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Meet Commander Lochem Ahaffa

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"It doesn’t work like that. Wrong stays wrong, even if the whole world suddenly starts calling it right."

Meet Commander Lochem Ahaffa, May’s older brother. He will also feature in Episode 2.

He is extremely convicted about what is right and wrong, and lives his entire life guided by...

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Beta testing version .0818 now available to play!

At last something tangible for our loyal patrons to play. The beta testing version is now available for Windows, Linux and Mac.

If you are keen to play the game with some rough edges and missing backgrounds, head on over to  Itch 

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Game Sprites - Raymond Uniformed

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This is Raymond's character art, ready to be used in Ren'Py or any other Visual Novel engine.

The art is licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 

When giving credit as outlined in the above license, please do so as follows:

Raymo...

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Devbuild Version .0814

It's done! The entire script for Episode 1 is completed. We'll be opening a call for Beta Testers over the next few days. Limited spots will be available, but patrons will automatically be accepted.

We still need to finalize some music pieces, and all of the delayed backgrounds will possibly only be available at the pub...

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Free side images for Veera now on itch.io

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Thought I'd share this over here also.

The first set of free side images for Veera is now available on itch.

These are cropped versions of the images that our patrons receive to ensure that our patrons get additional value. (The itch versions will be shoulders up, while patrons will still receive the 2/3 or full b...

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Devbuild Version .0806

What a week! We finally have the entire script for episode one in the game. All of it.

  • Added startup sound for computer in intro branch.
  • Added additional content & polish to intro branch.
  • Changed scrape sound to sound deeper and larger.
  • Added additional content to bring routes togeth...

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Music Teaser - Artist: Griiffin

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This is a teaser (10-15sec clips) for some of  the "work-in-progress"  tracks done by Griiffin specifically for Infinite Stars that you'll soon be able to enjoy in game. 

Griffin has been composing for Infinite Stars since day one. He studied music while majoring in psychology. 

I'm sure you wi...

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Meet Captain Raymond Malone

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"For everything important we will find a way, for anything else we will find excuses."

Meet Captain Ray. He is the Captain of the UIC Tabitha, and you’ll see him in the second Episode of Infinite Stars. He admires people who, like him, places duty and honor above all else.

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Meet Lahkhadia

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"Squids? Ah. Because of my limbs. Humorous. But your intellect and reasoning have betrayed you." 

Meet Lahkhadia, one of the first Cephilusk you will likely interact with when playing Infinite Stars. We had a ton of fun coming up with the Cephilusk culture and their beliefs, and we're con...

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Game Sprites - Mayvheen Uniformed

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This is Mayvheen's character art, ready to be used in Ren'Py or any other Visual Novel engine.

The art is licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 

When giving credit as outlined in the above license, please do so as follows:

Mayv...

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Devbuild Version .0730

We made some progress on Infinite Stars this week (mostly out of game)

Our character artist now has an extra person to help out, so we'll be getting more character art, more regularly - which is great news.

Our music composers are also hard at work, but we are at a bit of a crossroad regarding the direction. Infin...

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Game Progress: History of Screenshots

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I thought it would be fun to share the way that Infinite Stars has developed over the past few months. It's been quite a journey from place holder art to semi final art.

It's been an amazing journey thus far, seeing how everything comes together. We honestly can't wait to release the first episode!

We'll probably ...

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Devbuild Version .0724

Been another busy week where we made tons of progress. The send-veera route is just about done, and the don't-send route is coming together nicely!

We have had some issues with our original background artist, but we've found a new one. We should have the first background from him by next week. If the quality and style i...

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Designing Uniforms

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This post is currently available for patrons and non-patrons.

There have been some really fantastic and some really dumb uniforms both in sci-fi, fantasy, and ironically real history. In keeping in tune with our hard science theme for Infinite Stars, we did some research on uniforms, the how...

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Devbuild Version .0719

First off, special shout out to our newest patron, Commander Bacom262! We are super excited to share this journey with you.

We had some issues with power failures for roughly two days that slowed down production, but we're over it and have been steadily making progress. A lot of time was spent writing and save for some ...

