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Cameron, she/her https://linktr.ee/cameronfelt

[foxglovegames]

BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL | DEVLOG #1: May 2026

Pheuw! It's been a busy but productive month post-campaign. If you're one of our Kickstarter backers, remember to check out the longer version of this update over there. Late pledges close on the 7th of June, which means there's still a little under two weeks left to back us on Kickstarter and join in on the KS-exclusive fun!

GOALS FOR 2026

The next few months, we're focusing on a content update for the demo. More scenes, more sprites, and an extensive update to the GUI. We're also going to improve save/load times, and tackle some other feedback we received from our demo players. Development's not perfectly linear though, so as we work on the revamped demo, we'll also be working on the game as a whole!

MAY PROGRESS

Our art team has been incredible. Chester and Rouwan have finished almost all of the "mandatory" side character & monster designs (what we consider the bare minimum to do the story justice), Cameron finished the missing BG for Lazarus's lounge (see the start of this post), and Chester's even gotten started on the secondary sprites and extra outfits for our main cast.

At the same time, Cherry finished the 4 animal companion sprites (designed by our backers) for Abraxas, Edgar, Raoul, and Zeno.

Meet (from left to right, top to bottom) Macaroon, Daphne, Baz, and Primrose! Can you guess which pet belongs to which character? 👀

IMPORTANT DATES IN 2026

Some important dates to remember for the coming months!

JUNE 7TH | Late pledges close on Kickstarter at midnight (CET)

Q4 2026 | Beta access to the demo update for KS Backers

LATE 2026 | Public access to the demo update for everyone

IMPORTANT DATES IN 2026

Our public updates are not always going to be this packed (as we're saving most of it for our KS backers), but we wanted to share a lot of what we've been up to this month after being so quiet on socials! If you're interested in reading a short script sneak peek and seeing a few more character designs, here's your final reminder that late pledges remain open to June 7th which will give you access to all of our backer-exclusive updates. Link to our KS page here!

Thank you for reading! See you in June for our next update 🌻

[foxglovegames]

Less than 72 hours left to support our Kickstarter campaign!

Burn the Midnight Oil is a 17+ queer, supernatural mystery romance visual novel currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter.

Our campaign ends on April 22nd, which means there's only a few days left to join our 1,100+ other backers and grab yourself some cool merchandise!💖

We're 70% funded right now. We only need a couple of hundred more backers to reach our goal. It feels like a lot, but we have faith we may yet make our goal in the final rush. And if you can't donate yourself or already have donated, please share this post so we may reach others who can - every pledge counts! 🦇🖤

Support our Kickstarter here

Try our free demo here

[foxglovegames]

Just overnight since we made this post, we have now hit 73% funded! Our goal isn’t as far away as it might seem!

If you’re someone who’s been considering supporting us but you’re on the fence because the goal looks too intimidating, even as little as €5 (our lowest tier) makes a major difference when multiple people support! In fact, if everyone who’s downloaded the demo donated just €5 each, we’d already have hit almost all of our stretch goals. 👀

(Also, even if the €5 tier doesn’t have the game— we believe all the behind-the-scenes content you’ll get from our monthly updates will be well worth it for anyone who likes BTMO! We love showing art wips, script previews, beta build screenshots etc etc).

Based on the average amount donated by each backer, we would only need around 400+ more backers to reach our goal! We already have over 2000 people who’ve clicked to be notified when we hit the 48 hour mark later today, but the closer we are to 100% by the time that notification gets sent out, the more last minute backers will show up as people see that hitting our goal is still very possible! So if you’d been planning to donate (or you know someone who has been thinking about it), please do so sooner than later so we can show others that the goal isn’t as far away as you may think! You can always lower or raise your pledge last min if you need to! 🙏

[guttedpulsars]

here is a master list of great art tools that can make your workflow easier! 👇 (consistently updating)

posemaniacs.com/en

if you want to learn human anatomy with the benefit of preset poses, this is for you! you can use it standalone, but as a bonus you can also import poses into the clip studio paint 3D models. (File -> Import -> 3D Pose (Posemaniacs)

line-of-action.com

great for gestures and observational sketches!

zvork.fr/vls/

browser based rig for lighting & shadows

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ADDITIONAL TOOLS COMING!

[intindra]

De Haar Castle

[thecollectibles]

Art by Davood Moghaddami

[cassandrajean]

The Knighting Series is now available in my INPRNT store!

[nepotune]

Singing songs of love and terror

[cynicaldrawings]

I"m currently working on a #Visdev portfolio based on the story #wherethewildthingsare. Here is concept art for a Max's bedroom from linework to lighting. More to come soon!

[cameronfelt-art]

anyone still an invader zim fan? painted two background pieces in invader zim style/color pallet 

https://cameronfelt.wixsite.com/website/background-paint

[cameronfelt-art]

Character color design https://cameronfelt.wixsite.com/website/visual-development

[charleshuettner]

We finished working on the Scavengers pilot last week.  Cant show anything from the pilot itself, so here is a background image I made when trying to get a feel for a forest area, and a computer screen shot that we cut out.  It’s blank because of spoilers. 

[charleshuettner]

[charleshuettner]

Background art I made from the SCAVENGERS REIGN teaser.

Coming to HBO Max in 2023!

[charleshuettner]

Two shots I made from the SCAVENGERS REIGN teaser.

Coming to HBO Max in 2023!

[cameronfelt-art]

Sleepy cat warms herself on teapot

[cameronfelt-art]

Under the Dome

[cameronfelt-art]

lighting versions

https://cameronfelt.wixsite.com/website/background-paint