Ch5 devblog 11/03/2024

Happy Sunday! Made loads of progress this week! Excited to share.

First off, I want to start this post by expressing how sad I am that I did not manage to release the game before Halloween. As mentioned before I've intended to have a Halloween scene in chapter 5 since the in-game date is around October during chapter 5.

Chapter 5 still needs more time. But I want to share with you the costumes for all the girls to celebrate Halloween.

Thank you all so much for the continued support. It is a true blessing to be able to work on this game with all of you making it possible. Thank you for your patience.

Even though I still need more time for the main game, I will of course have a side story for November and the poll is up right now with 4 days remaining!

If you somehow missed October's side story, be sure to check the game releases tag to find all the posts! https://www.patreon.com/c/StrongGirlsFMGVisualNovel/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Gamerelease

Main game progress:

I decided to have the header be a teaser. I've been working on story related scenes and It is so hard to share stuff without spoilers but I felt compelled to share this character design. Her name is Noriko. I'll leave it at that.

I've completed Saya's route now and will finish up Kaori next.

 How will Saya manage this?

(I won't make too many date cameos but I thought it would be appropriate to run into Hino if you take Saya to the luxury brands shop.)

Overall I am very satisfied with how Saya has turned out. With the 12 date locations I really got to flesh out her character.

Now working on Kaori. I made 7 expressive sprites of her in her enhanced state. Here is one for preview:
 I decided to make her wear a pink shirt rather than white. After doing some comparisons I found it to be far more aesthetic.

Hope to finish up all her dates this week. Let's see how much I can manage!

Currently I wake up at 5 am every day to squeeze in work time before the day starts. I've got a good writing routine and hope to level up how much I can get done.

Thank you for reading the dev update! As always I am happy to read your comments and feedback. I wish you a happy week ahead and I will see you next Sunday!

-Jon