Backerkit Surveys Sent!
over 2 years ago – Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 04:51:16 AM

I've been working hard on the Letters To A Beloved Ghost DLC, and in the meantime, backer surveys are ready and have been sent! Make sure to get your response in before February 1st if you want your design votes for Alice and Renfield to count, and to select your physical rewards! If you're late with your survey answers, you'll still get your access codes, and certain physical rewards will have additional stock available- But don't you wanna lock it in? Go answer!

Here's a talksprite for Yume, who as you know, appears in Beloved Ghost and the background of EF2 as a member of Renfield Future! (Speaking of, that song from the stretch goal is currently in progress~). I've almost finished drawing every necessary talksprite for the DLC and can soon move along to CGs, BGs, and alternate expressions! I spent a couple weeks away from my big boy computer for the holidays, so I banged out most of the chibis for the all-characters stickerpack while I was there.

And on the topic of BGs for Beloved Ghost and beyond, I tend to use The Sims 4 as a base for my interior backgrounds- Laying out floorplans and furniture to screenshot and draw-over later, to ensure that placements and angles make sense. Not directly tracing any individual furniture pieces or anything, but taking cues from the shapes. This is how I designed Jessie's rooms when working on My Dreamy Darling Deathwish! This weekend, I'll be making the Ruby Teahouse (Shinjiro's restaurant!) and figured I may as well hop on stream about it. No specific time planned, no schedule going forward, but for as long as I'm working on populating a save file with Entropic Float sims and locations, I'll stream it every so often, and happily answer EF questions while on those streams! I figure it's a good way to unwind and stay engaged with my lovely community, since I do tend to get a bit... Hermit-like, while focusing on development.

Speaking of hermits, here's a talksprite for her.

So I'll sign off now with a reminder to answer your surveys- Thank you, as always, for reading!

Campaign Completed- Two Stretch Goals Met! Reward Surveys Soon!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:16:11 AM

What’s got Bea so shocked? Well, for now let’s say it’s the success of the Kickstarter Campaign! The additional title screens in this update don’t represent a use of KS funds yet though- We’re still in the pledge collection period, where Kickstarter takes two weeks to make sure every pledge is valid, collecting funds, and taking fees. After time’s up, you can expect to see surveys coming from Backerkit, where you’ll also be able to add standalone items that weren’t included in your pledge. For example, a full-body acrylic standee of that Bea!

Besides the surveys, once funds are collected, I’ll also be posting in a designated channel of the discord server if you want to follow along with accountability! I’ll start things off with a post of the exact number deposited in my bank account, then share the exact amounts and subject each time I spend KS funds.

Since we hit two stretch goals, the original budget is in a little bit of flux- If my estimates are correct, we should have a little bit extra after the original designations of funds, adjusted taxes, and the costs of fulfilling the stretch goals, but the costs are still just estimates so I’m not going to commit the spare funds to any specific purpose just yet. Could be more voice acting, could be more art- I tried to estimate high on expenses rather than low, but you never know for sure. That’s a great thing to follow along on discord for!

As stated in the roadmap, I plan to release the Beloved Ghost DLC in February 2024. For this reason the surveys lock on February 1st. I need time to apply your votes for character designs! Digital rewards outside of download keys and physical rewards alike can be expected around May of 2024. Then, it’s just development of Entropic Float 2 until it’s ready~

Thank you all again for your overwhelming support in making Entropic Float the best that it can be, and, as always, for reading. I can’t overstate my gratitude! And now it’s time for me to get busy making. I’ll leave you with one more preview of a chibi for the DLC, to show I too have been hard at work, not just title artist Soyokaze- One of many that will be joining the sticker pack included with all physical reward tiers!

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48 Hours Are Left!
over 2 years ago – Sat, Dec 09, 2023 at 04:53:48 AM

Hey, it's the final stretch!! Check out some of the talksprites I've been hard at work drawing over the past month- There are 48 hours left here in the Entropic Float 2 Kickstarter where YOU TOO can get involved in all kinds of fun things! A download key to a soon-to-be-released DLC joins the download key for Entropic Float 2, available on its own at the $5 tier and together at the $15 tier- A $20 value compared to the planned retail for both separately! These two tiers also get you votes on two different character designs! If you can't afford any reward tier, but you can toss me a dollar? You're still supporting a trans and disabled gamedev, so that's winning too!

If you can swing it a little higher, rewards abound- Commissions at discounts from my usual rates (I could rush it through if you want one as a holiday gift for somebody~), physical merch, and even options for your OC to join the world of Entropic Float, from a simple cameo up to integration as a significant character (following a long discussion to determine where they best fit into the narrative of course~).

Here in these last two days, we're just $271 USD short of our second stretch goal- Creating an actual song for in-universe band Renfield Future! Being able to do this would have many benefits- Bringing the band and the main character from it to life, giving us an option to use in trailers without going through the headache of licensing existing songs, and further supporting one of our amazing voice actors~

Reaching this point has been truly amazing- And now's the time to double down! If you haven't pledged yet, don't miss your chance, and if you have, share the project far and wide! Help us make the world of Entropic Float better, one game at a time, and thank you, as always, for reading!

