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Progress update 2 (1 month away from freedom)

And the 2nd progress update is here!
... Basically where the positivity ends.  Ok, jokes aside:

First about uni.

As predicted, another 2 weeks of hard work for my university. You know there was little progress done when I talk more about my University than Fates. Anyway, uni is going well, passed the exams/quizes/projects this week so I am still on course to...

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Progress update 1 (Ep 3)

And here we are, the first progress update for the new Episode! Two weeks are officially behind us, so here is what I got.

I will repeat once again (I probably sound like a broken record) but due to university being extremely difficult (even more than I expected), the progress has been slow. And it will remain slow, till the ~10th of May when I become free (if I pass all classes).

N...

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Patreon Image Drop part 2/2

The 2nd part of the images shared on Discord and elsewhere. Enjoy!

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Patreon Image Drop part 1/2

As promised in the previous post, here is a batch of images not previously (I think) shared on Patreon. Hope you enjoy them, and I will do my best to keep it a bit more up to date on a monthly basis.

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Patreon change part 2/ Rum Guru tier

Heya all, just a quick heads up.

The top 2 tiers on Patreon were instantly sold out, and I honestly never expected this. I thought I would have maybe 1 or 2 people subbing to any of them, at most. Considering that and the fact the Falazio & Cocktail both had some nice benefits, especially Cocktail with custom renders for half the price, I decided to remove Cocktail View Post

Episode 3 work begins

Hey everyone!
With 2 weeks behind us, my break is officially over. Starting today, I am back on Episode 3 work, meaning we are also back to progress updates (now it will be biweekly reports + 1 week later for non patrons). First progress update will most likely be boring, as it will be lots of scripting and dialogue writing.

Another important note is that, as previously touched upon, I...

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Name the new blondie!

New poll!

This new character introduced in rework needs a name!

Poll will be open till Monday, with both Discord users and Patreon users able to vote. Naturally, patron voters have more voting power, depending on your Patreon tier.  If you are a Patreon, please vote on patreon and not on Discord, as it makes me easier to check.
Character in question:

2022-03-10 16:03:26 +0000 UTC View Post

March Custom Renders

Heya!
A quick drop of the custom renders made this month for the 2 highest tiers on Patreon. The requesters of these renders all stated that sharing the publicly is fine, so here you go!

If there are months with no custom renders posts, that means that either the highest tiers are empty, or that the tier owners preferred them private, which is absolutely fine and in their rights.

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Current plans and updates coming

Hey everyone!

Just a quick post after Episode 2.5. First of all, big thank you to everyone who played, subscribed, commented or talked about the game. Although it's still early stages for the game (2 updates and 1 rework of one of them) the reception after this rework/update has been extremely positive with many new patrons, positive reviews and even people talking in other places about t...

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Episode 2.5 BugFixes! Please read!

Unfortunately, I have been notified that some variables, due to my stupidity, had incorrect values, aka true=false. That bug mostly influenced dialogue in Ep2.5, however some of those variables will be key in the future episodes, so leaving it unfixed would be a problem. 

If possible, please redownload and reload the game to Day 5 (university choice who to talk to in classroom). Till...

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Episode 2.5 Public release!

Finally here!
As mentioned many many times, episode 2.5 completely reworks all of the images that were used previously in the first half of the game (roughly 1400 images). I highly advise everyone to play from the start, however, if you don't want to restart after you played episode 2 that is fine. Save files will continue working, only things lost will be some images in gallery due to remak...

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Small update and additions to Patreon tiers

Hey everyone, just a quick update regarding Patreon benefits.
I added a few things to the benefits, nothing was taken away. If you are interested in what changed, please take a look below:

  • All Patreon tiers receive progress update 1 week before public (as it was tested with the last 2 progress updates before episode 2.5)

Non alcoholic:

  • Ear...

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Quick note about update (22nd Patreon/1st March Public)

Just a very small update/confirmation.

Yup, all is going fine! No delays coming ヽ(゜▽゜ )
For the Tequila tier and up tomorrow will be released around 6 pm GMT time, and I will try to line up (depending on irl) for each consequent tier release all the way to public (so 5/3/1 days respectively).

Just in advance, please do share any bugs/typos/issue if you experience any, ...

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Release date for Episode 2.5 (22nd of February)

Heya everyone.

After quite a few weeks we are finally at the end of the rework. While it took longer than expected (roughly 2 weeks longer) I still firmly believe reworking many more scenes than initially planned was a smart move, and I hope the new images will be worth the wait (for those who plan to replay it from the start).
With that said, the Patreon (Tequila shooter and above tie...

