AH AH AH AH~ I bet you thought this was vapourware, didn't you? WELL... WELL IT SORT OF STILL IS but that's not the point. As you can see I've nuked most of the old page and I'm starting fresh! Let's talk a little bit about what this blog post means.

The current status of this, the game that is Origin
In production! But in deep cover production, since... well, keeping up updates stresses me out. I'll probably do the tumblr thing, though, so I can give mini-updates and keep in touch with people! Mostly I don't want to generate the hype machine too much, since there is still a lot to do before this is approaching something releasable and I know how I work (in VERY INTENSE BURSTS followed by lulls lasting up to a week to multiple months).

There was a period of about 1.5 years where I didn't touch this (break-ups are hard, man OTL), but I started working on this again in earnest at the beginning of the summer! Since then I've gotten a lot of work done, but, like... well, most of it is stuff I can't really show off! To summarize:

• Acts I and II are fully written.

• Act I has a final draft. Act II is currently undergoing revisions.

• Act III events are laid out, as well as all sidequests. The dialogue has not been written for these, however.

• A heaping fuck truck of database stuff, and good LORD did that ever involve a lot of spreadsheets. IB I have all the status effects listed out, most of the main party's skills laid out (barring a coupla gaps to be filled towards endgame), battle plans for most of the bosses, and at least a complete weapon list. I still hafta revise the armour list and review the item list, but chances are they are basically done, too.

• Getting a start on battle sprites! It's all gonna be sideview and using the YF FTB thing, so WOO~ It's fun, I promise. >w>

So as you can see, a lot of stuff! But, again, not really things to show off (unless you're a nerd who likes looking at spreadsheets LIKE I AM... OTL).

Major changes since you've last seen this thing
There are only a handful, but they're pretty substantial!

It's in Ace. This should be obvious given that I have changed the engine thing to Ace. >__> This comes with all the things you'd expect: new approach to battles, new maps, w/e.
Julia is now the main character. Move over, Alvaro, we have a COOL LADY as the main character. The plot ended up being about her, anyway, so w/e it's rad. We still get Alvaro stuff, but his plot is defs subplot, where it was always meant to be.
The addition of Jada and other minor cast reshuffling/alterations. I expect literally no one to remember the character that proceeded Jada, but yeah he got replaced and now we have Jada instead and Life Is Good. Bury the old character in my closet, move along, nothing to see here. *sweats nervously*
Those graphics~ I'd actually started this while it was still in vanilla VX, but I never got around to posting screens! I'm using a taller sprite style AND IT JUST LOOKS GREAT.
An overall tonal shift. This game is going to be funny. There will be some emotional moments, but for the most part this will be a whimsical, lighthearted, colorful game. It is extremely non-lethal: even the scrubs you fight in random-encounters won't die. If you like something dark and gritty, this is not the game for you.

What to expect from here on in
Not much, tbh. I'll be around, I'll chat with y'all if you have questions about the game (since it's really well formulated in my head, I just... I just gotta do the nitty-gritty work and make it), but for the most part this is going to be a quiet development process. I do not work consistently enough to keep an active page going, so ALAS that won't be part of this! I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE but not really because this is for the best, trust me. OTL

For those interested, I also do other things with my time! You can follow my art blog on tumblr for both Origin related art and others, and pretty soon I'll likely have a blog around for a story I'm writing?? LIKE WOAH I am legit writing a novel and I'm pretty sure I can do it, which is wild to me. I also have a regular tumblr, but, like... look I post a lot of social justice shit and skeleton memes on there, you don't really need to follow me if that's not your bag. OTL

If you want to help out with things like resource creation (really, that is the main thing I need assistance with), hit me up! Especially if you create Godly Pixel Tiles. I would love to wrangle you into helping me. >__>

As for the rest of you, hey, welcome back! I'm around. This is alive and I'm slowly whipping it into shape. See you in 5 years.