August's behind the scenes

I made a quick list of all the things I wanted to discuss in this Patreon devlog and realized that it's been a packed month this time around.

-> Credit section
I've been talking with my coder to get a new credit section in the main menu. It's been on my mind for a while, but I thought having the core team members on Itch would be enough, well, the problem arises when you hire temporary help, people come and go because life gets busy and everyone deserves to be credited for the help they provided. What if someone really liked something in the VN and wants to know who did that? They should have a way to find said person either to talk to or hire them back, who knows, I have content creator brain so having access to these resources equals offering work to people.

-> I want to thank some of our readers for helping me solve the death scenes and by proof-reading D1 and D2. They've been very kind and I appreciate the help a lot. It sped my process by a lot.

-> Roadmap
Patrice 4 is 70% done and will be handed over to our editor in a week or so.
Dylan 4 has all the assets ready, but I haven't started writing it yet
Russell 4 needs assets, missing two new character sprites.
Clyde 4 is almost ready assets wise. The sprites are ready, but the CG is not done.
Liam 4 is a special case. I do have assets ready for it, but it's the kind of route that must be done last, no exceptions.
Blake 5 and Ryan 5 require the same amount of assets, which are available, but we're moving too fast, I have hiatus news coming up next.

-> Hiatus (Nothing serious, just holidays.)
I'll be taking a month away from working. I might do something small on the side because, well, content creator brain means you never really go on vacation but you try. Anyway— my hiatus starts August 18th and ends by the end of September. You guys are covered this month for Patrice 4 but I might not drop anything for September, sorry. Patreon will not stop for that month so, if you want to pause your pledge, this is me telling you to do it by the end of this month after Patrice 4 comes out.

I'm not stopping it because the money would go into the game regardless. I use it to pay the editor, the composer and the cg artist basically these roles are still up and running even if Im not here. It's easy for me to commission a cg for a future D5 for example.

Today's teaser will be Margaret! We're slowly giving a tiny corner to some female characters both good and bad.