Hey there, Ze from Square Weasels here. I hope you're keeping calm and healthy in this weird time.

Speaking of keeping calm, that is something you might have trouble doing in the next game in the Chronicles of Tal'Dun universe which we're working on now.

This one will take place some 9000 turns before The Remainder and feature Lura-the savior and prophet mentioned in Vyn's journals who lived in a civilization that had been all but lost to the mists of the past, one whose blend of magick and technology allowed The Great Order to rule the world. 

We want to take what made The Remainder compelling and expand upon it by creating an enticing story with many possible branching narratives, difficult but rewarding choices, emotionally devastating consequences, and a bigger cast of characters to die for. 

Not only will you get the chance to witness events from long ago that shaped the world of The Remainder into what it is today, but you get to choose what happened, who lived, who died, which compacts were made, what betrayal took place, and which cakes were baked.

We're in the preproduction phase now, the blue-sky phase where all ideas are allowed and many directions are explored, and we've already found some designs we'd like to share with you. 

Sketches of the cast.

Sketches of one of the characters to explore outfit variation.

Color sketch of The Shaper(tentative name).

The game will use side scrolling pixel graphics, and play like a 2D RPG. I'll be back soon with an update and show you some of those tasty pixel graphics and tell you more about what we've planned for the gameplay and the story.

The preproduction phase is where we design out the game and the world. We'll be creating concept art, doing world building, sketching out story elements, and testing out technical tools like game engine and animation pipeline. This should last 3-4 months. During this time we could really use some help covering our costs of living so we don't need to take on additional freelance work to sustain ourselves and can devote to this game full time.

I've changed the goal on our ko-fi page to reflect this. Any amount is welcome and much appreciated. We'll make sure to condense every shilling into a gripping story.  

Head on over to our Ko-Fi now to send your gift. https://ko-fi.com/theremainder

Thanks for reading and for being with us in these troubled waters, take care and we'll catch up again very soon!

-Arch Magus Ze

p.s. If you're a ko-fi backer, check for a backer-only post with even more images, including the player-character Lura as well as others in color!