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"Santa Lucia" Build 34 Now Available!

Santa Lucia
A downloadable visual novel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android


https://www.patreon.com/stormsingerstudios


Hey everyone!

First off, I want to apologize to the Bryan fans. I didn’t quite make it to the route content for him this month, but without a doubt the Zach birthday event is fully done as of this update!

One of my big habits with Santa Lucia is underestimating the scope of the events I have planned out. What was meant to be a brief arrival of unexpected guests at the birthday party spiraled into what I think is probably the most cozy branching event in the game. I’m really happy with how everything turned out even if it took a lot more effort than I anticipated.

We’ve got 11 branches to this month’s event, and I encourage you to check them all out. Three branches are specific to their respective husbando’s route, so if you’ve been keeping up with your saves on all three routes then you’re in for an even bigger treat!

Finally, continuing to go off on the whole “underestimating the scope” issue, we have the most ambitious CG I’ve ever assigned to Dev this month. I knew I wanted a scene where the entire principle cast was together in one piece, but alas that ballooned into an all-month project for Dev, too! I’m really excited to hear what you guys think about the table CG, make sure to let us know in the comments!

Anyway, that covers pretty much everything I wanted to talk about. Next month we for sure get back to the route portion of development again, so expect updates to be more focused on Bryan for the next few months.

Cheers!

Dzahn




Build 34 notes:

+ The rest of October 3rd's writing (Bryan's route officially begins again next month!)

+ 1 new song added

+ 1 new CG added

+ 1 new sprite element for Chris




If you're interested in checking out next month's build early, please consider supporting us! Every little bit helps!

https://www.patreon.com/stormsingerstudios

If you'd like a more direct line to us, we're usually active on our public Discord server:

https://discord.gg/WTjM3S5

We hope you enjoy the build!

~ Dzahn & Dev

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