JULY 2026: THE WORLDS IS BURNING, THE CIRCUS KEEPS ON TURNING
IT'S HOT
OUT
THERE
NONE OF THOSE ASHEN ONES, NOR PILGRIMS NOR ANY OF THIS SOULS CRAP CAN EVEN START TO COMPREHEND WHAT WE’RE LIVING HERE.
ANYWAY WE KEEP USING THIS NEWSLETTER LIKE WE'RE SOME WIZARDS OR SOME SHIT.
HOW. ARE. YOU. DEAR. LISTENER? ARE YOU READY TO EXPLORE WHAT THE MOST CHAOTIC PEOPLE CAN DO AT THE CLIMAX OF THIS APOCALYPTIC EARTH?
THIS MONTH WAS A PRETTY TOUGH ONE NOT GONNA LIE BUT WE HAVE A FEW THINGS FOR YOU.
GIIIIIIRL, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
LAST MONTH, SAM, ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, COOKED SOME SMALL GAME FOR A'MAZE AND GOT PRETTY GEEKED OUT ABOUT IT, MADE A FEW MORE LEVELS, POLISHED THE ALREADY EXISTING ONES AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL RELEASE IT THIS MONTH.
LAST TIME PI TALKED ABOUT "MISSION: BE MY HORIZON", AND YES THIS GAME CHANGED NAME LIKE 3 TIMES? AND I WILL PROBABLY CHANGE IT AGAIN, AND YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE: --> last month we expected to release the game at the end of june, but as we chose to not burn out making our games, and since we’re still studying on the side, the demo will take more time to finish, but we're pretty proud of this one. Every time we update the game it attains another new level of polish we appreciate, the first chapter of the game is nearly done, as is pretty much every asset/story script, the main challenge now is to branch everything and talk about it. AND SO “MISSION: BE MY HORIZON” DEMO WILL BE OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER, THANKS TO THOSE GODDAMN BOOKS WE HAVE TO READ, AND THE THINGS WE NEED TO WRITE, WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH THIS THING TOO MUCH, AND IT HAS BEEN VAMPIRIZING ALL OF OUR SECRET JUICES TO MAKE SOMETHING WE’RE REALLY PROUD OF. AS WE SAY IN FRENCH HIP-HOP "suis le ciel, ça arrive fort".
FOR VOLEBOL, TO PUT IT SIMPLY: SAM HAS JUST BEEN OBSESSED WITH THE NEW GAME SHE MADE DURING A'MAZE, LIKE A DOG WITH A NEW TOY. THE GAME IS IN A PRETTY STABLE PLACE, AS SOON AS SHE’S DONE WITH HER OBSESSION SHE WILL PROBABLY COME BACK TO IT. THE MULTIPLAYER FEATURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF MATERIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WE WILL PROBABLY GET BACK TO IT IN LATE JULY/EARLY AUGUST.
FOR THE MYSTERY GAME, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MADE IN HOUSE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON IT BUT I HOPE TO GIVE YOU MORE ASAP.
“ULTRA SUPER MEGA SPEED” TEAM IS STILL GETTING WORK DONE: CAR EXPLOSION, CAR DOING TRICKS LIKE WE'RE IN TONY HAWK OR SOME SHIT. THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING ON SMOOTHLY, BUT YOU KNOW HOW GAMES ARE: THE BETTER IT IS, THE MORE PEOPLE WANT TO POLISH IT. AS PI ALREADY SAID, THIS END OF MONTH HAVE BEEN ROUGH, SO INSTEAD WE’LL FOCUS ON DELIVERING IT BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER.
WE HAVE A FEW SECRET STUFF WE PREFER NOT TO TALK ABOUT FOR NOW BUT BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER A FEW OF US WILL HAVE MORE TIME AND WILL HAVE MORE TO SHOW.
MMATH HAS BECOME MBATH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY THIS GAME IS GOING THROUGH A LOT. JUST BE EXCITED FOR THE AMAZING PLANE SHENANINGANS IN “MISSION: BE MY HORIZON” WHENEVER IT'LL COME OUT!! (PROBABLY IN LATE JUNE/EARLY JULY). A LOT OF PEOPLE (LIKE, AT LEAST 4??) HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE AT LEAST JANUARY AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE RESULT.
A MYSTERY GAME HAS BEEN CAPTURED?? IT WILL MAYBE COME OUT? IT'S A FPS?
