Strangers on Paper - DevLog #23

31 oct 2023

Hey everyone! You may (or may not) have noticed we’ve decided to pause our Patreon pledges for the time being. The issues we’ve been having with the hardware have taken progress from slowly moving on to hardly getting anything done, and so, after some back and forth, we both agreed it’d be for the best not to charge our patrons for the time being.

This does not mean we are stopping progress altogether, it just means that, while we greatly appreciate your support, (and because we do) we’d rather wait until we have reached the goals we are behind on before resuming the pledges.

As I mentioned on the previous log, I've been working on the code in Ren'Py. Unfortunately, it's not like riding a bike (which I don't actually know how to do either🤓), but they say that once you learn, you never forget. I'm the opposite when it comes to coding. Starting from Chapter 2, some of the decisions we made in Chapter 1 carry more weight and make more sense, which I love. There are still some things I can't quite understand in terms of how coding works, but the positive thing is that the structure is already in place for when the renders come.

We also wanted to wait a little before making this announcement so we could share some good news with y’all. From the moment we started working on SOP, we both had a very clear vision of things we wanted for it, and one of those was to collaborate with people who could add a little more magic into our project. Of course, our budget is quite limited at the moment, so we’ve been on the lookout for upcoming artists so we could help each other out. And so we came across Alex, an artist with a very distinct style that grabbed us instantly , and we’ve commissioned a poster for SOP. We can’t wait to show you what she’s working on so… here goes a sneak peek:

Keep in mind this is just a first sketch and the final product will be quite different, but a little excitement never hurt anyone. Here’s her site if you’d like to check out her work.

That's it for now and, if you'd still like to support us, let us remind you that you can wishlist SOP on Steam if you haven't, and tell your friends, cousins, weird uncles and generous grannies about it so they can wishlist it too.

You can also donate whatever amount you wish to on Itch as always, every cent counts.

We fucking love you.