Alright, I've got some bad news. I will not be able to release the update tomorrow. I wish I had a really good reason or honestly that it was just ready but I don't really. It's just not in a state I want for release. Like I promised I am pausing billing and putting a halt to any new subscriptions on both Patreon and Subscribestar. I still want to release the preview build within the month, but realistically speaking I've proven that I'm not yet able to properly gage how long things take.

I know that realistically speaking there were always going to be growing pains in my first time developing a game yet I think we can all agree that it sucks. One of the factors is clearly that my productivity has tanked since the RAM issues I had and I've had some real difficulties getting back into the swing of things. That is probably a combination of personal failings, inexperience and some outside factors and it all just feels a bit shitty because I could've done better. I can do better. So that's exactly what I'll strive to do. Continue the work and try to improve my workflow. I thank all of you for your patience and support for this fledgling project and I promise you: no matter how long it takes I will get you the next part of the story and hopefully you'll be there to see it. No hard feelings if you aren't. 

It's been too long since I've written one of these so let's get to it! Most important thing first: release date for the first preview build, which will be accessible to all enhancement-tier subscribers and above, will be october 12th.

As far as I'm concerned that build will remain a patreon/subscribestar exclusive until at the very least my next preview build is finished. I realize of course that it may leak before that but as of now I don't have any plans on policing piracy so I'll leave it up to my subscribers' discretion.

Should the release be delayed for some reason (and I honestly hope not, it's taken me far longer than anticipated to get this build ready and right now I still have some stuff that I'm not quite happy with) I will look into either pausing pledges for the month or into getting the build to you anyway should you unsubscribe somewhere in the window of the missed release date and the actual time of release. Seems only fair, right?

Now in other news! Tomorrow I'll also be posting the first poll for the Midcard-tier patrons and subscribers! Basically I plan to include an additional "spin-off scene" for the final release of episode 2 and a lot of details of what will be included in the scene will be determined by polls. Note that this scene wil NOT be included in the preview builds but rather for when the full episode 2 is finished (which I think will consist of probably three preview builds). This scene will basically be a wrestling match + lewd scene that took place in the game setting but doesn't directly involve the MC. It will completely stand alone, not directly impacting the main story, but I think it'll be a fun way to explore the universe a bit further and be a nice bonus for all supporters!

That's it for today! Thanks all of you for your support and patience as I finish up the next build. After todays devlog & teaser posts, and tomorrow's poll my next post will be monday with another wrestler profile and since I didn't post one this week it only seems right to make that one another tag team!