Sain of the Greylands

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New site design is live. Full overhaul of all aspects of the site. 

Links other than Blog & Tags (not available on the mobile version) are not live yet, but will come in the following weeks. To contact us please send en email to [email protected]

Don’t worry, Project Sain is alive and well!  As we approach Summer, we will be coming out of a dormant period of sorts (school...), but this is not to say that we all have not been working bit by bit whenever possible.  Stay tuned for a more substantial update in the coming weeks!  

Thank you very much for your kind words on our progress in Project Sain, it truly means the world to us to know that you all are as excited as we are to see it completed!  We hope to get more content out ASAP so stay tuned!  

Hey everyone!  

A few days ago, we added some new songs to the development blog's playlist:

4. The Lone Watcher (Kal'que'as theme)

5. Welcome to Ballah

These were made by our brilliant team member Brad.  Check them out and stay tuned for more content and updates as they develop!  Thank you!  

Here is a concept for a female villager NPC, drawn by our brilliant artist Aanikka!  Stay tuned for more work by Aanikka and the rest of the team!

Merciless, sadistic, and megalomania describe this man all too well.  His name is Achril and, as the mercenary lord of Dark Blood, is responsible for ending and ruining the lives of countless people, including Sain's.  If Sain wishes to find this elusive man, can he do so while still holding steadfast to his beliefs?  

This was drawn by our brilliant artist Sara.

Howdy there!  

We still need some base positions filled in the project.  If you, or anyone you know, are interested and willing to take on one (or more, we won't stop you haha) of these tasks, let us know!  

Traditional Artists: hand drawn or using a computer/tablet/whatever your favorite device to draw

- artist(s) to work on making the maps.  (The locations and rough look of the world has already been made, so this would essentially be just drawing the maps)

- artist(s) to work on the overworld environment/towns/areas that the characters will walk on/through.  [we are still debating whether we want the overworld to drawn traditionally or done digitally w/ sprites, but still inquire if interested]

- artist(s) to work on some of the cutscene drawings along with Sara.  These drawings will serve to help describe major plot points during dialogue of the main storyline.  In terms of the style, we are looking for something along the lines of a traditional manga style (examples) you see in many RPG's, but you are, of course, welcome to put your own creative spin on it.  

Digital Artists:

- artists for character/NPC/enemy, item/weapon, and combat effect sprites.

- artist(s) for working with the game's text, and text/textures for the various menus. 

Programmers: Additional programmers comfortable coding in C#, for coding of the game and other aspects of it, HTML, for maintenance on the website, or Java, for other miscellaneous coding projects. 

Writers: (In the near future) To assist with the writing of NPC dialogue and side story content/dialogue.  

Hope to hear from you all!

Meet En'nal, another ally that Sain will meet along his journey.  En'nal is a formidable student of magic and is exceptional with dark magic, a rare school amongst the Athesti.  What role will he play in Sain's journey?   Drawn by our brilliant artist Sara.  

Here is Damien, a powerful man Sain will meet (and perhaps fight?) along his journey.  With strange charisma, he leads a hoard of ruthless mercenaries.  Will they help or hinder Sain on his quest?  

This was drawn by our brilliant artist Sara.  

Our music player is live and you can hear 3 tracks from our game right from the website!  All were written (with the exception of Gymnopédie No. 1) and performed by our talented music expert Brad.

Track List

1. Main theme (Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie)

2. Ruins (area theme)

3. Greylands (area theme)

This here is Paul!  He is kind hearted and optimistic, truly searching for the goodness in others.  He shall accompany Sain throughout his trials whilst dealing with his own demons.  This was drawn by our brilliant artist Sara. 

I apologize it has taken so long to show you all anything, but without further ado, I am pleased to show you our game's protagonist, Sain!  More about Sain at a later date, but he is however you make him out to be since you will be deciding how he responds to the various trials that befall him.  This was drawn by our brilliant artist Sara.  More concepts to come soon!   

It's been a few months, so what's gone down since early summer?

-As I'm sure you've all seen, our company is official.  Odd Sanity, LLC is here to make Project Sain a reality!  

-A week or so ago I was able to finish the main dialogue for the entire game!  Does this mean I am done with the main dialogue...eh... I still need to go through and edit everything, and there is a good chance I will be adding several things to the game in the first half particularly.  In the near future, I am interested in some assistance with a lot of the writing of side missions and other similar escapades, so inquire if interested.  

-Brad has been working his magic with the music, and we hope to be posting some samples of his work on the game soon.  

-Sara has been working on half body drawings of the main characters that will be used in dialogue sequences.  

Stay tuned everyone! 

Say hello to Odd Sanity, LLC.  

Expect content coming your way ASAP!

Howdy everyone!  Summer is here, so you know what that means...time to get some major work done on the game.  To any of our artists that follow this blog, check your email and get back to us.  Let's see where we're at.  

-I am mid way through the 2nd half of the game's main dialogue.  If I work diligently, I can probably finish it up in the next 2 weeks.  I've also been hard at work on legal-esque forms and the structure of the studio.  

-Omar's biggest task recently has been the Character class, which will be applied to your character(s), enemies, and NPC's.  It will account for how they interact with the environment, when attacked/attacking, etc.

-Brad is a master of his craft.  In the last few weeks I joined him in his studio to brainstorm music.  He has turned out nothing but gold thus far, including the main theme, several area themes and one of the menu themes.  

-Sara is nearly complete with the last major character concept for now.  

It is my hope that when the next update rolls around (soon), we will be showing off some of our content.  Stay tuned, and thank you for sticking with us.  You're the best!

Yikes it's been two months since the last update...very sorry about that.  This semester has been hell, but that doesn't mean we haven't been working little by little.  

-Big steps will be taken this Summer, and if/when they are successful, we believe we will finally be able to start moving along at a much faster pace.

Any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to ask, either on tumblr or through the email.  Again sorry for the long silence.