This dev log was originally posted on Patreon and SubscribeStar on February 24, 2024.
All writing and renders for Chapter 4 are now complete! As we've mentioned in previous dev logs, we won't know the actual dialogue word count until we prep the chapter for translation, but our estimate is around 55K words. The final render count is 2,240.
Our original plan had been to work on translated/localized builds during the Chapter 4 update cycle and then to update the GUI with the Chapter 5 cycle. However, the GUI update was completed faster than we anticipated and those changes had to be integrated into the code while they were still relatively "fresh" (and therefore also improved and tested during this update cycle). That is why we switched priorities to updating the GUI with the Chapter 4 update and we will be working on released translated versions once we are working on Chapter 5.
TheOmega is plugging along nicely with coding and animations for Chapter 4. Now that renders and writing are complete, Josselyn can get started on polishing and adding music to the scenes. We hate to give estimates when things can change unexpectedly at any time, but our current goal is to release the BETA version of the update on Patreon and SubscribeStar before the end of March. That would make the Steam and Itch release likely to happen in early April. As always, we will give more specific dates as we get closer!
Josselyn is also working on the early stages of writing for Chapter 5. The format of Chapter 5 is going to be different than any other chapter/update. It's something we've been planning for a long time so we are excited to finally be working on it. We'll release more details about what Chapter 5 will look like after the Chapter 4 release!
Since there are no lewd scenes left to preview, here are more story scene previews:
