{"id":2141,"date":"2023-04-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2023-05-01T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T04:32:25","slug":"april-2023-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/?p=2141&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"April 2023 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2141\" class=\"elementor elementor-2141\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc3ab8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"fc3ab8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3736f09\" data-id=\"3736f09\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca6a940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca6a940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.8 - 27-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greetings Backers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are just heading into Golden Week which is one of the longest holidays in Japan. The weather is fine but we continue to be excited for these passion projects you have helped give us the chance to make!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b1557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"09b1557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24271c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24271c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.8 - 27-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Surveys and AppleID<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a41ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2a41ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More and more people have completed their backer survey so thank you for your support. We won&#8217;t close surveys until a few months before the game ships so don&#8217;t worry if you haven&#8217;t completed yours. There is plenty of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We finally understand one of the bigger issues that was occurring. Backers who used AppleID to log into Backerkit and have the security settings to hide their E-mail address are unable to receive surveys. Since the E-mails are hidden, Backerkit doesn&#8217;t have a way to send information to these backers. If means you&#8217;ll have to either contact Backerkit support and update your E-mail address to something that is not hidden or contact us at the Campaign team at pr@yukikaze.ltd to manually adjust your E-mail to something that can be viewed so that we can send you the survey. As always, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to the same E-mail listed above so that we can help.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68c51da elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"68c51da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996d813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"996d813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQ incoming<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ea635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9ea635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know there are a lot of questions about the survey, items on backerkit, timelines etc. Some of the answers have taken time to figure out. Others required a bit of trial and error. In order to make everything as clear as possible we plan to update the Backerkit FAQ and link to it on Discord so that it&#8217;s common information to as many backers as possible. We are in the process of adjusting this but it won&#8217;t be until May when we have it finalized. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245e474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"245e474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351d88c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"351d88c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discord Mods<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23f4d5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23f4d5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We wanted to drop a quick THANK YOU message to all the wonderful Discord mods who have been keeping an eye on the questions from backers and letting us know. You really do help keep the community informed and allow us to focus more on production! We couldn&#8217;t have done this without you.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f449405 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"f449405\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff0887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dff0887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u25c62023.04.25\nPenny Blood Project Diary\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8db35b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8db35b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good evening, everyone. According to the Japanese calendar, we\u2019re at the \u201cgrain rain\u201d period, and the end of spring is here. However, I\u2019m still wearing my winter clothes at home. I mean, it\u2019s still kind of cold\u2026<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s that time of year again: golden week. Some people who have long ones may get to enjoy nine days off. Right now, I\u2019m very torn as to whether I should use this precious break as a way to refresh myself or to focus on my personal work.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now then, it\u2019s time for another monthly Penny Blood project report. Last month, I stated that we were working VERY hard on the walkthrough version, and this is still the case. We search out ways to fix problems at every weekly meeting, try to implement new approaches and fixes, but we still have yet to make any great strides, and now golden week is here. I have no intention to give up here, though. I\u2019m going to do everything I can to boost the quality somehow.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, I\u2019ve charged into the second half of the story overview, and it\u2019s almost time to wrap up all the subplots and create the exciting climax. Hmm\u2026 But I\u2019m not sure what to do. No matter how much time I spend thinking, I can\u2019t come up with the perfect final scene. I just writhe in agony and murmur with Monaka-chan on the floor. Why on the floor? Because it\u2019s heated.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After lots of squinting, Kato-san finally solved the difficult equation of (wild + steampunk + purple skin with studs) x glimmer of intelligence &#8211; Ma**nger-esque elements and finished drawing the new Goliath. I was sure Goliath would end up as a really dumb-looking joke character, but he\u2019s now been reborn and possesses a reliable atmosphere as well as the cloudless eyes of a hero. Now I can\u2019t put \u201cdacchi\u201d or \u201czura\u201d at the end of his lines\u2026 I\u2019ll have to go with \u201cgowasu.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanya-san is still designing guest characters, and is currently\u00a0 drawing Owen Madden, a gangster who will interact with Matthew and co. starting in the prologue, just like Hoover from the BOI. Hanya-san succeeded in completing another ridiculous request from Machida and drew Owen with a frightening amount of accuracy. Once you see the art, you\u2019ll immediately understand what the \u2018accuracy\u2019 refers to, as he\u2019s modeled after a great movie director I love.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watanabe-san, our image board artist, spent the last month drawing the outer visuals for a fortress that will serve as a dungeon, and is now working on the interior for this month. Younger people may not be familiar with this, but it\u2019s based on a residential district that used to exist in Hong Kong and was sort of a \u201cden of evil.\u201d The cramped, cluttered atmosphere is coming along quite nicely. I can\u2019t wait to walk through it once it\u2019s in 3D.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also seems like Hirota-san, our sound leader, is once again planning something fun for everyone\u2026and there may be a hint toward what it is in his message.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026That concludes the update information for this month. I hope you all have a fun golden week.<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matsuzo Machida<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d34ff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"7d34ff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e7f7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45e7f7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Message from Hirota-san<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89766f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89766f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good evening, everyone. Last week, a funk band that I play in as a bassist put on a live performance. We just couldn\u2019t manage to put on a performance during covid times, so it was our first time playing live in four years. Thankfully, we had a full audience, and the call &amp; response was a total blast. Of course, we can\u2019t let our guard down regarding infection-related issues, but it really moved me when I thought about the period of time when I couldn\u2019t see anyone.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to create another chance for everyone to enjoy the music of Penny Blood in a live setting, so I hope you\u2019ll all attend when the time comes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for this month\u2019s sound development report, I\u2019m still working on the music and sound effects. The content is really evolving, so I\u2019ve been thinking about how to design everything based on that. There will be some difficulties as far as specifications are concerned, but I intend to use ingenuity to create some really fun sound design.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also want to move forward with my 20s jazz music production, so I\u2019ve been talking with Kaida-san. I\u2019m really excited for what\u2019s yet to come.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, I streamed a composing livestream last month. Going forward, I plan to expand on this and stream periodically. I\u2019m thinking up some fun plans that I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll all enjoy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As time goes on, I find myself coming up with more and more things I want to do, but first I\u2019ll focus on the walkthrough version sound design and keep doing my very best.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings Backers!&nbsp; We are just heading into Golden Week which is one of the longest holidays in Japan. The weather is fine but we continue to be excited for these passion projects you have helped give us the chance to make! 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