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 🌻
