Dev Update - 2/6/23

Hey friends, hope all's well with you and yours this week!

The big news this week is that I crossed 500 renders for the new chapter - 544, to be exact. That's brought me to the completion of Pepper's scene, and the beginning of Wren's scene.

After wrestling with Wren's character design a bit, I decided to redo what I'd already done, with spot renders featuring her original design, in a change of clothing. I think she looks super cute -- especially alongside her bestie, Ashe!

This chapter really sees a lot more of the girls interacting with one another, which is a fun challenge. We'll see Viola and Ashe interact in a way that'll change dramatically based on your relationship with both girls, as well as having Pepper and Nicki brush up against each other. It really does a lot to make the story feel like it's taking place in a cohesive, consistent world, instead of just a bunch of individual vignettes.

All in all, things are proceeding very well. I broke through a little logic problem I had in the script this week, began pruning some paths that could wait for another update (thereby speeding up the release/reducing my workload), and I'm rolling right through Wren's scene. Should have that finished by Wednesday at the latest.

I wish I had more interesting news for you, but that's about it for this week! I'm hustling as much as I can to get through the update, but I still have Mason and Ashe's events to contend with, and they'll both be pretty sizeable. I'm targeting a late February, early March release, but we'll see how things go. As we get closer, I'll start to firm up plans.

I'll leave you with that today, so I can get back to work. But as always, take care of yourselves -- and thank you for you support!