Hello there you wonderful and extremely cute people!

Another week, another progress update!

Finally I have better news to share. Even though writing is kinda difficult at the moment for me, I'm making very good progress on the renders for Chapter 2 of the prequel. I think I'm already about 65% done with the renders needed, which is pretty good news since the renders usually take some time after I'm done writing. Switching over to focus more on rendering definitely helped with getting some more stuff to put in dialogues, so that is also a plus, I think. Todays render is Rei at the home of the MC, blushing. Something very interesting happened before this and it's going to be a fun event overall which will have long lasting impact on the game in general. I know I was pretty confident with releasing Chapter 2 in october and I doubt it'll work out, but I can guarantee you 1000% that Chapter 2 for the prequel will release in november.

Once Chapter 2 is out I will focus more on My New Family 2 in the hopes that by the time I'm ready with a first release there, that I can continue to work on Chapter 4 of the main game. If I still don't have my assets back by then I will use the remade charakters with some adjustments and release Chapter 4 like this because I'm getting kinda tired of seeing everything "go to shit" because of some state attorney(s) that just decide to ignore our requests. I also see and feel your frustration regarding this, and I feel like I made the wrong decision with waiting so long. Still, I want to focus on finishing Chapter 2 of My New Memories: The Beginning and then shift over to My New Family 2, since I really underestimated the demand for it. I also want to "bring back" players that have no real interest in the prequel and mainly stayed for My New Memories or My New Family 2.

So, overall I'm happy with my progress but I'm also feeling and seeing the frustration regarding the decisions I made these last 2 years. I'm really sorry for this, I still think it's the right decision to keep pondering the state attorney(s) and hope for them to finally return at least my assets, but I will eventually shift over to my backup plan and use the remade characters. Like some of you already said, there is always the option to "switch back" once I have them back. Re-rendering takes way less time if I have the scenes already set up.

And I think thats it for now. If I hear anything worthwhile sharing I'll let you guys know as soon as possible again. Thank you again for your continous support, no matter what. Stay awesome!

Hello there you wonderful and very wholesome people!

Another week, another progress update!

I feel like this will be more or less a repeat from last week. I'm still working away on the final day of Chapter 2 of the prequel. I finally finished the Lea event today where I was stuck on some dialogues for quite a while, but now they're done and I feel like this event will explain a lot of things regarding the MC in the main game. He wasn't always the womanizer he seems to be in the main game, he was actually kinda hesitant to romance more than one girl, since he doesn't want to give anyone less attention than they deserve. That is where Lea comes in, which the MC started his first relationship with. Lea basically eases the mind of the MC when it comes to dating multiple girls. She also kinda takes away his fear what will happen once Anna returns - Because he thinks that once she is back, no one else will be important to him anymore. It's going to be a more emotional and serious talk and I kinda like to present the MC in a "insecure" way when it comes to the "harem" thing, at least in the beginning. Of course you know how he ends up being in the main game and he will start to get this confidence during the prequel as well! Lea is also in todays progress update render, sitting on the couch in her room.

I also worked some more on My New Family 2 these last few days and I'm leaning more and more into using Honey Select 2. It has been almost 2 years since My New Family 2 was completed and I feel like it's about time we can continue the story with Lucy, Sandra and all the other girls from the household. And not only that, with the inroduction of ginger twins, maybe a new little cat etc...It's about time I dive more into that. I will probably fully focus on MNF2 once Chapter 2 of The Beginning is out, while also still working on My New Memories ( the main game ). Still, I received a lot of messages lately where people are eager to see My New family 2 released and to be honest, I kinda underestimated the demand for it. So you can look forward to that!

And I feel like thats it for now, people. Nothing new in my case yet but it has only been what, 3 weeks since I visited my lawyer? It's not like I expected an answer until at least 6 weeks have passed...But oh well. The german justice system and law enforcement are known to be slow as fuck if you are not a priority to them. I just always wonder what I would have done if I didn't have started to make the prequel or planned My New Family 2. Oh well, nothing to think about too much. If anything comes up I'll let you guys know. Until then, stay awesome!

Hello there you wonderful and super cute people!

Another month, another week, another progress update!

Let's jump right into the games!

