Hey everyone, We're back after our summer holidays! We're feeling refreshed and ready for what is probably going to be a busy year. Project Charlie is still in Alpha, but it's coming along nicely! It's hard to believe we've been working on it for a year already. [previewyoutube=CHnM6FjkzLo;full][/previewyoutube] [b][h3]Isaac the Code Wizard[/h3][/b] Our lovely lead programmer and technical artist Isaac wrote a dev blog delving into the work he's been doing recently - you can read the full post [url=https://www.balancingmonkeygames.com/articles/dev-blog-5]over on our website[/url], but let me post some excerpts of it here for you all. "Last year was a blast. Finishing work on Before We Leave was bittersweet. Part of me misses working on it, but it’s been so refreshing to work on a new project, especially being a part of the development from the beginning.I’m really proud of what we’ve accomplished in the first year of development. Before we went on break, our senior artist Tom and I worked on improving how the playable area integrates with the space whale. That involved tweaking the terrain generation and Tom working on the space whale model and texturing. Here's what it looked like before: [url=https://www.balancingmonkeygames.com/articles/dev-blog-5][img]https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/63c7286d6a19d2431c1b3955/63cf4fe1c653e033c8c77539_before.png[/img][/url] and here's what it looks like now:" [url=https://www.balancingmonkeygames.com/articles/dev-blog-5][img]https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/63c7286d6a19d2431c1b3955/63cf4ffde57c17928155c23b_after.png[/img][/url] [b][h3]An Eighth Balancing Monkey[/h3][/b] Our once tiny team has doubled in size over the last 18 months, and we have a new addition this January - Nina, our QA/Player Support expert! She's been with us for a week already and is smashing it. Please give her a Space Whale sized welcome ❤ [b][h3]Discord name change[/h3][/b] Lastly - since we'll have two games under our belt in the future, we changed the name and URL of our Discord. It's now [b]discord.gg/balancingmonkeygames[/b]. Thanks for reading everyone! I hope 2023 has been a prosperous and happy month for you all so far! Cheers, - Emily, Community Manager