Progress Report - Next Update || Faster Updates || Release Info

Hey everyone!

Got a bit of an info drop here so I'm just going to divide things up into various topics so you can see everything going on with House Chores!

== Next Update Focus ==

This one has been a bit tricky to decide over the past couple of weeks.  There are a number of different things I can focus on for the next update (ex, Emily's story, Linda's, Julie's, etc) but I want to go with something that won't take too long to get the next update out so that way HC fans don't have to wait as long.

Because of this, I think continuing Julie's storyline is the way to go! 

Before the original artist stopped working on the project, he had sketched up the first major scene for her storyline and I was really looking forward to it.  So the plan is to have the current artist pick up from that sketch and finish the scene!  The HC MC is looking a bit scrawny too.  Some exercise with Julie is much needed ;)

In addition, I want to look at a potential redraw of Julie.  I was blown away by the support of Emily's redraw and for Julie, getting a redraw of her could be very useful for her storyline so I can give her a proper yoga outfit variation. 

Lastly, during this time, I'll be trying to get that backlog of new locations moving as well.  I want to add the laundry room & eventually Emily's room so if we have spare time, this will be a perfect time to get started on all of that.  

Once Emily's room is complete, that's a huge hurdle finished that's necessary to begin her story so she'll probably be up next for NSFW content ;)

== Town of Passion Concluding ==

In case you're out of the loop, the artist working on House Chores (Mogucho) now has been helping me finish up another game, Town of Passion.  Mogucho is currently working on what is likely to be the last bit of art I need for ToP. 

Once that's complete, that means Mogucho can now focus ENTIRELY on House Chores!  No more rotating between HC & ToP like he's been doing in 2021.  This means that in the next month or two, House Chores should be capable of releasing updates on a roughly 2-month release schedule which is my goal!  This would keep it in the rotation between my other two main projects.

As mentioned a while ago, House Chores was meant to be a low priority side-project but I really want to step up it's production and have it equally prioritized between my other projects.  We're nearly at that point! 

== Release Date ==

I know this is the answer people probably hate the most but it's still a bit too soon to say.  

Because Julie will be the likely focus of this next update, I don't think I'll need too much art before another update can be released.  However, I do want to wait a bit longer until I can get a more certain window of when the update could release.  

If things move faster than I'm anticipating (it's happened before), it's possible I could have an update out by late May.  I think June is a much likelier release window, though.

As soon as I have a better idea, I'll let you all know!  I see no reason why the update wouldn't be out by June.  Since ToP is wrapping up, that should nearly double the rate at which House Chores content is completed-  Excluding any health or personal reasons that would require the artist a bit more time.  That's always the top priority!

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That's everything for this update!

I hope everyone's been having a good week.  Thank you all so much for your support and I will see you soon either with some NSFW teasers or a general progress report!