I'm still working away on the last events of Chapter 2 and I'm making decent progress, the last day of this Chapter is going to be a little longer than I anticipated but I feel like thats a good thing. I think I teased a little that you will get a longer event with Lea ( who is in todays progress update render ), and the talk with her will go a little deeper. Since Lea is the first girl the MC gets to be intimate with she kinda is the "first girlfriend", in a sense ( if you decided to go that route, though it makes more sense if you do canonically ). The MC is still a little unsure regarding the whole "You can date more than one woman" thing, especially with Anna returning sooner than later. Lea is there to take these worries and thoughts away from him and in a sense, she reminds me a lot of Sandra there from My New Family. Of course the bond between those two is not the same as the one the MC shares with Anna, but that doesn't change the fact that they both love each other. And who knows, maybe you'll get a nice little event with her that includes an animation later on ( spoiler: You will ).

I was suffering a bit of a writing block for the main game and MNF2. I feel like it has to do with the talk I had with my lawyer and "new hope" to getting my stuff back. It's kinda insane, if I Had to describe it with my own words it feels like slowly pulling a rubberband until it eventually snaps back at you. It snapped back when we were ignored by the state attorney and now it's slowly getting pulled again, in the hopes that we finally get a positive response to at least get my rendering assets back. I feel like everything that I have been suffering for mentally for the last 2 years will be gone then, or at least the biggest burden I ever had in my life will be taken away from me. I don't know if that makes sense but I hope you get what I mean with this. I just hope I have more positive news to share regarding that soon - I'm getting my hopes up and pray for it everyday.

And I feel like thats it for now, people. Sorry that there is not that much to report. Like usual, if I learn anything new, I'll let you guys know. Until then, stay awesome!

Hello there you wonderful and extremely wholesome & cute people!

Another week, another progress update!

I'm still working away on Chapter 2 of the prequel and I'm pretty confident to have the full release ready soon(ish). I was dealing with some real life stuff for last week so I didn't get as much work in it as I wanted, but I'm still happy with how I progressed. I finished the Rei event, for example, where the MC can decide if he wants to ( kinda ) tell her that he knows Anna or not. I would recommend you tell her, though, because keeping something like this from her will lead to problems in the end ( especially since Sabrina and Lea might mention it at one point on accident ). I started to work on a little Bethany event that will not include the big reveal, but more of a bonding time for her and the MC. I feel like Bethany didn't get that much time alone with him yet, so I'm going to change that. She will invite him out to a coffee, something that she often does ( if you remember from the main game ). Todays render is her in MCs room though, inviting him for said time! I also didn't forget to include some fun time with Lea and Jackie, so you can also look forward to that. Like usual, I try to balance it out that every girl gets a decent amount of screentime!

I also worked some more on My New Family 2, at least script wise, and I can reassure you that the game is being worked on. Given the fact that the epilogue release of MNF2 has been a long time ago, I feel like I need to amp my work speed up there, since I receive a decent amount of messages each week where people ask if I still work on MNF2 or not. I am, I can promise you that. The same goes for Chapter 4 of My New Memories, though I feel like with the huge acceptance of the remade Anna that I'll use for the prequel, my mind was put a little at ease even though it has been over 2 years that my stuff has been taken by now. Still, no matter what, I will continue to work and push game releases out, because working on My New Memories, My New Memories The Beginning and My New Family is literally what gives me a purpose in life right now, as weird as that might sound. These games still give me a reason to get up every day, just like you guys who enjoy playing them.

And I feel like thats it for now, people. If anything new comes up I'll let you guys know immediately, like usual. Until then, stay awesome!

Hello there you wonderful and extremely cute people!

Another week, another progress update!

I'm still working away on the next update for Chapter 2 of the prequel and I feel like I'm making decent progress. Since you people were super supportive in regards of the younger Anna I made, things will become much much easier for me to write when it comes to her getting mentioned in the prequel. Of course I don't want it to be all about her, but since she always was such an important person in the life of the MC, it's good to keep her in mind. The same goes for Lea though, which is in todays progress update post! I feel like I didn't give her as much time as she deserves in Chapter 2 yet, so I'll make up for it with a very very long event that will end up with something lewd! I'm pretty happy that you guys seem to have liked Lea right from the beginning, but I feel like her being a ginger with blue eyes helped a lot with that. She shares a special connection with the MC and Sabrina, as you remember when you played Chapter 1, and after everything they experienced together recently she is even closer to both of them. Still, there are some insecurities she will try to figure out with the help of the MC. This event will be wholesome, funny and as I mentioned above, lewd!

