It's a rainy Friday here in Baltimore, but my spirits are high! That "things to do" list keeps getting shorter, though wait... there's something new down there under "in progress"? What's going on?

After conversing with a few other devs who have gotten on (or are in the process of getting on) Steam, one thing that can be a real sticky point is music. While I don't have immediate plans to try to get Mythos on Steam, it's something I may want to think about down the road.

There's not a whole lot of music in Mythos, but what we do use is made from other sources. Some of these tracks were purchased, but some are others are put out as free use. The latter made me nervous, but last night it was discovered that I can make my own music... and so we're going to be making all the Mythos soundtrack "in house" henceforth, as well as redoing much of the old soundtrack for ourselves. This gives us complete ownership of the music, as well as being able to get the sound want without finding something "close enough". 

You may notice that I've gone from saying "I" to "we" -- that's because the Nine of Swords team is now more than just me! My wife Morgana (Morgi LeFay on the "About" screen) is actually taking a larger role in the production of Mythos as the Music Director. She's already done some work on the game -- the title screen (which is getting a revamp in Chapter Two), the Special Thanks screen, and the voice of Lorebook-chan (if you met the right requirements to get that little secret event). Now she'll be making most of the soundtrack while I continue doing what I've been doing. While the main theme and Mara's theme were made by me, but she'll be doing the bulk of the rest of the work; so our new decision to make our own music shouldn't add too much production time. We also plan to add background music where there was none before, perhaps putting in an option to play "all music", "just themes" (how things are designed currently), or "no music" as you desire.

So now it's gone from "Teri is Nine of Swords Studios" to "Teri of Nine of Swords Studios". It'll take some adjustment.

Regarding this week's Friday Update image, from left to right:

• Heidi from Bare Witness provided by AlterWorlds 
• "The Narrator" from Harem Highlander provided by Eris Discordia 
• "The Waitress" from Mythos 
• RJ Rhodes from Come Home provided by RJ Rhodes Writes

Things Completed:

• Scene: "Who Let the Dogs Out?" 
• Scene: "It Just B Like That"
• Scene: "Trying to Cross the Border, Right?"
• Scene: "Y'all Call Back Now, Y'hear?"
• Scene: "Fairy Tail"
• Scene: "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"
• Scene: "A Beautiful Mind "
• Scene: "Fairy Godmother"
• Scene: "Welcome to Hogwarts!"
• New Characters designed
• Side Images for new characters
• Jessica Lee Redesign
• Area 42 Band Completion
• Convocation Completion

Things In Progress:

• Scene: "Once Upon a Time in Eorzeroth" (Writing)
• Scene: "Teri's Eleven" (It's gettin' there)
• Chapter Two Lorebook Entries (Ongoing)
• Chapter Two Achievements (3/5 Complete)
• Music Tracks Produced (2/??)
• Dicks Dante's girlfriend sucked (37)

Things To Do:

• Scene: "The Cat Came Back"
• Scene: "Ohmigod You Guys!"
• Scene: "No, Mister Bond..."
• Sex Animations (0/4)

Keep the Legends alive!

- Teri 💜