I’ve been in a bit of a cooldown mode since the Ch15 Beta dropped. Last week I put out a call for people to submit comments to appear onscreen for a section of Ch15, and while waiting for those to come in, I began working on Ch16. I’m currently 85~ images into it, which puts me into the third scene. But, it’s about time I pivot back to polishing up Ch15, ahead of the $5 release on Friday.

Regarding Ch15, I collected some good comments from folks on the Close Friends tier, and I think I’ll be doing a little content expansion in the not-so-distant future. I’ll keep mum for now, in the interest of under-promising and over-delivering.

Ch16 is going well, at this early stage. After spending the last update almost entirely in one location, with one character, it’s been nice to get back into the wider world. I’d really intended for this update to be pretty contained, with only two major scenes.. Buuut, I got some ideas to expand things, to loop in more of the cast and resolve some lingering plot threads. Still, I think this update will come in on the smaller side, and I’m aiming for <1000 renders.

Finally, I was chatting with the folks over on Discord about possible merchandise, and floated the idea of acrylic ‘standee’ figures and body pillows. As always, when these things come up I’m never entirely sure I’m not just being trolled when people say they’d buy them.. But, I’d be happy to be proven wrong! Still, I’ll be holding off anything related to that until next year. For now my main priority is just getting through the next two chapters, and then working on the Steam release.

Until next time, take care of yourselves – and thank you for your support!