insertdisc5's June 2024 newsletter of news
Hello hello!
Welcome to insertdisc5’s First Email. Did you know this mailing list passed 2000 subscribers in two days? Thank you???? THATS A LOT OF YOU??? Thank you. Alright
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"THANKS HAPPY TO BE HERE. WHATS THE NEWS"
There's no news right now. Sowwy I just wanna send an email every month thats all <3
However, there WILL be news soon! Some In Stars and Time merch will be dropping in July, so ready your wallets. Honestly there is so much merch in various stages of being done that I have a hard time keeping it straight. So you can ready your wallets for July, and ready it also for the next couple months. YAY!
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"ARTBOOK STATUS PLEASE"
I’m working on it! I finished writing the text for it and putting all the images together last month. Now my delightful friend and graphic designer Heather Mihal (who also made the ISAT manual!) is in the process of putting it all in order. She'll be done with the rough draft soon, and then I'll give three notes, and she’ll fix things, and then [???] and [profit].
The artbook will be out digitally (most likely on my itchio page and on Steam), but I am working hard behind the scenes to make a physical version as well. Stay tuned. But not too tuned because it won’t be done for a bit though. Ok
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"OK COOL THAT WORKS. WHAT ELSE IS NEW"
I gave an interview on French video game press website Point ‘N Think! It’s available in both French and English, so click on through if you wanna read me talk about queerness, video games, and goombas 🍄🍄🍄
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"THAT WAS A COOL INTERVIEW I LIKED IT A LOT. WHATCHA WORKING ON RIGHT NOW"
I am working on The New Game. In case you missed it (because I'm being extremely cagey about it), I am working on a romance(ISH?)/mystery visual novel. It'll also have a character with a big hat (but round this time). For now, I'll call it Project TS because it sounds cool.
As of right now, I guess I finished pre-production a couple months ago, and production has started in earnest. I intend for a demo to be done around December 2024, even if I don't release it to the public, with a release date in late 2025 I GUESS??? I DUNNO HOW THINGS WORK??? YEAH!!!! Of course, this is video games, so don't be surprised if it comes out in 2030 or whatever.
Also, I am having a lot of fun working on it. I think that’s important to say. Visually and tonally, it’ll be pretty different from ISAT, so I can’t wait to hear what people think.
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"WAIT WAIT WAIT I WANNA KNOW MORE WHY DONT YOU TELL ME MORE"
I was going back and forth on that when I first started working on it... Should I show things off now, or wait to do a Big Reveal Announcement when I have things figured out? In the end, I decided for option 2, because I wanna work on it in my little corner for a bit! I like hermit-working! Plus, I didn't want to say "ALRIGHT SO THIS CHARACTER IS NAMED [cool name]" and have to come back later like "actually this name sucks. They're named [cooler name] now". I'm letting it simmer until my ideas are actually formed, and I'm not telling you stuff that's gonna be changed down the line. Hell, it might not even be a romance/mystery when it comes out! I just don't know!!!!!!!!!!! Let it simmer.
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"OK THATS FAIR BUT CAN YOU THROW ME THE TINIEST BONE"
OK sure. Here are some colors
That’s all for now. Yes I will send an email when the ISAT merch drops I promise. Have a wonderful day I love u
-insertdisc5 (Adrienne)
PS: I have heard it is nice to end a newsletter with a CALL TO ACTION. a THING YOU, READER, CAN DO. Um. Hmmm. Okay your ACTION is to open the prototype to In Stars and Time, START AGAIN: a prologue,’s Steam page, and ponder it. You can buy it. You can leave a review. But mostly. just ponder it for ten seconds. Thank you for following the ACTION
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Listening: Machine Love by Jamie Paige! Such an energetic song. Amazed you can make a vocaloid sound like that, too???
Watching: I Saw The TV Glow. Trans women on my timeline are right, this movie did make me cry like a baby!!!
Reading: I got Sad Girl Space Lizard (what it says on the tin. NSFW) by Iggy Craig at TCAF and this was probably my favorite thing I bought. That B&W art…!!!
Playing: of the devil’s demo (ace attorney but with lesbians and spice) was incredibly good!!! I’m playing a bunch of visual novels to see what’s being made right now, and this was my favorite by far.
ok i pondered start again, stared at the image of siffrin at the end of the slideshow, then remembered i already own it and the artbook
@ that interview you did, I so greatly appreciate the inclusion of characters that are on the ace/aro spectrum as someone who is demisexual myself I cried when I got to that scene in the game I was like "WHAT DO YOU MEAN OUR LITTLE QUEERS ARE ACE AND ARO!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE LITERALLY ME..." We need more of that actually so I can cry more about being called out on my screen, I wasn't expecting it when it happened but I loved every moment of it.
I am so ready for big round hat TM (or whatever kind of hat they end up wearing!)
And... I pondered, as I was told. I am not immune to peer pressure. I think I'm going to buy the prologue just to feel something. I miss the quildren (the queer children...)
The confirmation never showed up in my in my inbox