Hello all,

It's been a little while since the last update so I figured I'd drop in. I have a pretty big update coming soon, just waiting on final render of some art for Demi to launch with it! The prelim sketches look fantastic, Johp is doing a fantastic job with the design so far. Allison has delivered a few of the BGs as well, and the game is starting to take real shape! 

On the story end of things, the v0.5 update will pretty much double the currently available content in the demo and brings in more story hooks based on player feedback. You will get to have lunch with Demi on Day 2 and have an interesting conversation with Vanessa depending on choices made so far! These decisions and conversation will have major implications for how the game progresses and send the MC towards a couple different paths for continuing forward.

I am purposefully holding off on certain things for the first release of the full game, but trying to lay as much groundwork as possible so that players want to dive further into things when they become available. Depending on how long it takes to get more art in, I may lengthen the demo to include all of Day 2, but I think ending right after the workday covers the majority of what needs to be there for now at least. I have started planning out events for Day 3 and laying out the framework for the next bits of story so that I can be ready to write and build out a large chunk of content for the initial launch of the full version. 

I still plan to release episodic updates but I want to make sure the full version has more content than the demo to justify it being separated and having an associated cost. I'm also hoping to have some new features like an inventory system, and character bio's in the full version, depending on how complicated it ends up being to make. I am really pushing the limits of what I can do with TyranoBuilder I think, and may look at using different tools in the future. 

I don't have an official date for the update just yet unfortunately. It is all dependent on when Johp is able to finish Demi's sheet and I can replace her art in the game to push it out. I will release early on Patreon and then push the update to Itch about 2 weeks later, so if you want to get in as soon as possible, it's a great time to join the Patreon!

In other news, I decided to publish my two full length novels on Itch as well, so feel free to check out those if you want something awesome to read while you wait for the game release!