Announcements and Progress

Hello there! Posty here. Today’s post will be on the shorter side of things but still quite important as we have an announcement and some progress to share. So let’s just get straight to the main point.

The Patreon is Back!

That’s right, after some internal discussions with the development team, we have decided to officially bring back the Patreon. We are extremely grateful for all the support you all have given us, and if you wish to support us on Patreon, then now you can! again. Some of you would have already known this as it's been back for about 3 weeks now, but nothing was mentioned completely publicly outside of the Reborn Server. With that said, there are a few things I would like to note.

Firstly, when Caz officially comes back to active development, then the Patreon will most likely look to move back to him to host, that is if he wants to continue it on his end. Currently, Darius is kind enough to host it for us (Thanks Darius!), so this is a bridge we will cross once we get there. We ended up having to make a brand new one since the previous one is currently unpublished on the site. 

Secondly, until Caz does come back, Crown Tier will not be available for purchase. This is just mainly due to the additional work we are taking on while he is away, and we will not be able to properly commit to the main perks of that tier until we are a full team again. We hope to bring this back in the future though so keep an eye out for that announcement!

 And finally, even though Darius will be hosting it, unless specified I will be the one mainly writing up the posts, similar to these development blogs, so if you want to see the sort of shenanigans we get up to, then check out our Patreon below! There will be exclusive content that is only shared there, in which will be cut from our development blogs, including this one! 

 Patreon 

Okay, announcement done! Now let's talk about progress.

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The Canyon

 As mentioned in several development blogs, in EP7 you will be heading north of Fairbale towards the Chryseum Canyon. This is an area in which Caz was going to be taking on while I focused on Keneph Resort, but as you can imagine, these plans have changed. This has now become my main focus point for development while working on other things in the background (if you’ve seen the sidebar, then you could tell I’ve been losing it a bit). As something we as a team have been really excited about developing, the overall progress on it has been slower than I would have liked. 

Why is this? A couple of reasons really, one being job hunting! As many of you are aware, I have been trying to secure full-time employment for a long time now, interviews here and there but no major breakthroughs. For those who don’t really know me outside of Deso, I do a lot of creative stuff as a whole, from Photography, Social Media and Digital Marketing, and getting into that industry is… hell. So a lot of my focus most days is on getting a bloody job. Another reason is as a creative, I work on a few other projects as well, so as you can imagine, trying to juggle and balance multiple projects, and my personal life, can be a bit much.

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So… I wrote this for Patreon two weeks ago, and in those two weeks I finally managed to land a job! Hilarious how life works sometimes. Now I can stress less on that and get organised into a routine to get cracking more with Deso. And with that said, the next blog post will be a big update regarding the Canyon. That is a promise. 

 On the brighter side, the rest of the team has really been hard at work discussing and working on other elements of the game, some you have already seen in the previous development blogs. One of those things… is something that we have shared on our Patreon. A new Mega Evolution coming to EP7! We mentioned about a new Mega on a previous development blog, but didn't specify what it is... And that is something that will stay exclusive for Patreon eyes only for the time being. We may look to reveal this later publicly in a future development blog... as a treat. So keep an eye out!

Although we can not publicly share this with you at this current time, we can instead share with you this! 

The Music Corner

 As we have been doing with a lot of our blogs lately, we have another snippet of a track Darius has been whipping up for EP7, our soundtrack is only getting better and better, check this out!

Working with Darius over the last few years has really helped elevate the sound design for Desolation to a whole new level. Like with EP6, EP7 will continue to add to our original soundtrack, we have a lot in the works in the music department, and it's been fun to be able to share little extracts with you all!

Filing the Cabinet: Season 3?

 Another post, another official art reveal! Once again, thank you to aGoodCabinet for working on these.

As normal, here are his links, so please do go check them out!

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Cheers for sticking with us during this quite difficult period as a whole, things are starting to be a lot more smooth sailing now moving forward. And with the Patreon now up and running, expect monthly blogs to return! 

I look forward to sharing more with you all next month!

Posty