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Developer Diary

Developer Diary

Summer Eternal

Anthology Production Update No.2

Our Limited Edition 7" Vinyl, featuring music by Nemeček and Corvad for the world of Red Rooster, has been upgraded to a 10" EP with double the tracks, double the runtime, completely free of charge for everyone who pre-ordered the Deluxe Firestarter Edition of our Anthology. 

For the Summer Solstice, we're revealing the extravagant gatefold cover illustrated by the legendary Schmrgl for Project Red Rooster.


Still limited to 3000 copies worldwide. Once it's sold out, the Vinyl will never return in this format again.


We've also decided to surprise you with even more gifts to be included with the Deluxe Firestarter Edition of the Anthology -- once again, added to your existing orders without any additional surcharges or price increases!


THE DELUXE FIRESTARTER EDITION WILL NOW INCLUDE:

  • Anthology book and its slipcase

  • 10" Golden Flint Wheel Vinyl record with 2 tracks on each side from Corvad and Nemeček

  • Stylish gatefold cover painted by Schmrgl, with each inner sleeve hand-numbered between 1 and 3000

  • High-quality concept art prints and a poster designed for Red Rooster

  • Two iron-on fabric patches designed by Lur Noise

  • Two weatherproof vinyl sticker sheets featuring studio and concept art from various artists

  • Mesmerizing lenticular bookmark showcasing the "Cosmic Cockatrice" concept art by Nightcrow

  • Fold-your-own miniature cardstock replica of the Anthology book


All our merch is produced by small businesses across Europe, meticulously designed by our artists, and painstakingly validated for quality by our in-house creative team.


In addition, over the next few days our Anthology book will be officially content complete, and the majority of its layout has already been finalized.

We promised you at least 150 pages of content. We can now proudly announce that we will be exceeding this estimation: our final page count will number more than 430 pages! 

These pages will include exclusive interviews, artworks and developer essays with all-custom graphic design and layout by Eryk Sawicki of Peregrine Coast Press.


Today, we're also happy to reveal the preliminary table of contents for the Anthology book, from our latest draft-in-progress.

PAGES 1-13: INTRODUCTION
6 ... Foreword
8 ... Manifesto

PAGES 14-55 :  ESSAYS
17  ... Aleksandar Gavrilović, Studio Architecture
22 ... Anastasiia Ivanova, Art in Games
28 ... Andrus Laansalu, how to look for a needle never lost
32 ... Argo Tuulik, First Things First
40 ... Dora Klindžić, Welcome to the Eternal Season
48 ... Martin Tisanić, Playing with Fire

PAGES 56-193 : INTERVIEWS
58 ... Yanis Varoufakis
68 ... Ted Chiang
86 ... Mark Darrah
120 ... David Gaider
156 ... Aftermath
160 ... Prof. Wolff
184 ... UVW-CWA

PAGES 194-209: STATE OF THE STUDIO
196 ... Aleksandar Gavrilović, 500 Days of Summer Eternal

PAGES 210-425: PROJECT RED ROOSTER
212 ... Game Announcement
220 ... Worldbuilding
260 ... Characters
304 ... Jaagup Irve, A Deep Dive Into Narrative Tooling (Guest article)
322 ... Game Design
336 ... Concept Art & 3D
394 ... User Interface
412 ... Music & Sound
424 ... What's Next for Red Rooster?

PAGES 426+: OUTRO
426 ... Acknowledgments
428 ... Epilogue

MORE INCHES, MORE PAGES, MORE... TARIFFS AND FUEL SURCHARGES?

The geopolitics of our decaying global order have caused fuel surcharges and shipping prices to rise over the past several months. However, if you've pre-ordered from us, you don't need to be worried about tariffs, surcharges or rising shipping costs as we will still be paying all import costs, surcharges and tariffs from our doors to yours, as we promised. These estimated costs are already included in the fees you paid when you placed the order on our site, and we will amortize any increases to the shipping costs out of our profits. Summer Eternal will never surprise you with any additional costs.

While we're on the topic of keeping promises, we are also ecstatic to say that despite the numerous increases we have done to the value and scope of the Anthology project, we are still on track for our Summer 2026 release window for the Anthology and the synchronized worldwide reveal of Project Red Rooster, so you'll be hearing from us soon! 🐓


Yours in every season,

Summer Eternal


P.S. — You can pre-order your copy of the Anthology here.


Product photography by Juraj Močilac.


Summer Eternal

Team

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Varoufakis, Chiang, Wolff, Gaider and Darrah join the Anthology Volume One as contributors.

Varoufakis, Chiang, Wolff, Gaider and Darrah join the Anthology Volume One as contributors.

Varoufakis, Chiang, Wolff, Gaider and Darrah join the Anthology Volume One as contributors.

Varoufakis, Chiang, Wolff, Gaider and Darrah join the Anthology Volume One as contributors.

how to look for a needle never lost

how to look for a needle never lost

how to look for a needle never lost

Andrus Laansalu

Andrus Laansalu

Andrus Laansalu

Andrus Laansalu

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Audio Designer

Audio Designer

Audio Designer

"my experience as an audio designer tells me (like zhuangzi told wittgenstein) that once you start the climb forget about the ladder. forget it till you can no longer even recall the word that used to stand for it."

"my experience as an audio designer tells me (like zhuangzi told wittgenstein) that once you start the climb forget about the ladder. forget it till you can no longer even recall the word that used to stand for it."

"my experience as an audio designer tells me (like zhuangzi told wittgenstein) that once you start the climb forget about the ladder. forget it till you can no longer even recall the word that used to stand for it."

"my experience as an audio designer tells me (like zhuangzi told wittgenstein) that once you start the climb forget about the ladder. forget it till you can no longer even recall the word that used to stand for it."

First things first

First things first

First things first

Argo Tuulik

Argo Tuulik

Argo Tuulik

Argo Tuulik

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Writer

Writer

Writer

"I believe artistic integrity triumphs even greed, and that artists in control of the means of creation can raise artistic standards for the entire industry."

"I believe artistic integrity triumphs even greed, and that artists in control of the means of creation can raise artistic standards for the entire industry."

"I believe artistic integrity triumphs even greed, and that artists in control of the means of creation can raise artistic standards for the entire industry."

"I believe artistic integrity triumphs even greed, and that artists in control of the means of creation can raise artistic standards for the entire industry."

Studio Architecture

Studio Architecture

Studio Architecture

Aleksandar Gavrilović

Aleksandar Gavrilović

Aleksandar Gavrilović

Aleksandar Gavrilović

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Organiser

Organiser

Organiser

"Until constraints of creation under capitalism are rendered obsolete and artistic communes will self-organise without constant fiscal anxiety, workers will be urged to form ways to overcome them - partially, often contradictory, envisioning impossible structures that look like fever dreams from different worlds."

"Until constraints of creation under capitalism are rendered obsolete and artistic communes will self-organise without constant fiscal anxiety, workers will be urged to form ways to overcome them - partially, often contradictory, envisioning impossible structures that look like fever dreams from different worlds."

"Until constraints of creation under capitalism are rendered obsolete and artistic communes will self-organise without constant fiscal anxiety, workers will be urged to form ways to overcome them - partially, often contradictory, envisioning impossible structures that look like fever dreams from different worlds."

"Until constraints of creation under capitalism are rendered obsolete and artistic communes will self-organise without constant fiscal anxiety, workers will be urged to form ways to overcome them - partially, often contradictory, envisioning impossible structures that look like fever dreams from different worlds."