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! Forks wouldn’t be anything close to what it is without him, and as you can see above, he’s still improving it after all this time. I was hesitant to add anyone to the project, but he’s meshed well with Toro and I and done nothing but good work with a professional attitude. I really appreciate everything he’s contributed, and I see why he’s so busy elsewhere.
So to anyone wanting to flex their skills for a project, reach out! You’ll never know what could happen until you do!
As for assistant writers, I’m not sure 
. I’ve got plans for Rea and Grace’s routes and I’d like to say I was able to write everything myself, but it’s true I’ve been taking way too long to make significant progress. E is a better programmer than I’ll ever be, and it’s even more likely that many of you out there are better writers than me too. Forks is a way for me to get writing experience, but if anyone wants to take a stab at a character (and feel they can take on the tens of thousands of words that is their story line), PM me with a sample from that character and I can at least take a look.
Okay, the update starts here! I’m sorry to everyone for being gone a while, there hasn’t been too much to report as Toro’s been busy with the last CG, and I’ve been writing additional Hannah scenes as well as brainstorming Aria 2.0 (which I’ll post about on Patreon once I’m confident the current iteration will work). Let’s go over the Forks stuff!
It’s been so long since Toro’s drawn Forks characters that he can no longer replicate their art style, so he’s been studying how to approach them with his newest skills. You’ve seen a bit of this with the CG I posted last month. Since Hannah’s the subject of the next update, here’s what he came up with for her:
This is the level he could hit with everyone if he redid all of the character portraits again, but that ain’t happening because the game needs to come out this decade 
. You can instead see improvements in the new CGs, it’ll be like different artists drew them!
Here’s the latest progress on the CG sketch I posted last time, you can see how things have changed:
Poor Rea still needs her eating hand.
Lastly, I’ve got both good and bad news about the upcoming update. Bad news is that it’s going to be delayed, but the good news is that the delay’s so I can pack in more content. For those who’ve played the WIP update, you’ll know it ends rather abruptly after Alex visits the clothing store. I’ve since written several additional scenes that now actually complete one of Hannah’s arcs. It’s not her entire story, but just as the current release demo ends on a high note, so too will Hannah’s update now.
I don’t have any progress pics of the new final CG as Toro’s not starting it until at least Tuesday. Until then, I’m finalizing the update for release so that it’ll be good to go the moment he’s finished.
Haven’t posted any writing samples in a while, most of it’s fairly spoiler-y now. Here’s an innocuous bit, courtesy of Grace:
And they love you, Grace!
Anyway, that’s it for now. Keeping a baby alive means a “good” night’s rest is still 5-6 hours. My brain’s chronically frazzled now but progress trudges on! Hope you’re all having a nice weekend, there’ll be more to come once it’s ready 
