What's up Loopers! I've personally been seeing a lot of lost enthusiasm recently for the game, with a lot of people dropping off the hype train, but looks like we are closing in on the release. We have 2 scenes left to go on the render end, and all the writing is done. I'll go more into details further in the devlog, but just be excited that the second release is **finally** reaching the end of its development!

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Thank you, Dr. Fapper, for sponsoring! Now, onto the newest devlog!

In terms of renders, two of our heaviest scenes got knocked out; Autumn and Haru's "dates". I put that in quotes because they're less dates, and more hangouts, but dates are what I've been calling them. The main four will move slower than the side crew- some even slower than the others- and they won't have actual "dates" for at least a couple updates. 

The events that we finished for this update take place in 2 different places, one new, and one very familiar. Autumn's takes place in the ELU swimming pool, where the energetic minx attempts to claim a spot on the college team. On the other end of the IQ scale, we have Haru, taking MC to the library, challenging him to take a dive into the world of books. Along with a returning setting, we also have one very familiar face returning, and another face that may seem familiar to fans of another game!

In terms of writing, not much else to be said. Everything is done besides rewrites. I imagine we are going to have to spend a little more time beta testing this release because it is much bigger script-wise than the last. When I say it's something like 40k words, I'm not including fluff there- it IS like 40k words. I have become more of a yapper since the first release, though, and the script may reflect that. I am a lot more proud of the writing this release, though, beuse I feel like I've started coming in to my own.

In terms of sound, I actually had a couple more bands get back to me, and 2 of them actually allowed the usage of their music for the game! On top of that, I won't fully unload the entire news of this, but from the start of the game, I had always wanted Winter (who, if you didn't know, is a rising pop star) to have songs in the game, sung and made by real people. It seems like this dream is coming true! No more details yet! 😁

For those who also have seen the new Patreon tiers we have lined up, we will not be releasing those until this next release is ready. I'm going to have to think about whether it's better to unravel the new tiers side by side with the new release, or to put them out there after the $5 tier release is out. If you have any ideas, let me know.

Thanks again, Loopers! Release is coming really soon!

-Lampy