...What do you mean the year is ending already?!

Er, so that brings us to-

Progress Update

-Yeah, another delay.

Some may have already noticed the updated release date changed from Q3 2024 to 2025.

I kept getting sick (whoops?) and certain unforeseen events kept popping up, further delaying development ORZ. 

But more importantly, I've already mentioned this in the previous devlogs... that when I released the first version of the demo last year, I only had one or two more scenes to write before the romance routes- but I ended up re-hauling a big good chunk of that first draft because I wasn't contented with it, and then added even more events in the common route. 

I've also included some new 'features' in the game that I never planned for originally, but decided to add them so that the story and development of relationships can progress more organically. The new 'features' will also make the difficulty choices (which hasn't been released anywhere yet) more relevant, I guess?  If you donated for the early beta, then you may have experienced these 'features' already just keep quiet about it, ok?! :)

One more thing- which is also kind of another reason for delays... there have been a couple of assets that took up weeks for me to work on with revisions after revisions after revisions, but in the end, I couldn't produce results that I was happy with, so I ended up commissioning them, which is to say... thank you all for the donations! Y'all made it possible to clear through that hurdle, otherwise, I'd still be stuck endlessly working on that😅

ANYWAY, here are some sneak peeks that I can actually show:

Quick Menu Adjustments

If you follow my Twitter account, you may be aware of the recent tweak I did for the game's quick menu.

As per feedback, I removed their text labels when idle and made it so that the labels only appear when hovered. I've also moved the labels to the top so that the cursor doesn't block them when you point. Lastly, I tweaked the color when you hover, so I hope the new one is now easier to read.

Either way, it's up to you if you'd like to keep the quick menu around or hide it when you play, since it is a pop up. 

Just hover on the flower to make it appear, and press the close (X) button if you prefer to play without them on the text box.

New Outfit?

Nothing major, just sleepwear for our MC.

Save Point

I believe I've mentioned from the previous devlog that we've reached chapter 6- where choices will finally be affecting romance routes. Of course, there'll still be choices that will decide your survival.

-But how do you know that you've reached chapter 6?

Well, the game will ask you if you'd like to save.

...Cause you know how there are two types of otome players?

• Those who save at every choice with 100 save files
• Those play for 5 hours, then despair after having no save point after getting a bad end

Yeah.

Bug Reports

If you found bugs or I don't know... maybe found typos and grammatical errors, or have any other concerns, feel free to send it here.

Please be clear on your report, otherwise, I might not be able to find it for correction.

Dev Corner

If you've played the updated build of the public demo... then you may have encountered the updated -other character POV-

Yes, sometimes, we get to watch scenes from other characters' POVs. If you've noticed during these sections, the dialogue box turns gray, you are prevented from saving, and there's a marker at the corners on whose POV you are currently watching.

The markers are intentionally made to be not very noticeable (I hope they're not?) so that they won't be too distracting, but just noticeable enough for players to tell "ah, this is xxxx's POV!". As you can see, they're also color-coded for convenience.

So far, we've seen Count Vicenzo's and Edel's... but of course, other characters will have their POV scenes too ;)

Next Update

Next update post should be around November? If I put it around December, everyone would be busy anyway, hehe...

As I've mentioned before, I won't be running a Kickstarter for this project, but if you'd like to support this game, you can donate here! For the list of perks, you may refer here under "Q: Do I get anything for donating?".

And speaking of donations...

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Donors of every tier, please don't forget to fill up your survey forms. 

-Especially those who donated $20 and above- I need the names you'd like me to use for the credits!