Saturday Devlog (October 30th)

Hi everyone! Hope you're all staying safe and healthy. :)

Happy to report that rewrites for the bonus update has been coming along smoothly, and I should be able to publish the update in time before we hit November proper. All together, I find it a definite improvement over what I originally had, and though the pain of sacking 8000 words still linger like a scar in my soul, we make what sacrifices we must for the art.

Monthly features will follow shortly after the demo update, including but not limited to the second round of the Superhero AU! This time featuring the Arcadia squad, including Eli. Artwork for the saintess and King Julius will also go up soon, with the former being uploaded right after this post and the latter sometime close to the update.

A Sneak Peek will also be uploaded shortly! While I would have liked to show off Tahlia's day off scene, it's a little long and unwieldy to be put in a Sneak Peek format. Instead, I'll be showing off a piece of the Ralos and Altea combat scene, where our mage finally gets to invoke Raegusa's powers.

Next, a piece of bad (good?) news: the Side Story is turning out to be much longer than I had initially expected! It was initially estimated to be roughly 3000 words, but right now it's sitting at 3500 and nowhere close to being finished. Due to the rewrites sucking up most of my time and energy right now, I don't think I'll be able to finish it in time, but I'll be sure to upload it as soon as it's finished--which should be a couple of days into November, at most.

Lastly, Patreon charging has now been suspended for the month of November! Next month I'll be focusing solely on the update and nothing else, and with my college schedule finally clear (and just in time for NaNoWriMo, to boot!) I hope to be able to punch out upwards of 35k words. Fingers crossed!

And that should wrap it up for today's devlog. As always, thank you for following the development of A Mage Reborn!