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Happy Valentine's day!

Happy Valentine's day, you get Koko as a gift! <3


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Progress update week 6 (v2.5)

Another week! Huuuf.

Almost there.

This week has been quite productive. With roughly 220 images remade, I almost managed to finish reworking everything that was planned to initially be in 2.5 (those plans in mid January). Only left a bit of inside of the Cafe with the group. Besides the cafe, things remaining are: 

*Day 2 Short Alley pics (short, 10pics)

*Day 2 Levy...

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Progress update week 5 (v2.5)

Alright, week 5.

Let's get the bad stuff out first.
At this stage, the estimated goal I had for the update (10th of Feb) isn't achievable at the moment. As mentioned last week, I really am not keen on leaving anything non reworked, so with this I can safely say all is going to be reworked, at least everything that also had character design changes. Of course, that mea...

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Progress update week 4 (v2.5)

Sunday. Yey. 

That's the sound of a tired University man, but also now a free man as I managed to do everything needed today (and few days earlier than planned) and am now free till March to focus on the game. 

Even with this hell last week, we managed some progress. Fixing the Day 1 Metro was a pain in the butt, and tbh, I am not sure if I will be returning to any new met...

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Progress update week 3 (v2.5)

We rollin, another Sunday is behind us.

Unlike last week, unfortunately University really did kick in now and influenced my free time by quite a lot. There was still some good progress done though!
Managed to fully finish Avis choice scenes in club that were left from last week, and fully completed both Raiko options as well. Unfortunately, didn't manage to tackle the after Avis metro ...

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Patreon pricing change to Euros

Just a quick post regarding tier price changes that are about to come. 

As previously quickly mentioned, I am from Europe and I put USD not really thinking much about it back then. After some consideration, I will change it in 24 hours to Euros. So what will that change do?
Mostly nothing, as I will also adjust the tiers accordingly to try mitigate the difference. Meaning, I will ...

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Progress update week 2 (v2.5)

Another Sunday, another progress report!

University is kicking up in difficulty as expected, but game progress so far has been decent.

Since last week, we got our dress poll winners, and I made progress on Raiko, Levy and Avis content remakes. Managed to finish the whole park scene, and half of Avis Day 3 club adventures (dialogue option 2 done, 20% of dialogue 1 completed.) This ta...

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Results of the outfit polls (winners)

Heyo, just a quick post to update on the polls results.

I wanted to update it in the progress report, but it hasn't even been a week yet since the last one.
So for anyone who isn't on Discord, these are the results in terms of voting power:

Koko:
Old outfit 21 votes
New outfit 19 votes


-> old outfit stays!
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Nightclub outfit 3> Serena

And lastly, Serena. She has more options coz I have trouble choosing.

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Nightclub outfit poll 2> Raiko

Just like Koko's, vote for new or old one.


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NightClub outfit poll> Koko

This one will be only few days. Vote for which girl will have which outfit in the night club in episode 1 (reworked edition). 

Note: if you really think some girl should have some other girl's option let me know, but it must be a majority of ppl thinking. First is Koko. 

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Progress update week 1 (v2.5)

Aaaand a week has passed since the release of episode 2. Besides some minor hiccups, most of it has been well received, and I thank both old and new patrons that opted to support me.

As many know (I am probably getting boring with it already) next is episode 2.5, which will hopefully release in a months time. For that, I am fixing all the old scenes from episode 1, as many scenes are drea...

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Episode 2 public release

Thank you to all everyone who tried the beta version and gave me feedback what didn't work etc. It was a huge help!
Here is the Public release, with working (should be) Gallery and some other UI improvements like the Main menu.

Here is the link to Version 0.2.2 PC (Copy full link):

https://mega.nz/...

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Happy new year!

Happy new year you all! May your wishes come true and may the new year be even better than the previous <3

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Episode 2 Beta is here!

As promised, it's the 26th and that means it's time for the Beta! Link on the bottom.

Few notes (also please check the previous post regarding Episode 2 where I posted in detail.)

Ofc, please start the game from the beginning. For people that just want to speedrun and see new content, basically what really changed is very small part in the Koko airp...

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Episode 2 news and release date! (26th Beta)

About time, but episode 2 is finally about to be finished. The beta version, which won't feature the gallery (and will probably have a bit worse looking main menu) will be out on the 26th for Patreons (happy xmas gift I guess!).  

*Small note, usually depending on Patreon tier you get it sooner the higher your tier is, but with all these delays and s...

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