Dev Diary 67 - Merry Christmas!

Hello all, Merry Christmas and a happy holiday from TD and GIL.

This post will be the final dev diary of 2023 and a summation of all we are thankful for.

But, for those who don't care about that last bit, let's get the business out of the way. All told, as of December 22nd (writing this a little earlier due to the holidays), Ch4Up4 sits at: 

1,712 statics images, 37 animations, and 38,339 words. 

That's a total of 293 images, 3 webms, and 5,977 words added to the project since the last developer diary 12 days ago.

The art exhibition of Felicia's date has almost been completed, and after that, we move on to the more intimate "post-art stuff" scenes. We hoped to be further along than this by the end of the month, but the numbers over the last month or so speak for themselves. This will be a heavier update than the previous couple, and I think people will be overwhelmingly pleased with the steamy direction the penultimate scenes can take.

After this update, you can expect the next couple to feature a varied, fun interplay of characters besides the typical singular (and separate) focus that has been the order of business of the "Hana update," "Mina update," "Veronica update," and "Felicia update" for the last year and a half. I think I'll finally have the whole cast more or less where I need them to be in relation to the player character going into week 4, and that should open up some. However, this is getting considerably ahead of ourselves, as we still need to wrap up Ch4Up4!

Now, to get to the sappy stuff...

Thank you all for another fantastic year. It's crazy to me to think that we will be coming up on the 4th anniversary of our initial release next April. That's four years of having the privilege of doing what I enjoy, working with a man who has become my best friend in a medium I love, and being graced with the generosity of strangers who find our collaboration worthy of financial support. My life has changed over the past four years, but this project has been a splendid, gratifying, enriching constant. I've spoken with many wonderful fans, had the help and technical support of many strangers, learned new skills, and it has helped cut through the malaise of daily life. 

On the face of it, it may just be a smut game from a porn-addicted mind, but I really do believe it to be an endeavor that has helped me grow as a person and has been a vehicle to experience new perspectives and feelings.

So, thank you from the bottom of my coomer heart. I hope all of you have had an incredible year, and regardless, I hope 2024 knocks it out of the water.

We love you guys.