Hello there!

Another development log is here!

I’ve done quite a bit of writing and rewriting over the past two weeks and I’m now sitting at around 15k words, which is right around the target I was aiming for 0.4. I’ve also paused work on the h-scene for now and will probably jump into rendering as soon as I finish the scene I’m currently working on.

Why did I stop the h-scene? Well… it’s getting a bit tricky for me to write about it without seeing the situation with my own eyes. In the future, I’ll probably approach h-scenes this way more often, since the mood really needs to match the overall scene! When I write everything ahead of time, I usually end up rewriting a good chunk of it during rendering anyway. Some things just don’t fit the way I imagined it to be initially, and other words end up describing the feeling better, yeah.

So for now, the Plan & Write progress bar will probably stay at 90% max. until I actually hit that scene during rendering and can figure out how to make it as hot as possible. I was also being a bit cautious with the Plan & Write percentage, but at this point, I can safely say the writing part is almost done. The scene I’m on now isn’t that long, and I’m really happy with how it turned out, at least on paper.

Another topic, do you guys like the current notifications style “X liked this.” or “Y loved this.” at the top left corner and how do you feel about having them at all? There’s already an option to turn those off for a more immersive experience, but I’m not sure how many of you actually use it or even want to use it. I’m mostly asking because I want to add a bit more info to the choice menus, like hints if you’re about to lose a path with a love interest (and I thought why not ask about the notifications while I'm at it). Should that be part of the walkthrough mod only, or should it follow the same toggle as those notifications? Let me know what you think in the comments!

Alright, that's it for today. Have a great week and stay awesome!

-Panda