Hey everyone!

Sorry to keep you waiting, but here we are. January’s Turning the Page update! We are very excited to share it with you and think it will definitely have been worth the wait! Here it is:

For those of you who are curious, here’s what’s in it:

It’s definitely one of our longer ones. We really really hope you enjoy it!

v0.17.0 was released for free on January 20, here's the link: Turning the Page [v0.17.0]

Now, unfortunately, we have a bit of bad news. As we’ve alluded to, both Operae and Mint have been experiencing some health issues for the last few months, causing our progress to slow. We have tried working through our weekends to try to counteract that lost time, but it has been quite demanding on our sanity. Operae in particular has been a trooper. There was one day in December where he literally fainted, went to the hospital, and then returned home to continue working in order to finish the update on time.

We probably would have been able to deliver it on time as well if Mint didn’t also experience some fairly severe problems. Although some of the issues he has been suffering from seem like they are on the mend, he has a few that have gotten worse. As a result, he is going to have to take some time to visit doctors, get tests and a whole slew of other unpleasant but necessary tasks. He put that off for a while to try to finish the update on time, but at the end of the day, he can’t delay things forever.

Although Furoshiki and Operae are going to continue working full steam ahead, Mint will not be able to work full time, which will definitely result in a delay of next month’s update. In addition, by now we are usually well into development on the next update. As things currently stand, we haven’t even written the scene-by-scene breakdown, which is the very first thing we usually do. So, suffice it to say, we are behind. Between those factors and the shortened month in February, we do not believe it is likely that we will be able to deliver anything within the month. It is a marginal possibility, and we will do our best to give you one, but we don’t want to deceive you and pretend like it is probable.

That being said, due to our financial situation, pausing payments simply isn’t viable for us, as we are living paycheck to paycheck. As a result, we won’t be doing so. However, out of courtesy and decency, we felt like we needed to admit the very significant possibility that we won’t be able to deliver in that time period. Although we wish things worked out another way, we didn’t feel it was right to simply say nothing and proceed as if things were going smoothly behind the scenes.

That being said, we do have hope that things will take a turn for the better. We will, of course, keep you updated on how things progress a little more often than usual, given the circumstances. Speaking honestly, we feel the most likely outcome is that the next update will come out early in March, although we cannot say anything specific yet for obvious reasons.

We really appreciate the support that you have given us over the past year and we are very sorry for the inconvenience that this unfortunate situation has caused. We hope to be back to normal and releasing updates at our usual pace in the near future.

Please take care of yourselves and each other,

Azienda