January Status update 2

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen,

quick update on the current status. The text is now fully done. One round of proof-reading and corrections and we are good to go on that part. The simple code for Xici's lab is done too. 

Only thing missing are a few images I should be getting or doing myself over this week. So January is still possible, even if I have to put this all together quickly then. Dependant on when I receive my stuff it might delay by a few days, but definitely not longer. But they are definitely worth the wait! Belg has already done an outstanding job on his end 😉

On the bright side, the work on the updates following Xici's Lab is already well underway (few example images above). I also received a lot of great written out scenes with Akari and Aline from my co-authors, so I can fully focus on writing Stella and keeping this all in order. 

In the meanwhile, the coding department has completely outdone itself. Toxic reworked the character screen with a full image gallery, combat stats, bio, and a new look. The code behind this is really staggering and left me in awe. And thanks to Syricc, who provided the base code for the movement, and Akabane, who graciously offered help on the combat mechanics and is now HUGE asset, the combat now has a damage preview, moving sprites, and different hit effects. And we have some big plans on how to expand combat even further 😁 Oh, and they manage to do all that while dragging my noobish ass along and explaining this all to me 😅

So all in all, we are making good progress. And I'm super happy with my team and it's a real pleasure working with those amazing guys 🥰This progress would not have been possible if not for them (also college is really a handful currently, adding to my own slow progress 😒).

Next time you'll hear from me it's probably a release already. Or a few pics maybe sprinkled in.

Hope everyone has a lovely week and I'll keep in touch.