Plans for 0.46 - The Aeon Update (Patreon)

Finally! I can talk about what we've been working on in the background for 2022!
The Aeon Update, featuring a whole new route, Official Walkthrough, Dark Mode, and QOL improvements to the U.I.

While the trailer does show stuff that is WIP we're currently still ironing out issues with the U.I changes and Aeon U.I. But if you were wondering where all the art went for 0.45 it was for this.
Originally Aeon was going to have a unique art style done by another artist that we had hired, however, they were unable to meet the time constraints we needed for a 2023 release so we had to rely on the absolute unit that is Houpo who worked on the outfits and sprites for Aeon while still working on CGs for the main game.

What is Aeon?
Aeon is the MMO that is introduced to Chelsea through one of several ways, either through walking around and seeing an advert or having Levi or Samantha mention it to you. The design for Aeon could easily be a Standalone VN game, however, the daily life of the player certainly adds a lot to the experience.
Aeon is the "healslut route" that has been mentioned previous in regards to questions about routes that will be coming after the game is completed, but we figured it was time to add something fresh to the game after so long and started work on it early. The route is being written by a different writer (T51BWinterized) who has helped with writing in the past, he's the one that wrote the Carwash walk around event and a few side events for Matt in school.

What fetishes will Aeon bring?
Several new online gaming focused fetishes originally it was going to focus specifically the healslutting fetish, but it's now going to encompass the different roles that come with erotic online gaming. Such as but not limited to: Healslut, Tankslut, DPSslut, Tankdom, and more. On top of this you'll also have your standard Corrupt or Pure routes you can take.

Will this have an effect on the other routes in the game?
No. This is independent of the main routes in the rest of Uni. Though there may be an ending event that we'll add that does effect them in some way.

How many classes?
3 Classes you can choose to play as and each one has 5 stages of pure and corrupt outfits that you advance through as you progress through the route.

Plans for 0.46
Onto the update in general:

Artwork:
The U.I will now have a Dark Mode option that you can toggle in preferences we're still getting a few issues with this as we're needing to basically remake the entire U.I from scratch for this.
Help, History, Save & Load, all now have unique screens instead of the default Ren'py screens.
Violet CG Scenes, we'll be adding in the rest of Violet's CG scenes that are missing currently and try to finish them off.
Kate's Mom Sprite & Damien's Family Sprites are planned to be added for this update as well, but we'll see how much trouble Violet gives us.

Writing:
Violet's route lock will be added for 0.46 which marks the finishing off all the route locks in the game! And will almost mark the 50% completion of Uni as a whole. After this we'll be focusing on finishing up all the art up till now and preparing for the final public release of the game.
While we do have a writer currently dedicated to working on the Aeon route and they are making steady progress it's unlikely the route will be finished by the release of 0.46. As there is still a lot of content to be written for it, as well as transcribing all the writing into the code which slows us down by a few days.

Technical:
Textbox transparency, this is one that has been requested quite a few times, but you'll be able to change how transparent the textbox is in the game allowing you to tweak it how you prefer it.  
Gallery U.I Updated, we've gone over the old Gallery U.I and have updated it with new categories and a nice number tracker of how many there are and how many you've unlocked.
Official Walkthrough is finally going to be here and is definitely as big of an announcement as Aeon itself. After the millions and millions of fans have requested this our programmer KenpachiRamasan has taken the time to create a walkthrough that you can access through the game itself to help you unlock those more specific CG Scenes.
And last but not least! New Splash Screen!
We have a new updated splash screen that will greet you when you open the game, you can see it now at the beginning of the trailer.


Afterword:
Our silence during November and December has been because of the holidays with our families and working to get everything ready for the Aeon announcement. I hope you're hyped for all the new features that are coming! We'll be returning to our usual uploading of content after this so keep an eye out for more patreon posts!

Thank you all!
Hizor Games