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Weekly Update - Jan 2nd
Hi Everyone,
I hope you all kicked off 2026 on a positive foot. For the update, one word. Close! As I type this I have 3 small scenes to finish up. I was able to make great progress over the last few days. I should be able to complete the scenes today.
I've also been testing as I go, so I'm pretty far along in terms of that too. The process that will follow is; Complete the scenes. Run through a spell check (I'm an awful speller

). At least 2 full end to end test runs. Fix bugs, re-render if necessary. Convert all the image files from .png (which is very large in size) to .webp (much smaller). Compile the builds. Publish to Patreon. Create the update pages for Itch and Steam. Upload and publish to Itch and Steam. So there is still some work to do, even after development has finished. I am however confident to forecast that Chapter 10 complete, will land sometime over this weekend.
Why has it taken so long? Well I mentioned this over the last few updates. The Christmas period and other family commitments, certainly effected my ability to be able to dedicate the time I needed to. But so too has been the size of the chapter. When I started out this one was supposed to be the start of 3 final short chapters to close out the game. I still want chapter 11 and 12 to be like that however chapter 10 is the largest chapter in the game but some distance. Standing at 1,154 renders in length (almost double of most other chapters) and will be well over 9,000 lines of code when I'm done. Here's proof of where I am at the moment with 3 scenes to go
Now you'll have to trust me that lines 1 - 8294 are not just blank lines, hehe.
A little bit about the second part of chapter 10. As all that played the previous update know, the pair are now back home in Newcastle to spend the holiday period with their families. There is A LOT of dialogue in this half chapter, I'll make no apologies for that but be prepared for some reading and hopefully not too much skipping. I'm limited a little in what I can post in these updates for teaser pictures, as I don't want to spoil previous chapters and what's to come in this one. There are not as many unique path scenes for the main protags, that's just the nature of the storyline and current setting right now but I still recommend playing through both paths to not miss out on anything.
OK I think I've had enough of a break, I need to get back to it and finish things off.
Enjoy the final few days of the holidays, if you are one of the many that will be returning to work on Monday. And as always I appreciate your patience and support, watch out for another message from me very soon.
Cheers,
Fae.