Weekly Update

Hi 👋

This month has been pretty light for Chapter 3. I chose to slow down instead of jumping straight into the next chapter because I don't want to burn myself out. Developing Falling Apart is honestly the thing I enjoy the most, but moving from one chapter to the next without any rest would eventually catch up to me.

That said… I already started working on Chapter 3 😂 Mainly the script. Nothing crazy yet.

From tomorrow I'm going to start taking it more seriously, and once the public release is out (5 days left), I'll go full Chapter 3 mode with devlogs again like always.

Also, I found another… hmmmm… hairstyle for Paige?? Not really a new hairstyle. It's literally the same hair, just with a very slight change to her bangs. I think it might be a bit easier to render since it's less dense, less volume.

I still need to test it more though. I've already used this """new""" hairstyle in some 4K wallpapers before, but making 4K wallpapers is very different from using the character inside the actual game with bigger scenes, extra characters, more models, etc. So it probably feels better just because wallpapers require way less overall.

I don't know yet. I need to test it more. You can see this slightly """new""" hairstyle in my latest YouTube Shorts.

If you compare Paige's hair in the red bikini render with the 3 latest Shorts, you might notice her bangs changed slightly.

And that's pretty much it for the weekly update. There's not much more to say 😅

Oh, I'm curious about something. Where do you actually play AVNs / VNs?

Android (phone/tablet)?
PC?
Mac?

I'm asking because Itch stats show that around 64% of Falling Apart downloads are from Android, 33% from PC, and 3% from Mac.

I personally play on PC, so I don't really think about mobile that much… but if most of you are on Android, maybe I should focus more on optimizing future chapters for phones and tablets 🤔

Hope you all have a great week.

— pixelend 🧟