It's coming!

You know what? I should be banned from making promises. Seriously. All those times I've said, "I should have the next version out in a couple days" and then you don't hear anything for like a week (or more). You see, the thing is, when I say that stuff I really mean it. I'm an optimist at heart, but then of course real life (or a collosal coding nightmare) comes along and bam, things get pushed back another week or whatever!

But this time, please believe me when i say: the new version of Girl Games is gonna be out tomorrow! Because this time, I know for sure that I can deliver. It's basically finished already and I'm just giving it a few final tweaks and polishes. Then - boom - it's out in the world! 

Just to be clear, we're talking about the 'prologue' (aka Day One). I like to think of it as an introduction to Feminae, and even if you've played the last Twine version there'll hopefully be a couple new additions you should enjoy (including something I like to call "night mode"). Plus, the Ren'py version is so damn slick and lovely I just can't wait to share it with you. 

What's more, I've got everything from the old game working now - the wardrobe, the paperdoll, the works - only now it looks and plays so much better. 

Also, this means that now everything is in place, I can get working on the rest - I've banned myself from making promises about exactly when that will be done, but I'm planning to release it in chunks, just as soon as it's ready. So the next chunk will most likely be up to the night of the audition itself (and your first experience with your mistress) - in other words, the first Monday to Friday on campus. And this time, I'm going to go through it with a fine tooth comb, putting in absolutely everything up until that moment. No placeholders, no boring grind in the classroom. I want it all to be there, a fun unfolding story that you take part in, with twists and surprises galore at every step of the way. 

And as I've said so many times, once that chunk is done, I promise I'll share it with you loyal patrons a whole week before it goes live online. But for this first little episode/intro, I'm thinking of it as basically a souped-up remix of the last update (until the end of day one), and considering that's already out I'm eager to switch that old clunky Twine version for this shiny new Ren'py one. 

I hope all that makes sense and sorry if I've gotten your hopes up in the past and then not delivered. Please just know that this game is so so dear to me and I really want to make it the best I possibly can. If there's ever delays or what have you, rest assured it's because I'm away working on it. And like I said, from this point onwards, we'll just be going forward. This is it now, the final version of the game. And I'm so excited to hit that 'publish' button tomorrow and send it into the world!!!

Dana x