Where is the next update?

Hey, it’s been a while

Sorry for the year long radio silence.  I didn’t mean for this next update to take so long, but unfortunately that’s situation.  In fact, the next update isn’t even done yet—I’ve been trying to work on it, but it’s been difficult for me to do so as I struggle to manage my ADHD and depression, neither of which I’m able to get an actual diagnosis for, let alone actual treatment.  I’ve also been trying to get art commissions so that I can raise money to move out of my parents house.  On top of all of this, I’ve been trying to find feasible Google Docs alternatives that are free and won’t use my work to “train” its shitty AI.  This doesn’t mean I’m stopping, though.

I had originally intended for chapter one to be split into two parts: a conversation with Oak and Cypress over breakfast and the campus tour.  The problem is that the prologue and chapter 1.1 combined are around forty to fifty pages long.  Chapter 1.2, as of writing this, is around sixty pages long, and I’m not even halfway done with it.  BUT THAT’S JUST THE SCRIPT!  I still haven’t completed any of the assets for the background or the sprites for the at least six new characters introduced in chapter one.  At least I got some of the music done :3

I do have a possible solution.  In the nature of a campus tour, chapter 1.2 is divided into sections by location.  One section is the front office, another section is the sex dungeon, etc.  So, I’m thinking that I could release one or two sections every month or two.  This way, I’ll be able to release semi-regular updates while also giving myself time to work on the assets.  For the first update like this, I’ll probably just use rough sketches in place of the character sprites until I can get to work on them.  This way, you’ll be able to actually see the characters.

This route will also allow me to work on other stuff for the VN as well, like the 3D model I want to use for the backgrounds instead of the shittily doctored stock photos from Pexels and Unsplash.  I also want to implement a chapter select in the event a future update fucks up y’all’s saves.  There are some dialogue and text changes I want to make to the prologue and chapter 1.1 as well, too.  Finally, I want to implement sound effects and change all the music to ogg files. Anyways, if all goes well and nothing untoward happens, I plan for the first of these updates to be released in October.  After chapter one is finished, I don’t know if I’ll keep up these small updates, but we’ll see :3 In the meantime, have this auditory moodboard I made for the VN! :3 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4e0k2jRbXs3aPCH0hEU845?si=4c287a9574034462