It certainly has been for me. I promised that I'd hit the ground running and I'm confident in saying that I did exactly that. After arriving back in the states, I have been relentlessly energized and I think it shows in all I'll have to offer over the course of the next week.
So. Haruspex, P3P, and 97 Poets. Let's start with this:
You see mysterious strangers in the night. Leaning against unlit doorways, engaged in hushed conversation. A shadowy cabal exchanging looks, whispering in dark alleys and unmarked locales. A radical cell conspiring against the state -- and perhaps even against man and woman. Was that a secret handshake? What’s going on? Who are these secretive people? How will they accomplish their sinister and world-altering goals? And most importantly -- are you one of them? You could be. Maybe you forgot…
-D...
2025-09-16 10:17:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey ya'll!
Wanted to take a moment and touch base on what remains my highest priority.
I won't go into too many specifics since I figure the fruits of everything will reveal themselves soon enough, but a couple bits of info to reassure anyone who thinks I might have gotten too distracted after falling down the LARP rabbit hole:
-While I've been away, I've edited the audio for the next Intermission, as well as Days 7, 8, and 9. As soon as I get back in the states, I'll be able to hit the ground running and turn those all ar...
2025-09-15 16:05:15 +0000 UTC
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Jamais vu. The opposite of déjà vu. Not already seen, but never seen. Everything that should be familiar appears strange and new. Like some half-forgotten day in your childhood, only now. That's the feeling you've been having. And for who knows how long? You should go and ask Joyce Messier about this -- what world are we in? This is the fundamental question.
The leader of the fascists, Paris von Burgen, has been arrested. Shortly after, I watch the most terrifying capable capitalist in La Cage be led out in handcuffs as well. This means that both the fascists and the monarchists are now leaderless and stripped of funding. As I turn the corner, I find my distressed monarchist flatmate and fellow student, Aubin Sol Montpensier. He tells me that this means he is now leading both the fascist Iron Ca...
2025-09-05 10:47:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all, hope all's well!!
I am literally about to run out the door to catch my flight to the Czech Republic for that Disco Elysium LARP I mentioned last time, but I was fortunately able to get this in order just in time.
This is still a bit far from the final cut - the visuals in the last 10 minutes are admitted a bit rushed (the last 4 especially), there's some small bits I want to rewrite/expand/trim, there's a handful of scenes I still need to capture, and ofc the credits - but I believe this should still be enough to get a...
2025-08-16 17:44:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey ya'll, Ruby here! Hope all's well! o/
In case you haven't seen, a preview with nearly 90 minutes of new Haruspex content including Days 5 & 6 have been posted alongside this update.
This brings the current runtime of the entire project up to a little over 3h49m.
It's still missing a few key assets, most notably more voice lines on Da...
2025-07-30 23:11:59 +0000 UTC
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Hello~
The rough cuts of Days 5 and 6 are done, as well as the first Intermission. This represents about 3/4ths of Act 2, thus the title. Sometimes I can't help myself.
My apologies for this taking a tad longer than expected, but I hope the scale of it goes some ways to making up for it. For more details on that, be sure to check out the update that went up alongside this.
As ever I'm very eager to hear your thoughts and feedback, and it would b...
2025-07-30 23:11:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all, hope all's well and greetings to all the new faces!!
Wanted to quickly swing by let everyone know where things are at since I know I promised Day 5 within the first week, but Day 5 has yet to manifest.
To keep things super short: Day 5's done!
Think it's come out VERY well, potentially the best day so far, and I can't wait to share it with you.
However, the Premiere Pro inclined among you might notice that there is a who...
2025-07-11 18:08:10 +0000 UTC
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The first third is officially here.
This preview includes the intro + Days 1-4.
For anyone who's watched any previews up till now, you will notice that this cut is also much more feature complete, having around 99% of the voice acting in place.
Editing on Day 5 is largely done and should be dropping within the next week. Good chance we'll have Day 6 by the end of the month as well, particularly since finishing Persona 3 Portable is taking a bit longer than expected (the game is rather long, if you can believe it).
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2025-07-01 16:54:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey ya'll, hope all's well! Back with the Day 4 preview, just as promised!!
Apologies for it running a little late, jetlag took me out a lot harder than I'd expected after getting home, and I also knew that some vital lines were imminent so that gave me a little extra incentive to take my time.
In good news though, Day 4 is now dialogue complete and I've taken the chance to knock out the intro!
This is the opening theatre history bit, ...
