Somnova Studios

It's 2016! That means leap years, presidential elections, and a progress update from Somnova! 2015 has been busy for a lot of us. Some of us moved across the country, others got new jobs and responsibilities, and several members have had to leave due to changes in their lives. But what hasn't changed is our dedication to this project. Despite our silence, we assure you guys that we're working hard behind the scenes to bring you Act 1! Let's go over where we're at in terms of writing, sprites, and other stuff. Writing: As of writing this blog post, we've entered the final stages of writing and editing Act 1. Our new editors have done a great job in helping us make some great improvements for the story and our lovely characters. Kosherbacon and myself have slowly begun work on Act 2 for Lena and Jeanne, respectively. Sprites: Morthaisik, AngryEvil, and Hexagod have been champs of sprite making. Check these sweet-ass sprites below: KATJA HECK YEAH ...

Oops it's been three and a half months since our last blog post. My bad. So, where to begin? I guess there's some good news, and some bad news. Which is which depends on how you feel about this project as a whole. Let's start with what I consider the bad news: At the start of the year, we said some very bold things about setting ourselves an ultimatum for having our demo completed by the end of the year. If we couldn't achieve that, we were just going to call it quits. We're now entering the last quarter of 2016 and we're nowhere close to the level of completion that we need to be. It's not that we've made no progress, it's just that we haven't made enough. When this project was started, I wasn't even a member. I joined a couple years into its development, personally. So did a large percentage of the current team. For most of us, we were in the early years of college, or working part-time jobs to make ends meet. Now, a lot of us have gr...

Summer's here, and Summer always brings warm feelings, good tidings, and a whole host of other nice things. Right? Right. Sorry that we haven't posted anything lately. Just like the last few posts have said, there's not a whole lot to report. Most of our announcements tend to follow either something very good, or very bad. There's been neither, for a long while now. But still, people have been getting kinda antsy, and with good reason, so here's the scoop: A while ago, we said that we were done with the script, barring some editing and minor revisions. Well, as our new editors looked things over, it became more obvious that the needed revisions weren't exactly minor after all. So, there's been a lot of heavy reworking. Scenes are being rewritten, new scenes are being added, and even the general pathing of Act 1 is being adjusted slightly. All that's going well, and at a good pace, but it's not particularly thrilling to hear about, so we haven...

Link is a little NSFW Happy Easter, from everyone at Somnova Studios.

Hi all, There's not a whole lot of significant news to report or anything like that - I just wanted to make a post because I don't like going too long without one. Recently, we picked up two editors and an additional programmer, just to lighten some of our collective workload. Sprites continue to chug along at a pretty good rate. By my estimates, we have 4 or 5 more side characters and one or two more main characters who need sprited. After that, it'll be time to work on CG's. We're not really aiming for a super high CG count, simply in the interest of time. There might be an updated version of Act 1 released later on with more CG's, but that's not a certainty. On a side note, I'd like to personally apologize to anyone who applied or otherwise contacted us and didn't hear back. We only recently finished going through yet another rough patch in our development period, and were bad about responding to inquiries. If you had questions or comments tha...