Animation Update & Release Plans!

Hi Patrons!

Here's an update on Story #7, and what I've been working on the past couple weeks. I'm now making heavy considerations for the release schedule, including writing the ending, credits, the premiere & the special merch offer for patrons. There's still quite a bit of work to be done, but I'm determined to get it all done by June!

For the animation, on my todo list is:

• Finish Animating Act 3 ◄ We are currently here
• Storyboard & Animate Ending Sequence
• Compositing (Polishing)
• Insert Patreon Cameos
• Credits Sequence

We are 73% done with the animation overall, though I anticipate some slow-down of progress as we tackle the high-workload third act. I may also take a few days off to prepare a certain, coconutty, April Fools Day video for the YouTube channel. To keep things running, we have a lot of inking, background art, and scoring to being done in parallel.

I'm also preparing the aforementioned special merch offer for you guys. Here is a test print of the Arzon keychain. Kero and I were experimenting with translucent elements in the image, but determined it to be too hard to see under light backgrounds.

So there's a lot of cool promotional merch coming along this time. In about 6 weeks, we'll be wrapping up the main animation and begin the HYPE train! I'm looking forward to sending you guys these pieces along with the finished animation.

Promotional Schedule

If all goes well, you can expect the release date trailer to come out in May, along with more news about the premiere. We're at a critical point where lots of preparation must begin or else milestones and releases will not be done in time! 

Forgive me if there is a delay in updates, please take it as a sign that we're more busy than usual with spoiler-filled tasks.

Speaking of spoilers, you'll find a number of beautiful concept art palettes for Act 3 attached to this post. View them if you're curious!

That's all I can report for now, thank you all again for your support and patience.