Sunday Devblog: August 3, 2025

Hey everyone!

This week I’ve been focused on making the final touches to all pre-timeskip scenes in Chapter 6. That includes Halloween event, a Kasumi route moment, a Queen route development, and the exam week storyline.

Here are a few screenshots to give you a peek:

(This screenshot has a lot of hints/spoilers)

Writing Progress and Challenges

The writing side has presented some real challenges this week. The timeskip serves as a narrative shift where most girls begin to show permanent changes after regularly using the serum. That means I need to account for characters like Miyu and Hino starting daily serum usage, regardless of how far the player has progressed in their individual routes.

This creates a domino effect. In order for the post-timeskip events to make sense I need to:

• Create alternate scenes that show Miyu and Hino deciding to use the serum before the timeskip

• Lock off their storylines if the player hasn’t progressed far enough with them before that point

Initially I planned to let the player's progression dictate how these things unfold, but the combinations quickly got out of hand. The exam week also got a bit unwieldy as writing every possible variant of whether Miyu or Hino had or had not used the serum before exams became unsustainable.

So now I’m going with a cleaner route. I’ll be working on new scenes before the exams where Miyu and Hino make the decision to use the serum daily if the player has not progressed far enough with them. This keeps things coherent, but will also mean their routes get locked off if you did not progress enough with them.

About the Release Window

All of this is just one example of how the scope of Chapter 6 keeps expanding as I try to make sure every piece fits together logically.

At the current rate, I’m starting to feel it may be unlikely to hit the end of August release. I’m doing my best to maintain momentum, but I don’t want to rush something this big and interconnected.

On a more personal note, I’d really like to have the release finished before mid-September, since I’ll have some real-life obligations and events that might limit how much I can work on the game after that. (Sorry to be vague.) So I am working hard to make that the case.

I just want to keep expectations in check while also saying I’m really excited about how this chapter is shaping up. Thank you so much for your continued support and patience. It means everything.

More to come soon!
-Jon