Chapter 2 - Planned Features

Hello, hello. Vane here to bring to you guys what we have planned for the second chapter of the game.

First and foremost, we will have the expansion of the story with at least 60k words being added to the game. New scenes will include but not be limited to: training with Eleanor on the local gym, meeting Briwala, going out with Amelie, having a “friendly” or very unfriendly interaction with Jean, as well as two new quests, one involving getting exotic ingredients for a potion, and the other involving dismantling a secret organization in Batria.

Alongside those scenes, we will be introducing two new characters, not counting Briwala. We have a pool of characters at our disposal and we have chosen one of them ourselves, which we will be revealing soon. The other character, we want you guys to choose. Banshee is finishing up their sketches and we will be revealing them both soon, with a poll so you can choose which one you like best!

Finally, the main focus of the second chapter will be to add a series of features on the gameplay side. We will introduce the activities system, which will allow Catherine to work on side jobs and train her skills. And speaking of skills, Catherine and all other characters are going to be getting a character sheet! This sheet will contain all important information on the character, from their attributes, important story events, and their traits.

Traits are going to be a new system added to the game, Catherine will have a series of traits that she will have gained through her own story, but new traits can be won, or lost, based on the decisions the player makes during the game. These traits are not only going to affect her activities, on the new activity system, but they will also guide how she reacts to the world and the world to her. Our aim with this system is to make the game more reactive to the player choices in a way that is transparent and easy to keep track of.

Traits are also going to affect Catherine’s companions, they will all start with a series of traits given to them by their story and their personality, but as the story unfolds certain decisions will be able to modify the traits these characters have. That might simply give them buffs, or debuffs, in the future quest system, but some of those are going to affect how the character views and interacts with Catherine and the world.

With the addition of the activity system, we will also be adding money to the game. Starting with the second chapter there will be options in the story that cost gold, as well as things to buy in stores. But, Catherine also has a large debt, so part of the money earned needs to be saved to pay the interest of her debt every month or it is game over!

TL;DR. This new update will continue the story and add new characters. But, the bulk of the update will be a series of new systems that will allow more interaction with the game.

I hope you are all getting through the pandemic alright! The public release is coming in two days so you can look forward to that! Hopefully, we can bring you some entertainment in this time of quarantine. Also, we would like to thank our patrons for your generous support under the current circumstances, it really means a lot to us!!

Stay safe everyone! Eventually, we will get over all of this!