Weekly progress report #28 (Patreon)

Hello! This is the first progress report for v0.9, and I have a lot to say today. Buckle up.

First of all, sorry for not putting the story poll up last week. I got a little burnt out working on v0.8, and I didn't have any time to recharge my batteries. We will resume the normal schedule next week.

Second, the work is going forward in a normal pace so far. I already have about as many renders as I had at the same stage of v0.8, so the most time-consuming part of development is going smoothly so far. This is always nice.

Now let's talk about the actual update. It's not fully structured in my head as of now, and unlike any of the other updates I don't really have its ending in my head yet, but I can tell you exactly what it's going to be focused on. Which, I guess, isn't that hard to figure out. It's Blake's psychotherapy session.

Yes, you can finally meet dr. Lowe in this update. Some of you already visited his house before (spoiler alert: you won't see Trish in v0.9, and truth be told, I'm not sure if I'm going to bring her back at all, but don't worry. Blake's history with her will affect things), and you better prepare to get used to it. While Blake won't visit him every day, these visits will be very long and meaningful. In fact, one of the standard five days of the update will be entirely dedicated to your first session. Combined with the imaginary sequence for every main route (in fact, all main routes, except Melinda's, will only have scenes within Blake's imagination in v0.9. But it's very important for the story). Now, if you don't like to read a lot, you won't like dr. Lowe's event, because not only it's long, but it also has a lot (A LOT) of questions Blake is going to answer. Some of the answers will be pre-determined depending on your choices, and others you can choose yourself. And it all is going to matter in the end. Prior to that Blake was mostly changed on the surface. Now it is time to shape his personality way deeper than before. In more ways than one. Doctor Lowe will gain access to the most hidden corners of Blake's soul, so you better take it seriously.

Of course, you can just bullshit your way through the therapy session and continue to do it further on, effectively blocking doctor from tinkering with Blake's personality. In that case you probably would prefer doing something else. In this update Blake will spend some time with Iris and Bree regardless if he's on their routes or not. Just some friendly fun. This, of course, will pave the way for the hobbies that we've been voting for last month. And if you hate all that as well… Well, I'll try to fit the new shift at the club and another photoshoot in v0.9 as well. Not sure if it's gonna be possible yet, but I'll try.

That's about it for now. Stay tuned for the new sprites tomorrow, which are all going to belong to Blake. Girl just can't live without new clothes.