Quest Failed: Chapter Two - Alpha Build 3

Hiya there!

There's no excuse for the delay in the third alpha build--especially with all of the promised dates I missed. I'm deeply sorry for all those that support the alpha tier that have been waiting patiently, and assure that I've been working day and night to get things finalised, and finally, I have a new build to share with you all!

The following changes can be found in the new alpha build:

- Misc. Typo Fixes (A big thank you to all those who helped in pointing them out!)

- Jilly's first h-scene art has been completely redone (The old scene art was always intended as placeholder, but had ended up there for far too long!)

- Several existing h-scenes now have voices

The following new additions may be found:

- The basis for the 'progress' menu has been implemented, but is currently limited. Most new people you meet will be added as you go along, though their true affections won't be updated in the meters just quite yet.

- A brand new quest has been added, complete with voice right from the get-go

- Several new backgrounds have been added in some areas. Some other areas, like the camp, will be updated in the next build.

- Several more interactions are available on the second evening, including some drunk conversations at the inn, and the potential for a new scene with the nun

- The meeting with the Queen of which furthers the main story has been partially implemented, though this brings me to the next point:

The meeting of which caps off this recent build, truthfully has been a great source of stress for me in getting right. Even now, it ends at a rather abrupt point as I realised just how much time it was eating away at while I've been trying again and again to get it right. I should have been several more alpha builds in at this point, with far more content to share with you all than two new h-scenes.

I'm not happy with the meeting scene as a whole, and I want to use this alpha release to reach out to you guys directly and ask for help on improving it:

What aspects work you feel work, and don't work with the scene, etc.

And of course general feedback for any other area of the alpha you feel you'd like to comment on as well! Though for this particular part I would want to focus on the meeting especially.

It's worth noting that a lot of music cues are temporary and only in at the moment to help not make scenes feel completely silent. Ren and Cynthia's sprites will change to the new ones in the next build, also. Finally, one last important thing to note:

During free-time navigation, most options won't work yet, as they're still works in progress. The only ones that currently work are the quest board option at day, and the inn/church options at night. I apologise for how scattered some options are at the moment.

This will hopefully only be temporary, however, and I hope to flesh them all out properly now that I've finally gotten over the hump that was the dreaded 'meeting' scene.

You'll find the download to alpha 0.3 in the most recent folder I sent you via googledrive. Due to an error made at the beginning of the month, I had to send an additional message, of which had the most up to date folder.

If you're processed for the month and believe you're entitled to the alpha, and don't have a download to it, please get in touch and I'll try to resolve things.

Thank you!

I'm aiming to get a new alpha build out before the end of this month and to fix up a lot of the more sloppy elements at the moment. These are unfortunately the growing pains of an evolving alpha. I thank you all with your patience and support while Chapter Two is slowly brought to life!

I should have never let this one scene take up so much of my time and I'll be trying to evenly spend it between main story segments and h-content from now on to ensure a good balance of things are done.

If you run into any game breaking issues or things that don't seem quite right, please let me know! I'll be sure to issue a swift fix to ensure maximum enjoyability on these builds~

Additionally, current saves you have will more than likely break at points due to new variables, etc. being added rapidly in development. To ensure a smooth playthrough, please start fresh!