Hello, everyone!

Glad to meet you again for this preview of the next release of RomCom: Divergence!
Chapter 2 will focus on the MC's second conquest... Sora!
 
He-he! Didn't see that one coming?

Now, you might think this girl would be easy, especially compared to the gyaru, but...

Oh, oh! It looks like the MC is going to have to put in some serious effort with this tomboy!

But wasting your life and money on stupid things. All for a little bit of romance that will last until graduation! Isn't that every boy's dream?

Hang in there MC~

Chapter 2, with a length close to the prologue and chapter 1 put together...

...will be releasing on 05/31 at 2pm (UTC+2) for all Tier 2 subscribers, and on 06/07 for everyone else!

Thank you for your support, and see you soon! (Sooner than you think!)


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Hello everyone!
It's been 3 weeks since my last report, so it's time for a new devlog!

First of all, for those who saw my last post on Patreon about an outage, I was able to find a temporary fix in time, so all is well.
Also, no, it hasn't affected development.

Now, as you might have noticed from the number of renders or the presence of different girls in the previews I posted, the second chapter won't be all about one girl like the first one.
Chapter 1 was written together with the prologue. Well, more as a continuation of it, really. So there wasn't really a need to get back to the other girls.
Although I realize this may have given the wrong impression about the flow of future chapters.
Chapter 2 and future chapters will give more screen time to all the girls.
But don't worry, this is still Sora's chapter, and she's the main focus!

Preview pic:
I was unsure which picture to add to this devlog, too many choices.
So I decided to choose the only girl who hasn't appeared in any devlogs yet: Misaki!
Huh? Maya? She had the whole last update to herself, so she can wait a few months!

Anyway!
In this release, we'll get a glimpse of the other side of Misaki!
The prologue and the first chapter may have portrayed her as a simple, love-struck girl, but I think it's high time to bring out the "tsun" in tsundere!

What I've done:
Release is now mostly complete with over 800 renders.
Some minor work on the soundtrack and replacing some tracks here and here.
I didn't count, but I added a lot of dialog lines to match the renders.

What's next:
The spicy stuff, I'm just getting started on that, but I estimate at least 2 weeks of work at my current pace.
There should be a little bit more content in it than there was in the last chapter.

There are also a few minor things to work on before release, but I've kept things clean from the start, so there shouldn't be any nasty surprises.

ETA:
I'm still trying for an early release for May 21st, but it might be a little short, so I might take an extra week.
My next posts should be the preview post, first the tier3 one then the public one.
I just hope I don't get a sudden outage the day before the upload like this time ^^.


Finally, thank you for your time and support!
I hope to see you soon with some preview images and the long-awaited release date.

-Haptales

Hello everyone!

It's been 3 weeks since my last post, so it's time for a new devlog!

What has been done?
First, let's talk about the preview image, since I didn't have one in the last devlog.

Pool and beach episodes/chapters are pretty common in these kinds of stories, so I wanted to try and make my own version. 
But this won't be the last time, so you can expect more swimsuit scenes in the future! And of course, I'm not just talking about school swimsuits!

In terms of actual progress, I'm currently at 312 renders (and 29 more that will go into next Misaki's treasure box).
I also did 2 little... animations? Well, I'm ashamed to call them animations at all, it's just a bit of bouncing added to two renders, so please don't expect anything more.

On the more behind-the-scenes stuff, I fixed the dialogue box opacity issue on mobile, and also reworked the loop on some music tracks.
I wasn't happy with a scene at the beginning of chapter 2 and rewrote it (doing the renders for it gave me a better idea of what I wanted).

ETA:
Despite making 312 renders, I estimate that I am only about halfway there (not counting the more cultured stuff).
The good news is that I'll have more time in May. So I'm really confident that I'll be able to do the release then.

I want to remind you that you have until 26 April to send me your messages for the Blackboard Writing perk. (link).

Finally, thank you for your time and support!
I hope to see you again soon, probably with a third and final devlog on May 7.

-Haptales

Hello everyone!

As promised, you'll find a list of scenes in which you can write something for the next chapter.

Of the five available, only one ended up with a blackboard, so I guess I'll have to come up with another name for it all.

Pictures information
Check out the pictures, then refer to their numbers for more info on the scene itself!

1) Sensei's classroom - Characters present (MC, Sayuri, Misaki, Takeshi, Sensei)
2) MC's kitchen - Characters present (MC, MC's Mom, ???, ???), breakfast!
3) MC's neighborhood - Characters present (MC, Sayuri, ???), on the way to school
4) Lemonade stand - Characters present (MC), minigame
5) Amusement park(?) - Characters present (MC, ???), date

Tier benefits
Since this is the first time I've done this and there aren't many paid-subscribers, I'm going to exceptionally increase the benefits of Chapter 2 to allow more people to write things.

Tier 1: Write your name in the scene of your choice (From the five pictures provided).
Tier 2: Write a short message in the scene of your choice.
Tier 3: Write a short message in two scenes of your choice.
Tier 4: Write a short message in three scenes of your choice.

Message rules
-No real world politics, nor the usual problematic stuff (racism, doxxing, etc).
-Try to keep your message short, or at least within reason.
-No language restrictions! (Although English would be preferable).

How to send your message
Simply comment under this post, or send me a private message.
Remember to include the scene/picture number!
Put your message/name in quotation marks, it will appear as is.

If there's a problem, I'll contact you.

Examples of messages to send me:
1) "Sora is overrated."
->Anonymous message on Sensei's classroom scene

3) "This message is so long and the surface so small, Haptales will have to reduce it's font size! -Anon77"
->Signed message on MC's neighborhood scene

5) "Anon77"
->Name only on Amusement park scene

You can send/edit your messages until the 26th of April, after which I'll collect everything to make the renders.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. (I will usually reply at weekends)

Thanks for your time, and see you in a few weeks for another devlog!