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Cleaved End of Year Update

Good evening all!

Calvin here with my first official update on the Starlight Tactiles page!

This post is just to give you all a huge thank you for the warm welcome of myself, my team and respective community that have been flowing into this now shared space.

2025 has come with a series of trials that made it very difficult at times for the team and unfortunately some of that has been reflected in the work we were able to produce during this time.

But no more! With ...

Season's Greetings from Starlight Tactiles

Good day all, and to those that celebrate, Merry Christmas.

It has been one rollercoaster of a year, and I'm certainly ending it very different from how I imagined.

I wanted to give you all an update as to how things are going.

Firstly, on a personal note, my mother's mass has reacted positively to the second round of chemo, after the first type (who knew chemo had types) didn't show any change. She will go through one more round and then rest to regain her white blood cell ...

Change to Starlight Tactiles and New Tiers Now Live

Hello all, thank you for the wait.

Everything is now live and we have a new face.

I'm so happy to have you all here, and all the new Cleaved members with us too.

The holiday season is upon us and as we take this time to be with the ones we want, let us all at Starlight Tactiles let you know we appreciate each and every one of you.

Starlight Taciles - Patreon Tier Changes

Good day all.

As you are aware from the recent news we will be changing our Patreon to Starlight Tactiles. I am happy to announce that this will take place from December.

Below are the new tiers that we will be offering, as well as the new price ranges that they offer.

From the 1st of December the server will have a restructure to accommodate the new areas for Cleaved.

The Patreon changes will go live on Sunday 30th November. This will allow everyone to change...

Starlight Tactiles

Hello all.
This is a special and important announcement over something we have had in the works for a while now.

In Finite Space will now fall under the banner of a new production studio Starlight Tactiles!!!

As well as IFS I am ecstatic to say that we will be bringing FVN Cleaved along for the journey with us.

I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know Cal over the last year and it brings me great joy to have him ...

Helping out

A Bad Day to Burn

So... yeah things are a-coming.

Updates are slow and I'm sorry, but good news today my mum started chemo. My mind has been all over the place though and I will admit its taken its toll on the writing, however I have started up again, bit by bit.

However asset production has never stopped as well as a very exciting announcement to come very soon.

In terms of the next build I will get it out before the end of the year, that is my goal and I want to hit it sooner rath...

Dev Update & Cameo Giveaway

Good day all.

Things are moving ahead with the next build. Some assets are coming in for the next build and beyond that I am really excited about. It always feels really odd sitting on stuff that I can't share for up to a year from now, but know that I cannot wait for you to see them.

Some wonderful news that Basch, our most beloved Sprite/CG artist got married, so many happy feelings and thoughts over to him and his partner for the life they are building together.

Music and...

Itch situation and promise

Well its been a wild day.

Itch has shadowbanned/unindexed us and practically all FVNs that I read. It's an appalling situation and all of us are shook and are waiting to see what befalls us. Itch.io have put out their statement and will be reviewing their policies.
We at IFS have never asked for money on itch and I hope that will mean something, but even if we are spared the guillotine, it is against our own message of resistin...

In Finite Space - Build 7 - Release

Good afternoon all.
Very excited to say Build 7 is now available to you all.

Thank you all again and again for the patience and support.
Some notes:
We have added a new Calbex sprite to the end of Chapter 6, and some music to earlier builds, but those tracks will appear in this chapter too.
We have some interface stuff, that was a nightmare to get the Android versions to work with. If there is anything janky please let us know.
This build is a bit smaller since its...

Final CGs and music coming in

I am so pumped to say the final CGs are coming in after final approvals on the sketches and they are AMAZING. Cannot wait for you all to see them.

The music we are making, which are all character themes, are also being completed after a long process (I am far too particular about getting each of their vibes just right)

We were aiming to try and get the build out for our anniversary, but we are not quite there, but I'd definitely say we're in the final hurdle. It is possible that...

Sneaky Peek

The script is back from its edits and the team are assembling things as we wait for the last few assets to come in. Please enjoy this sneak peek of some of what is to come in the next build. We are aiming to land it at the end of the month, pending any last minute hiccups.

Corwan/MC designs

Good afternoon all.

You saw his sketch briefly on the size chart but now he's actually got his new clothes on (purchased in Belvos), we can finally show off the design for Corwan/MC.

This will be extra useful for upcoming CGs that give us more freedom for angles and shots.

Thank you all for your patience and I'll update you soon with what we have cooking

Size Chart - Corwan update

Good day all, please see a requested height chart for the cast. Corwan's speculative concept is here to give reference and his final version will be posted once we have gotten it done and decided on.
We are working with this as we make more CGs for the next update, which I must say look amazing already. Can't wait to get this next one to you all.

New Job and MC concepts

Good news all.
Just a quick note that I have been offered and accepted a new job, which is one headache solved.

On IFS front we have gotten a few concepts done for Corwan/MC and are fine tuning them now.

There are also some new BGs for future updates are being secretly worked on and I am very excited for them.

updates on WIP will be given soon. Thank you.

Build 7 - Production Plan and steps ahead

With Public release of Build 6 I wanted to let you know what's happening in terms of development for Build 7:

Concepts are being made of Corwan/MC now so that we can finally put a face to the name. We are going to have a few mocked up as I never had a solid idea in mind for what he should look like, and I'll show them off here and potentially even get you all to offer your choices for which one should then be finalised and then used for various upcoming CGs.

this was mostly done ...

