Credits
While this is an indie project, I've got helping hands. So here's the mentions.
Credits: Main Crew
Godot Authors
The Conservatory was made using Godot, the free and open source game engine. Visit them here.
Xan
Xan, the guy who owns this website and runs this blog and made the game. You know. The guy who did the thing.
- All Programming *except for the Godot engine.
- Pixel (2D) Art
- 3D Art
- Modelling
- Shaders
- Lore
- Storyboards (everything)
- Writing (everything, again)
- Species: Gaian
- Species: Novan
- Species: Kirivian
- Species: [redacted for spoilers]
RWGryphon
Resident birb helper. A note: this is based on his story, one that we wrote together but which he concieved many, many years ago!
- 2D Art (concepts)
- Lore
- Many key characters
- The underlying concept for the entire plotline
- Storyboards (idiot-proofing Xan)
- Writing (idiot-proofing Xan)
- Species: Avelian
- Species: [redacted for spoilers]
- Music (Storyline Critical, Narrative Moments)
- n.b. titles not listed as the list is changing.
Credits: Key People
People who helped, but not actively. Stuff like one-off helpers.
LawnReality
This guy writes publicly usable music for free, which is awesome. You've probably heard his music somewhere. Not as widespread as someone like Kevin MacLeod. Definitely a bit more of an underdog, I think his most popular song has somehting like 70k views on YouTube as of writing?
- Music (General Background, Misc.)
- There's 400+ tracks available in his selection. I am not listing them.
Honorable Mentions
Software
Lots of software was used in the making of the game! Here's the apps I depend on:
- Visual Studio 2022 (Community Edition)
- .NET (C# Programming Language)
- Visual Studio Code
- Blender
- Aseprite
- ImHex
- Audacity
- Paint.NET
Other People
- Mom and Dad - Thanks for letting me stick around while I work on this.
- Ben Golus - \(\text{O BLESSED ARE WE TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DEITY TO}\)
\(\text{SHADING, THE LANTERN IN THE NIGHT WHO SHALL LEAD US TO A}\)
\(\text{GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOLY GPU, TO THE SACRED}\)
\(\text{RENDER PIPELINE! KNEEL BEFORE HIM, FOR HE KNOWS ALL!}\) - Kiavich - One of the little title themes, named "Iterators".
- Tundr - You suggested the original name for the Avelians, back when they were called Balaur. Sorry it didn't stick.