General Update #9

Hey there everyone!

Wew, these past few weeks have been busy! We're glad that Silent Echo v0.1.4 received such positive reception and today we're giving you some news on what's happening with both games.

Starwatch Academy

We're still working on patch 0.3.10 and based on the poll from two weeks ago, we've implemented a first set of changes to make life easier when navigating the game.

Eva's hints will now feature a fast travel icon that will take you to the closest possible location for that event. In some cases like events taking place in Novaris, it will require to have visited the location at least once.

Before we go ahead with condensing events into a single day, we would ilke to see how you feel playing the game with this change and if it makes the overall experience better.

There will still be special events to find for people keen on exploring the game that won't appear in the hints. We've even added more of them in this patch ;)

Prologue Skip

Another feature we're working on is a revision of the intro to provide an option to skip orientation week and Act 1 of the main campaign.

We're adding this for the players that like to have multiple runs but already know how things unfold, and also for the players that like the more action packed approach of Silent Echo and don't want to go through 50 days of social interactions before things start to kick in.

This choice will be available after character creation and transformation preferences have been selected.

You will get the option to choose between playing from the start or skipping to Act 2 and instead play through a condensed version of the story up to the beginning of Act 2 (a sort of tv show style "previously on" intro) and all the major choices will be able to be selected from this set of scenes.

Silent Echo

Work on the next patch is underway and we're currently adding the administration floor, featuring new locations to explore, new items to find and even a new mysterious character :o

We're also working on filling the gaps left in chapter 1, such as the ominous key, the pink dildo and the alternative way to progress on the "Knee Deep In The Goo" quest.

Development of the next update is still in early stages and we will have more to talk about in depth in the coming weeks, for the moment we're still hashing out the specifics of what exactly it will contain :)

Have fun out there!