Update! | Engine Swap | Art Progress | Release Plans (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

Before the month ends, I wanted to do another update & drop a patreon exclusive teaser.  That will be posted immediately after this update!

== Engine Swap ==

In case you aren't aware, I'm switching the engine over from Visual Novel Maker to RPGMaker.  I explain why I'm doing so in previous updates but overall the swap is going great!  Right now, I'm tinkering with a lot of the small details like font, text boxes, clickable objects, etc.  The picture above is actually in RPGMaker!  

With this engine swap, I'll be able to play around with so many more features.  I'm looking at adding a couple of mini games in later updates and maybe even experimenting with the RPG battle system (to simulate the game he is playing).  These are just various ideas I've been toying around with.

Overall, this scene player is drastically better than in VNM.  The framerate is stable & I can include sound effects.  In addition, this engine will allow for an eventual Android port as well!

Currently though, I'm basically re-creating the entire demo that I had before which is why this part has been sluggish.  I appreciate your patience with me while I move everything over! <3

== Release Date ==

Was really hoping to squeeze out an update release today but the engine swap is taking longer than planned.  The only DEFINITIVE date I can give is that I'll release a build in February!  I think what I'm going to do is limit access to the build to only $1+ HC Patrons for 3 days as a test and a reward for your patience.

AFTER THE FIRST BUILD: I plan to open a $5 tier that will function like the $5 tier in ToP & ZR where $5+ patrons will get exclusive beta test access for ~3/4 days before the update goes public.  This will affect the new build AFTER this updated one.  I'll make an announcement when that tier is live.

== Art Progress ==

Art has been moving along at a great pace.  This update will include some smaller additions mostly just meant to help the pace of the first day.  The original demo, there was only so much to work with so I had to rush some of the 'progress'.

With the teaser that I'm posting after this update, you'll also see the next major scene that's planned in the next build following the engine swap build.  I want to focus on the maid's story first that way there's a fully fleshed out storyline in case we run into any more development hurdles.  

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That's everything for this update!  Thank you all so much for your support and I will see you soon!