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Version 0.85 - Haruki

Good evening,

Once more, I'm sorry for the delay. Trying to get an update out was hell. I was juggling both Keisuke and Haruki and just could not get the writing to flow for Kei, so since Nyaruh finished the Haruki CGs I decided to pivot to that one. It's pretty clear which one I was more excited to write.

Thankfully I managed to finish it today, as I'll be going out of town tomorrow to actually visit Nyaruh and her partner for the weekend (it's a Carnaval weekend here, which is b...

Reasons for the delay and status update

Good afternoon,

I wish I was posting this with the actual update already finished, but sadly I'm not. I was hoping to get things squared away and get 2026 off to a good start, but I was actually hit with some pretty big problems at the very start of January. I thought it would get sorted faster and that there would be no need for me to update you guys, but as I'm getting messaged asking for a status update, I thought it only fair to give it. Especially because, while I talked a little b...

Version 0.84 - Shoichi (Good/Medium)

Good afternoon,

It took me longer than I wanted to, but I managed to complete the Shoichi update more or less "on time". While it's definitely a week late, because I got sick right after crunching to finish the previous update, I only really got started on this one about a week and a half before the end of November, so it's honestly astounding I got it complete that "fast". I'm hopeful that I can pick up some momentum and normalize the schedule by the end of the year. Fingers crossed at...

Version 0.83 - Jun

Good evening,

I'm finally done with this update. It was... a very emotionally difficult one to write. Having so many routes hitting big emotional moments at the same time is kind of nice, but also takes a lot of emotional energy out of me. I'm happy with this one, and there are a lot of important conversations had in it. Having a couple feeling out each other's boundaries and talking about their communication problems is nice and important, but holy hell did I struggle getting it to com...

Poll: WIP CGs to launch updates faster?

Good evening,

This is something I've been meaning to ask for a while, but as Nyaruh was still working on the sprite remakes for the main 3, I didn't feel it was relevant yet. Now that they're finished and out of the way, I need to know.

There's quite a few updates/plot points that require art assets to be written. For instance, part of the reason I took a long time to launch the last Haruki update (and will take a little while to write the next one also) is because I need CGs for ...

Version 0.82 - Haruki

Good evening,

I'm sorry for the huge delay with this update. The last couple months have been a lot. I don't know how many of you keep up with my social media, but in addition to having gotten sick and in bed rest for a week recently, I also had to deal with problems with the IRS, with a different tax entity (that I have to deal with on Monday) and my brother went missing for two weeks (thankfully he's back, but his excuses for what happened are a whole other can of worms). I haven't be...

Status Update

Good evening,

This is just a quick status update to let you guys know since I didn't make the post in time. As the last TA update was quite late (two weeks late) and I then went out of town for a week for family stuff (I took my laptop with me, so I got some work done, but not much) I couldn't actually get the update done in time for the last day of the months. I only got back to town Sunday night, and I got sick while I was away.

I'm still chipping away at work while sick, but ju...

Version 0.81 - Keisuke

Good evening,

Thank you guys once again for the patience with this long delay. July was a whirlwind of a month and unfortunately a lot of bad things happened one after the other. I managed to get the update done, but I'm not happy with how long it took.

That said, this is a bit of a meatier update (about 40 to 50% larger than the usual update going by line count), and I am happy with what's in it. Still can't shake the feeling of wishing I could have done more to make up for the w...

Status Update

Good evening,

I just wanted to let you guys know the Keisuke update will be delayed a few days. This month in general has been pretty awful for me, but in special the last few weeks. I lost my last living grandparent to a sudden stroke, the uncle whose family I was going to visit last week for my birthday had a heart attack and had to spend days in the ICU (he's recovering now, but we had a big scare with it), all FVN devs are now dealing with those payment processor issues and the unce...

Update 0.80 - Shoichi (Good/Medium path)

Good evening,

I'm sorry for the delay. I initially thought June had 31 days and had planned on getting things done in time, but I wasted time yesterday coding a new function into the game that would save me time in the future. Thought it would only take a couple hours to do, but I ended up working on it for twelve hours non-stop when I could have finished the update instead. I apologize.

Still, I'm very proud of how this one came out, actually. I hope you guys like it as much as I...

