you should check it out.[/url] We've even extended the early bird 40% discount for life promotion. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41223954/35ce8536e42faa670c854358823686b84654e84b.png[/img] I'm off to do some more writing, but I hope all of you have a fantastic weekend. Stay safe, be kind and dare yourself to try something new! Love all of you! <3