I try to keep up with everywhere we post, but I sometimes forget to update news on some areas. >.<
We've recently released v0.20 pt 1 for mainly our Patreon supporters for the time being. We decided with our upcoming holiday break in December, that it'd be best to split episode 5 up into multiple part releases during November, since we don't expect to get v0.21 out until late January. Besides that, behind the scenes for development, we're trying to put content together as a safety net. Overall, we're trying to deliver content at a steady rate once again without overselling ourselves in expectations.
While v0.20 pt 1 and the following pt 2 & pt 3 are intended for Patreon supporters for November. We do have plans to slowly roll these out during December for the public in similar fashion. Just be aware that there will be a gap between v0.20 into v0.21 regardless, but we're trying to get things stable for both supporters and public.
One thing we've already noticed with v0.20 pt 1, is that it breaks old save data, but we're adding a save slot by default for v0.20 pt 2 that'll let players jump to the end of episode 4 in order to get right into the new content. We suspect with our plans to replace and add finalized cg scenes in earlier episodes, amongst quality fixes and additional content. It will probably break old saves even more, but we'll try to work with everyone in offering save slots that jump to any new content.
Our current timeline for content for the next 3 months is as follows! (Spoiled text are scene names, some are a bit on the nose for what to expect.)
v0.20 pt 1 (Nov 7th - Supporters) (Dec 7th - Public)
-All sprite assets have been fully replaced and updated with their finalized art.
-New episode 5 splash screen art added.
-New music has been added to the title screen and other areas.
-Finalized gui text box has been added. (With on-screen button to hide/show text box)
-New sprite animation effects have been added to Episode 5.
-New transition effects have been added to Episode 5.
-Episode 5:
Has been added.
-Episode 5, Scene 1:
Has been added.
v0.20 pt 2 (Nov 18th - Supporters) (Dec 18th - Public)
-Episode 5, scenes 2-5 added.
-Episode 5, Scene 2:
-Episode 5, Scene 3:
-Episode 5, Scene 4:
-Episode 5, Scene 5:
v0.20 pt 3 (Nov 30th - Supporters) (Dec 30th - Public)
-Episode 5, scenes 6-10 added.
-Episode 5, Scene 6:
-Episode 5, Scene 7:
-Episode 5, Scene 8:
-Episode 5, Scene 9:
-Episode 5, Scene 10:
Christmas light novel, short story. (Dec 24th for all to enjoy!)
v0.21 (Late January - Supporters) (Late February - Public)
-Nova & Lola route episodes.
-Episode 1 quality of life fixes & additions. (sprite animation/effects, new transitions, sound direction fixes, new cg variants/outcomes, better pacing for choices/interaction, new scenes.)