Thank you for the numerous offers of help - interest is always appreciated - but I'll be working alone on this project.
I want to work through this at my own pace, however slow that may be at times. For example, I've not even looked at the game for weeks now, everything's in my head, and work probably won't start again for another week... At times like that I really don't want to have to answer to anyone's expectations but my own. I hope you understand.
That said, it's possible I may need the services of a composer (or composers) at some point down the line, but I don't think that will be for a very long time.
As far as how the project is going at the moment, like I said, I've had a bit of a break but I know from where I'll be starting again so I'll make it the basis of the next update, which I guess will be at the end of this month.
Edit:
I'm curious though what the Marens are going to look like?
This is a old sketch of the final concept:
More details
here. I haven't finalised the colours yet, but I have begun spriting them. They've sort of grown in stature too, and have gone from being slightly taller than a human to boss-sized. More about their evolution at a later date...
Cheers.