Dev Diary Update March, First half (with Images)

Hey there.

What's currently being worked on right now is a mini-revamp of Masaru's route and the game itself. This includes art updates, a new minigame and a new phone system. All of which serves to improve the game Quality of life mechanics and make the grind easier (and less of it) for early game. This includes reworking the phone so that time skip can be easier to access and have longer hours to skip to and also having an ingame map/fast transfer system.

 a preview of the new phone with a piece of artwork that I've drawn.

I don't know how exactly I'll priortize it but eventually they'll be a few phone wallpapers to choose from. They can come as side quests or simply happen as the NTR progresses. The priority for this is low. 

What is important to the game, however, is how grindy it can feel in early game. So the bakery is reworked so that instead of just selecting to work, fade to black, and that's it. There's a minigame that'll be implemented so you get to play something while working for money and furthering Masaru and Shion's relationship. The idea is that as the plot progresses, something changes in the minigame. Here's an example of what changes:

 When Shion and Masaru relationship is low

  When Shion and Masaru relationship has improved.

When Shion and Masaru relationship has become close.

When Shion and Masaru relationship has become really intimate and close.

When Shion and Masaru relationship has maxed out.

There will be a total of 5 progression stage for most variations. That means the minigame changes at 5 different points in the story. By variations I mean the amount of positions. Currently there's 4-6 variations planned. Here's another one:

Variation 2, stage 1: (Shion dropped a bag of flour and has to wiped herself, Masaru watches)

And then as the story progress this will move on to stage 2, 3, 4 and 5 (this variation is planned for cowgirl position).

As you play the minigame throughout the route, you'll get to glimpse at these changes. The variation(type of position) will be random so it encourages you to play the minigame but also reduces the tediousness of the grind. It'll breath some life into the Bakery.

Other things that are WIP:

• Quest Log.

• Fast travel.

• Map.

• Glossary(depends on how much time I have, there has been little to no feedback about the mystery aspect of the plot so I might drop the entire mystery thing in the future. I don't know whether people liked it or not.)

Next update date is uncertain but I've started to work on the scenes for one of the ending already. If I'm able to manage, the update will likely be the complete Masaru route (with one ending) + everything else I've mentioned that are WIP above.

We'll see how it goes but I do hope it'll be soon.