Hello everyone!
Been quiet since release because I had to deal with some important family issues. After reading through the comments and checking out The Nobody in a Hero's World, I realise that the intro to this game is very similar to that game. I want to give some context into the development for this game.
I was originally just the programmer for this game, working on the backend stuff and slowly putting together (or attempting to, anyway) an RPG system in renpy, using the various resources available on forums and discord. I found a writer/artist who was interested in making an isekai fantasy game with monster girls, that wasn't just another visual novel. We started slowly working on the game around 4 months ago. I was in charge of the coding, animation and editing, and also helped with character design and some environments (most were done by a member of the Koikatsu discord who was willing to help out). My partner was in charge of almost all of the writing and scene creation.
About a month ago, my partner dropped the project, saying he wasn't interested anymore, so I took over the creative aspect and decided to find someone else to handle the coding aspect. He gave me permission to continue using his script and I made only small adjustments, since most of the work was already done. I decided to add a little more here and there, but mainly just worked on putting it together as a quick preview of the game and released it. Dealt with some personal issues over the past week or so and come back to finding out the story was basically lifted from another game. I asked my ex-partner about it and he basically admitted that he took the intro from The Nobody in a Hero's World and made some changes. He also admitted that he stopped working on the project because he struggled to actually write a story. He was planning on using the intro as a starting point for his own story and thought he made enough changes that it would be different enough.
I was considering changing up parts of the intro before but now I will go ahead and rewrite and redo some scenes. Even though the two games are very likely to head in different directions, there are a few too many similarities. The characters themselves will stay the same.
This will probably delay the next release by about a little bit. As for the rest of the update, I'm planning on doing content for Fia, Kira and Momo, as well as progressing the main plot. Stay tuned!