Branded To Fall Dev Update 05/07/26

Hey Hey!

Dev updaterino! So this week I've been hard at work still on the omegaupdate. I'm so happy with how everything is coming together and for both Charlotte and Jen to be pushing things with El and Cam to some heavy extremes. I've been writing so much Charlotte as of late that I'm catching myself being more sassy in my own head so I think she might have her grips in my brain at this point too XD. There's been some fun interactions to try and work out within the scenes themselves as well that I think make them feel better where, for example, there is a scene with Cam, El and Charlotte all talking, and if El is far enough in Jen's route then she will make comments about how Jen is always looking at Elora but she's not allowed to look at Cam, and just small touches like that for the intersecting routes the make the game feel a bit more dynamic and not like each route is just an isolated thing.

I also went into the gallery to look over some old scenes and see just how many scenes characters currently have and WOW I had not realised how many I had given to Seren so far, especially from how long it feels since I got to add a new one for her. Don't worry, this doesn't mean I'll be holding off on any Seren content more just my surprise at being reminded of it. I'd expect some solid padding out on the Jen and Charlotte front to dethrone Seren's amount of scenes in their though for this next one.

A big thing you'll get to see in this next update will be a chonky drop of some more music too! My composer has been working super hard on the character tracks and has some absolutely fantastic stuff ready for this release! This means alongside all the new Jen and Charlotte content, you'll get to enjoy unique tracks for each of them as well. There are more tracks then just those two in this new update, but I don't want to give away all my surprises in one go, so those are the only two I'll mention for now. I can't wait to hear what people think of them.

Finally, art progress. There's something I've not wanted to talk about here, but it's unfair not to bring it up and keep people posted. My artist has sadly been effected by some recent tragic events. I don't want to go into details as I feel it's not my place to talk about someone else's lives and what's happening with them, she and her family are all safe and well, so don't worry about that. But while she is insistent on still working at a strong pace, this could effect the speed of the last bits of art I need for the update, which would potentially slow the update itself. I wanted to release this month and announce that soon, but I'm not going to put any pressure on my artist, especially right now, and I've told her to only work if and when she is comfortable and okay to do so. Like I say, she is fine and insisting on carrying on as before, but I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware that there could be art delays and to please not hold it against either of us if there are.

To not end on such a dour note, I've included another wonderful contrast of my terrible paint drawn reference images for a CG scene and then the sketch my artist actually produced for it. You can see it in the banner with my terrible paint drawing in the top right (in case you needed it pointing out XD). This is also a fun peak at a very juicy kiss scene as well, so double win!

That's all for this week. As always thank you for the love and support, and have an amazing week!

-BaconSoap