July Progress report

Hi again everyone! I am pleased to be presenting a little bit of art that Sugar made of the game in between assets while we're getting things down for Chapter 2! Reinie takes a moment to think about what to use her turn for while Ophi and the Chapter 2 companion character Scylla who you will learn more about in time, question her hesitancy from a very sticky situation~

However that's not what we're here for, progress has been made and I want to break out of the more structured way I had been giving these before and give you my thoughts on where we're at in the progress, I think it will be more satisfying to write and more insightful for you all to read.

Asset-wise we are reaching the two-thirds mark, though we are a little bit halted up on enemy sprites as Azu will be going on holiday to spend time with fellow member of the team Hierarch so please be patient on that end, bound sprites are going well, it was quite a sight to see how much extra work adding another character in was, particularly for space and resolution, trust me a lot of the tweaking has been making sure these gals don't steal too much of the spotlight from one another~

writing has been going along smoothly, and by smoothly I mean plenty of nights getting in only a couple of hours sleep before my job because I have been up all night. I love writing those dialogues that were well-received when we released the demo but they take time.

Coding has also been going well and has been worked closely with the maps this time as we experiment with some funny mechanics on the side (think deliberate game overs for those inclined to play the girls a little more carelessly). As well as getting some of the events for certain setpieces in the story have been tricky, but we're still working along on it, sometimes I wish we had more to show there, but alas we are all working at this in our spare time with jobs on the side.

We are aiming (perhaps ambitiously) for a release of chapter 2 this year, however I will keep you updated if that seems to change if circumstances shift or not, but bit by bit we steadily make progress towards chapter 2, I hope this little sneak peek of the new girl can tide you all over towards our next meeting!