January 19 Update

Last week's question got a ton of passionate responses! I'm going to break this up in order to reply but also report on progress and keep things moving forward.

Postgame Time Skip: I thank everyone for their input, but still haven't decided. =P You will find out when it releases, I guess.

Post-TLS Content: Some people expressed a desire for multiple postgame time periods, which I'm afraid I cannot support. However, I want to remind everyone that while TLS will have a definitive ending with no direct sequel, that does not mean closing the door on the setting and characters forever. After the completion of TLS, I will be writing a series of short stories that will catch up with the characters and locations decades, centuries, or even millennia after the game concludes.

TLS Achievements: They aren't done yet! This is not due to any fault in the heroic efforts of my volunteers, who have made so many images for me. Just uploading and configuring everything on the back end has been a slog, I can't imagine doing all the visual stages myself. o_o Currently there are 144 achievements set up on the back end, and the final total will be 150ish. These are not all added to the game or tested yet, so I will be posting the list for any final additions/fixes later. Then hopefully this will all have months to get settled before the official TLS launch.

DStP: One benefit of working on multiple things at once is that I could switch from the achievement slog to more energizing creative work. After so long, this is moving forward! When this happens will depend on how fast the programmer gets back to me and how much I can finish on my current TLS projects.

It's been a crazy week, but 2025 will have a lot more of those! Please look forward to everything. ^-^