Infinite Blue - December 2021 Update

It’s already the last month of the year! 2021 really flew by, but things are starting to come together for the IB demo.

Side Characters

Side character sprites are currently in progress! There will be 12 side characters, with two appearing in each route. They won’t be a part of the demo, but in the mean time, we’ll post their finished sprites with voice actor reveals as they get finished. Above is the concept art for our first side character, Dean.

Programming

We have a brilliant new programmer on the team, Shawna, who is doing fantastic work on implementing the UI and making the messenger system as smooth and polished as possible. Here’s a bit of how it’s looking so far:

You can look forward to unlockable color-coded choice options (as seen above), chat speed and skip buttons, an on/off system for choice indicators, and other fantastic messenger features.

Website/Newsletter

Who would’ve thought that a website would be the most difficult aspect of making this game? We decided the template we chose wasn’t working, and are going to start fresh with a new design. In the meantime, we’ll put up a landing page for the newsletter this month, as that is ready to go.

Demo Release

Everything is coming along smoothly for the demo. Here’s where we’re at:

- CG art is close to being complete
- Demo music is almost finished, although we might add a couple more tracks
- The script will need a few more passes until finalized
- Programming will continue, and the UI will be updated to accommodate added features
- All of the demo lines from the VAs are in, they just need to be implemented.

If all goes well, we’re looking at an early 2022 release for the demo.

Thank you, and here’s to hopefully finishing 2021 on a good note! 💙