DEVELOPMENT ON ULTRA SUPER MEGA SPEED IS GOING SMOOTHLY. WE HAVE A REALLY COOL CAR, A REALLY COOL MENU, TONS OF ASSETS FOR LEVEL DESIGN, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THE FIRST LVL. FIRST RELEASE EXPECTED IN LATE JULY/SOMEWHERE IN AUGUST. MORE LVLs WILL BE RELEASED LATER.
DEVELOPMENT ON HYPER GIRL INFINITY IS GOING SMOOTHLY. THE CONTROLLER IS BEING MADE. WE'VE FIGURED OUT JUMPS AND DASHES AND WALL INTERACTIONS, AND NOW IT'S MAINLY ABOUT MAKING THE SWORD. SOME GRAPHICAL WORK IS ALSO BEING DONE, ON BOTH THE PLAYER CHARACTER SPRITE AND ON SOME TILESETS TO BUILD AND PROTOTYPE LVLS QUICKLY. FULL GAME MIGHT BE A LITTLE AMBITIOUS FOR OUR TASTES (5 LVLs), SO WE MIGHT RELEASE A STANDALONE LVL-PREQUEL-DEMO-SOMETHING WAY EARLIER.
PROBABLY MORE STUFF I'M FORGETTING!!!! BUT MAINLY THAT!! MAKING VIDEO GAMES!!
OUR TO-DO LIST FOR JULY :
WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH OPTIONAL PRESENCE.
MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH MANDATORY PRESENCE.
SUNPI HAS TO DO THE PROMO ART FOR VOLEBOL (STILL).
RELEASE OF M:BMH DEMO (HOPEFULLY THIS TIME FOR GOOD).
MAYBE RELEASE OF A SECRET GAME.
DEVELOPING USMS (UPDATE THE CAR PLAYER, UPGRADING THE NARRATIVE PARTS, WORKING ON THE FIRST LVL, FX, MORE MENUS)
DEVELOPING HGI (DEMO LVL, PLAYER SWORD, ORIGINAL PLAYER SPRITE AND ANIMATIONS, ENNEMIES, FX, MENUS)
I WILL FINALLY RELEASE A FIRST ARTICLE, WRITING ALL THOSE MAKE ME SO NERVOUS LIKE, THIS ARTICLE WILL NOT BE IN FULL CAPSLOCK I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HIDE MY INSECURITY? LIKE, HELL NO!
ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF, BECAUSE OF OUR TIGHT SCHEDULE AND HOW THE FRENCH SYSTEM WORKS, THE THINGS TAKES TIME AND CONCILIATION. BECAUSE I'M NOT FRENCH, OR BECAUSE SOME OF US RECEIVE HELP FROM THE FRENCH STATE, CHOOSING WHEN TO CREATE OUR STATUS IS A BIT OF TRICKY THING. NON-FRENCH CANT CREATE COMPANIES, STUDENTS/NON WORKERS CAN LOSE FUNDINGS BECAUSE OF THAT, IN THE BACKSTAGE I'M TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHO’RE GONNA HELP ME, AND GUYS, WE JUST HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE TIME AROUND THE END OF JULY/AUGUST, BUT AT THE SAME TIME... ME, SAM AND ELISE WILL HAVE TO PASS OUR LAST EXAM TO FINISH OUR MASTER, SO WE PREFER TO BE CAUTIOUS!
WHY ARE YOU TAKING SO MUCH TIME
AS WE SAID IN THE PATREON REWARD, OR HERE, BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN BOUNCING BETWEEN THEORY STUFF AND WRITING, AND MAKING THE WEIRDEST SHIT POSSIBLE ON OUR COMPUTERS. WE DON'T WANT TO HASTEN THINGS, WE KNOW CREATING A STUDIO IS HARD, AND THIS FUCKING OPEN HELL THAT WE CALL LATE STAGE CAPITALISM, TIME AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT VERY CHARITABLE TO PEOPLE LIKE US (fellow homosexuals , transgenders, queer folks, niggers AND immmigrants, girlfailures).
WE LOVE. WE BUILD. WE ENDURE. WE ASK FOR NOTHING BUT THE FUTURE WE CREATE WITH OUR OWN HANDS. THE SKY HAS SHOWN US THE WAY. HISTORY WILL PROVE THAT OUR PATH COULD NEVER LEAD TO ANYTHING BUT GLORY.
ANYWAY, THANKS FOR LISTENING TO US, THIS IS STILL PULSAR-FM 5.1 STELLAR FREQUENCY, LIVE FROM OUR SATELLITE. WE'RE STRUGGLING BUT IT'S A SIGN WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WORTHWHILE (OR RECKLESS!)
AND NOW WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU ALL TO LOSE YOURSELVES IN THE AIRWAVES, AND TO BRING THE WORLD WITH YOU.