Kickstarter countdown (6 days remain) (Patreon)

(Until Oct 5th when update 0.15 releases and the kickstarter launches at 9:30AM US Central time. I'll be doing these countdown posts that are real brief to help hype up mainly the kickstarter launch, but also mention the work going on for update 0.15 as we finish up the final touches.)

Kickstarter details >>Here<<

Less than a week now before we launch, I can already see how quickly this week and my weekend will fly by before my eyes. <.<

The work on update 0.15 for today was transferring the writing into the engine, with about 1/3rd of it in there. Most of that was also trying to polish up and make fading/transitions much more polished feeling, along with how characters leave or join scenes to be more closer to how other favorite visual novels of mine handle it.

So you'll notice these new effects, which aren't too fancy by any means. But they should feel better than how the rest of the game has handled them before.

I'm really looking forward to what everyone will think of update 0.15 with even the subtle additions like this and how it affects the experience overall.

One thing to note is that the stat menu icon is no longer visible for now. It's undergoing some reworking visually for the diaper tracker function of it, which is taking over the current affection stat system. Along with that, sadly Miki's little intro disclaimer is gone and should be replaced with a more finished disclaimer screen. (Sorry >.<)

One last note is that looking at how Episode 1 is coming along, I'd like to possibly look into and mostly get a visual screen (gui) made that acts as the start of a new episode. (Much like other vn's with acts, chapters or what not that let the player know when one thing begins/ends.) The other thing is another gui element of seeing how to improve our choice buttons during the game. Right now they fit within the chat box area, but we'd like to look at how to make it more visually appealing.

That aside, tomorrow's goal is another 1/3rd of the writing transferred into the engine if not more. Expected to have it done before Friday and make use of the weekend to fine tune, play test and add music to fit with the episode. ^^

Hope everyone is having a good week and staying safe!