July Update (Patreon)

Hiya there, guys!

How are we all doing?

I figured since it's the start of a new month, I should do a little progress update, just to give you all peace of mind that things are going smoothly. I'll go through each of the elements separately and break things down a little.

Art

First of all, art is progressing along well, with all of the sprites nearly finished now. The last little bits are just being done to the lamia's sprite and I'll be super excited to see her come to life~

Secondly, the originally planned CG art is progressing nicely too, with the majority of it done, where I'll then have the extra scenes started on, too, which I'll be excited to create since they'll be the first ones that feature multiple monster girls in a single scene! (You have to wonder where Matt gets the stamina to survive being so thoroughly drained on a near daily basis!) I do feel I should mention that the CG artist is currently on vacation though, and won't be back until near the middle of July. But, that shouldn't affect things too much in the grand scheme of it all. Everything else is still in motion.

Writing

Next up, I'm powering through with getting the script done and polished. Since even when the majority of the writing is done, I know I'll probably want to make edits and such to ensure the dialogue flows nicely and scene transitions aren't too jarring and the like. (I'm sure this is where alpha/beta testing will come in handy, too!)

The script is looking to be fairly large, even for this first chapter, with an estimated word count of 70/80,000 words (for reference, the demo alone was 25,000 words). So even though the VN is releasing in chapters, I still feel confident that each single chapter has a wealth of content to offer.

Release (The import part!)

While largely I'm waiting for all of the visual assets to be completed, with the majority of the voice work being done as we speak, things are coming together rather nicely and I feel confident to say that the first chapter will be released some time in August. I have no concrete date as for when in August, but rest assured, you, my patrons, will be the first ones to be able to access the game when it's done.

Thanks again to everyone who has pledged so far, and I hope I can deliver the best monster girl experience I can to all of you who might support and believe in me~ It's been a crazy past month (both in terms of project stuff, and in real life!), and I've been completely blown away by everyone who has pledged so far. I honestly wasn't expecting things to take off as they did, and it's been a bit of a scramble to try and make sure I can keep up with everything.

(Full resolution CG art featured in the demo of Jilly will be privately sent to all those who belong to qualifying tiers ($15+))

~ Frost