First Stretch Goal Met + The Final Week!
over 2 years ago – Sun, Dec 03, 2023 at 02:01:21 PM

Great news! We’ve reached $2,500 and accomplished our very first stretch goal! With this goal reached, you can expect to see the official Stephanie Cover of Midnight’s Requiem very soon after the campaign completes- The least we can do to thank you all for your support is to have that on the way to you as soon as we’re able! Every bit helps us so much to improve the production value of Entropic Float, a series we hope to continue taking to greater heights for years to come!

We still have a week to push onward and shoot for the stars! So what’s the next stretch goal? At just $500 USD more, we’ll be able to work to create a music track for the in-universe band Renfield Future!  Remember that if you pledge at least $15, you get to vote on the visual design of the frontman with the same name- Along with a key for EF2, as the $5 pledge only includes the DLC key!

While Renfield himself doesn’t have a design until the wonderful supporters cast their votes, his bandmates do! Yume and Nanjo on drums and guitar respectively; goth wolf twins. Yes, they’re demons- Not every demon you meet is going to have big ambitions! Sometimes, they just want to play music and party with a strange guy. While all three members of the band are absolute forces for chaos, they keep each other in check pretty well and can rely on the others. There’s not about to be such a big drama they fall apart- As long as they can keep playing to dive bar patrons and unsuspecting clubgoers, they will for years to come. That is… As long as Renfield makes it out of Pine Creek alive.

If you’re interested in joining their audience, help us stretch for the next goal! Seven days remain, so now’s the time to make a pledge if you haven’t yet, consider upgrading your pledge if you have, and share the project with your friends! Don’t miss your chance at these rewards! And, as always, thank you for reading!

A Halftime Update!
over 2 years ago – Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 07:43:00 PM

Fifteen days have gone by, and fifteen days remain! I’ve had a few quiet days with a lot going on in my personal life, but I’m back to share some more now that we’re at the campaign’s halfway point- Datewise, that is! Thanks to your wonderful support, we’re well past halfway when it comes to funding, at over a hundred percent! These fifteen days are still plenty of time to push ahead towards our stretch goals, but first, how about a preview of what you’re supporting?

This is ‘The Hermit’, a witch who’ll be appearing in Letters To A Beloved Ghost. The DLC doesn’t have very many new characters, being mainly focused on expanding the lives of main and side characters seen in the first game, but there are a few and she’s one of them.

“The Tale Of The Secret Knowledge” by Guest Author Kinu Nishimura II

One year after the events in the Clock Tower, the McGermanottas arrive for a summer trip in the town of Mesteri, Washington, to visit the Nozomis. Despite the dreary, hopeless nature of the town, a new mystery unfolds before Stephanie's eyes—but is it a mystery that will allow her to win the battle against herself?

A tale of 'the bonds of family' unfolds in the world of Entropic Float! Though, that's not to discount the burning-hot young love, either... Perhaps it's a bit long of a diversion from your goal of reuniting with 'her', but it's up to you to choose to continue.

More info on the Tale here~

That’s just one of the many side stories you’ll be able to find in the DLC- Which, I’ll reiterate, you get a key to download with any pledge above $5 USD! For Entropic Float 2 to be the best game it can be, it’s going to take some time, so I hope that the Letters To A Beloved Ghost will be a wonderful narrative snack in the world of Entropic Float before I can get you the main course.

Moving on to those stretch goals mentioned above!

We’re well on our way to the first stretch of $2,500 ! As a reminder, at this goal, we’ll be able to produce an official cover of the full version of Midnight’s Requiem~

If we surpass this goal, the next in line is musical as well! At $3,000 USD, we’ll get the opportunity to make an actual Renfield Future song- The guy whose design you can vote on if you’ve pledged at least $15 is a musician after all! This song would be featured in both the DLC and EF2, so it’s a stretch goal everybody can appreciate. Help us show off his personality with his band’s hot single!

If we manage to pass that goal, $3,500 waits on the horizon! Reaching this goal allows us to commission several more title screens from the artist Soyokaze, adding versions with different characters and allowing those characters to be added as acrylic standees! In addition, reaching this goal will add a poll for backers to vote between a few options for a bonus side story to be included in the DLC- These would be stories featuring characters from the second game, as opposed to the current lineup that mainly features those from the first, a great way to get another taste of EF2’s characters prior to its release.

Finally, with one last big jump, $5,000 is a stretch goal that would let us add a substantial amount more voice acting! It would still be limited to key moments, but we’d get a few more voiced lines from each of our wonderful VAs to help the characters feel even more alive. And if this goal is reached, every option that would have been included on the poll will be added to the DLC!

See something that excites you, but you've already got your pledge in? Share this project with a friend or family member who might be willing to help us out! And whether we stretch it out or not, any and all additional funding is a more wonderful Entropic Float 2 and more wonderful ways to thank you for all of your support. Thank you, as always, for reading!