[h2][b]Hi everyone!![/b][/h2] ✨Rebecca from Flightyfelon Games here. ✨ This is our first news post in almost a year, woo!! Please look forward to these regularly becoming a thing from now on. We’re so happy that we have such a passionate community on our [url=https://discord.gg/DDQFFmyRGF]Discord[/url], but we want to show some love to the fine folks following FREERIDE on Steam, too. Here, you can anticipate a monthly update on the state of the game and maaaybe other surprises! We’re going to have fun with this. First things first: This year we’ve been included in the upcoming ‘Storytellers Festival’, kicking off on the 29th Jan (hey, that’s today)! It’s amazing to be featured alongside so many other gorgeous narrative games. Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for this shiny banner on the Steam store: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TheStorytellersFestival2024][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40324791/835d729ecdb0f219c78dd2a28b51cc4a58444e69.png[/img][/url] The timing couldn’t be better because, believe it or not, it’s now been[b] ONE WHOLE YEAR[/b] since the release of the FREERIDE demo!! It's been the joy of a lifetime to see over [b]THIRTY THOUSAND[/b] of you face judgment (big love to all you Clowns out there - you have a special place in our hearts 🤡). The team is so happy and grateful for the support, it really helps keep us motivated as we push on to the finish line! [h1]Concept Art[/h1] On that note – we’ve recently finished the story implementation of Act 2 and the Intermission, which is the biggest part of the game. Because you deserve a treat, here’s some brand new concept art from those areas: [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40324791/187f4cfe8d94bf7c81e8f3765995ce1767284d40.png[/img] [h1]Community Events[/h1] I also wanted to share the results of last year’s [b]Act 2 Character Design[/b] contests on the Discord – you can see the concept art and how these characters look in the game! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40324791/178d21e5659df0d168c7ea18e6e2c841a9934f8b.png[/img] Arcas beloved: [url={STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40324791/1b69aab7020cdea84fbbd89c5a0e5b37d1651ce7.gif][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40324791/1b69aab7020cdea84fbbd89c5a0e5b37d1651ce7.gif[/img][/url] Mayumi & Sen, co-winners: [url={STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40324791/18207dd21e06a310635023f5be8137bf4d86b551.gif][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40324791/18207dd21e06a310635023f5be8137bf4d86b551.gif[/img][/url] [h1]🚂✨✨✨ What's Next?[/h1] We’re currently developing Act 3 and then will move on to Act 4 (aka, THE FINAL ACT!!). Also, I'm glad to confirm that we’re on schedule for release!! (Though we’ll keep our release date secret for just a while longer, sorryyy~) Is there anything in particular you’d like to know about in FREERIDE? We’ve gotten this far by listening to and having amazing conversations with our community, so if there’s anything you want to say, please reach out here or on our other socials. As many of you know, we’ve had [url=https://www.tiktok.com/@flightyfelon?lang=en]TikTok[/url] for a good while now, but we recently decided to get back to posting on [url=https://twitter.com/FlightyFelGames]Twitter/X[/url] and we even started an [url=https://www.instagram.com/flightyfelongames/]Instagram[/url]/[url=https://www.threads.net/@flightyfelongames]Threads[/url]! That's it for this month’s post. Thank you always and we’ll talk to you again soon!! With love and without judgment (probably 👀), -The Flightyfelon Games Team [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40324791/c6bfaaf7f2f7146e3cf3c77ecdc604bb0692c804.gif[/img]