Progress Update and Future Plans

Hey everyone.

First of all, thank you for your patience over the last few months. My output hasn't been quite as much as it used to, which is due to a number of reasons. The first one being technical, as I've increased the complexity of animations and overall look of renders (playing more with lighting, making certain body parts more malleable/squishy/bendy, etc), which obviously takes more time to accomplish.

The other one is health related, as I've had to deal with a few problems of my own, both light and a little major. All of them resolved, so here is hoping I can get back to normal soon. I have not stopped working for a single day, but I HAVE been forced to put way less hours into KoS as I would like to take care of myself.

I won't give any details (some of you get kinda weird when I share personal issues), but I'm doing much better now (except for a sudden cold that is also going away).

And as I was feeling terrible over my lower output in terms of updates recently, I tried to think of ways to keeping you guys engaged (and I even asked you guys about it).

From your comments, I gathered that making posts about development progress more often, as well as sharing renders of characters in different outfits or situations that won't appear in-game as Patreon-only rewards is the way to go. So I'll start doing that going forward! As long as it doesn't take time away from developing the game, of course~

So here is a progress update and a detail of No Try Studios' future plans!

King of Summer v0.6.8-early

The early update, which has been in development for a while, should come out in the next couple of days (for real this time).

The scenes contained are the following:

Naomi x Kendo scene

• The beginning of her final "challenge", counting as the next "King Event". Naomi will agree to try to beat Kendo at his own game, putting her pride and faithfulness at risk for a chance to humiliate the man who brought her so much shame in the past.

• Renders and animations are 100% complete.

• Text is 50% complete.

• Guest appearance of Natsuki, Hanako, Rin and Kaoru, with special participation from Erina.

• The events within this scene will add 3 scenes to the gallery in total.

Arato x Natsuki scene

• The continuation of the long-promised Natsuki Arc in Arato's Route. After last update's events, Natsuki finally decides to give in to Yoshi's request... though how much he'll get to see, and whether he'll regret it or not, is up to him.

• Renders and animations are 100% complete.

• Text is 30% complete.

• It'll count as a single scene in the gallery, though it'll have 2 variations depending on some choices.

It's a very sizable update. It has to be to justify the amount of time you guys have been waiting~

King of Summer v 0.6.8-full

The planned additions compared to the early version is one more Arato x Natsuki scene, which will also be the final one, as well as the Rin/Kaoru Kendo Route Epilogue.

The Rin/Kaoru Epilogue is 100% written, but no renders or animations have been made.

The Arato x Natsuki final scene has been planned out and I have a set of animations, but nothing else.

King of Summer v 0.6.9

Although there are still a few loose ends in the early and mid game to solve, there are two main objectives I want to accomplish with v 0.6.9: finish Naomi's story, which will directly lead into the Kendo Route's and the game's Final Ending sequence.

To be unlocked, players will need to watch the final Naomi scene, and then select a special option to significantly alter the events of the current Kendo Route ending sequence.

They will proceed as usual, and some events will be repeated, but there will be an increased participation of all side characters (Erina, Natsuki, Hanako, Kaoru, Rin), extra story scenes involving Arato and Naomi, a different conclusion to Kendo's "showdown" against Shizuka, and a slightly different demeanor in both Satoshi and Mary after their most recent experiences.

Others

The final Isle of Fall update has roughly 70% of all visual work completed and 30% of the wordcount, but I've decided to leave it in the backburner until I can allocate enough time to do it. I'm making slow progress to the final update of Satoshi's Big Weekend as well, but progress in these two projects won't speed up much until I am fully recovered.

Patreon-only Renders / "Comics"

Last but not least, as you guys requested, I'll be releasing on a regular basis short series of renders featuring King of Summer characters in different outfits and/or situations that would not happen within the game.

The first one of these should already be up.

But not just that... On Discord, I often got asked about making some kind of "No Try Studios" mascot character.

So I thought, why not?

Soon I'll introduce you to a certain bespectacled wife, who'll star in her own, short NTR adventures as Patreon-only renders (perhaps more? I don't dare promise any more than this!)