Day 6 of Brendan's Route is now available to patrons.
Added 2023-08-02 22:47:26 +0000 UTC
Hello everyone! This is a big update, so I hope you guys are ready for all the changes.
- Added Day 6 of Brendan's Route to the game. This adds roughly 13k words to the game. It's a sizable update for sure. Fitting for the conclusion of Arc 1 of Brendan's story.
- Fixed a pair of bugs where the game would crash twice at the beginning of Day 2 with the police officer.
- Fixed a typo on a choice during Day 1 while you're in Brendan's office. I can understand why people didn't catch this one because it is easy to miss and quite possibly the least likely choice for people to pick or even notice.
- Made a minor change to a line during the scene that plays on Day 1 if you decide that you're not going to give Wyatt and Liam a chance.
- The choices you make at the beginning of Day 2 if you're on Kamil's route are now in quotation marks to correctly indicate that he's speaking.
- Made a small edit to the content warning that shows up on the start-up screen.
- Updated Brendan's sprite.
- Updated several CGs, including the CG that depicts the main character, the CG of Brendan that appears in the common route, and the CGs that appear in Connor's route. The CGs that appear in Brendan's Route Day 2 and one of the CGs that appear in Brendan's Route Day 4 also have been modified.
- One of Brendan's poses in his driving CG has been modified.
- Modified the content warning that starts when you start up the game.
- The Title Screen has been replaced with new art.
- On a related note, the Title Screen now updates when you exit out of a save file that's on Brendan's Route. (Old saves may not change the title screen)
- The GUI has been updated! Most menus and interface has been updated. The game now tells you what day you're on. Hijiri was responsible for making all this new GUI.
- Screenshake, Text color, and Textbox color have been removed from the options menu. Screenshake had no use as it only affected screenshakes that were separated from text, which we didn't use. Text and textbox color has been removed due to conflicts with the new GUI. If anyone wants any of these options back, please inform me.
- A codex has been added which displays information about terms and characters. Old saves may not work with this.
- Saves now display what route you're on.
- Changed the song that plays when you start Owen's route.
- Made a minor edit to a line at the beginning of Brendan's Day 5
- Made a minor edit to a line at the end of Day 4.
- Fixed a typo to a line near the end of Day 4.
- Fixed typos to two lines near the end of Brendan's Day 3.
- Fixed a typo to a line in Day 2 if you hung out with Owen.
- Made a minor edit to a line on Day 2.
- Moved a wait in a line near the end of Brendan's Day 3 so that it wouldn't displace the period.
- Changed the music that plays in Day 2 during Connor's scene.
- Removed a duplicate line in Brendan's Day 2.
- Capitalized the word "dad" in three instances from Brendan's Day 5 due to it being used as a proper word.
- Added a new variation to the scene that plays in Connor's Day 1. This is one of the few scenes that I helped write, as I wrote the first draft of the extra scene and then had Nemo edit it all so it can fit within his writing style. I also added variations depending on which variation you picked. Which variation you get affects some things later on in his route.
- Added a sound effect during the scene where you meet Tucker.
- Moved Tucker's closeup so you'd be able to see Kamil when he gets introduced.
- The CGs that are in Connor's Route have now been separated. If you were on Connor's route, then you might have to view those scenes again to get them to appear in the CG gallery again.
- Wyatt's sprite still isn't updated ayy lmao
I would like to thank Shie for helping me code all this. This was a big task to do. This and the public build have been the most stressful builds to make so far in the game's development. There was just so much going on and I had to both add new content as well as update a lot of old content. But I got the builds out now. Things will be easier for me from now on. At least for the foreseeable future.
Anyways there are a few announcements I have to make. First is that there's now an archive of every single build of the game. It includes builds that were never released to the public. You can download it here.
Second is that I have changed the benefits of my Patreon slightly. I haven't updated the Patreon page yet but from now on I'll be allowing Advanced patrons ($6+) to vote on polls that will affect what I draw each month, giving my past sketches to my Blooming patrons ($10), and giving a guide of By Your Hands to my Blooming patrons. If you are an Advanced or Blooming patron, expect good things to come very soon.
On that note, I also have a new poll up on my Patreon just for Advanced and Blooming patrons. I'll be drawing P and Storm from Minotaur Hotel doing spicy things together. Make at least a $6 pledge if you want to vote on it.

Finally, I'd like to announce something. People have been asking who's going to be receiving an update after I'm done updating Brendan's route. Well, I'm happy to say who that person is right now. This character will receive their full Day 2 next month (assuming I don't go on another break). So who is it? Drum roll, please.
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It's Kamil! Several people have been asking for an update on his story and well I was planning to give him an update next month anyways, so I decided this worked best. I was actually intending on updating his route before Brendan's, but then Brendan just stole the show and I felt like I had to give the people what they wanted, but now it's almost Kamil's time to shine. Nemo hasn't started on the script for him yet, but I can already tell you guys that we have a lot for him planned. I'm sure you guys will enjoy what he has to offer.
Some of you guys thought that Owen was next in line for an update considering his presence in Brendan's route, but just be patient, his route update is coming. It would be weird if it wasn't coming but I needed to say that anyways.
Is that everything? I think so. If not I can just edit this page.
I hope you like the finale to Arc 1 of Brendan's story! Remember to click on this link to download the new build. Have a good day and see you later!