Several people that managed to create their dream game in five years.

Another year has passed, and despite all the rumors and gossip, we’re still working hard to bring you EON as soon as we can. Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the development process, we can’t…

Or can we? Would you like to take a peek behind the scenes of our development?
We know you would—after all, many of you have been waiting for this visual novel for years!

Let us start by explaining why it’s taken so long to work on the demo version. The reason is simple: while the demo only covers the first three days of the game, it includes almost all the camp locations (and more!) and introduces the majority of its residents. This means we have to create more than half of the game’s total content just for the demo!

Now, for some specifics:
We’ve already drawn 69 backgrounds for the demo (not counting variations). On top of that, each one is being animated to varying degrees, which takes additional time.
Each location also comes with its own sound ambiance, which needs to be designed, edited, and sometimes created from scratch or recorded in the field.
Speaking of sound, let’s talk about the music. Since every track will be used multiple times throughout the game, we’re treating the soundtrack as a whole rather than limiting it to just the demo. Good news—about half of the music is already done!
The same applies to the character sprites. The primary goal of the first few days is to introduce the characters, so the demo will feature 13 out of the 30+ characters, each with animated sprites (sometimes more than one!). Our character artists are aiming to finish their work by the end of spring.
As for demo-exclusive content like CG illustrations and text—they’re 95% ready, and what’s left is mainly final editing and animation.

This year, we’ve also made significant progress on the game engine, improving it along the way as testing revealed areas that needed fixing. We’ve designed the entire interface and are now integrating it into the game. It looks amazing—even the developers are in awe of the results!

We’d also like to remind you that this massive project is being developed in our free time, outside of our main jobs. Naturally, this affects the pace of development. Speaking of which, we’re still looking for [only] character artists who can draw in the visual novel style!

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us financially—your help allows us to commission music and backgrounds more freely, without compromising our creative vision.

While we couldn’t release the demo this year, we’ve still accomplished a lot! Next year, we’ll strive to do even more to bring the release of our dream game closer. We’re not making any promises for the next year, but we’ll quietly hope for the same thing you’re probably thinking right now.

And for now…
We wish you a Happy New Year! May it be better than the last, and may all our wishes and dreams come true.
Happy holidays, comrades!