3rd Anniversary News #4 (Public Ver.)

Fourth news about the Anniversary! This time a more in depth post explaining some of the new mechanics I've been working on, alongside with other stuff regarding gameplay.

If you've noticed, I skipped the 3rd news; that one is a video showcase of the remake and will be kept for patrons only indefinitely, probably will do the same for all future vids.

Anyways, here is a bit of what was in the news!

STATS AND PROGRESS CHECKS:

In the remake you'll have 5 stats for the protagonist, the names are the same as in the picture: (Strenght, Intelligence, Charm, Kindness and Magic) and can be leveled during the main story, sidequests or while exploring the map and performing certain actions.

What are the stats for? Well, these are mostly to make sure you've played and explored enough, acting like some sort of block for some quests and such; don't worry though, I'll try to keep it low for stuff related to NSFW content.

NEW DAY/NIGHT SYSTEM:

Well, with this I can now add more customized routes/routines for the girls, depending on which day and hour you'll have to explore a bit more to know where they are.

The structure for the time system is almost the same as how it has worked so far basically:

Early Morning -> Morning -> Afternoon -> Night - Late Night

NEW PROGRESS ON THE GIRLS:

TLDR: Control Remains the same and Friendship the more you progress the more you get some (side)quests to unlock new outfits.

Another thing worth of note is that now the Control Level you have on each girl will affect how you can use the gadgets on them (Might talk about it in the dedicated post for the QoL changes).

AXL COMMENTS

Aside from the stuff saved for the next news I just have to say this: Yeah, the update isn't coming out tomorrow...

I didn't really know where to fit it but the gist of it is: I'll be delaying the update until it's ready. Yes, I was not ready for all the work this would mean, and even after cutting off a lot of content, seems like I'm going to take a while to get this properly done.

I am really sorry to say this as I wanted it to be something nice for you guys but I seriously can not complete this by Match 4th as I originally intented. I'll probably be posting drawings, news and commission while I work on the game. This last ones also being used to fund the game and my life expenses while I am unable to release an update.

This will be only until I manage to get this remake done, after that I plan on going back to the usual release every other month.

Thanks for your understanding, I am mostly struggling with the actions scenes in some story events, since aside from the shading in some events, I have to do it all by myself, it's been really difficult to learn quickly.

I am considering reducing even more the scope of it and maybe release a demo/preview for the remake, somewhat like I did when the game first launched, so you guys can at least see firsthand how good the game is now.

Let me know if you'd be interested in that, since I think that's a really good approach considering how long it could take me to finish the actual thing; also if you have any more questions, I'll try to respond the best I can!