[News] Dev's blog #118

Hey there!

Hope you all had a great holiday season and an awesome start to 2026!

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About changes on Patreon page

Like I mentioned before, the way I was running this page needed a few fixes and changes.

The main change is related to polls for additional events. Previously, there was one poll per update that decided which two girls would each get an additional scene. That's now been replaced with polls that have much less impact on the game's main story and the girls' individual storylines.

That said, the size of updates and the total number of events will stay the same. I'm simply replacing the two patron-picked additional events with two events that are already part of my original plan.

The main reason for this change is that those additional events were starting to interfere with my planned routes for each character and the overall story. This led to inconsistencies: some patron-favorite characters ended up with way too much screen time, while less popular ones got far too little. It also caused the main story to progress much more slowly over the past couple of years than it should have. With these changes, I hope to fix that over the next few updates.

From now on, the polls will focus on things like character outfits, event locations, animation positions, and similar details. Nothing too heavy for me to handle (like having to pull a whole two new events out of thin air), while still letting the story move forward at a good pace—and still giving you a way to influence development.

The $5 tier keeps access to one poll per update.The $10 tier gets access to two polls.The $20 tier gets access to all three polls per update.

Keep in mind, this is me testing the waters for now. I might increase the number of polls in the future if I see that I can manage the extra work. I also might change on what those polls are about (will be glad to hear your ideas)

The polls that decide characters for Extended content for the $30+ tiers remain the same.

The second change is about benefits. First things first - you don't lose anything, and you don't need to pay more for anything.

I just redesigned the benefits list to make it clearer and easier to understand. I also adjusted it to reflect the poll changes.

Your TAX and VAT amounts might change slightly, but I tried to keep those changes as minimal as possible.

The only thing that actually changes compared to before is how I handle Monthly Wallpapers and Custom Render resolutions starting from 2026 (I'll apply this once the third January custom is ready).

4K ultra wide versions (5160x2160) will now be available for $10+ tiers

Source-quality 8K (10320×4320) versions will be available for $30+ tiers

This only applies to content starting in 2026. All high-resolution content from before will remain available to the same tiers as before.

That said, in the future (1–2 months), I might move some of those older posts into standalone products you can buy, or make them available only for higher tiers. I'm still not sure how I want to handle that. So, because of that, I recommend downloading all the pictures made before 2025 that you currently have access to, just in case.

Other than that, everything remains the same. I do have a few more ideas I wouldn't mind implementing later, but for now I want to play it safe and see how these changes go first.

I'd really like to hear your thoughts on the changes that have already been made or about changes you would like to see

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About the v1.8.5 update

The update is currently around 10% complete.

I started working on it a couple of weeks ago, but the pace was pretty slow at first. I'm back at full speed now and aiming to release the update by the end of March.

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Changelog

1) Events:

1 small event with Rachel -- 100% completed

1 event with Rachel -- 100% completed

1 event with Yuki -- 40% completed

1 event with Carol (a little bit of Abby) -- 30% completed

1 special 5th Anniversary event -- 10% completed

On top of that, I'm planning to add one main story event and one small event with Sara. All what's next depends on how much more I can fit into this update.

2) Renders and animations:

About 60 renders and 0 animations are ready -- Roughly planned: 1000-1200 renders and 8-10 animations

3) Other things:

I'm considering adding a fix that lets you load old saves made before the Remake version (the bug where the screen goes blurry when loading a save)

Discord Rich Presence has been added — UOP will now show up in your Discord activity

3 old in-game phone backgrounds were updated, and 19 new ones were added

More save pages were added (it used to be 12, now it's 40 in total)

Some code optimization

Fixed a bug where players could get a Yuki event even if the MC wasn't dating her or friends with her

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Best wishes,Dream Now