Development Update #14 - June 19, 2017

Hey Everyone!

Work on EP4 is soon coming to the finish. Release next week!

So I'll talk a bit about what I have in store for you with EP4.

We will continue where we left off previosuly, when Alice and the Main Character are going home from Marcus'.
Then we get to see into MC's dream again, as you might already have guest from a preview from before.
Btw, I reworked that part a bit, I wasn't satisfied with the lighting, I think it's better now.

The Main Character used his dream shard on Alice last episode. That was something which enabled him to control people while they were awake (if he used the spell on them in their sleep previously of course).

Now he's missing a shard, so it's probably natural to want to get more, after tasting the power it can give.
But becoming addicted to power rarely has a good outcome...

Now a little bit about the minigame event.

It's going to happen on Day 7. This time however, I didn't go with the point and click detective style. This time you'll have to interact with people.

You will be ablte to go around the house as you did in EP2, and also go to the coffee shop, to the library and to Aunt's house.
Depending on which time you visit the locations, you'll meet different people doing different activities. For example, if you go to the terrace in the afternoon, you'll see mom and Alice sunbathing.
But maybe you can help Alice pick out her new swimsuit if you meet her before? 

But of course, you won't have time to do everything in one time period. So you'll have to choose who wanna interact with, because it can't be everyone.
After the minigame events of Day 7, we'll continue with the 'scripted' events of Day 8. One week into the story, our protagonist had a fun and easy life up until this point. 

So this time the 'uncovering' of the mystery will be handled by character interactions, rather than the Main Character's monologues.

All in all, I would say Episode 4 will be the calm before the storm, which is Episode 5 and onward. I have done a good amount of foreshadowing up to this point, and with the last player entering the playing field with Aunt Jenna, the pieces are set. I already have big plans for that one, but you know me... No spoilers yet.

Speaking of Aunt, you'll get to see her on this Wednesday. I have prepared a few 4K images of her for you, I'm really satisfied with how she turned out. I hope she will be a strong contender for the top spot.

Well, see you guys in the next one!

And as always, thank you for all the contribution and support!

-Sin