We're back with an update on the development progress and preparation of the demo.

During October we didn't manage to complete all our tasks, but we are much closer to the release of the demo. In the image with stats you can see which areas are being worked on.

• The scenes directing is 26/40 ready.
• Music has been approved for most of the scenes.
• Illustrations have been fixed.
• The mechanics of auto-reading are implemented and the work on saves is almost complete.
• One complex background is finished. For the demo, we have one more to rework.
• We have reworked the SMS interface on the smartphone and improved the overall layout.

Characters

As planned, we've started work on the last character with whom our main character can have a love line. In October we managed to draw one of the three poses for Friedrich, developing his unique and richly detailed style. Look at the precision with which the artist chose the colours.

Content

Everything is prepared for the demo, all that's left is the cosmetics: solve the controversial points in the illustrations, make the illustrations look nice in the smartphone, clean up the voiceover that has already been cut, adjust the volume. Most of the artists are already drawing content for the full version of the game, while the voice actors are waiting for the final text approval in the orange branch.

Storybook

Last month has been a fruitful one for short stories. There's already a trend: the more intense the work on the whole project, the more we have to turn to the prequel to switch things up and take a break.

• Lucie's series: 3 new stories. Complete.
• Friedrich's early series: 10 new stories. Complete.
• Beatrice's early series: 3 new stories. Complete.
• Friedrich's late series: outline made, first story written.

Our subscribers on Boosty have by now read four stories told on behalf of Lilia Horák.

Plans for November

• Finish directing the remaining scenes, do some test proofreading with a focus group.
• Finish what's been started: game saves and auto-scrolling through the read text.
• Clean the audio for at least 2/3 of the voiced lines.
• Draw the last background for the demo.
• Prepare at least a prototype build for moderation on Steam.

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See you in December!