Unknown still, I personally hate estimations or guessing dates before most of the work is done and rendered.
Nah, that's more than fair. The last one was a banger so I know I won't be disappointed either way. I just thought it'd be fun to hear other people's opinions while we pass the time, that's all. Wasn't trying to start a betting pool for the release dates of VNs at all, I swear.
SOON (TM)
Jokes aside, I'm kind of new to this one and this isn't one that I've been lurking on from before.
What are the general update cycles like here? Every half a year or so?
The dev cycles for this game have been kind of interesting. They started off shorter than usual but as the devs received feedback (complaints) about how short the updates felt, they gradually learned through trial and error on what works and what doesn't while improving each time. So there really hasn't been an established pattern yet from what I recall.
The last one took a while. Can't remember exactly but I think longer than 6 months. Not sure about this one but if it's going to be like the last update, it'll be worth the wait. Honestly can't say that about many VNs these days but I'm just too lazy to change my signature so yea.
Also, I'm just finding less and less time to play anything these days. It's at the point where my "updates I'm waiting for" list is like 2 or 3 things while my backlog is just ... So it sounds bad, but I'm kind of ambivalent at this point. As soon as I get a lot of time, I'll have a whole mountain of stuff anyway.