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Sharing some progress so far

Hey, all!

I have been working with much much joy lately since I could again concentrate on more visual things and I've made a few things which you might find interesting. Now, let's go straight to it!

First thing I've done is revamped Emily's default model. I have tried my very best to preserve her essence and feel as a character while showing some improved rendering. That will be the goal in the future as well, whenever I decide to update a character model. (like I did wi...

0,08-b version is here.

Hey everyone. We have been gathering issues and reports for the latest update and now we believe we resolved most of them. If you've waited for a "cleaner" version - this is it. I'm very happy that there weren't many issues in the newest Helena story parts, although battle issues were bound to happen and I'm sorry for that.

PC & LINUX - https://mega.nz/file/TYxXDBBC...

New version is out-- 0.08

Hello again, my dear supporters. I can't even begin to describe my excitement about this ... After everything, it is finally time to show what has been in work for such a long time.

PC & LINUX - https://mega.nz/file/yM5yRQyC#rUPTl2r0mVGg9pZFElvr5NpNrf1aOgNjHewTZaEb8yI

MAC - 2025-06-18 16:56:23 +0000 UTC View Post

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Let's talk about 0.8 ...

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the absent of update posts. I felt like we needed to be at the end of the current update before we speak.

I know a lot of you are rightfully disappointed with the lack of communication and I have only myself to blame. I feel really strongly about holding up expectations and when I start feeling like it’s not enough I just curl inside and distance myself to just concentrate on work.

There w...

2/5

So what's new in this update?

The forest area has been reworked. How?

We've fully reworked the forest area of the Big Beyond into something closer to the desert map. Made the tiles smaller, squared and more intuitive. All the old events and enemies are still the same there, it was mostly remade for newer players and to of course add more content down the line. Also, the navigation there was very confusing at times, we know.

2024-02-14 00:17:38 +0000 UTC View Post

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New battle system.

There's a new battle system implemented. We felt that the old one is too simple and not engaging enough. Our future plan for the battle system is to have classes that'll introduce different ways of fighting. Each class is planned to be unlocked in different ways. One such way would be by finding a book, containing forbidden knowledge and if the players decides to follow through with some of the instructions in the book, they might find themselves unlo...

4/5

New Quest system.

“The quests and instructions are not clear enough” – was the most common complaint I’ve seen - more or less since the beginning. Therefore we have worked very hard to make the quest screen much simpler and direct to use. I've shown this screen before but now everything is 100% filled in and with an extra option to show already completed quests.

A bigger window now allows the quests to be much more detailed, while the character icons were ...

5/5

What’s left before release of 0,08?

    -Having a few big playthroughs to check if every system is well connected and is working.

    -Making sure all the side content from earlier is accessible.

    -Making some small tutorials for the new systems and new players.

    -Making final tweaks to story parts and dialogues.

    -Proof reading and bala...

Some sad news

Hello everyone, I have to quickly say something so you know what's happening with me.

I've been very sick for most of month. 3 times in the last six weeks in fact - and I don't feel right for charging you, that's why I paused this month again.

Some situations were worse then others but it's not a cause for long term concern.

I'm just writing this to let you know that I couldn't work much at all for the last month - or at least as much as I wanted to. It's so...

Some new art showcase!

Hello everyone, I hope you had a happy new year and all the other holidays!

Sorry for not posting for a long time, I wished to fully finish all the pieces presented so I can show you if you want to see the uncensored versions.

There is a lot to show here so I will number the pictures for more clarity :

• 1. - New smaller side character
• 2. - Same as 1. but with clothing 
• 3. - Second animation with Helena 2023-01-05 03:25:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Painting Helena ~

Hi! It's me again. 

The poll:

I've taken into consideration your opinion in the poll and have already skewed some future goals to fit them into that vision. For example - remaking the first, forest part of the beyond into the new system we have for the desert. This will be one of the first things after Helena's update. Thank you all for voting and commenting!

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Helena assets:

I hope you d...

Character poll

Hello everyone! I'd like to hear and see what you think about this idea, so I know on what to focus later on. 

So since a number of people really seem to like the orc enemy, I thought maybe you would like to see her have a fully fledged personal questline, accompanied by new scenes and animations. But - this will take time which can be used for other things and...

