Jesus Christ...It feels like it has only been a few days since I made that post in 2024. But six years ago today, on August 31st 2019, I posted the first playable version of My New Family on the internet.

So it's going to be this kind of post. The renders for this week will follow later and it's totally fine if you don't want to continue reading from here! Thank you for being a part of this community anyway!

Well...Six years...

I'm always happy to think back. But the last anniversary was already in a pretty dire mood - the wound that my stuff has been taken from me was still fresh, at least to me. Now we have the 2nd year in a row where I still don't have anything back. Neither my beloved assets, nor any of my hardware. Not even a freakin' laptop that didn't contain anything, since it was freshly formatted. Nothing...

But I don't want to sound too depressing in this post. With the release of the prequel earlier this year and the insane amount of support of you guys, I was able to stay on track. Still, I'm wondering how much would be different if I had my stuff back. I can see it with the numbers, that they are dwindling, that less and less people stay because the game they wanted to continue to play is currently not really progressing. And again, I totally understand that. If I was on the other end I would have probably done the same. Moral support yes, financially supporting someone that can't deliver what you are here for? Maybe not so much.

But it was never about the money to me personally. I love what I started with My New Family. The game that started it all for me. From being unemployed, at the brink of poverty, to someone that is able to do this work as their main source of income. My life became better, my life has a purpose again. This might sound a little too extreme but it's true. The reason why I'm still here and didn't give up after what happened to me almost two years ago is the person reading this post right now. You people are giving me the biggest positivity I ever had in my life. I can keep going because I know there are people out there who want to read and play what I create.

So these posts are mainly for you, the players and the community. The people that were there when I released the first alpha, only to a few on the very small Discord server back then, to the person who only discovered my games yesterday. Everyone of you, no matter where you come from, if you are a pirate who never wants to pay a dime for these games, to the people that decide to support me in multiple ways, even financially, you all are amazing. Like I said, I never started to make these games for the money. I wanted to do something with my time and never would I have thought it would be the center of everything for me now.

Six years is a long, long time. So I want to use this post to not only talk about the past, but also a possible future. It's something I hinted about a few times but before I tell and show you what I mean, I want to clarify something, and I think most of you won't be happy about that.

As some of you might remember, I got some amazing help regarding the recreation of the main cast of My New Memories. The thing is...Whatever I tried, no matter which angle I looked at them or how much effort I put into them to make them look more like their originals... They just aren't the originals. That's why I think that I'm not going to use them for Chapter 4, at least for now. I know this might be super disappointing to you people but I have a different suggestion, a different approach, I guess.

I know that the prequel is liked by a lot of you and I know that some don't care about it. But with the models I have so far, I was thinking about using them in the prequel eventually... And with those models I mean Anna and Lena. Those two would make sense to appear in the prequel at one point, and I think with the changes I made to the recreation, they would "fit" in there, since I made them look younger than their originals. I will give you a comparison for Anna below.

This is Anna how you remember her from My New Memories.

https://pixeldrain.com/u/YHYeHmXo

And this is the copy , using the recreated model Terminator made and then altered by me to fit my style a little more and I Made her younger, so she fits the university theme more...

https://pixeldrain.com/u/rdPmncVE

The difference is huge, I know, especially in terms of skin color etc. But...Yeah. That is my plan. I really, really want to hear what you guys think about that, so don't hesitate to message me here, say something in the comments or talk to me on Discord!

Of course my main goal is still to get all my stuff back, especially my character assets. This is the single most important goal in my life right now, to do everything I can, no matter what it takes, to get these things back. Sadly, I'm at the mercy of the german law here, and the law is slow...Painfully slow, to be honest. Two years with no charges being pressed or a court hearing coming, getting nothing but silence from the state attorney, no matter what we do...It's frustrating. And we can't even sue them for anything yet, because the excuse right now can always be "We are heavily understaffed and there is a lot to do". I don't know how difficult it is to check an external SSD as a state attorney and say "Yes, these characters are fine and those assets are needed for work" or "No, they are not fine", so we can proceed to get a judge involved.

All in all...I'm happier than I was last year, I think. I'm still struggling a lot mentally, especially when I see the decline on every end, but it's definitely better than last year. I'm hoping and praying ( and I hope you keep me in your prayers too if you are religious ) that this situation will be solved this year eventually, so that I can get my beloved characters back. Because I think thats the main issue right now - That I love these characters so much that I can't replace them just like that. I just can't. And I'm really, really sorry for that, like I said above. This is totally only on me and I can fully understand if you're thinking "Stop being such an idiot and just use those models, we'll love them anyway!". But...I can't. And I have to live with that decision, at least for now. If it's 100% clear I'm not getting anything back then I will use them, that is a promise.

Okay, I think this post has been longer than I wanted it to be and I talked about a lot of things. If you stayed with me until here, Thank you. Thank you so so much for all the support, on this platform or on Discord or anywhere else. Like I said above, it's thanks to you guys I'm not giving up. Never.

It hasn't been that long since I made this post back in December 2024. Back then, things were very different, at least in my head, and I'm pretty sure December 2024 Killer7 had hoped that things would finally quicken up. What an idiot, I guess. But I don't want to self insult myself too much.

My plans didn't change that much but I still wanted to give you amazing people an update. I'm extremely happy that the prequel got so much positive feedback and that you guys enjoyed it a lot so far. It's hard to describe what the prequel initially was for me, I guess in German we call it "Trostpflaster" , which basically means "You didn't win the big prize, but you still get something that hopefully makes you happy". This is what the prequel was for me, and it kinda still is. Of course most of you would prefer Chapter 4 for the main game, especially now that Anna is awake, but you are also happy to get more of the prequel and My New Family 2 soon as well.

