Hey everyone, Rachel here again! I’ve got another character interview this week. Hope you enjoy! (This interview takes place before the events of Heart of the Woods, just fyi)
Before my interview with Tara Bryck, internet star and host of Taranormal, I know I’ve got my ...
2018-09-10 21:42:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like Maddie will never live down her goth phase. Thanks, Tara.
Happy #ScreenshotSaturday to all!
2018-09-08 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor those of you who were able to enjoy the three day work weekend, we sincerely hope you enjoyed it! Maybe a few of you played TWA:P in that time? Who knows!
Currently, TWA is moving along very nicely! We had fallen behind in development while we were pushing the Heart of the Woods demo an...
2018-09-06 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Music Mon(th)day! This month, our featured track is Cold Comforts, composed by Sarah Mancuso and featured in Heart of the Woods.
When you think of love, you think of warmth. Isn't it astonishing, then, that love can bloom even in the middle of the bitter winter?
2018-09-03 20:40:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hellooooo,
It feels like only a month ago that I was just writing our last monthly progress update. Time flies, huh?
That's a good thing though, because even though July was a bit of a slow month for us relatively speaking, August has made for up it a lot. Drafting has ...
It's #ScreenshotSaturday, and today... EVERYONE IS HERE!
Maybe one day we'll get their obligatory beach episode...
Hey everyone, For this week's TWA Sneak Peek, we have a new chibi set by Namie. We're going to have keychains of these available for purchase later! Some of us, including Namie, will be at Anime Weekend Atlanta later this month. You'll be able to buy these keychains, as well as some o...
2018-08-31 23:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patreon folks! I’m Sarah, one of the composers for Heart of the Woods. I’ve written a bit about three of the songs I contributed to the soundtrack: “Communion,” “Restless One,” and “Into Another World.”
“Communion” is Abby’s theme music, but it origina...
2018-08-26 23:02:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! Whether you're a dev or a fan, we hope you'll have get inspired by all the great game screens going around.
Also... somewhere in this screenshot, we've made a very discreet addition to the GUI. I wonder what it could mean...?
2018-08-25 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Rachel here with a progress update for Heart of the Woods!
It’s been an extremely busy month for everyone on the team as we continue to push towards release. Adi and Minute have been working tirelessly to get the Chinese translation for the demo polished and r...
2018-08-23 20:54:25 +0000 UTC View PostHi hi!! It’s Adirosa here for this month’s technical post!
I’ll be talking about… drumroll… the The Waters Above UI! Specifically, I’ll go into the design choices I made for the choice boxes in depth. I ...
2018-08-15 19:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Music Monday, everyone! This month, we're giving you a sneak peek - er, sneak listen - to the track Frigidarium from The Waters Above, composed by Kris "Astartus" Flacke.
Isn't the piano such a heartstring-pulling instrument?
2018-08-07 00:25:15 +0000 UTC View Post
(Hey everyone, it's Rachel again! For this interview, I'm going to be introducing a new character who will be hosting all future character interviews! Elisheva (or Eli for short), a journalist reporting from the totally-a-real-building Élan HQ, is going to be making sure you get the...
2018-08-05 17:48:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
With July wrapping up, that’s our first full month on Patreon finished. Thanks so much to everyone who’s been supporting us! We hope you like the content we’ve put out so far and that you’ll stick around with us for a while. Something you feel like we shou...
2018-08-01 23:52:16 +0000 UTC View PostAlly here with this month's piece of short fiction y'all! Based on the prompt where Abby is Tara's new manager. It got a little longer than I anticipated so it's not all coming this month, this is chapter one of two or three! It takes place in an Alternate Universe, so don't worry about ... 2018-07-30 23:38:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all!! Ally here for this month's update on The Waters Above!
Unfortunately there is not a lot of to update you all on right now. As you know at the end of last month we released The Waters Above: Prelude and a lot of this month has been a wind down from that. We have gotten a lot of f...
2018-07-26 23:32:35 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's Music Monday, we're sharing another beautiful piece from the Heart of the Woods demo! Hope you enjoy!
2018-07-23 18:24:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
Josh here with a quick behind-the-scenes for HotW. Today we’re gonna be previewing a very special alternate outfit for Maddie. Rosuuri only recently finished the design for it, but I can safely say it’s one of my favorite things she’s ever drawn.
2018-07-19 18:34:16 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! minute here, and I’ll be writing our first technical post.
We’ll be using technical posts to go over a wide variety of topics, all pertaining to the creation of our visual novels. From posting first drafts of our scenes, to scr...
2018-07-15 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post(Hey everyone, Rachel here! For my creative post this month, I'm sharing the first of four in-character interviews with the HOTW gals! Hope you enjoy!)
After the release of the Heart of the Woods demo, we got a lot of great questions about Morgan. Who is she? What’s she about? D...
2018-07-08 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For this week's patreon Screenshot Saturday, here's a look at Tara from the first Heart of the Woods CG! Flying across an ocean and spending a few hours on a train tends to take it out of you. This is probably the only time she's quiet in the entire game, so be sure to appreciate it while you can!
2018-07-08 00:41:32 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all! So for this month's TWA Asset sneak peak we wanted to show off this CG of Maera and Apple! When stars are brought into the sky at night this is where they are placed, and here we see Maera comforting and singing to Apple as they shine throughout the night!
We've also included th...
Hey everyone! Starting today, as a Patron you'll be getting access to our upcoming Music Monday one week in advance! This week, enjoy the title theme for Heart of the Woods: A Brittle Song of Things to Come!
2018-07-03 01:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody! First of all, we’d like to thank each and every one of you for being our very first patrons! We’ve got a ton of great stuff ahead of us, and we can’t wait to share it all with you! These monthly updates are going to be a way to let you know what we’ve all been up to...
2018-07-01 21:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all, Ally here! For one half of this months creative content I'll be writing a short story of around a thousand words with a subject of y'all's choosing!
For this month's prompt fill we will be taking suggestions in the comments. Please make your suggestions in the format of "Ch...
2018-07-01 17:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostMeowdy gamers!
Thank you so much for your support. And to show our appreciation to all of you, we’ve decided to release a beta build of The Waters Above: Prelude to everyone who’s pledged to us.
Please keep in mind that this is still beta. We’re currently in the QA phase, fixing...
2018-06-24 19:41:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone!
This is Josh, the founder of Studio Élan. We wanted to write up a quick introduction for anyone who hasn’t heard of us before. If you’re one of those people thanks for taking the time to check this out and read it!
There are 8 of us in Studio Élan curre...
2018-06-24 05:07:05 +0000 UTC View Post