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Sciencey Science Fiction Starship Design

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 This post is free for all patrons and non patrons

When we started the project, we knew there were three important things we knew we wanted to include in Infinite Stars. The first was the Creative Commons aspect of the game, allowing our fans to create their own stories within the Infinit...

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Thoughts on Marketing an indie Visual Novel

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Everyone knows (or should know) that marketing a game is one of the most important facets of creating an indie game. I thought I'd share some information about our marketing efforts and shine a (somewhat dim) light on the process.

We are constantly improving our brand, evolving as we go. This is a bit contrary to the u...

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Devbuild Version .0630

Development has been continuing at a steady pace. Our artists are busy with the final pieces of artwork for the first episode. The Cephilusk characters are a bit more complex and takes longer to draw, but the end is in sight!


  • Implemented DropDrone BG (still needs some touching up from artist)
  • F...

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Devbuild Version .0604

 As usual, we've been busy in the background, working hard on the first release for Infinite Stars. We've had to make some adjustments to our backgrounds to ensure that the quality is on par with the rest of the project.

  • Added additional story to Send-Veera route
  • Troubleshoot and resolved audio loops...

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Game Sprites - Veera Uniformed

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Images updated on 2020-07-20

This is Veera's character art, ready to be used in Ren'Py or any other Visual Novel engine.

The art is licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 

When giving credit as outline...

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Help us choose a logo.

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We just can't decide between these two awesome logos done by @M_is_scared and @arcsiane on twitter. Help us choose please!


Vote here: Twitter 

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Shuttle Interior WiP

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Today we’re sharing some of the steps it took to create our fabulous shuttle interior background done by Ava, our background artist.

Almost all of our art assets start out with references to get a look and feel for what the final image should look like. Think of it as a mood board if you will. That being said, what ou...

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Meet Ensign Veera Polyakov

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Veera is another one of the first characters you’ll meet when playing Infinite Stars.

In a tough situation, she is the person you want on your side. You might not always agree with her methods, but she does get the job done.

She owes her life to the TPA and now the UIC, and she has tried to settle t...

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Meet Lieutenant Mayvheen Ahaffa

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Mayvheen is one of the first characters you’ll meet when playing Infinite Stars.

Like most people she struggles with some anxiety from time to time, but she also has a calm and peaceful side to her that will become apparent as you get to know her better.

She is well liked by most and has wisdom beyond her years ...

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First look: Katya

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Katya is the colonist girl that interacts with the crew from the UIC Tabitha. From here our talented artist will do the colors and facial expressions, and then the sprites will be incorporated into the game.

With less than two weeks to go for our estimated first public version, we still have a lot of work to do.

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Progress Update

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Progress on Infinite Stars has been steady.

A lot of the first episode has been written and is being edited. I’ve also started implementing Lieutenant Mayvheen’s facial expressions. You can see a draft version of them cycling in the attached GIF.

To my first Patron, I want to thank you for your su...

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More Art, More Story.

 

It’s been a busy few days again. Being in isolation really helps when you are motivated to write and launch a project.

We got the first few character sketches for Mayvheen and it’s looking good. Really excited to see the finished character. It’s a surreal experience seeing a drawing of a character on ...

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Ren'Py Animated Textboxes

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So I decided to make this first Ren'Py Trick open to Patrons and Non-Patrons. It will show you how to create your own animated text box in your games.


My example animation is maybe not the best, but it shows how the "static" moves around. The animation is also pauses since we made the one frame pause for 0.3 ...

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Artists, Writers, and Updates.

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Great news!

After much searching, negotiating and narrowing down, we found a Character artist. We also found a background artist. We signed agreements with monthly commitments so we will continue growing our art.Things are looking great and I should have some art to show soon.

In the meantime as promi...

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A sleepless night of coding and progress

 

So I’ve always thought Ren’Py wasn’t that difficult, and after a sleepless night, writing and coding a small 20 minute proof of concept project,I have to say I feel amazing. (I have slept in the meantime)

After my short project I watched some Youtube videos and learnt some more stuff. While I am by no...

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