Chasing Sunsets Dev Update - And a Look Ahead

The dev cycle is starting to head into its final stretches now!

As of tonight, we have just shy of 1500 renders complete with between 3-500 to go.

There are two remaining scenes to create art for, including a lewd one, and animations are nearing the 50% complete mark.

This weekend will be the first look Kent and I have of the art and dialogue coming together into an integrated whole as the v0.9 binary transitions into a playable framework.

As stated before, this is trending to be a larger chapter than the last one, and we're working hard to pull all of the pieces together and avoid any continuity gaps.  

Our best estimate on a chapter release is between the end of September and mid-October, if all goes smoothly!

In addition to the Chapter 8 update, I'd also like to tease our next project, tentatively called "Firebreak."

Here's what I can share about it so far:

• We plan to keep the story in the same universe with some crossover characters from Chasing Sunsets
• We're looking at a different approach to episodic releases which will hopefully makes each update more self-contained
• It will feature a male MC
• While the game will be story-driven, there will be more potential LIs, including some who were not LIs in Chasing Sunsets

This is where we take some of the lessons we learned from Chasing Sunsets and apply them in a way that makes the long wait between updates more bearable.  

We also recognize that while slow burns have their place, (we will certainly include them in Firebreak), these are called Adult Visual Novels for a reason.  We thought a lot about a story vehicle to deliver more of that kind of content convincingly earlier in the game without cheapening or overcomplicating the relationships with ladies you may like, but find less interesting.

We're super excited to be approaching the end of one story, but even more excited to share that the tale of the friends we made along the way won't necessarily end with the last sunset!