Sunday, November 17, 2024

Palestra and Dreadlord Ascension next update

 

Palestra:

The poll has ended and we're in for another Clef update! I will be starting work on that soon!

 

Dreadlord Ascension:

It's finally coming! We're nearing the end of the current update! All we are missing now is connecting Lenga's update together, making his stage and testing! Thankfully, we already did some tests in September so that should significantly cut back on the needed testing.

The update should release between November 24 and November 30th. We'll be cutting it fairly close with the remaining work, but I think we can make it. The only thing I'm unsure about is if we'll manage to make more performance optimization for Android (this means you'll need a pretty good phone to run the game until we can get to this.)



Beyond the November update:

As we're nearing the end of the current update, Threeclaws and I have also been deciding on the steps we're going to take next. Before we continue the story (main or new world), we decided it'd be best to get all the reworks out of the way, but also add in pretty much all the features we want in the game so we have a better idea of how much work one character will be in total.

As such, these are our current plans for the next updates (needed time per update is subject to change):

Update 1 (December - January):

  • Reworking the dates - Our aim here is to flesh them out more as a minigame and reduce the info dump they currently are. They will still give affinity, but they will also be tied to the corruption.

  • Corruption cards - This minigame will be the new way we use the animations currently used for Cervius's refresh in battle (which means it will be removed from there). This minigame will be the main way to increase a character's corruption along with the dates.

Update 2 (February - March):

  • Ero combat animations - Introducing a new way to play ero moves in combat. This will be used by Cervius, characters and some enemies. (As an example, if you trigger a character's corruption during combat, he'd be able to use an ero move on another character on the field to trigger some effect on them. Some enemies could also be given ero moves to use on characters. Our plan is to use the new battlefields to our advantage for this.)

  • Skill Grids - This will rework the skill system. Characters will now have their own skill grids to streamline how they acquire skills by spending SP. (more info on that later!)

Update 3 (April - May):

  • Conquest map rework - This will be a big rework to the conquest map. Not only how it looks, but how it works and it will affect the game pretty significantly as most locations will now be tied to this map.

As usual plans are subject to change, but these are our current plans so we can finish laying the groundwork we've been slowly working on since we began Dreadlord Ascension. Some of those updates may touch upon basic systems of the game and as such, it's possible that saves may become incompatible with the new versions. Which is why really want to get those updates out of the way.

Hope you're looking forward to all we've planned and we'll keep you updated as we make progress!

Sunday, November 10, 2024

New Palestra version and weekly update

 New Palestra update available! This update adds 3 new underwears for Clef (brand, Aeyan's and Tael's). Also, a new sex toy was added for Sorey which can be bought at the shop in Ralkyx. This update can be downloaded from the Palestra page!

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Palestra:

New Palestra update is available! Also, I started the poll for the next update.

 

Dreadlord Ascension:

We're getting close to completing the stage part of the update as Seilon's stage is now complete and Sol's stage is nearing completion. After that, we're going to work on Lenga's stage (which should be this week!)

 



Sunday, November 3, 2024

Palestra and Dreadlord Ascension weekly update

**This is a repost of this week's patreon update


Palestra:

CG is now done for the next update so all that's left is to assemble it in time for the next weekend! The update will be releasing on the next Sunday!

Dreadlord Ascension:

We've made more progress on the stage update. Ayers's and Haiden's stages have been completed while I also have the new animation package ready for download!






Sunday, October 27, 2024

 Palestra: 

The next update will again be a Clef update as voted by patrons. I started the writing for the update and have also been writing for all the leftover main story updates. Based on the text I'll have by the end of it, I think we'd have 3-4 main story updates left ;).

Dreadlord Ascension:

We made some good progress for the next update! I've been focused on making assets for the new maps as well as some more idle animations that will be part of the next animation package. This time, I'm aiming to make an animation for Fenris, Alastor and two other characters. Fenris and Alastor are already done.

As for the stages, the Daemonheim part is now mostly over and we turn our attention towards Dregan!

 





Sunday, October 20, 2024

Palestra and Dreadlord Ascension weekly update

Palestra:

New poll is available to start voting on the next update!

 

Dreadlord Ascension:

The Lenga update is pretty much all in the game minus his unit and stage! This means another big chunk of the next update is now complete. I can now focus back on the stages to help out Threeclaws as there is still a lot of work to be done (Dregan and Daemonheim stages + some optimisation for the mobile version)

It's been very hard gauging the amount of work for this update since it's pretty big and involved a lot of new assets and systems. Unfortunately, we're still going to need more time to deliver the update and so we need to push back to November for the release. This time though, it should be the last time we need to delay as we're nearing completion and we should have another Discord test before the official release!

 



Sunday, October 13, 2024

New Palestra version and weekly update


New Palestra update available. This new update adds 3 new underwears for Natsu and a new sex toy for Kirito. You can refer to the guide in the "www" folder to find out how to acquire the new underwears!


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Palestra:

New update is up! This time it's a small one but I hope you'll like the appearance of a certain character :P.

Dreadlord Ascension:

I've been working on putting in the Lenga scenes this week! I should be able to wrap this up this week and then I'll be helping out Threeclaws with the 3D stages.

If you want to help out by giving feedback, we've also started testing the 3D maps of Radian on the Discord server!

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Palestra and Dreadlord Ascension weekly update

Palestra:

I skipped doing an update last week as I didn't have much visuals to share, but since I've been working on the new CG this weekend, I can show this!

The new update should be coming out next weekend! It's going to be a fairly short update as I made some assets that will be used in later updates, but I'm glad to be working on Hiro for this update xP.

 

Dreadlord Ascension:

Currently, we've made some good progress on the Lenga and 3D voxel stage update! Radian is getting close to done and next up we will need to work on the Daemonheim and Dregan stages.




Threeclaws is the one remaking the main story stages and he's been doing a very nice job on them! Later this week, we will be holding a second test on the Discord server for the Radian stages and this test will include the mobile version.

While Threeclaws makes progress on the stages, I have been taking care of Lenga's side of the update by putting in his cutscenes! This side of the update will not be tested on Discord, but it will be released alongside the stage update!