Howdy, everyone!

The next update is coming up soon, this is just a little update to let you in on what's happening such as plans and progress. 

Quick shout outs:

Our recently new character designer "Dusty" has joined the team!

We now have a typo/grammar corrector "Pyanso" that has joined the team!

Both of them have been such a massive help, thank you both for taking the time to help! Any designs done by Dusty will be credited in the next updates credits, and so will Pyanso be credited as well!

Now for the news.

- Addressing the constant errors on Day 1:

No one has directly asked me about this but it's stupid at this point.  Day 1 by far has had an annoying amount of errors and I can't blame a single soul that thinks the same. So I'm finishing Day 1 in the next update.

- Day 1's Gym Option and the other Gaming Room options will be finished.

I'm going to finally finish the rest of the day 1 options even if Day 4 is shorter than what I would like. Day 1 has literally been incomplete for many updates so I really do need to finish it. It's also important I finish the gym option because although Shinikaru's route hasn't been started (but plans are in the far background), Joseph's has started and the gym option impacts dialogue in his respective route.

- Tons of needed research is now out of the way.

Research has definitely been the longest part of this wait. This update's research is done, and the next update doesn't need any. The research is to help me write fight scenes that use martial arts or write more serious topics in a respectful way. Even though cultural references and martial arts aren't everyone's cup of tea, I still enjoy writing that way. 

- Character Designing:

So far, there are 5 character designs that have sprites as of this post, that you'll be seeing in the next update. There is not only new writing but a lot of new art coming to this update! Sprites take a bit longer to make than most (including myself) would think.

- Redesigning & Edits:

Backgrounds will be getting redesigned such as Chet's bedroom in Mike's mansion, Mike's living room, and a few CG/Illustrations that need to be edited as a result. Eventually, I'd like to get to a place where most to all of the backgrounds are drawn, but that will only come with time.

- Sprite Resizing:

Sprites such as Shinikaru's and Mike's base form will be resized to fit the correct impression of their actual height and scale to other characters. For example, Shinikaru is meant to be tall but the size of his sprites indicates that he's taller than Kazuma which simply isn't correct.

Just a friendly reminder that the discord is now available so for those who want to join: https://discord.gg/jhvkGvrEvT

Thank you all for your continued support and patience! <3

~ TendoMendo