Version 0.79 - Jun

Good evening,

Thank you guys for the patience with the delay. I was able to get the update to a point where I'm satisfied with it! I'm a little tired, so I won't yap endlessly about it. The new Jun sprite looks great, I haven't spotted any errors with it, but if you guys do, let me know. Feel free to leave any feedback on the update in general. Some stuff needs to be redone for the new sprite.

In particular, some CGs with Jun's first casual outfit need to be tweaked to show the ...

Delay Notice

Good evening,

Regrettably, I'm really sorry to have to delay the update for a few days. Not only am I still catching up after the delay last month caused by sickness, but I also had to go out of town for a bit under a week to visit family around the middle of the month. I've been crunching to try and get it finished in time, but I can't in good conscience put out what I have so far. Otherwise not only would the update be short and unfinished, but Jun's sprite wouldn't be fully implement...

Update 0.78 - Keisuke

Good evening,

I'm sorry again for the delay. I tried my best to work while sick, but it's been tough. Whatever it is I caught, it developed into full blown laryngitis, so not only could I not talk for a few days, I couldn't sleep or eat very well either. I'll spare you guys the gory details though. I've started feeling a bit better yesterday. My voice is somewhat back, though not fully. My throat keeps alternating between not hurting and feeling like it's on fire, so there's that.

Slight Delay Notice (sick) + Jun sprite status update

Hey guys,

Just making this post real quick so I don't forget to keep you guys in the loop. I'm gonna delay the Keisuke update a few days as I've gotten sick over the weekend and not been able to get much work done. Hopefully it should only be a few days. I'm working to get the update out to you guys as soon as possible. Still sick, but medicated at least.

In the meantime, have some Jun stuff. Nyaruh might slow down on making the expressions as she's ALSO gotten sick (even though w...

Update 0.77 - Shoichi (Good Path) & Jun sprite WIP

Good evening,

I'm posting this a bit earlier because, by some miracle, I actually finished the update last night and got to take my time a bit more with playtesting and proofreading it.

Update

Now, this update involves, like I mentioned it would during the previous Sho update, a very important scene. However, to my surprise, I found that once I was done adding all the content I planned on to the update, it was actually a bit shorter than usual. About 80 to 85% of the size...

Update 0.76 - Jun

Good afternoon,

Thank you once again for the patience with the earlier delay. February being such a short month really gives me trouble every year. Thankfully, I managed to finish the update today (I would have liked to get it done two days ago, but it wouldn't have been presentable then). This one is setting up some stuff, and some important conversations are had in it. Also, I missed writing in the group dynamics a little more, so this was fun!

Nyaruh hasn't finished the Jun spr...

Delay Notice

Hey everyone. I wanted to make this post earlier today, but I've been struggling to do much today thanks to a bad bout of allergies that meds won't fix.

I've been trying to get the Jun update done in time, but due to February being on the shorter end of months, plus my allergies acting up severely over the past week, I don't think I'll quite make the deadline. I'll try to only delay a day or two at most, because every extra day I take here is one less day I have for the next update, but...

Update 0.75 - Haruki (Hotfix 01/02/2025)

Good evening,

I'll be short and sweet, because I'm exhausted right now. I managed to get the Haruki update done in time (weee). Just had it playtested by a friend while writing this post.

This one was fun to write, but I'm ready to rest now. I really hope you guys like it. Please please do leave some feedback. There's been very little of it lately, and I genuinely don't know if people are enjoying how the writing has been going as of late.

Still, here it is. I hope you guys ...

Update 0.74 - Keisuke

Good afternoon and happy holidays!

I hope you've all been having a blast with your end of year/new year celebrations. Thankfully since I live alone, it was no big deal for me to keep working to get the update done in time. I'm actually happy that I didn't go against the clock this one. Finished it earlier in the day and had time to have it play tested and checked over more thoroughly.

Hope you all enjoy your time with your family, friends or even just with yourselves (being able t...

Update 0.73 - Shoichi (Good/Medium Path)

Good evening,

Bringing you guys right now the latest Shoichi update. It ended up not being quite as long as usual, sadly, but I had to decide between cutting out a scene that I wanted to end the update on or rushing through it and not doing it justice. As it's supposed to be an important scene, I decided that cutting it and doing it properly in the next update is better than making it bad quality.

