"Santa Lucia" Build 18 Now Available! (Patreon)

https://stormsingerstudios.itch.io/santa-lucia

Hey guys, Devilizer here!

It’s been a couple months, hasn’t it? I hope everyone’s been doing  well! As for us, we’ve had, let’s say, a lively time these past two  months, and our break ended up less restful than we’d hoped, hehe.

Have no fear though, that didn’t stop us from working on Santa Lucia,  although most of the work we did is “background work” that you guys  should, hopefully, never see. Planning, outlining, sketching, preparing…  All for the sake of writing one big coherent story and regular updates!

Speaking of updates, I’ve been working on several things for the  game. First, and foremost, new sprites for Chris and Carlos, alongside  new expressions. Carlos isn’t quite ready to be shown yet, but we’ll  link Chris’s new sprite on this page. He won’t be in the game just yet, as I want to make everything as polished as I can make it, but both of them will be ready by next update for sure.

Second, I’ve been working on several artworks to spruce up our Patreon and Itch.io pages. A brand new banner, thumbnails, pictures, all that fancy stuff, and I’m really happy with how they’re all coming along.

Third, I’ve also been working on CGs, and we’ll soon get a whole new  brand “group photo”, which has been WIP for, well, quite a while now.  It’s quite hard to take the time to look back when the wheel keeps  spinning, but I’ve managed to dedicate some time to it still.

Finally, I’ve also been putting in some work writing some side  stories for our higher tier patrons. With this update, you’ll be able to  enjoy a new one called “In Five Years”, in which you’ll be able to get some insight into someone you might not quite expect…

Anyway, I’ve rambled quite long enough. It’s good to see you all again, thank you all for sticking with us this long!

Cheers,

Dev

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Hey everyone.

We’re finally back with the first build of Act 2. This month features  primarily content for Carlos since he was the winner of the popularity  poll, alongside a sizable chunk of common content that will be shared  between routes.

I should probably clear the air on a misconception concerning the  route priorities. Every month we cycle through the husbandos giving each  one an update to their route content, with Carlos having an extra month  weaved in between the other two. What seems to be an issue I see  popping up is this favoritism towards Carlos will come at the detriment  to the other husbandos.

This is not the case, and let me explain.

Because of the way I have Santa Lucia structured, there is a lot of  shared content between the routes. Since Carlos gets the focus most  months, that means I’m spending just as much, if not more time writing  the content that will be shared between routes as I do Carlos exclusive  content.

What this means for the other husbandos is they will get larger  chunks of content to read through during their months since I won’t have  to spend as much time writing shared content during their months.

Overall, the husbando routes should grow at a roughly similar rate despite what the update schedule looks like.

Thank you, hopefully this clears up this misunderstanding!

~Dzahn

Build 18 Notes:

+ First portion of Carlos's route added

+ Saves now record your in-game day for reference (as well as which route you're on)

+ Blurred backgrounds are now default when you launch the game for  the first time (you can switch to the classic Painted backgrounds in the  Preferences menu)

If you're interested in checking out next month's build early, please consider supporting us! Every little bit helps!  

If you'd like a more direct line to us, we're usually active on our public Discord server:  
https://discord.gg/WTjM3S5

We hope you enjoy the build!  
~ Dzahn & Dev