While I was working away on Chapter 2 I was also working a lot more on My New Family 2. I probably underestimated how many of you amazing people are waiting for it to happen, I thought that most of you would say "Okay, MNF is done, MNF2 might be interesting but I don't care that much about it.", which was a false assumption from me. Especially all the people that love Lucy have been very vocal about wanting to see her and the tennant she has with the MC again ( I love those comments by the way, it shows me how attached you guys are to the little cat ). Writing is always the toughest part in the beginning so I'm happy that this is progressing nicely - I'm still not 100% decided on the engine I'll use, and I repeat what I said a few times, I'll give you guys examples and then you can decide. I'm happy with either choice in the end, since I'll probably end up enjoying in both - Honey Select 1 ( keep the christmas special in mind in terms of what MNF2 could look like ) and Honey Select 2 ( check out games like Eternum to see what HS2 looks like ).

I also worked some more on Chapter 4 but I have to admit, given the fact that the raid and seize of my equipment happened almost exactly 2 years ago gave me a little hit in terms of motivation. I'm about to send another letter to my lawyer so he can put some more pressure on the apparently under staffed State Attorney(s) of my city, in the hopes that the unrightful accusations of the investigating police officer will not fruit in her being allowed to keep all of my stuff - Like I said a few times, my game assets should have zero relevancy for what I'm being accused of.

And I feel like thats it for now, people! If anything new comes up I'll let you guys know like usual, until then, stay awesome!

Hello there you wonderful and super wholesome people!

Another month, another week, another progress update!

First I want to say thank you to the insane ammounts of comments and messages I got on the 6 year anniversary post. It truly means the world to me that you guys are so understanding regarding the situation and the fact that you seem to like the idea of putting "Younger" Anna and Lena in the prequel makes me even happier. So thank you for that!

Now, let's talk about the games!

I'm still working on the next Chapter 2 beta and I'm making decent progress. In todays render you see Rei who decided to have breakfast with the MC again - I "skipped" the week of university and now the MC can spend his weekend with his favorite girls again. The situation with Rei is a special one since the MC is kinda leaning towards telling her about Anna, but not the full detail. I guess this is going to be a fine line he has to walk in general. He can tell Rei that Anna is a childhood friend, but maybe he shouldn't say how close they are? And then comes the question why Anna is not contacting Rei more often. Or maybe they talk regularly and Rei doesn't seem to mind not sharing it - I mean, why should she, it's not like she has any idea that the MC, Sabrina and Lea know her. It's all pretty mysterious but one thing I can promise you is that the outcome will be positive. That is also the case for the big reveal that is about to happen at the end of this chapter - It won't be as big as the Rei thing, but you guys will probably still say "Whoa. Cool. And fuck you for stopping there." You know I love to do these things.

I also put a decent amount of effort into Chapter 4 and MNF2 again. I really want to release the first playable version for My New Family 2 this year and the good thing is, no matter what I'll use to make the renders, it won't take long compared to the renders I have to make for MNM. Still, I owe you guys previews etc and I promise I will deliver them. The same goes for some Chapter 4 stuff, but I already talked about all of that in the anniversary post. For now the plan is to use Anna and Lena with a lot of modifications for the prequel and the other characters that an awesome dev ( Terminator ) made will be put on hold at the moment. I don't have a definitive timeframe on how long I'll wait, just that using these characters for the main game will be my absolute last straw, if everything else fails. Like I said in the post, it's a very personal decision. Still, writing on Chapter 4 goes super smooth right now and the script will most likely be done this year, which only leaves rendering open to me.

And I feel like thats it for now, people. Thank you so so much again for all the comments on yesterdays post. You guys truly are amazing and I'm forever grateful to you people for keeping me floatin'. If anything new comes up I'll let you guys know, until then, stay awesome!