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I'm Asking for a Moment

As some may know, my grandmother was back in the ICU a week ago. The past week was grueling; the waiting and hoping were nearly unbearable. This morning she passed. Still, I am grateful that we got to spend two more months with her after her surgery, grateful that we spent the holidays with her, and grateful that she is my grandmother. I can't say that she went as peacefully as we had hoped for, but it's more than I could ask for. I don't want to see her keep suffering from going in and out o...

Book 3 Chapter 26 Public Release

Chapter 26 - What We Leave Behind 

Paying supporters, there is no news for you here.

Technical Update

• New main menu screen, serves its purpose greatly but is currently a placeholder.

• New Book, Fresh Size.

• Added Chapter 26 gallery and the cut scene.

• 2.7k renders, 17 animations(2hours and 30 mins run time)

• Added a "Previously on MTWY" segment at the beginning of th...

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Book 3 Chapter 27 Exclusive Release

Chapter 27 - Beaver Dammed

To start, I want to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone. A great big thank you for the patience and support you've given us this year; we appreciate it, and it couldn't have been easy being that patient. The past few months haven't been kind to EO and me. Anyway, my grandmother has recovered, EO's foster mother is stable and strong, and my stepfather is out of the hospital but still recovering, and he's actually behind me restin...

Three More Days

I just had the most productive week in MTWY, but it's still not enough to pump out the chapter. I gave a poor estimate once again. Granted, some of the productivity may have went to other chapters.

The good news is I will be able to make the release this weekend. There's a crucial scene that's been eating my time, and I believe I still need one more day just for that alone. So far I'm on 1.7k renders as shown on the screenshot, but the ongoing final editing might increase or decre...

Stable and Quick Progress with a Huge Heaping of Gratitude!

I'll try to keep this brief so I can go back to working on the chapter.

First, I'd like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding; it means a lot—more than I could put into words.

ETA: Dec. 9, 2024 to have room for errors

I should start on the final editing by tomorrow. Even EO has been itching to get this chapter out. The upcoming chapter will close the subplots and/or arcs that were open throughout the recent chapters. I'll also be addin...

A Little More Time

Guess that's what everyone wants, but I want it now more than ever. My grandmother has been in the ICU since last week due to a brain tumor, and her operation is today. My mother got ill trying to sort stuff out (records of my grandfather as a soldier and hospital paperwork.), and she's been running ragged all the while under the thought that she could lose her mother at any given moment. I've been supporting and helping her with what I can, but I, myself, haven't been at my best. For the fir...

Release date and MTWY Roadmap

New Release Date: October 31

I know you're expecting a different post than this one, but I need a little more time.
The upcoming chapter is also a minimum of 2 hours long like the recent chapters, and even with that length, I'm still worried that I paced it too fast. Yes, we will see Hime in that outfit in this chapter. 

What have I been doing?

-The upcoming chapter, of course; as I've said befor...

Huge Cast = Huge Chapter (Again)

Cover photo unrelated to the current chapter.

It's another long chapter but I've already got a good handle on it. Let me tell you though, juggling the cast and making sure the pacing and transition are steady and won't cause any confusion was a nightmare. And since we'll be jumping in and out of lost time soon, which will mostly focus on individual LIs, it's only apt that the rest of the cast gets as much screen time as possible, otherwise, each of their respective stans will riot.
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All About 27!

THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS ABOUT THE MOST RECENT CHAPTERS

This post is primarily about news updates for the upcoming chapter; the wallpapers and polls will be on a separate post later.

Once again, I've separated the chapter content into acts, two so far. It's another long chapter for sure, there's too much going on, and unlike chapter 26, where the cast progresses as a group, they will be progressing their individual stories in this chapter instead. Couple that w...

Book 3 Chapter 26 Exclusive Release - Reannounced

Chapter 26 - What We Leave Behind

Now available to all tiers.

I'm reannouncing this since my head wasn't on straight by the time the release was live. It was as if I were drunk as a skunk. Hence, I also didn't announce it officially on our Discord server.

It took us long enough. There was even a running joke between EO and me, seeing as this chapter has been stated to include the cast's Halloween party, that it'll get released by actual Halloweenâ...

Book 2 Finale!

Chapter 25 - The Choices We Have To Make

All supporters, please download this instead.

Changelog

• Two hour-long update

• Offscreen chapters integrated

• Added a small scene in Chapter 21, that was initially planned; it's part of the FMC-MC-Takato plotline.

• Skip Button at the upper right-hand side of the screen to the unskippable scene near the end of the chapter

• New look for the choices UI

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  2024-07-15 21:29:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Three More Days

2 for rendering, 1 for compiling and uploading the builds.

Chapter 26 will set the tone for Book 3, and there are scenes to be added and issues that need to be greenlighted or at least hinted at.

This chapter has 2k+ renders by now. The complete chapter should hover around 2300–2500.
So if we're going with sheer size, it's x3 the content of our usual chapters. This update takes at least 2 hou...

Book 3 on July 1st

2nd Max!

This is a short post to update everyone on what's going on. 

Final final final editing has begun. Excuse the radio silence on our official pages. It's hard to come here with nothing to show for it. I'm very active on the Discord server, or you can also message me here. I can't count how many times I've redone scenes in this chapter. Rest assured, it's coming, along with an explanation of "why."

