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Also, as a fun fact—I wanted Ejdo's features to be inspired by Spanish actress Rossy de Palma, a Spanish icon and legend! Especially her nose—because when I was little, seeing her act so confident and proud of her nose (even if she was struggling on the inside) helped me handle my insecurities about my own. She's talked plenty about how people called her ugly because of her nose, and I want to share a quote of hers from a kind of recent interview (2024)!

“It's true that some people were bothered by my nose, but that was their problem. I used to say I wasn't going to change something that bothered others but not me. They blamed me for something I hadn't chosen. That opened up a very interesting world for me, both psychologically and sociologically, because while they couldn't see past my nose, I was trying to figure out what kind of person they were.”

 Starting July, and given she has some days off her job, Raquel will put the pedal to the metal and work on Amon's first CG. I've already delivered the moodboard and now it's just a matter of time!

After stepping away from this background for a few days, Airyn is finally done with the main street you'll visit in the Mitari district during Amon's route! This one still needs a bit of post production, as Raquel and I like shoving our glittery effects here and there.

To take a break from the madness that is the background you see above, Airyn has been tackling the backgrounds that will serve as transitions between the different times of day (or between days!)—basically to show the passage of time! We have day, night, dawn and dusk! Airyn has done a delicious job (these clouds look yummy...) and I've worked on the post-production (adding silly effects and whatnot), and all four of them are done!

Besides that, Airyn has also sketched what will be the Main Character's room in Dagalis! Now it's Astro's time to model it, using the many furniture sheets Airyn made back in the day! As she won't be getting back to the MC's room until Astro is done with the 3D model, Airyn has also tackled another background: an alley! Yup, mandatory sinister alley you encounter in every dark / horror game. She's currently done with lineart and she's doing a fantastic job!

Our Patreon members and our Kickstarter backers have already seen these!

June has been a month dedicated to Amon's CH 1, and I'm proud to say that thanks to Allie's hard work, the script of the first chapter is corrected. Done. Terminado. Acabao'. Allie's feedback has been nothing short of excellent, and I've been tweaking a few scenes as per their suggestion! I'm so happy with how chapter 1 has turned out, and how chapter 2 is going. Because yes! I've also been writing chapter two. I'm sitting at 35 pages (for reference, chapter 1 has 110), and I'm having so much fun seeing the plot unfold and having characters I've had stuck in the backrooms for a long time finally make an appearance.

I've also been working on a NSFW ask for you Patreon folks, and three of our main LIs already have their scenario written and ready to be........read :^).

During June, I've started coding the first scene of Amon's first chapter, and as the script is 99% corrected, that's what I'll be focusing on starting July. Folks at Patreon with the Certified Limber tier and above had the pleasure to watch a clip of the first minutes of gameplay, and I hope I can soon deliver a playable build to our beta testers over there. I also polished the chapter screens—a.k.a the transition happening at the start of every chapter!

So, as you may know, I've been moving! June has been all about packing, panicking, packing and panicking, making sure the cats are as comfy as possible in the new house (they are! they love it), scheduling things like internet services, a new lock, an alarm, furniture...I've also been attending a congress this week as a speaker with one of my papers. I also have a very important deadline on the 15th, so until then I'll be more or less focusing on polishing another paper. Most of the heavylifting of the move is done, but there are still some things to take care of and they don't seem to end! T_T

Raquel has been doing well! She has two weeks of vacation right now, so I hope she can rest and decompress. She also attended the same congress as me, and I watched her presentation yesterday!

Astro has been struggling a bit with his health lately, but he's doing better. He just left to walk the Camino de Santiago with his father, so until next week he'll be walking endlessly. Wish him luck!

Kayden is doing well!

We've finally changed consultants and our yearly taxes seem to have been sent without issues. A nice surprise was to know that June still counted as a month with our reducted freelance tax, so that was a relief! Another month of life insuflated in Ravenstar Games' lungs /j.

This month has been specially hectic for me with the moving and all it entailed, but my mental health has surprisingly benefited from it all. I haven't been able to work on LiL as much as every other month, but I'm pumped up and ready to get back to my routine! But first I'll see if I can recharge a little.

See you soon!

With love,