June Dev Update #2 (Patreon)

In case you missed last week's Dev Update and you're a little lost as to what these posts are about. You can check out the summary from the post below!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-dev-update-67687803

Things are looking a bit sketchy and so I'd like to give some forewarning. Regardless of what takes next week in development timing. We'll have episode 5 part 1 released this month no matter what.

Currently a few touch ups are being applied on this content to make sure what we put in for episode 5 is 95% finalized. What I mean by this is that with our current programmer being replaced early in July. We don't want to rush some of the aspects with this content, only to drop this onto a new programmer's lap when we'd rather have them move onto route content in July.

I know it's irritating in the moment, but this is to help make the transition jump to a new programmer in July go smoothly and proceed with our route content plans to have that content quickly follow the release of episode 5 as those scripts are nearly finalized and ready for the engine.

I have to give a heads up that there is a chance that episode 5 part 2 could be delayed into the first week of July. This is based on how dodgy things have been with the current programmer and seeing how close it'll be to get this content in part 2 in ideal shape before July 30th. Once again, episode 5 part 1 is much closer for release and so that is not a issue for June with where we stand.

~How quickly can we expect v0.21?~

V0.21 will cover Nova, Heather and Lola's route episode 6 which follows a few days after the events of episode 5's ending. This content ideally should be shaping up for the end of July to be ready.

Naturally we're focused on v0.20 episode 5 content and wrapping things up with our current programmer, but I'll be dedicating extra time towards the end of June in order to make sure the transition with a new programmer goes smoothly and lay out schedule plans with them right away to get a expected idea of how quickly they work.

~Development Progress!~

This past week, writing for v0.21 content is nearly finalized, going through a few editing passes in the coming week and then we'll have those scripts ready for our new programmer in July. So that's a plus!

Briefly mentioned earlier, episode 5 part 1 is shaping up to be out here at any point and regardless is ready before June comes to an end. The rest of the content should ideally be done by the current programmer, but we'll see once they get back to me regarding those scenes.

I'm happy to announce our cg artist MarxeDP is starting to feel better! (They came down with covid right as I was getting better last week.) They've provided me with some more previews for the Bridget related cg art for her route episode, so that should be finished before the end of June. We'll then be moving onto Miki related cg art for her route episode next!

That about sums up worthy mentions this past week, but I'd like to have a surprise for everyone before our 3rd dev update post. Let's cross our fingers folks! ^^