We are working hard to get a public demo ready for Fanime. You can see the latest character art at out site www.blissstage.com and we are well underway with voice recording and should have some samples soon.

We'll also be hosting a few panels at Fanime this year including:

Bliss Stage: Friday May 25th, 1pm-3pm in Panels 3

How to Make your Ren'py Game: Sunday May 27th, 1pm-2pm in SJCC Room C

More info soon along with those voice clips. Thanks for all your support.

Okay, we've had some delays but we are getting back on track. The basic rules of Bliss Stage are implemented and the first mission sequence is scripted. The combat animation system is still in a very early stage and the advanced rules are still being implemented but the game is in a playable state. Once we've had time for bug testing and running it by our backers we'll be producing a public demo version.

We're also currently interviewing voice actors and getting ready to begin recording dialog.

Time for a long overdue status report. We've all been busy getting this project in to full production so hopefully this will be worth the wait.

Nightmare and Mecha art is in production and character art is undergoing some final tweaking. We're well underway with voice acting casting and the first round of scripts are being finalized. The basic game code is also nearing completion. We are hoping to have a basic test version out around the end of August if all goes well.

We also have a basic website up at http://blissstage.com/. In the coming weeks we'll be making some revisions there and getting out the info surveys. Now that things are really off the ground and we have an idea of the schedule you can expect more regular updates.

We're down to the last few hours of the fundraising period. We really appreciate all of your support in helping us meet and exceed our goal. We still have one Wing Commander reward level left and remember Anchor level backers and above receive 2nd edition Bliss Stage rules. So if you have any friends who might be interested, let them know while there is still time.

Once the fundraising is over we'll start collecting information from our backers and working out the time tables for beta testing and rewards. This is only the beginning.