Build 6 Links - Automated messages not working

Hello all,

Sorry for any who are having issues with getting the Build links. Please see below while we try to resolve this for the future.

PC - https://www.mediafire.com/file/zgff69mjrt29zm1/IFS-1.6.1-pc.zip/file

MAC - https://www.mediafire.com/file/xuq63xaoa9i2q4...

In Finite Space - Build 6 release

Hello all. It has been a while, but we are finally here with Build 6 release.
With some vacations, sicknesses, and overall Holiday seasons hitting the production took a bit longer on this one, but we are getting back into the swing of things.

Please enjoy some extra special treats and the amazing BG by BorkThuder (illustrated).
Check your Patreon inbox for the links, or use the Patreon Discord channels to find the links there.

See you all very soon.

Happy New Year From IFS

Happy New Year everyone.

Wow what a year it's been for us. Some hard work, lessons learnt and already the story is in full swing.

I cannot thank you all enough for all the support. It has allowed us to continue and keep putting out the quality of what I want from this project.

Looking forward to what to expect in 2025. I'd like to say 3-4 builds are what I will aim for, though it depends on asset progression and other factors of course. We won't rush the work and it ...

Developers Log - Build 5

Good day all.

Phew what a month. I can't believe we finally got the build out, but your reception and the new people signing up to the patreon really makes me emotional.

I was very nervous about this build, and for those of you who have gone through it fully, I imagine you know why.

There were a lot of moving parts in this one, as well as a particularly large number of assets needed, but the whole team came together to produce something I am so happy about and really hit wha...

In Finite Space Build 5 - Drop

The wait is finally over!!!

I could cry its been so hard getting this one done, but thank you all for your patience.

Because of the recent illegal skimming of Patreon the links will be messaged out momentarily, as well as shared in the Patreon sections of the Discord server so please look out there.

Things to note that are not completed but will be worked on for Public.

Missing a BG of the Drop Ship
Missing a fight CG
All late scene CGs will be finalised and ...

Build 5 - Countdown to drop

​Good day all.

It has been a little while since I've posted a devlog, but I want to reassure any that may have any concerns that we are still working away (so darn hard -.-) to get the next build ready and released.

The final assets are due in this week, and the frame work of the Renpy side of things is fully underway, with us bringing on a third member of the team to help distribute the load and speed up turnaround.

While I would have loved to have the build out before mo...

Apple Pay PSA

Good day all and thank you all again for your continued support.

Although we hope to have some updates for you soon in regards to the VN, this post is to clarify about Apple and Apple Pay.
They are increasing their prices and thrusting those charges in addition to either you or us. They will be increasing iStore Patreon purchases and subscriptions and add fees to those that pay through Apple Pay.

I am not sure how many, if any, use Apple Pay, but please consider changing...

1 Year Anniversary!!! - Sneak Peeks

I cannot believe I am actually making a 1 year anniversary post. It has been one of the most rewarding years of my life, and a hell of a lot of it was from the gracious and continued support of you all.

And we have a lot to show for it. The story is progressing at a good pace, we have a growing community of readers who engage daily and I adore reading all comments and responses to In Finite Space.

While we were aiming to release Chapter 5 today, with the delays to some spriting ...

Dev Update

Good day all. I wanna break down the status of the upcoming build below:

So some good news and some not so good.

 ·        First off the build script is done, and is through the first round of edits, its a chonker of a build so sweet Azzy has been rolling up his sleeves and working really hard on it. Once I clear up the first edits it'll be back to Azzy for round two!!

·        Next off BG's. As thi...

New BG and Artist

Good day all. Please have a gander at an upcoming bg for the next build. Done by the sensational Kinu, who is joining us, I think we can all agree how amazing this is.
We are all working very hard to gather assets in. The script is in the first round of edits and some sprites are starting to come in, with some unfortunate delays due to weather and power outages. But we keep on trucking. Look forward to more stuff soon.

KAU Ship Concepts

Good morning all.

Last time we had a peek at the Plague ship concepts and this time I'm happy to share some KAU ship concepts.

We will be using these and the previous concepts for some delicious BGs and CGs in the future, so look forward to the action.

Build 5 - Sneak Peek - Plague Concepts

As we work on getting the assets together have a sneak peek at what the mysterious Plague vessels will look like.

Build 5 - Development Update

So Build 4 is now public, and the support and love for it has been fantastic. That being said we have not been sitting on our laurels.

Even before you all got to read chapter 4 we were working away at Build 5, which as you can imagine, is going to be a very important one, and sort of a mid-ish point to the first arc of the story.

We have new concept artists who have been hard at work on both KAU and Plague designs.

Our music team are making a bunch of new tracks.

N...

In Finite Space Build 4 - Patreon Release

Hello everyone. Build 4 is here!!!!

Thank you all so so much for your patience with this one. I am certain you will love it ;3

One note though:

We have an issue wherein the Android version does not display some ST-IK messages as intended. We will work on a hot fix for this. For now it just reads in the regular text box.

Windows - https://www.mediafire.com/file/3nz...