Hello!

This release marks the end of what I'd call the "Prologue"... it's a bit long, but it's the introduction of important characters, some world building, lore, and building up of these characters personalities and desires. I didn't write it specifically with "this is the prologue" in mind, but I think it's a good spot to mark it.

The reason it's "significant" is all of the images before this have been fully drawn CG's, which if you've played many VN's does not happen TOO often. From this point on, the game is switching to a style that is primarily sprites drawn on CG's, which again if you've played many VN's is the go to style (and for a reason). This will allow faster iteration, more customization options(think about exclusive clothes you can wear, hairstyles, etc.) which is a thing I hope to do at some point (cute girls in cute clothes why is that image so big... whatever).

Additionally, up till now all of the releases have been public - I've done this because without too many images to accompany the story, it hasn't felt... like enough for me to warrant a Patreon only build. Now that we've reached this point though, from now on the way releases will work is in this order:

1. Legend/Champion of History tiers on Patreon
2. 1 week later, Master tier on Patreon
3. 1 week later, Novice/Adept tier on Patreon
4. Once the next release is created and published to Legend/Champion of History, released to public

That means there will always be a public release still, but it will now be one release behind what is available on Patreon. I hope to do this so the game will always be freely available, but there is still a benefit to people who want to support the game.

As with before however, the writing is still on "pause"... there's a certain point in the story that I want the images to reach before I continue writing. We are starting to near it, and things will hopefully speed up with this switch to sprite focused images... for reference to anyone who cares about more specifics, refer to this image:

Chapters are just how I envision it in my head when writing, it's not really too relevant, but it can be used as a point of reference here. Currently, images are done for Chapters 1-4... I want images to be finished for Chapter 7 before I continue writing, I think ~70% of the story covered with images is a good place to be to continue writing at. Additionally like I pointed out, that hopefully should be quite a bit faster with the switch to sprites.

If anyone has any questions about anything, or just wants to come join us, feel free to drop by the discord!