Very busy day today, with more stuff still left to do, which means that we unfortunately have to keep things on the short side again.
So let’s jump right into our progress for this past week!

Natsu has caught up with coding everything I’ve sent her so far. At least for the moment, because I’ll have another zip package for her later tonight. There is, of course, also still some bug testing to do, but GENBA no Kizuna‘s final investigation phase is getting very close to a fully playable state now! Only two more rather short routes to go!

Meanwhile, I’ve continued with the final chapter and have about three thirds of its script done. Sadly didn’t get to work on it as much as I wanted to these last few days, but at least that’s in part to a fun thing that’s going on behind the scenes, which I sadly can’t talk much about yet, but really can’t wait to share!

Anyway, that’s really all the time I have and pretty much all I can say at the moment, so while I return back to work now, I hope, as always, that you will enjoy the rest of your weekend! Until next Saturday, take care :3

A new month has begun, so let’s talk about our plans for it, shall we!? If you’ve seen last week’s blog post, you already know that work on GENBA no Kizuna‘s final chapter has officially begun, so naturally, that’s what we’re gonna focus on throughout September!
Well, I will at least. Natsu is currently still busy with getting the last third of the previous chapter fully playable. She’s made quite a lot of coding progress over the last few days, in fact, getting some of the tougher interactive stuff done!

But yeah, for me, it’s primarily script time, so I’ve been working on the case discussion. In theory, it’s a bit shorter than what happens in chapter three, but it still takes quite a bit of time, due to how complex everything is. Since I can’t rely on using shittons of fancy art assets to illustrate everything (well, I guess I could, but that would take ages…), I gotta use words instead to visualize certain things, and sometimes it takes a while to choose the right ones to convey what’s necessary in an easy to follow and understandable way.

My outline is also quite old by now and thus a little outdated. Things have changed and I’ve decided to handle the entire discussion a bit differently than I originally intended, but all of this might be a topic better saved for another time, once GENBA‘s released.

Anyway, the gist of it is that writing progress is a little slow at the moment, but it’s steady at least and I hope to get to the crucial moment of the discussion by the middle of the month!

That’s about all I can say at the moment so, as always, while I’m gonna get back to work now, I wish you to have an enjoyable remainder of your weekend! Until next Saturday, take care :3

I’m officially on “vacation” now until mid-September, so for basically a whole month! Which really just translates to me having to spend 20 hours less every week on my part-time day job and dedicating all that time to VN development instead!
And naturally, I want to make the most out of it, which I’ve already started with during these last few days!

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