Hello everyone!

Thank you for your patience and for sticking around while I got everything rebuilt. I am happy to announce that I have completed version 0.0.5 which will include the rebuilt prologue and chapter 1 as well as the all new chapter 2 content. I included the updated title screen here so you can get a tease of some of the changes as well as some of the new characters introduced in this chapter (though some may look familiar). I am in the QA stage for this build, I want to check for anything major that I need to fix before releasing this build to the public, but I am expecting to launch this build on Saturday April 15th.

Here is the current changelog:

*Rewrote prologue and chapter one to make more sense with the future storyline (~1000 lines)

*Added chapter two (~3000 lines)

*Introduced 3 characters, plus 2 bonus characters

*77 new unique CGs, 23 new background CGs, 11 new animations

*Remade most existing scenes with new character models

*230 sprites (many not used in current build)

*Remade all old sprites and added new sprites for each character and outfit

*Color coded character names

*Removed music tracks in case of DMCA

*Added sound effects

*Added stats and tracker

There are a few known issues that I don't really know how to handle at the moment, the biggest being the stat logic can be tripped up when you have multiple stats at the same value. This causes the player to miss out on dialogue and other content. For now, I have added some alternate scenes that can only be accessed by playing a "pure" path, that is selecting the same stat each time you have the option, which acts a kind of reward for players who don't try to break the logic.

I also removed background music entirely because of the outbreak of DMCA actions against the VN community, not that I had many tracks to worry about, but for now it's one less thing for me to be concerned about. I may add in BGM again when I have the time to find a legitimate source of music to use.

I will also be officially launching my Patreon site the same day as this new build. It is technically live right now, but I haven't made any changes to it to update it to current expectations and material so I won't link it here just yet. This build will be publicly available from day 1, but future builds will be available to Patrons first, and the public some time later. I will also post teasers for Patrons as development progresses, some SFW and some NSFW, with the NSFW content reserved for higher tiers.

As always, I am open to constructive criticism so feel free to leave comments when the new build arrives and let me know what you think. I'm hoping for this launch to go smoothly without any game breaking bugs, but if there are major issues I will do my best to resolve them as quickly as possible. This is a hobby for me at the moment, so my main job unfortunately must take priority and it may take time to resolve any issues.

Thank you all again for your support and I will see you on April 15th!

- Fronte91