October Dev Update #1 (Patreon)

Running a bit late with this one! Let's jump right into things!

This post won't be super huge, as the next dev/news related post I have planned here at the late end of this month will be jam-packed with previews for episode 5 content and tons of details regarding the release date for it being confirmed and much more!

More or less, our anniversary related post we do yearly will be coming out late this month and it'll include some insight into the content coming soon in many ways, as there's a gameplay system we haven't quite fully touched on to explain for the route content forward! ^^ It'll be exciting for us and many of you out there!

The anniversary related post will be open to the public to view and should act as our final hype post before releasing episode 5. Once again, I have to bow before everyone out there for being suuuuper patient and understanding with us during our awkward development period for the project! We've been making a ton of preparations leading up to this moment to ensure we won't hit a roadblock like this again and we hope in time, we'll be able to also earn the trust back for some fans/supporters who have left along the way.

So, thank you everyone! <3

Now, let's jump into some stuff the team has been up to so far this month!

~Recent Work~

So far.. Into this month, we've seen Juliet's Theme for music finished and shared! ComposerJF is currently working on Heather's Theme now and I'm excited to hear how that'll come along, but no early previews have been sent to me yet.

If you missed Juliet's Theme, you can listen to it below!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/music-preview-of-73224035

Lisa has surprised me this month greatly! I can't speak too much of what she's been creating yet, but it's related to this big gameplay system being introduced into MA with the routes forward. :P When we later do a deep dive into said game system in a post, we'll have tons of previews related to that as well!

I'm hoping to get these additions finished up quickly and move right back to our KS oc's remaining, if you're one of those awaiting your oc. I assure you, we haven't forgotten you! The moment we begin getting some previews of your character, we'll share those with you.

I'd expect to be safe, expect November to be a solid month for KS oc stuff! ^^

If you missed out on the recent preview for one of the other KS oc's we've shared early this month, you can check that post out below!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/sprite-preview-72955287

With cg art, our artists are taking a break this month before we start up again in November. We still have some cg art stuff to post from now until then though! Including today's preview you'll be able to come across after this post has been made.

We also have a neat little surprise preview to share that one of our long-time supporters has shared with us, mentioning we could share a preview of it with everyone! ^^ (Just be aware it isn't canon or related to in-game events.)

We'll slowly roll through the cg previews in the remaining days of October though! If you missed out on anything earlier this month, you can check it out below!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cg-concept-1-73128420

One last mention! I don't want to get my hopes up, but I've heard from ds-san earlier this week and by the sounds of it.. I should be expecting some sort of visual preview for gui art late tonight.

~Closing Statements~

One huge thank you to everyone, once again for sticking with us for so long during the awkward period of development! We still have plans in-store for everyone to give back in many ways and part of that will first show with episode 5 being offered for free to any supporter that supported us at least once during 2021-2022!

That's our first minor gift to everyone for helping us out along the way during our awkward development period, but there will be much better rewards along the way that feel even better! ^^