Hello everyone! Last time I spoke about battle cut-in art and showed some of it off. I'm afraid to say that I did so in error. Due to unforeseen personal matters in real life taking up all of her time right now, M-3-1 isn't able to finish all the battle cut-ins, so for now I'm removing them from the game.

Don't let this worry you too much, though, as these were only a cosmetic addition. All other artwork for the game has been completely finished. I asked for a ton of work from M-3-1, and she has been super amazing about all of it. Thank you again, so much. Your artwork is what really brings the characters to life, and I am so totally grateful for that. I can say thanks enough for all of your hard work!

I take responsibility for showing off artwork before it was certain that it would all be done for the final release. I hope I haven't disappointed you guys too much with that ^^;;

In more upbeat news, it's time to show, for the very last time, the Game Progress Meter!



Look at that! Sooooo close! Now, you may be wondering, "uni, what's left to finish, and how long will it take?" All that's left is the Last Boss battle and the ending.

Now, given that I still need to draw all of the forms for the last boss and make some new battle animations for her, and that I want to incorporate some new settings into the ending that will require new tilesets to be drawn, it means that getting everything done will, at the very least, take me a week or two. And after that the game will be sent off to the testers to make sure I didn't mess up anything. After that, it'll be ready to download!

It's been an interesting few last weeks. I have been working super-hard, and luckily real life has been kind. That January 2016 release date that I was wondering about is no more, and it will be more likely early or mid November (or end of October, but that's probably pushing it XD).

Making this game has been an amazing journey. Looking back, all of my game-making skills have come a long way since I started. This was my first attempt at making tilesets, and replaying the game, the growing-pains show. I didn't really understand how to draw with pixels, how to color, how to pick colors that look pleasing to the eye, etc. But as I went forward, I learned so much.

I also had so much help from the community on this. Seriously, there's going to be a mega-huge post when this launches to thank everyone. This game would be a lot poorer without everyone's advice, help, and general kindness!

After this is complete, I plan to take a short break to help get a friend's game out there (*cough Grappi cough *) and then it'll be back to game-making for me for a modern-setting game that I really hope you all will also enjoy.

Thanks everyone! We're so close! If all goes to plan, this will be the final blog before the game is released! :DDDDDDDD