Devblog 01/26/2025

It's now been a week since Chapter 5 released and a lot has happened!

First of all, a big thank you to everyone for reporting bugs and helping me polish up the game. I mistakenly believed I was able to review the project myself, but there were numerous bugs that I missed.

The lesson is quite clear: make sure to playtest with more people before releasing.

Thank you for your amazing feedback and reviews as well! It seems the chapter is generally well received and I hope that now with the systems in place, future updates will be more about adding content and chapters - not so much adding gameplay elements.

Last week, my post included the following task list:

• Special Serum Scenes

• Update sprites for chapter 1 and 2 - add reactions and bounces.

• Add teacher scenes (In the interest of getting this update out I didn't finish the history teacher and I did not add Naomi's teaching scenes.) I also want to do at least 1 more Kaz, Sumi, Jiro scenes.

• Halloween scene

• Mrs. Jiro side story

• Compress game file size - 5gb is a lot. The game relies on 4k png files and with all the FMG stuff going on, there's a ton of images. ✅

The last item on the list is already completed! With the 1080p version of the game launching and functioning well.

You can download it on itch: https://stronggirls.itch.io/stronggirls-fmg-visual-novel/patreon-access

I still want to make the 4k (native) version available since some users play on big displays and benefit from the higher resolution. Plus I work on the 4k version so that's why I refer to it as the native version.

However, I cannot host it on itch because of the file size limitation. What itch effectively does is protect the link from being shared.

So to get the 4k version out to you, I need to host it privately. For now it's in the Game Releases channel on the discord - visible if you are a supporter.

Let's talk about the next steps!

Going down the task list :

Special Serum: I have already started to work on some of the art. The NSFW Friday post had some Hino previews.

Update sprites for chapter 1 & 2: I am working on a few key scenes. I posted a preview of Miyu and Saya on Deviant art. The Miyu one is the header image of this post.

Teacher Scenes: Since the next side story is Mrs. Jiro I will work on more classroom/school related areas for her side story which will also be in the game at a later stage.

Halloween scene: No change.

Mrs. Jiro side story: This is my current focus. I decided to get Mrs. Jiro out before I work on chapter 5.1 with the special serum scenes. I have been planning the story and can say I finished the intro to this side story.

Those of you who played Chapter 5 already know that Mrs. Jiro is going through some tough times. She decides to make friends with other teachers on the faculty. This way I can introduce the history teacher, as well as let Jiro interact with Kaz, Sumi, Goro, Naomi etc.

I won't say more!

Mrs. Jiro will come out in February.

I can't say when exactly. I will go on a camping trip with my family for a few days. Take some time-out and a chance to step back and reflect. I love working on the game but taking a few days off will be good for the project as a whole. Touching grass, and camping... though it's all covered in snow, so uh... touch snow.

I'll come back and work on Jiro full-force from the 5th of February! Then Once Jiro is done, it's working on chapter 5.1 which includes special serum, and some updated chapter1 art.

I decided to keep the Halloween arc for chapter 6 - as it will make a for a celebratory intro - and will let met get the special serum stuff out sooner!

Thank you for your support!

-Jon