2025-06-19 15:44:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey y’all, back again with another research review!
Been doing a lot of reading lately that’s been deeply insightful, from Building a Character to The Shakespeare Riots to Metamodernism: The Future of Theory. Also, One Piece (almost done with Dressrosa~).
Still working my way through Riots and Metamodernism, but nonetheless all of them have been deeply insightful and useful for framing/building on a lot of thoughts I’ve had. That said, my reread of Theatre of...
2025-06-02 13:32:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey y’all, hope all’s well!
Happy Pride Month from Scotland! SulMatul says hello~
So, going to lead off with a bit of bad news:
The preview for Day 4 of Haruspex is going to be a little delayed, probably till around the middle of the month. There’s a couple complicated reasons for this, but the short version is that I am unable to open the master project file for the Haruspex project on SulMatul’s computer despit...
2025-06-01 09:12:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey ya'll, hope all's well!!
Also hope you've had time to enjoy the preview of Days 1-3!
Personally, I couldn't be happier with how it's coming together. I cannot remember the last time I've been this excited for a project. I've been getting early updates from the animators, artists and actors have been getting me the ingredients I need to cook, and I'm finding more and more ways to speed up the entire process.
Weird to say, bu...
2025-05-12 14:44:45 +0000 UTC
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Hey ya'll, back with the first 100+ minutes of the main summary!
Something things to note:
-As ever, not all voicelines are in place. Getting more and more in by the day, however.
-Day 1 has been updated with extra voice acting! Still not quite 100% complete, but it is definitely a lot more put together
-The intros which break up each day are, at present, incomplete. They are going to be centered around readings of letters Artemy gets around midnight each day, often from Isidor or Aglaya. Those lines are still forthcom...
2025-05-10 20:07:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey ya'll, Ruby here! Hope you're doing well!
So, got good news, bad news, then more good news.
The Short Version:
Good news - Production is going PHENOMENALLY, a lot of things are coming together really fast and huge strides have been made! Everything's going better than expected.
Bad news - Still currently waiting on an essential art asset, so the preview for Day 2 is going to be around a week late, my apologies (though there's still a link to what I have so far ...
2025-04-30 21:08:08 +0000 UTC
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The preview of Day 1 is finally here!! Time at last to properly meet Artemy~
As I did with Daniil's Act 2, I've decided to start editing at the beginning of the main show, both since that helps me get a sense of what the intro is leading into an let's me adjust appropriately and since I figure it would be a bit anti-climatic to have the first preview be nothing but me talking about Anton Chekhov for 10 minutes followed by an intro into nothing.
With that says, as ever with these early previews, it is still rough in places.
2025-04-04 17:28:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all, Ruby here! Hope all's as well as can be. Want to swing by and give a quick update on where we're at:
The final draft of the Haruspex script is done and you can see it right here, right now!
I also think it's the best thing I've ever written, if I'm fully honest.
To sum up the past month of...
2025-03-01 17:04:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all, hope it's going well!!
(or at least as well as it can be if you're in the US)
Apologies as ever for the delayed update, been very hard at work trying to get things, lots of late nights and even more coffee, because I wanted to be able to come back around with something substantial. Fortunately, I most certainly have something substantial now:
The rough draft of the script for the Haruspex's Route is fully done - All 12 days, plus 4 intermissions detailing the history of Anton Chekhov and the Moscow Arts Theatre, ...
2025-01-23 18:55:39 +0000 UTC
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Hey ya’ll, hope you’re doing well!
Progress is coming together very well on the Haruspex video! Scripting is still in progress, but I’ve wrapped up my preliminary research and learned a great deal in the process.
Spent a lot of time watching plays and reading this month, most notably working my way through An Actor Prepares by Konstantin Stanislavski (for the first time since college) and My Life In The Russian Theatre by Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantchenko (the co-founder of the Moscow Arts Theatr...
2024-12-02 19:57:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey y’all, Ruby here, hope it’s going well!
With the arrival of the Death of a Wish/Born of a Dream video looming, I just wanted to touch base with a quick update and lay out what I’ve got planned in the coming months.
So, first and foremost: The DoaW/BoaD video will be premiering at 1PM PST on the 28th. Premiere will hopefully be getting set proper on YouTube tomorrow, provided Premiere co-operates. I’ll be using the next couple days to get the closed captions in order. I’m happy to say that this project is well a...
2024-10-26 00:10:25 +0000 UTC
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