A Clockwork Ley-Line - A Visual Novel Trilogy

Ley-line Progress Report #2
over 4 years ago – Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:47:15 PM

Hello students!

We bring you some updates on the progress of Ley-line2. We were originally going to update earlier this month but due to the project manager getting sick in late October we decided to hold off.

As promised we will be sharing updates whenever there is progress and we're happy to report progress! Since the last update we had to extend the QA period because of the amount of bugs found while running in the new engine. The original QA period was from October 20th to 30th but now it is October 20th to November 14th. We've counted roughly 100 serious bugs ranging from text display issues, crashing, and worst of all missing translations. There's another day of QA so it is entirely likely the amount of bugs will go up.

Next week we will be working hard on resolving these bugs and making sure that all the bugs are fixed. We're still pretty confident in releasing in December, but if we run in to snags we're going to spend the end of the year making sure the game is in the best shape possible. 

Our next step after getting Ley-line2 out is fixing up Ley-line1's ~15-25 missing translations due to our tools missing a name change of a character.

Also, lastly we've been running a Kickstarter campaign for Rewrite+ and it's ending in 3 days but it is still not fully funded. Feel free to take a look and help out.

Ley-line Progress Report!
over 4 years ago – Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:51:08 PM

We've been hard at work to get Ley-line2 running in the updated engine and we now have results!

Here's a few screenshots.

Internally we should be able to get Ley-line2 out by the end of the year. It is in QA right now and if there isn't many serious bugs we can also submit it to Steam for approval. We're also working on fixing up Ley-line1 with the few missing translated lines.

Ley-line3 will be done editing in January 2020 and we will get that out as soon as we can in 2020.

Expect another update next month as now that there's progress we have updates to give to you backers.

Again thanks for being patient for us getting past a major roadblock in this campaign.

P.S. Refunds are still accepted. Any digital copies cannot be refunded however.

P.P.S. Rewrite+ Kickstarter launched today, feel free to check it out. Also Studio Élan is running a Kickstarter to get voices added to their latest visual novel Heart of the Woods.

Production Updates #4
almost 5 years ago – Mon, May 20, 2019 at 02:22:38 AM

Hello Backers,

Apologizes for skipping last month. We were confirming some information and it's taken a bit of time.

• We're wrapping up another project that uses the same engine in the next two months. Once that is done we can finally finish on boarding an additional programmer.
• Ley-line 2, fully translated and edited. We will prioritize this to be released on the updated engine as soon as we're done on boarding the additional programmer. We plan to give out beta keys as we get the game in to production quality. This will also allow us to test if updating the game text will continue to break saves.
• Ley-line 3, fully translated and partly edited. We will be doing the same as above with beta releases as it gets shaped up for release.
• Ley-line 1, once 2 and 3 is done we will revisit and fix the few missing lines and engine issues.

Monthly updates will resume once again after we're finished with on boarding.

Production Updates #3
about 5 years ago – Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 02:11:18 AM

Hello Backers,

From our previous update asking for programmers we have found someone to work with. We're in the process of getting them up to speed as well as getting the scripts for 1 and 2 to use the newer engine. We expect next month to have more detailed update on how the progress of getting the script in to the newer engine.

Please be assured we're not abandoning the project in any way.

Finally we have another Kickstarter running, M.A.S.S. Builder, A Fully Customizable Mecha Action Game. There's currently a demo on Steam if you want to try it out.  

A Clockwork Ley-line Digital Soundtrack Now Available to Backers
about 5 years ago – Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:08:31 PM

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to give a heads up to everyone that the digital soundtrack for the A Clockwork Ley-line trilogy is now available for backers. Please check your Backerkit accounts to add the DLC to your Steam accounts. The soundtrack will be made available for sale for everyone else very soon so stay tuned. We apologize for the delay on this.

We'll have more updates on progress on the second game as well as other related DLC soon. Till then, enjoy the music and have a pleasant weekend! '-')/