Strange Placements

So, it’s been a long time. Over a year, actually.

Though I burnt myself out and left the community a while ago, I recently returned and recalled the charm of it and remembered why I even began.

Life had also become hectic and with recent global events, I had time to reflect on this project, among others. 

From yesterday’s post, you probably figured it out. Strange Placements is back from the shadows. But not in the way that you may expect. As we’ve said in the past, our art skills are lacking in many regards. That was one of many reasons we chose to discontinue the comic.

But Strange Placements’ focus never truly was on the art. It was the writing. The story behind it all. And if continuing the story means sacrificing a good portion of the visual, then so be it.

Strange Placements will be returning, not as a full-blown comic, but as a write-up, in a similar form to how Voltra is now doing the Storyshift Reboot.

This doesn’t mean that we won’t have visuals whatsoever. I anticipate still using textboxes within, and whatever assets we may already have. Maybe brief maps will be created, to give you, the reader, a better picture of the story going on.

The story also won’t be fully rebooted. Rather, we will just continue from where the comic left off: The beginning of the Taiga arc.

So stay tuned, folks. We have one hell of a story to tell.

yup here’s another picture i showed off on discord but now it’s time to show this to everyone else

So, we’ve completed the Ruins arc. The map is finished. Time to move on to the Taiga.

It’s also time to officially release the map of the Ruins (at least, how it stands in Tiled). The link to view and download the full size file is here. If you notice any oddly-placed save points that don’t match the comic, those are where we needed to place them to get them on the map so we could move them later.

A decent amount of speculation over the past week :P. You ought to know the drill by now.

Disclaimer: We will neither be confirming nor denying any of these to maintain the air of mystery!

The Royal Council will be touched on throughout the journey. I’m sure it won’t need to be directly revealed, as everyone should be able to figure it out eventually.

I’m just going to shorten this month’s updates in to one for the sake of simplicity.

So far, the focus has been on getting the idea of what we wanted to happen in the next arc laid out and our general sequence of events put in order. This means we are figuring out exactly how the Sans and Papyrus roles (An unexpected pairing, but an interesting one nonetheless) will interact with each other, with Frolic, with Papyrus, and with all the NPCs in the area. So far, we have this fleshed out. So that’s one part down.

The 2nd focus is writing out the proper script for Part 9. Originally, we’d already had it scripted and the focus was going to be getting the assets (but it still is), but then an idea sprung up and now the part is being rewritten to make it more fun, more expressive, and overall just a better introduction to the next arc.

Stay tuned!

References? As in, drawings?

You’re uh, asking the wrong person.

Unfortunately, all you’ll have in the way of references are the sprites as they are. I wish I could draw that well, but I’m not artistically inclined.

I’m assuming by crossover you mean something along the lines of A Shift in Fate, not an AU combo such as Storyswap.

Honestly, it’s a very neat idea, considering Sudden Changes’ sophisticated style and Strange Placement’s heavy focus on science. And Strange Placements has had some parts VERY much inspired by Leo’s work.

Honestly can’t say for sure. The next part IS scripted out, but considering we’re entering a new area, it’s an asset motherlode.