Hiya! It is time for a monthly check-in thingy to let you all know how things are going so far. (As a note, everything for this update is going to be for the reject path)

I was really hoping to have the upcoming update out by now but due to circumstances, it isn't here quite yet. I don't want to release something in a poor or unfinished state. However! I can let you all know what's been done so far and what to expect.

I said in a previous devlog that I'm working on Ted's, Sean's, and Tracy's routes simultaneosly. Tracy's part of the update is complete. Sean's part is mostly done aside from an optional NSFW scene I plan to add. Ted's is getting close to done. I am changing and adding parts for the middle of Day 6 for Ted because it was too empty before. If you've previously saved near or at the end of Day 6, you'll be given the option to start the day over and see the new content.

At the moment, I'm sitting at around 15k words. Normal updates tend to be between 10-12k, so this will be bigger than other updates once it's out. I'm predicting that it will likely be somewhere between 17-19k words by the time it's done.

As far as parts outside of writing go, there's some good and bad. Due to my leg still being injured and painful to bend, I've not been able to go to my music setup to write/play any new music. Therefore, there will not be any new music tracks when the update comes out. I still plan to write more later, but it'll have to come after I've healed.

Art is going to be a little complicated now. Sarah's hard drive crashed, so she no longer has the art files for Fueled by Insanity. While we do still have the .png image files, there will be no way for her to go in and edit individual layers for new expressions and things like that because they simply do not exist anymore. That means any future character expressions, outfits, and other changes will be a much more difficult process since Sarah won't be able to move parts around as freely, or match the shading as easily since coloring was all done across multiple layers.

Aside from those things, I've been making a few minor changes and edits here and there. Character sprites have been changed slightly to better reflect their actual height.

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I've also been going through and making some small edits to some character expressions. There's a few that have things I felt could be improved. Ted's tired expression is one example. Some of the shading on his muzzle made it look different than it was meant to.

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Anyways, I can't really think of much else to say. The update should be out by the end of the month at the latest. I'm hoping to get it done before then if I can.

For now, have a few preview screenshots.