Update On the Status of Arches and Adastra (Patreon)

Hey everyone, this is Howly.

Sorry for the long silence from a couple EP projects these past few months. Quite a bit has happened involving a family member of mine, and I am currently in the process of helping them through it. I will likely go into more depth in the post for the final Arches build, as the concluding build has been very much impacted by this experience. Look for it to release this weekend. We're aiming for the 15th.

Now, as for Adastra news. Me and Haps are currently working on Khemia again. While Interea will continue to have sporadic releases, Khemia will be the main focus. I am eager to get back into the main story line and I always felt Scipio has a really interesting story to tell. Shortly after Arches is released, I will re-release Khemia with story alterations. It turns out a lot of themes I wanted to explore  in Khemia ended up getting explored in Arches. I'll likely end up incorporating new themes that I find interesting, however, the main story beats, will stay the same. Hoping to have the re-release out in May

I've attached a few very early WIPs for the last build of Arches, drawn by the always-wonderful Paintfox.

4/15 Edit: Final Arches release is now solidly set to happen next weekend. Sorry everyone! Assets are mostly in order, but I'd like more time to finish this off. It's not a particularly long update, but it's an important one with a lot going on. I just wanna make sure I can pull it off in a way that's at least adequate, and to also give Paintfox, Kardamon, Anthemics, and Orion more time to work on their incredible art.