New things in the making!

Hello, It's me! 

I would like to say I'm really honored by the new subscribers and followers. All of this still feels quite surreal to me sometimes. Thank you.

Now let's talk about the few things that are in the works for the next version of the game. One of the most asked for things - from the very beginning- was . . . I think you can guess this one . . . It's the (step)mother, Helena. And I'm confident most of you will be quite happy wit...

The Big Beyond UPDATE 0.07 !

Hi guys, I'ts Tjop!

The long awaited update is finally here.

download links: 

WINDOWS/LINUX   

MAC OS 

The new update will feature:

- a new character

- a bigger sized questl...

Info about the future

Hello everyone, I'm here to give you some info about where I am and what's happening with the game.

First off, you probably noticed that I stopped charging last month. I have been very busy, worked a bit on the side and had to help out my family. So that meant I just didn't put in enough work as I wanted to - so it was only fair in my opinion to pause payments.

I will leave it like this until I release the update I promised. 

I'm terribly sorry about it but you don't ne...

A quick thank you and how things are going.

Hi everyone! 

I've wanted to tell you about a few new things concerning the Big Beyond. Firstly, the progress of the update and later - some things you all enabled me to do.

The progress so far has been steady. I can't say I've worked anything less then what I normally do or skipped a day of doing something concrete and meaningful for the game. But I have to be honest, the story and it's implementation has caught me in a bit of a bad circle of "imagine one thing, go and do it...

Progress in pictures 2/2

For those of you interested in new characters here are some tid bits! One of the two will have to sadly be delayed to a further update sadly. The good thing is that I already have a bonus story in place for one. The other has a very big overarching story which will tie the end of the desert part with the rest of the game. But more on that when the time comes.

I want to also address what needs most work right now and that's programming. We had imagined to make a big upgrade for the comba...

Progress in pictures 1/2

Hello everyone, I hope you're having a nice day! 

So since there is a big amount to share I decide to split the progress up into 2 posts to make it cleaner :)

This first one will display everything made for the Queen specifically and the second one will have everything else for the update and overall progression of the game.

The poll was very clear that she was the favorite and I'm the first one to admit she's fun to draw and work on. 

The first part of her s...

Poll: next character story

We have decided all the necessary things we need to work on in the next update (will make a more detailed post about this soon). There is only one thing missing: selecting who will take the spotlight. To be clear, our goal is to build up Helena's story. But considering how  much assets and new systems it needs, we will have to work it up through a few updates - so its up to you...

A glimpse into the process.

Hi everyone!
Before I tell you about the things we started working on now (after the last update) I thought it would be cool to share a bit of how the workflow looked - at least for the desert outpost. 

I will let the pictures talk for themselves.

Otherwise I would like to say that the game helped me develop skills in every way. From the obvious - like drawing and coding, to the more specific skills - like thinking about the story progression, making the game more player ...

The Big Beyond v0.06! - for patrons

Hi guys, I'ts Tjop!

Im very happy and proud to announce that the newest update has been completed and is ready to be played.

download links:

WINDOWS/LINUX 

MAC OS

The new update will feature:

&n...

Putting it together.

Hey everyone!

The last few weeks have covered all the areas of development. For starters, I've made some smaller features like the compass which will now be used as a means of navigating. It comes now that the map exploration will have a revamped system. You - the player, will discover and uncover the map piece by piece in a square grid like way. (and not manually made areas like in the first map) It should be way less confusing and should be more fun overall since it r...

Completing the maps and scenes

Hello everyone, I wish to share with you the progress - mostly in the NSFW department but also the map\gameplay. I have completed 4 scenes, one of which will be animated. I really enjoy making anything connected to Amelia, so I'm giving my best.  

The map for the new part is also done, in which will be mini quests - temples. For the first one I have commissioned  some writing which has now been done by the reference in the photo. I will have to make a background for the interi...

More sand and palm trees!

Hello everybody! 

I have made some paintings I'm really happy about and wanted to share it with you and hear your thoughts. The first one is of the outpost the player will visit in the desert. There will be all sorts of interactions there including a brothel and a clothing "store" for a lack of a better term. Those will all be filled out and added with time and this background will serve as a hub for all of this, that's why I wanted it to look as good as I can make it and invest mo...