Corporate Development Memo (1/11/2026)
Hello everyone, I'm so glad to be back!
I have had a whirlwind of a last month and can't believe everything that happened in even the last 2-3 months! But I am very thankful and grateful to be sleeping in our own bed again and getting back in the swing of things! While 2025 was literally crazy demands on me I feel like 2026 will be much easier for me overall! I am making some lifestyle and balance changes subtly here and there and it should be good for the game too! I may ramble a bit and just write a bit too much but I want to catch everything up and give an overview of my first priorities as I start shifting towards Episode 8.32! I'm not being too specific about the last month but I did see a lot of cool animals like penguins. 😍
It's hard to describe how I've been overall but this was kind of funny to me:
(not sure it will show properly but hope so! I also imagine something a little more err adult happening behind me hehe)
First of all, I want to thank the amazing Anais and the also amazing people that helped her out during my honeymoon! Anais was amazing and essentially kept things afloat - even more than I realized as she made a conscious choice to not bother me as much as possible - while I was away. I worried about the worst case scenario that I would have to just not release any versions of 8.31 until I got back but I was glad to be very wrong! I have paid her everything from December and also January from this page and still feel I underpaid. Thank you girl, it's so amazing seeing your growth in the last two years and as you know…I finally told you that you're ready for The Quantum Academy! (I didn't want to tell her this until I meant it, and I do now in the ways that matter…mental discipline, passion, and maturity/responsibility)
Thank you to these groups I made on Discord for the duration of my time away, they were amazing!
1) Karlsson's Gambit Honeymoon Group (admin/stuff)
They held the ship steady overall while I could check in quickly when signal was ok without having to search through the entire server or messages. Everything was right there! I didn't get permission to post their names yet before I wrote this right now but it was a rock of stability to help me manage everything. THANK YOU!
2) Rendering Karlsson's Gambit Honeymoon Group
Another group Anais nailed in running, I was able to send any written dialogue (I actually did write a little bit during the trip, haha!) to this group and see render files directly sent without having to check anywhere else. So I was able to just worry about two specific Discord groups for quick check in and messages. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I'll be doing more personal thanks with them all, but want to send good vibes and appreciation to the people that supported me. This game is better because of the wonderful human beings that step up to help make it easier for me. I think I've been pretty clear that I've mostly started avoiding a lot of negative energy towards the game as it's never helped me ever in terms of the game itself or especially life! I feel like I've now got some shields/barriers that help me just focus on the creative process!
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Now, sorry for rambling a bit, but it was really important to me to thank them!
Here are my priorities in order as I work this week on the game and try to get back to normal.
1) Walkthrough for Episode 8.31. – I have gotten pretty far along it and think it will end up about 55-60 pages. While this sounds super long, the spacing and format make it seem larger/longer than it actually is – this is absolutely not a writing strength area for me but I take it very seriously. I will finish this in the next day or two and then let a few others look at it for comments/edits, etc. I am about 99 percent sure this is out by my next weekly update if not before that time…
2) Checking for last minute problems for 8.31 - I am just going to play the game a lot and see if anything feels really off or if I want to make any last minute changes. I feel very bad about this update in that I really wanted a few more scenes included but I understand this was a unique life situation and the update was already pretty long at I think over 4000 renders and 170 animations. I know I will get messages on this so I will just say what I wanted to add:
A) A "good" version of the Olivia invitation scene (not the courtroom but something else)
involving Kane, Jake, Olivia, Alessandra, and Amy. Amy in particular was an important addition to me because I plan to include her in a path in this area with a good Olivia/Kane faction as an option. (If you like Amy, this is a good path for her to have a chance at happiness in her best terms as a personality/character.)
B) Finish training scene of Game 6. This was just a time function, it will be continued in 8.32 and will likely be the first scene I work on for it.
C) I am saving this last one and not saying what it is because I want to include it in the next update. So I will do that for sure.
3) Karlsson's Gambit 8.31 Android Version - I have to wait until the final version of an update with no further changes to do the Android version as I have to use the amazing Wills as a third party helper and it's hard to make new versions with changes unlike PC/Mac which can be compiled much more quickly. So once I finish Task # 2 (checking for last minute changes) I will formally make this file and release it. That is also the time I will put together a new "pinned" post for the entire Patreon page with the new additions, etc. I am likely to leave the Anais file naming on it in recognition of her contributions to this update – she really deserves it!
4) Itch Update/Release - Itch requires smaller files (there is a max limit of 4GB on there) so once the Android is done, I will make new PC/Mac versions and include all three versions on Itch. The images are a bit compressed to make size but I would still say the quality is more than 95 percent similar and shouldn't be an issue for almost anyone. Steam later will not have this issue as file sizes are fine but I do not believe they support Android versions on there so that will have to be an Itch/Patreon thing.
5) 8.32 Scene Outlining - This is always the first step of a new update for me. I usually take the first week and write a lot of scene ideas, narrative goals, and other relevant info. I often end up changing things as I go, but this really helps me get a baseline of a good 500+ renders in my head to focus on for the first 4-5 weeks. Changes come at times because as you do scenes and look at the characters, their motivations and other factors…other ideas come to you as making more sense in that given moment. So I try to stay flexible to adapt as needed but still having an organized skeleton to help me stay focused and manage time/effort well.
I expect to get to this during the week, but probably not heavy as I have a lot above here to do first.
6) 8.31 Post Analysis - I usually block off 1-2 days just to evaluate everything I did on the last update to learn how to be better, etc.
7) Steam - I am just listing this as something I am doing in the background as time permits. I am worried about one language now after seeing another game on Steam with the same translator getting some mixed feedback on the quality of their translated game but I'll figure it out.
I plan to have further DLC features type releases (galleries, walkthrough type things if players want it, extra bonus images from my Patreon polls, etc.) (These will be FOR FREE if you bought the Season 1 of the game, I am not Electronic Arts or something!) with features added as I get through them over time. So there will be Season 1 versions released first (a language version for Simplified and Traditional Chinese will be separate for sure) but I will keep adding more features in more versions as I can…
I will also explore how to take care of Patrons here somehow with that – open to ideas but it's important to me to properly thank the backbone of the game!
I know I wrote too much here, but I had this organized and wanted to get it all out.
I am still trying to "calm down" my energy to feel normal and having our own bed and some routines back is helping. So please bear with me this maybe first week or two to get my sea legs back metaphorically and we'll be right back to things!
I really want to do some amazing bonus images/scenes too so maybe a good poll for dom/sub? I am open to any other ideas to try and thank people, etc.
Ok, this is enough for now! Sorry for the long message!
Have a wonderful week, an amazing 2026, and love and gratitude to you all!
Love,
Tess