Thank you all for playing Celestial Crowns! There is some exciting news coming up. The demo is getting an update on September 1st! Check out the features below:

• Partial voice acting
• 2 new sprites
• Choice text now changes to yellow once you've picked that choice before
• Steam achievements
• Gallery
• New character expressions
• Planet stat bars have been made bigger
• Small changes for story inconsistencies
• Spelling/Grammar fixes
• Edit: Route is now easier to get on

Sprites

Two new sprites are joining the group! We have Councilmember Saiph and Councilmember Bellatrix, who will both be featured more as the story goes on. Councilmember Saiph also serves as the castle doctor, and is known as a very pragmatic woman. Councilmember Bellatrix is Laut's ambassador, and can come off as a bit aggressive. While they would normally deal with ambassadors from other Kingdoms, the previous King let foreign relations fall to the wayside so much they often find themselves bored.
New expressions were also added for other sprites! Inlcuding blushing for multiple characters, including the main character, some more expressions for Leo, and special expressions for Aalam.

Achievements and Gallery

Now you can view all three CGs in the gallery! The gallery is split my route as well as 'other.' There are also several Steam achievements you can get by playing through the prologue! You can view these in-game as well.

Quality of life improvements Edit: I forgot one of the biggest quality of life improvements! Several people have complained about it being difficult to get on the routes, so I have adjusted it so that now it is only the ruling style that affects how you get on each route.

Due to the sheer number of choices in Celestial Crowns, I added a feature that makes the choice text change colors if you have already selected it. This will make it easier to remember past choices on multiple playthroughs.
I also updated the size of the stat bars after receiving feedback so it will be easier to check your stats as you play. In addition, you can now see the actual number of points you have by hovering over the planet icon.

Conclusion

I'm so excited for you guys to hear our awesome voice actors at work! As our first Kickstarter failed, we will be launching a new one this September. Check out the page here to follow and be notified when we go live: Kickstarter page. If we can get to 300 followers on the Kickstarter page, I will release a sneak peek at one of Sahi's spicy scenes! Let's make it happen! Don't forget to join the Discord to stay up to date on all Celestial Crowns updates. And get looks into what I'm currently writing! Every day I post a snippet from the route I'm working on. There are also screenshots for scene testing and weekly art to look forward to!

[ 2023-08-04 21:28:07 CET ] [ Original post ]