Log in[~Mini News Post~]
This was meant to be put out yesterday, but I've had very little time to sit at my computer lately with the moving process, so I apologize for that!
Speaking of which! This will be the last post prior to the move! There will be two other posts that are set to automatically be posted for me, one for Thursday and then again on Saturday. One of those will be bg art previews, while the other will be previews for showing off recent work done on ep 5's Bridget gaming cg moment updated in the new artstyle!
Since those posts will be posted automatically, they won't appear in the Discord's #project-news channel. It will be updated when I can gain access to internet.
The road trip will begin Thursday morning and the goal is to be at the new place by Saturday night, with Easter Sunday being our full day in the new state and overall starting the process of moving things in, getting the internet sorted out and getting everything prepped for our pets, etc.
During the trip and when I have time during the next week or so, I'll continue work on the project from my work laptop using my phone's hotspot when possible. I still don't have a date set for v0.22 as of this news post, but I have to imagine we're very close and its a matter of seeing the GitHub updated and let the programmer know if everything is fine.
v0.23 will consist of the female protagonist being playable for episodes 1 & 2, along with the overall QoL additions and improvements being made to those earlier episodes mostly in the form of offering better gameplay choices and pacing of such things. There are some new written scenes fitted in-between existing ones, one of these without spoiling too much.. Is our introduction to the headmistress running the school!
While that might seem like it'll ruin some aspects of the mystery unfolding, I ensure you, it'll only leave more questions and help spark the protagonist's curious nature into trying to discover the truth!
We'll also see John take a backseat in the story, his role won't be visually around as much outside of being connected to one route and possibly some light main story mentions. But in his place, we'll be introduced to Tara! She will take over as John's role as the main teacher the protagonist and buddies are introduced to, and she is quite a interesting character! One that should be fun and I'm sure the replacement of John's role as a teacher with her won't be a hurtful one for many once they get the chance to see how she comes across.
I don't want to ramble on about v0.23 much more than that for now, but I will say this, work on episodes 1 & 2 has been underway for a while now. So, the ideal plan is that once we get the ball rolling with one release, the next will follow on a set schedule with it being pretty much ready outside of the programming needs.
We'd like to really push to deliver consistent content in a timely manner beyond that, but of course first we'll need to showcase that we can prove it with actual results. So, naturally take that as lightly as needed.
To wrap things up, there's some really big and exciting things for MA coming up, it's mainly just getting them actually out to everyone of course! But once we do, we're really hopeful that the work that's been sunk into these updates will met with excitement, mainly v0.23 with the number of gameplay additions and we'll continue to take feedback on these systems introduced to tweak them, add to areas based on suggestions and really.. We want to provide players with a more personal unique experience, while knowing our limits of how far to push the boundaries.
With that said, I wish I had some screenshot previews to share today. But clearly those will be in my hands to provide sometime later this month ideally. I chatted with the programmer yesterday briefly while I had the chance to sit at my computer and they're hard at work still. Soon as I hear from them with updates, I'll provide updates for everyone that same day!
Thank you for being more than patient with us and we're excited for the next chapter in MA's game development!~
