Warumyo's Dev Update: Character Reveals, Progress Report, and Release Plans

Hey everyone! Warumiyo here with a long-awaited update on our game development progress. I hope you're all doing well!

First off, we want to apologize for the slight delay in development. A few unexpected hurdles popped up - each of our sleep schedules went haywire, one of us had some equipment issues, and we'll admit, we were feeling a bit burnt out after jumping straight into this project from our last release.

On top of that, we've been working with Playmeow Games, our overseas publisher, to get the uncensored version of our previous game onto Steam. That's been taking up some time too.

To be honest, we initially planned to leverage a lot of our existing game assets and release by August. However, between the reasons we mentioned and some other - learning new Spine2D techniques for more expressive character animations and refining our four main character designs - things are taking longer than expected.

The good news is that the core game systems are complete! What's left on our to-do list are the heroine body graphics for the massage room, fleshing out character stories, and dialogue.

we're aiming to wrap everything up by the second week of September, but with bug fixes and voice actor(Japanese only) scheduling still ahead, that timeline might be a bit tight.

Thanks to your support on our previous game, we're not under intense financial pressure this time around. This allows us to maintain a healthier work-life balance, getting proper sleep and exercise while developing. we'd rather take the time to polish the game properly than rush out an unfinished product and face criticism.

Our goal for the year is to release this game and one more, so rest assured, we're committed to finishing this project by the end of September at the absolute latest.

Now, onto some exciting news - our character designs are finalized! we'd love to show you the standing illustrations for our main cast:

The Shy Introvert - ???

The former childhood friend - ???

The former school president - ???

The idol - Arin (name suggested by BLACK-Archi )

Fun fact: Dana, from our previous game, is now working as a receptionist at your massage parlor.

For Dana fans out there, you might enjoy her alluring backside view. we're considering adding a little Easter egg in this section too!

Remember, we're still taking character name suggestions until September 5th. So far, we've only received one. If we don't get more suggestions, we'll just go ahead and decide on names ourselves.

Next up, we want to showcase some of our facial animations. This part ended up being more work than anticipated, but we think the results are worth it :

(The GIF files seem a bit choppy on Patreon. Since Patreon does not support video player for .mp4 format, this was the best, but we'll upload a video version on our X (@WRMY_) too!)

Once we've got the core game elements nailed down, we'll be working on the title screen, game trailer, and promotional materials. After that, we'll upload an official release announcement, so stay tuned!

we've been reading all your comments, DMs, and tweets. It's heartwarming to see so many of you excited about this project. we're pouring our all into making a game that lives up to your expectations.

As summer winds down (in the northern hemisphere), please take care of yourselves and have a great weekend. Looking forward to seeing you all again with our official release announcement!