Echoes from Valeth: Mid-project assessment

Hello everyone!

This is Blakenfen,

I'm happy to announce that, despite some difficulties on our side, we're already halfway there. And it's official: We're finishing Echoes from Valeth!

I want to thank the whole team for this:

-Thanks to my dear husband Shadow. He cheers me up, tests the game, helps me with social media, itch.io, patreon and discord management, despite not having lots of spare time. (He also also puts up with me, the most important part.)

-Thanks to my close friend, Lecrozac. He's the analytic eyes, also tests the game and we often talk about the present and the future of the project.

-Thanks to OtterKeeby. He's an excellent editor, a true professional, and he loves this project as much as we do. I'm 100% confident in his skills, and I'm ashamed of not being able to pay him enough for his efforts, but also infinitely grateful to have him with us.

-And, of course, thanks to all of you, the Aucyon Project patrons. Without you, this wouldn't be happening. Without you, there's no project.

Now, I need to make an important announcement:

The next update of Echoes from Valeth (May) will not feature a new chapter. And no, we're not taking a break. We're still working on Echoes from Valeth, but the amount of work is simply too big at this moment to release chapter 7 on May.

We have to produce new content, such as new character sprites, new backgrounds, a new UI... while also keep working on the edits.

Here's all the work we'll be doing on April, May and June:

April-May production work:

-Create the base of the remaining character sprites.

-Flesh out elements of the story.

-Gather, edit & produce new assets.

-Editing process assistance.

May update (0.6a):

-At least 2 chapters edited by OtterKeeby.

-Full implementation of dusk and night sprite variants (all chapters).

-Partial or total implementation of a new UI.

-Fixed a code error that "wouldn't allow Gwin to talk" while looking to the right.

June update (0.7):

- The 7th chapter of the story.

- More chapters edited by OtterKeeby.

- New sprite variations.

- At least 3 new CGs.

- 2 new characters.

- New sound effects.

- New music.

- General corrections.

Planned features:

-Additional visual content.

-Chapter selection menu.

-In-game cg gallery.

Please be advised the project's patreon will keep running. Polls, lore entries, etc. will keep coming as usual.

Finally, I let you know that the 0.6 version will not be available to the public on May, but they'll have access to the v0.6a on June, at the same time v0.7 becomes available to our patrons. This means there won't be public updates until June.

Thank you for your attention,

Blaken,