Still, I think it's overall a good update. Tense, but considering how things ended l...

Update 0.72 - Jun

Good evening,

Hope you're all enjoying the festivities. At least for those who celebrate Halloween. I don't, so I can't really pretend to know what it's like haha

This update was a bit of a buzzer beater. I realized only a few days ago that I couldn't fit everything I had planned onto it, so I had to do some last-minute rejiggering, adding to some scenes, taking away from others. Trying to get it to come across as a satisfying update despite my original plan for it not being possi...

Update 0.71 - Shoichi ("bad" path)

Good evening everyone,

I apologize for the two and a half day delay. I've been trying to get everything done, having planned to finish the writing for the update around the 21st or so of last month, but I struggled to properly balance such a sensitive topic given where his previous update ended if you got the bad path. It's not something that can be handled in a careless manner, so I made sure to get lots of feedback to try and broach the subject as tactfully as possible.

Now, thi...

Update 0.70 - Keisuke (Hotfix)

Good evening everyone,

Sorry for being a day late on this one. I was trying to finish it yesterday, but couldn't quite fit everything I wanted into the update by then.

This ended up being a weird one for me, as I addressed a lot of events that were a while coming from previous updates. Things that needed to be dealt with before the plot is to move forward. Yet nothing really that earth shattering, so it left me feeling like not much happened. Probably because so much happened in t...

Update 0.69 - Shoichi (Hotfix)

Good evening, everyone,

In the end, I struggled a ton to do this update. I'm starting to wrap up all the loose threads in Shoichi's route, and handling one of the most important (and long-lasting) ones well was driving me up a wall. In the end, I want to give special thanks to Choky, Rudder and Sakudoshi. Three friends who proofread this update and gave me extensive feedback on it. In particular Choky and Rudder who read the very very first draft and helped me nearly rewrite a whole sce...

Small delay

Hey everyone,

Quick update here. I was trying to push up the clock to finish the update here, but along with my cat's vet appointments (to get all his shots + his castration in 12 hours) and family visiting as of recently, I'm still not quite done. I should finish up in the coming week so long as my visiting sister doesn't want to go around too much.

Until then, have a few screenshots of an early scene in this update where Shoichi looks particularly nice and emotive!

As I me...

Update 0.68 - Jun

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the incredibly late update. I ended up rewriting two specific scenes here a few times as I realized my initial plans for them were a tad... too cruel. Maybe it's speaks to my mind state, but I'm a bit tired of making Yuuichi suffer overmuch, so I toned those down a fair bit to make them sound a tad more hopeful.

Hopefully you guys enjoy this update. Now it's off to work on Shoichi's next update. In it, I probably won't update all the ending scenarios of the...

Concept Art (Future VN)

As offered in my post yesterday, I asked if you guys would be interested in seeing some concept art of my next project (that is still far in the future, for after TA is finished) and all the ones that replied were curious to see. Therefore, here I am bringing the goods!

Keep in mind, this isn't ALL there is to their concept art, but I don't really want to post the entire concept sheet for the characters so as to leave at least a little to the imagination. So here you go, three of the lo...

Somewhat late update

Just to let you guys know so you're not wondering, I'm a little late this month. Was trying to get the update done in time, but had a few technical issues on my end. Most recently, my router went kapoot and I had to spend all day waiting for a technician to come and replace it... and then they misconfigured my wifi and locked out the option for me to change it, so I needed to factory reset the thing and do it all myself, which took a little while.

Also, would you guys be interested in s...

Update 0.67 - Haruki

Good evening,

I know the timing is a bit suspect, but this update was supposed to have come out yesterday, so no, it's not an April Fool's joke. Regardless, I hope you guys enjoy this one. I definitely struggled a bit at a specific part, but hopefully it doesn't come across too badly. Still, enjoy seeing some Haruki time... and maybe him softening up some more!

Changelog:

• Days 18 and 19 added (Haruki)

• New art added

Download: 2024-04-02 02:57:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Merch Announcement

Good evening everyone,

It is with great excitement that I come here to show off something Pawprint and I have been working on for a while. With the help of Fruitz (@FruitzJam) and Nyaruh (@nyaruh1), we have been able to bring to life a few new designs to show off.

Starting with the new acrylic diorama designed by Fruitz, you get to see the boys ...