{"id":4507,"date":"2023-09-01T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:29:10","slug":"toa-an-elven-marriage-update-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/toa-an-elven-marriage-update-and-other-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"ToA: An Elven Marriage update and other stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>as I&#8217;m writing this blog post I&#8217;m waiting for the last backgrounds (I was using temporary\/placeholders in some scenes) and edited texts of my upcoming VN\/RPG ToA: An Elven Marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newbg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newbg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4509\" style=\"width:655px;height:368px\" width=\"655\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newbg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newbg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newbg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newbg-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>One of the new backgrounds I recently added to the game<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This month I also got the custom outfits for Elenor\/Saren from the backers, and I like how they turned out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newoutfits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newoutfits-1024x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newoutfits-1024x419.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newoutfits-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newoutfits-768x314.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newoutfits-624x255.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newoutfits.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I must admit that&#8217;s &#8220;fun&#8221; to be working on a RPG during the same months that Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 and Starfield come out! But as I&#8217;ve said many times, it&#8217;s not really competition, more like the opposite &#8211; new players could be attracted to this genre after playing those two big games, and maybe they&#8217;ll decide to try some smaller indie games like mine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Estimate beta date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what&#8217;s left? When the beta will be ready? that&#8217;s the question I often get asked in my socials and Discord. I don&#8217;t know how much time will take exactly, but I can tell you this: the beta will begin even if I don&#8217;t have all the final backgrounds. I will start it shortly after I have all the final edited texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I get them, I will take probably 1 week to retest everything and then the beta (on itchio only) will start. Considering that there aren&#8217;t many texts left, I think that&#8217;s safe to say that the beta should really begin this month, maybe towards mid\/end of it. Anyway, not much left to wait!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other stuff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you know, I work on many things at once. I&#8217;ve been experimenting with creating a sort of adventure framework for a future game. Not with walking characters on screen, more like &#8220;first person&#8221; adventure. I can&#8217;t talk much about it yet, but likely will be my next Kickstarter, once I figure out a few things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adventuregame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adventuregame-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adventuregame-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adventuregame-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adventuregame-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adventuregame-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adventuregame-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adventuregame.jpg 2044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be a slice-of-life psychological horror game set in Spain near the border with France, and will be one of my &#8220;shorter experimental games&#8221;. I call them like that when I want to try new ideas or new genres\/combinations without investing too much time or money. Sort of &#8220;test the waters&#8221;. A bit like what I did with Save the World (a game that it seems was well received).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will probably be able to talk about it later this year or early next year! That&#8217;s all for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone, as I&#8217;m writing this blog post I&#8217;m waiting for the last backgrounds (I was using temporary\/placeholders in some scenes) and edited texts of my upcoming VN\/RPG ToA: An Elven Marriage. This month I also got the custom outfits for Elenor\/Saren from the backers, and I like how they turned out! 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