MC is 20. I think it’s mentioned on March 13 (his birthday). About Eri, the story will go up to shortly after the labor
Good question @Wert844. The truth is I don’t know at the moment
I deliberately avoided talking about weights (apart from that hint during the date with Shiori that you mentioned). The reasons are that it would be kind of forced for the numbers to come up in the dialogues for each stage, and honestly I’m not too sure about the measurements because the gain is very rapid compared to reality and it might seem strange to give precise numbers.
However in the future I will add a gallery in the codex where it will be possible to see the progression for each character, so I think I will put the weights there. (I’m not adding it now because I’m afraid of breaking the old saves and it’s convenient for me to already know all the stages and outfits that will be in the game in order to implement that screen). For now I want to focus on completing the story.
I’m working on Act 5. Today I made the new office sprites for the girls. I have already written part of the dialogue but there’s still a lot missing because there will be five full in-game days (with various branches). Please be patient
Here’s a preview of Haruka’s face gain. Let me know what you think!
Thought I’d just throw an idea out there for consideration:
This project is very ambitious. I personally find that, when spreading writing out around multiple projects, it makes progress (to me, the writer) feel slow and thus contributes to burnout. I imagine this would apply to writing multiple routes at the same time as well, especially considering you’d presumably have to retread some ground across different routes with only minor changes. It’s possible it could be more rewarding to work through one route at a time—but that’s just a thought!
I made Haruka’s face rounder than in my last post to give better contrast. I’ll try to add visible double chin in Act 6 but I’m not sure yet.
Unfortunately I can’t go one route at a time because they are interconnected. But thank you for the advice The development is going well but I will need another week or two. I could release a “sneak peak” with the first day of Act 5 like I did with the previous act but I think it’s better to release it all at once this time.
Hey, sorry for the lack of updates, but I’ve been sick
Anyway, since it’s been too long I’m going to release an update with the start of Act 5 in a few days (it will be short, so feel free to wait for the full Act 5 to get a better flow of the story).
I remind you that the game is in super early access, so don’t hesitate to criticize me and tell me if some sprites aren’t right or anything else. My priority at the moment is to get to the end of the story, but the plan is to then go back and fix and improve things.
Any suggestions are welcome, although keep in mind that what I can improve at the moment is limited!
No rush on the releases Eisen. I just appreciate hearing status updates from you. Looking forward to the preview. I’m always looking for a reason to do another playthrough.
Good to hear from you Eisen and hope you’re feeling better.
Take all the time you need with Act 5 - been a while since I’ve played from scratch so a preview will be a nice excuse to start anew, looking forward to whatever you’ve got cooking
As promised the sneak peek for Act 5 is out. It contains a new day (Apr 16) after the one-month timeskip I had anticipated. All the girls have gained weight in the meantime, so you can see the new stages
As for the other content:
there are several variations on Apr 16 depending on your previous choices. In particular, Azumi/Maki/Eri will come to talk to you in the afternoon (to make this happen, you must also turn down Shiori when she asks you to train together)
there is both an individual event with Shiori (workout) and one with Haruka (searching for the missing cat). You can only do one of the two based on previous choices.
Given the increasing complexity of the routes, there may be some issues. The route system is still in the planning stages, so it may not be fully functional. The game is in early access, so I kindly ask for your feedback
I had an idea, what if I wrote down all the choices for the routes up to 1.5 (a sort of walkthrough) in a post here? I would tag it as a spoiler, and it would be for those who prefer to play with a guide or want to be sure to end up with their favorite girl. This would also help me get your feedback and you could confirm whether everything in the game matches the guide (there may be some paths with problems that I haven’t considered, as it’s all still in the making).
Walkthrough/Guide might not be a bad idea from a testing perspective - the VN reader in me says hold off till there’s definitive endings so as not to spoil any surprises but yeah for making sure all the routes work and are flagged correctly it’s definitely not a bad idea. Definitely a nice to have rather than a must have though.
a walkthrough for each route would probably be a good idea for letting us test to make sure that the choices lead to the intended outcomes. Can’t wait to give it a go this weekend.
I added the walktrough in the first post of this thread. There will definitely be some errors but I’ll check it regularly and update it as the game progresses. I will flag the secret routes as spoilers
Just had the chance to play through each route. The new content is pretty enjoyable and the walkthroughs helped a lot in making sure i saw all the content that was available. I have a few questions, I’ll mark the ones related to secret content as spoiler. Please don’t take this as anything other than my opinions and preferences, I already love the game and I’m sure I will enjoy the game however you choose to proceed.
1.) Are you planning on adding Haruka’s mom and/or the doctor to the codex? perhaps in a similar way to Maki and Eri where the entry remains a question mark until you meet them.
2.) Will there be more content and/or weight stages with Haruka’s mom, or even romance route with her? I am a pretty big fan of the 2 stages she has so far so I’d definitely like to see her bigger.
3.) Are there any plans to catch Maki up to Eri and Azumi? Maybe her new addiction to the vending machine drinks plays a role in causing her to gain weight faster to catch up. (Maybe have a 1.5.5 version that is a single day halfway between 1.5 and 1.6 that shows her growth)
4.) Are there any plans to catch Maki, Eri, and Azumi up to Haruka and Shiori? (again, possibly with a 1.6.5 or a 1.7.5 patch halfway between major releases that is a single day just there to showcase the gain. Not to say that it is necessary to do so and would definitely be in the “in-the-future” category of topics)
Sorry for another long list of opinions, I don’t mean to be the peanut gallery here but this is may favorite VN on here and you asked for feedback so i thought I’d give my 2 cents.
I’ll try to answer all your points @Wert844 and thanks for the detailed feedback as usual, it’s very helpful!
Yes, absolutely! I added the codex in like 1.2 and haven’t touched it since but I will definitely add all the missing side characters and also the stages gallery
Yes of course there’s going to be more content for the mom. She will have her own route even though it will be shorter and quite meme
3-4) Everyone will catch up, eventually. For now their growth will be 1 stage per act as the others but every character will have the same number of stages
Thanks again for your opinions! I’m glad you liked the new side sprites, soon I’ll do the ones for the pool day
What’s missing in Act 5:
individual events for Azumi/Maki/Eri (Apr 17). If you played 1.5 you saw you can:
have dinner with Azumi
go with Eri at the prenatal class
go training at Maki’s place
two new days (Apr 19 and one more)
a new side character (current head of the marketing department)
the pool/aqua park day (it’s going to be quite long with many different paths and all the frontal/side/rear sprites)
I also have to improve the choice system to better handle all the paths.
I don’t know if there will be one or two patches but I’ll do my best!
The development is going well but I will need another week or two. I could release a “sneak peak” with the first day of Act 5 like I did with the previous act but I think it’s better to release it all at once this time.
