Build 0.1 next weekend

Hello everyone. As the title says, the first properly playable build, v0.1, will land next weekend. This is the full intro to the game, with two paths and various minor decisions, coming to about 10,000 words. This build does not yet have any spritework and only placeholder backgrounds, so don't expect many visuals. Tanutanuki is currently designing several more characters, and that process will continue until the cast has been fully designed. If all goes well, that'll take another 4-5 months. Then work on the sprites can begin, interspersed with CGs. As mentioned before, the actual game writing will continue throughout, irrespective of art availability, so builds will still roll out regularly.

As per my tier structure, builds are made available for the Valet and Butler tiers first. One week after each release, Coachmen will get access, and a week after *that*, all other patrons will get access. Finally, three months after that, it will be made available to the public via both this page and a new itch.io page I'll set up closer to the time. This pattern will repeat for future 0.x releases, though I may skip making some of them publicly available.

The Valet and Butler tiers currently get access to early builds via Discord, alongside having their characters in the game. One thing I've considered is a €35 tier that would grant the two week early access and access to pre-release builds, but without the in-game character perk. If that's something you'd be interested in, let me know in the comments.

I've had a lot of fun putting the start together, and early feedback is very positive. I'm very happy with how it all feels, and I am keen to see what you all think :D The build release will also coincide with the public release of the Flax artwork.