Here's a sketch of my current ...

I got it right how it should be but I need a little more time.

A week or less is more than enough. 

Believe me, I am every bit as excited as all of you about the release of this chapter, but it needs a little more. A little more of everything. I apologize for everyone suffering because of this waiting period, but the succeeding chapters will be way faster now that I have covered the bases, and unlike the previous chapters that had to balance the spotlight between LIs, this will be one LI-centric.

I can't apologize enou...

It's been a while but hang tight...

Let's start by saying: "I sucked."

It's not like I was away from MTWY, it's just that I can't seem to get it right. After I finalized the writing for Chapter 26 a month ago, I ran through Chapters 21–25, and to my eyes, the former paled in comparison.

I didn't know if it was the transition, the lore, personifying the new characters, or all of it, but I couldn't be satisfied. I have read the script more than a hundred times, literally. Over and over, page aft...

Not The Post You Were Hoping For

I need a little extension until the early first week of April, at most. The transition to Book 3 has been tough and very time-consuming, admittedly, as I've mentioned in my previous post, but the real challenge was the first half of this chapter.

Usually, I only start rendering when the script is at 95%, I've had that same pattern since the early chapters of Book 1, the other 5% are just edits along the way that are done while rendering. Chapter 26 is the exception. I...

Chapter 26 and Everything MTWY

Exclusive Release Date: March 26–27, 2024

We're starting Book 3. Pinch me, I'm dreaming. Except I'm not, developing my own game is like a wish come true, and I consider MTWY a great first step for me, well, us. There's a whole lot more we have in store, and now we'll be presenting to you the third book soon.

The transition between books has always been difficult, you have to emphasize the tonal shift, make a new main menu screen, and end the bo...

Book 2 Finale Exclusive Release

Chapter 25 - The Choices We Have to Make

Added to this Version

All supporters, please download this instead.

-Skip Button at the upper right-hand side of the screen to the unskippable scene near the end of the chapter
-New look for the choices UI
-Gallery for Offscreen and Chapter 25
-Fixed gallery for chapter 24(I broke it accidentally)
-Better Englando, SFX, and music altogether
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Offscreen Chapter - Public Release

Hikari, Yukine, Kanehana, Akemi, and Iroha's Offchapters

Public only post, no news here for paying supporters.

It came to me that "OVA" stands for Original Video Animation, we do have video animations, but we really can't classify the offchapters as such. I guess our brain defined the bonus/extra chapters as OVAs since that's what they are usually called. So now I will call this "Offchapters" since it's away from the by-chapter storytelling, or "...

On the 27th and That is Final!

Renders are done, and hoo boy, they were difficult. I've been going 12-14 hours for the past few days on the rendering and loving every minute of it. It's a very fun chapter to make for me.

Making the characters and scenes more alive and animated, referencing/remaking scenes from inspirations, and just overall more showing than telling. Trying to set a higher bar for MTWY, and I did it. It feels great; every night after development, I'd sleep with a smile on my face, knowing I...

A Little Snag

Ch25 New Release Date: January 18,  Ì·2Ì·0Ì·2Ì·5Ì·  2024

Please excuse me; I have been trying, but I have been sick since the 7th. Most of the symptoms have dissipated by now; the only ones left are the cough and a bit of phlegm. Back then, my whole body was heavy; I had a bad cough; my throat intensely hurt when eating; and there was a ton of phlegm, eew. Oddly enough, I didn't catch a fever, not even a little. The cough is still quite bad, but the throat s...

State of Book 2's Finale

Tentative title: "Full Speed Ahead"

First off, a little reminder that Book 2's Offscreen Chapter has been made available to the Bronze Tier, download links in this post. There wasn't a need to make a new one this time.

Book 2's Finale, I still can't believe we're finally here; it is the longest and most challenging chapter to develop so far, and the difficulty is on a tier o...

MTWY Chapter 24 - Public Release

Chapter 24: Mimulus Cardinalis

One more "Book 2" chapter to go, and it's gon' be big!

All previous links to Chapter 24 will be taken down; please download this one instead. I had to input one of Rion's scenes again (I removed it from the final cut). Also, please note that it's the off-screen chapter that will be released to the public once Chapter 25 is exclusively available.

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Offscreen Chapter - Exclusive Release

Hikari, Yukine, Kanehana, Akemi, and Iroha's Offchapters

It came to me that "OVA" stands for Original Video Animation, we do have video animations but we really can't classify the offchapters as such. I guess our brain defined the bonus/extra chapters as OVA since that's what it is usually called. So now I will call this "Offchapters" since it's away from the by-chapter storytelling, or "Offscreen" since it's events that happen... you ...

Chapter 24 Exclusive Release

Chapter 24 - Mimulus Cardinalis

All old links are now down, so download from this instead.

What's added?

- Added gallery

- Grammatical issues in chapters 17–22(Ongoing process)

A little word about the gallery: we've figured out the fix to it but not until we've already made the builds for this release. We were a little short on time; the rest of the minor issues will be on Chapter 25's release.

What's next? 2023-11-26 16:41:12 +0000 UTC View Post