Studio News and Updates November 2022
Studio News and Updates
November 2022
By Alanna Harpsong
Updates and news! It’s been a while. It’s hard to imagine how much time has passed so quickly since the last one of these. Been a lot of things going on behind the scenes. Those who probably get the most updates are our lovely Patreons and those who chill with us in Discord.
First we finished a commission that we started back in 2020 when the pandemic was starting to really take off. A short bondage comic, the one we’ve been posting, Sarah’s Favorite Session. For Auproma on our Discord server. You may have also found him floating around our live streams on Picarto as TheNorm. While it was a great commission to do, and it was wonderful to show a loving relationship, and consent on the side of all things bondage. It did slow us down a bit more than we anticipated, along with everything the last two years have thrown at us. But we’re really glad to have done it and for it to finally have found the light of day. We’ve been excited to share it, but we didn’t want it to go on with long waits between pages. So this is why it’s only being released just now. If you’re interested in any more of his works, he has a short novella and his first full length novel over on amazon. Self published, way to go man. You can find him if you search Norman Luce.
Life this year (and last) has tossed us some not so great and difficult moments at us. But there have also been some wonderful changes for us too. Some that hopefully will help with being able to work on the comics and game more. Our art in general. We took a much longer break from doing comic pages from The Cat House than we usually would have. The burn out was pretty real for the both of us. Especially Nova. It’s been a struggle to get our footing back, and to be in a good place mentally to do good work. We have now, since September been getting the comic rolling again. After a bit of discussion, we’ve finally settled on a date to begin releasing Volume 7. As promised it would be this year, and just in time for Christmas too! We will begin releasing pages again starting Friday December 23rd. We will release pages every Friday to everyone until we run out again. This should give us enough of a lead to be able to keep up with our weekly release schedule. For Patreons on the 21st.
The visual novel/dating sim we’ve been attempting to make, certainly took the hardest hit productivity wise over the last couple of years. We’re still working on it. Some of the problem may be that we were very ambitious for two people. So while we have no notion of quitting, we are looking at strategies to be able to bring the game to life quicker, so it’s figuring out how to scale some things back, with the full notion to release updated content, or new avenues at later dates once we have a base game down. Still much to plan and recalculate. This is only an update to how the game is progressing so that you know what’s going on. We are not looking for additional help.
As for commissions, at the beginning of January we’re going to give a small bump to commission prices again. Nothing like the bump we gave it last year, but a little to put us gradually closer to where we want to be at. So if you want to get one before they go up, before the first of the New Year. Nova is currently closed for commissions and there is no ETA for when he’s going to be open. He is taking a break from commissions to help with the burn out he’s been experiencing. WHEN he is ready, he will announce when they are open. You exceptions out there know who you are. Otherwise I (Alanna) am still open for commissions. So I’m your best bet if you’re interested in one currently.
We still stream art live, at least once most weeks. It’s another great way to chat with us and find out what’s going on. Usually Saturday mornings MTN time, but sometimes Sunday mornings instead. You can find us over on Picarto.
That’s most of what we have to fill you in on. We hope you are all doing as well as possible. See you around!
~Alanna