Development Update #39 - The 1st Demo

Hello there my beautiful patrons. How are y'all doing?

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TLDR SECTION:

I won't be able to finish the 4th day for Wagner OR Karnal by the end of this year because I will only work 'till half of December, and this rest of October and November I'll be working on the preparations for the Demo Release both for Tier 1 Patrons and for the public on later December a month after the release.

The Demo will have:

• Three Days, the introduction Day: Day 0, Day1 and Day2 with both complete routes for Wagner and Karnal.
• A piece of new music for the Beach and a new Credits Roll Scene (in which I'll spend the rest of the month now making it work).
• The changelog will be disabled on the Demo.
• The Suggest Correction Menu will be Disabled for the Demo.

Due to the extra work I'll have to put on the demo for it to work without issues and at the same time it won't break the alphas in the future and making it in a way I can fix any bugs in the demo if they arrive for some reason at any time, I won't be working on Wagner's route for some time, and I won't have enough time to finish it by the end of December.

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Long Detailed Section:

I'm here today to, of course, talk more about the game development.

First of all, the 4th day will be an amazingly long day to work with. Just the main route, the first route of every day, the one you will read before choosing where you want to go, hit 74 dialogues, it's the longest main of all the days.

However, after reading what I have for Wagner's route (all the three encounters and the ACT1 doesn't look as good as I wanted, and the cause may be that I'm not resting for a long time and all that. Believe it or not, I'm working on this game every day. Even if you read everything there's inside in two or three hours, it takes me months to do those texts in a good way. I want a good story after all. If the routes are not believable, it makes no sense.

So after reading a while what I came with I was not feeling good with it so I will redo all of it again.

But, I will not start it right now. I want to start programming a temporary Credits-roll for the game and I still don't know how to do it. So I'm gonna start researching instead of keep writing, that's because by the start of November I want to add the first Public Demo, as all of the Tier 1 patrons know, whenever a Public Demo is created, they have access to it for a month before the general public does. So, from now on, instead of using the rest of this month to redo all the work I have to on the 4th day, I'll be working on the finishing touches for the game to be released.

After that, I'll work on November on two things: A small page for the game demo to be added, just like lots of Visual Novels are doing, and when everything's set, I'll be going back to the story.

So... Will I be able to finish the Wagner Day 4 before the end of this year? I doubt because I want to rest by December. Remember that the 4th of November is my birthday and I'll be working on stuff for the game, so at least I want to rest for half of December. Of course, I won't just stay still because I can't do that. I would probably just freak out, I will be writing as always, I'll just take half of the month for myself and I don't think I'll be able to finish the 4th day in just 15- 20 days.

I cannot say for sure but the Fourth Day will have for each character:

4 Acts, with 4 - 5 sets of answers each set with 4 answers, an A, B, D, and S class routes each one adding or removing from the affinity with that character.

The 4th day is the middle point of the game story and you will be able to see some more lewd interactions with the characters, not much but enough to make you see their bond solidifying. Of course, you will need to have a perfect route to see that, but that's how this game works.

With this many routes, and stuff to do, I cannot simply shove content without thinking and I need to have good content, all of that within only 15 days? I doubt.

So, yeah, I hope you guys understand and look forward to the 1st public demo!

The Public Demo will have Day 0, 1, and 2 on the game. After the day end, the credits should roll with good, nice music with it. I'll try to find the music and I'll be spending the rest of this month making this credit roll scene for the game. So, that's it for you all.

I'll be releasing the Demo for Tier 1 patrons on day 30 or 31. There's a lot I need to fix, and any new patron who enters patreon before those days will have their name added on the demo that will be put for the public!

Anyway, I hope you all have a nice time over there, and see you all soon!