Just around this time last year (on Valentine's Day), I released the demo of Hateship. Although there are no devlogs being posted on here, it's been in steady production since.

I really wanted to draw something proper to celebrate, but life be a bit too frantic at the moment.

The original intention was to finish the game well within 2023, but it felt like it needed more depth to feel like a story with character development. I want to create something to be proud of, and believe the project will ultimately benefit from extra (but sensible for production) flair.

Despite that, I'm steadily working away at it and haven't slowed down.

Major updates since the demo:

1. 2 characters fully written and edited, 1 in progress now.
2. 60k+ words for the whole project, shared across 6-7 characters. A novel in itself.
3. Changed the UI to feel more cinematic. We can't have noir without it!
4. The main character can choose a few backstory details for more flavour.
5. One of the characters, Avak, pictured above, has more placeholder assets in Act 1.
6. Act 1 shots have thumbnails sketched.

There's still a lot left to do, so announcing any release date would be too optimistic at the moment.

Instead, to stay in the loop on a monthly basis (because doing so on multiple platforms is beyond one puny person such as me), I update regularly here.

Really excited to be working on this. You're going to be in for a hilarious ride of action, misery and that absolutely necessary dash of adorable. I hope you'll join me!