Devlog Update

Hey everyone!

It’s been a little while since the last major update, and we know you all have been waiting patently, so we figured in the mean time we would give a more full idea on what we've been working on. We’ve had our heads down working incredibly hard giving the game a massive facelift, polishing existing content, and injecting a bunch of new stuff so that when the steam demo does drop, its not just the same thing you all have seen already.

This update has been a beast, and that isn't even counting the irl issues we've been dealing with, but we're really excited to finally show off what’s changed. The game looks and feels significantly different now—in a good way!

Here is the breakdown of what’s been done:

The Visual Overhaul

The first thing you’ll notice is that almost everything looks newer and sharper.

• New Sprites & UI: The entire main cast has received brand new sprites. To match the new look, we’ve also completely redone the in-game User Interface (UI) and built a slick new Main Menu.

• CGs & Animations: On the art front, we’ve added 10 brand new CGs sprinkled throughout Chapters 1–6. I also did complete remakes of the Emily and Dev animations, and added two brand new animations for Abigail and Rebecca.

• Costumes & Characters: Some of the cast have fresh new costumes. Also, a personal favorite update for immersion: all speaking roles for background characters have finally been replaced with actual sprites!

• We have also went through and changed many of the old silhouette background and speaking roles with actual characters.

New Content & Gameplay Changes

It’s not just about pretty visuals; there is plenty of new substance to dig into.

The biggest news is the addition of 4 completely new bonus chapters. While typically these are seen as side content, we are using these chapters as a way to show off more of the relationships between the characters outside Dev and the cast. For example, the friendship between Emily and Rebecca or fleshing out Champy.

We’ve also gone back through the existing chapters to improve the flow with new and changed dialogue.

Gameplay-wise, the in-game cell phone is being improved with more functionality to play around with. Its still a bit wip right now but the general idea is to give players more ability to interact with the world and story outside the main story. This could be seeing text conversations of the main cast between chapters, or seeing "tweets" from characters to help flesh out the world and personalities.

Atmosphere and Polish

To wrap it all up, we've spent a lot of time on immersion and stability. You’ll notice new and updated backgrounds as you play, along with new music tracks to set the right mood. And yes, of course, we've squashed a mountain of bug fixes along the way.

Thanks so much for your patience while we hammered away at getting the steam demo done. It been a lot of work, but we really felt the game needed this foundation to make it worth being on steam.

We can’t wait for you all to jump back in and experience the differences!