Ever since that post I didn't just do nothing regarding the main game ( aka Chapter 4 ). I was writing a lot, as you always got from my progress updates, but I was also starting to look into ways to get faithful remakes of the characters done. I can explain how I made the characters for My New Memories and I'll try to do it as quick as possible. If you don't care about that, just hop to the next part. Basically, I buy a premade model off the DAZ or a different store that I like. I then take this model, add it into DAZ3D, go to the "Shape" slider and put the sliders of this model to 20%. And then I add another character into this one. And another. And another. I'm adding so many morphs from so many different characters into it until I'm happy with the result. That is how I created all the characters for My New Memories ( and for My New Memories: The Beginning as well ). That is the only reason I'm hesitating with remaking these characters - The remakes will never look as "good" as the ones I made. And the fact that I used so many characters doesn't help, it makes it extremely difficult to recreate them.

But I also have no talent in recreating, I have to admit. I was never good at it. I know people that play korean MMOs like Black Desert Online who were able to basically make copies of famous people in that game. I don't have that talent, I can make custom characters but thats it. This is why it's so so difficult for me to get even acceptable results for any of the girls. I tried and tried and tried but nothing really worked. The last hope I have right now is FaceTransfer for DAZ3D, but that stuff doesn't really work either.

This is why I will actively start looking for people who have a talent for that. There are insanely talented people out there who were able to recreate characters from My New Family in DAZ3D and/or made copies of the MNF cast in Honey Select. I'm looking for people, be it 3d artists or other developers, who have the know-how on making "copies" of the characters I have in My New Memories. I know that this is not an easy task and this is why I will pay a lot of money to get decent results. It's worth every cent for me.

What I want to clarify right away is that I was always on the lookout for people like that, it's just that I was more focusing on the prequel and MNF2 because I had extremely high hopes that the state attorney would finally get back to us - To me and my lawyer. But they have been radio silent, not only regarding this case against me but also regarding the case where I was the victim of these people who are accusing me of these fucking things. Nothing. The supreme court in Germany confirmed the sentence in february 2025 and we didn't hear anything regarding compensation from the state attorney. Literally nothing. Just like we're not getting an update on the case file. We're nearing the two year mark and it's frustrating. Words cant even describe how frustrating it is.

But I didn't want to make the post as long this time ( I failed ). I want to end it with a request to each and everyone who is reading this post: If you know anyone who has a talent for making fan-arts of known games that you follow, please don't hesitate to send their names my way. The same goes for people who do 3d art in general, if you think they have the talent to recreate the cast of My New Memories, hit me up. Like I said above, I'm willing to pay a lot of money to get it done. As long as the characters look close enough to their originals, I will be happy, since that means I can replace the "copies" with the originals once I finally get my stuff back. And don't worry, not all characters have to be recreated at once - it's a task that will and should need time.

So yeah, this is the current situation. It's incredibly frustrating and its taking an extreme toll on my mental health - If it wasn't for you people that still support me, I would probably have given up earlier this year, shortly after the prequel release. I know that a lot of you are also disappointed in me not "just remaking them" completely, but this is something I just can't bring myself to do. I at least want decent copies of them, not completely new looks etc. I understand your frustration because it's been forever and I'm sorry for that. I really hope you guys understand my way of thinking though, it didn't change that much from the post I made in december but...It changed a little. Later today ( it's already Monday in Germany as I'm writing this ) there's going to be a progress update again.

Thank you for reading all of this until the end. You guys are the only reason I didn't lose my mind yet, it really helps to have this awesome and wholesome online community helping me through the toughest time of my life. This whole shit is extremely traumatizing and I really hope I will see the end of this this year...

I told you guys I'd post a little update when I had my hearing as a witness/victim in the court today, so here it is.

It was...Harder than I thought it would be. I knew that it wasn't going to be easy, but I was extremely nervous and if I would have been there alone, I don't think I would have been able to manage it. My questioning lasted around ~2 hours and while the judge and state attorney were nice, two of the 4 lawyers of the accused were pretty bad with their questions. Still, after my hearing was done some other witnesses were heard and while I was on my way home my lawyer called me. He basically just told me that I did a good job, that I didn't say anything that could be used in the case against me and that this is the one we are now looking forward to. He requested an update on the case file and should hopefully get it soon. We don't know much yet, there were a few side notes on it in the current case but we don't know to what extent. I'm not sure if there will be any significant update before the four culprits that were there today get their sentence, though, which could be at the end of this or next month.

All in all I'm just glad that this part of the whole thing is over now. I might have to appear in court again if the main culprit returns to germany - My lawyer thinks that he eventually will come back because his parents are urging him to it, I think. I'm not so sure though, but we'll see. His friends are pretty pissed at him though, so he can be glad he will instantly get arrested if he sets a foot in germany.

I really hope that the case where they see me as culprit will get solved sooner than later. It really sucks that it has been 7 months already and while it's still emotionally draining I'm glad that the prequel is so well received and I can continue to work on that, to at least bring you something in the My New Memories universe. I'll keep you guys posted regarding both cases if something comes up, the next witness hearing is on the 23rd and 25th, so there is some time left there ( I'm not going to attend these sessions, my lawyer will, I never want to see these people in my life again ).

Thank you guys again for all your positive comments and that I was in your thoughts and prayers. That really helped with keeping it together today and I was able to power through all of it because I knew that I have a strong and passionate community behind me. I know that I will get through all of this thanks to you guys, and once I have my assets back I'm going to be in full effect again.