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Alright everyone, this is it!
In this month’s build, we finally reach the long awaited route split! Make your choices carefully, because from this point on you’ll be locked in with a specific husbando!
Now that that’s out of the way, hoo boy. Let’s talk about the January I had. I knew this was a make or break moment for the game, so I put forth as much effort as I could muster to get everything done so nobody was left hanging. Between having to deal with my grandfather’s death earlier in the month, to the entirety of January being the single hardest month at my day job in years (I work in the floral industry), I had to put my nose to the grindstone some days to get everything I needed to do done for SL. I can say, now that I’m at the other end of everything, that this is probably the proudest moment I’ve had in the development of the game.
Things for the cast are starting to come full circle. Expect some major events to take place, including some that might leave you speechless. I’ve been working towards the climax we see in this month’s build since the game’s original release, and I honestly couldn’t be happier with the results.
That being said, I may have overtapped my mana supply, so to speak. Dev and I both agreed that we needed to take February off to recharge ourselves. So much of the game has deviated from the original outlines I had planned going forward, I’m gonna need to rewrite the vast majority of it. That’s what I plan to do for the game right now: revise my outlines given how the plot has organically developed over the past year.
The expected month-to-month development cycle from here on is going to look like this: Carlos > Bryan > Carlos > Nate > repeat
I will begin writing the first update for Carlos’s exclusive route content soon, which means you’ll be able to play it on May 1st when build 18 goes public.
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy what we have in store for you. It’s been an honor and a privilege to tell you the story of Santa Lucia. Thank you for sticking with us! We’ll talk again soon!
~Dzahn
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Hey guys,
This update has been quite a journey for the both of us, and I have to say, I’m pretty pleased with the results! You guys will remain the final judges on that, of course.
We knew where we wanted the update to end, but weren’t sure we’d have the time for it. Nonetheless, we pushed through, and were able to make the deadline, the results being one of our biggest update yet (including all the alternative options).
On my side, I was hard at work on several CGs for this update, as well as reworking and retouching sprites. You’ll be able to see those CGs while playing through this month’s build, but I have decided to keep those sprites in the oven for just a little bit longer, as I want them to be as polished as possible when I finally release them, which will most likely be next build.
Until then, you all take care, -Dev
Build 17 Notes:
+ The rest of day 8 (which concludes the first act of Santa Lucia)
+ Finished adding choices to earlier branches with only one option
+ 3 new songs added
+ 4 new CGs
+ A fix to an old CG
+ Bug with the opening vid skip button fixed
+ Assorted typos fixed
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We hope you enjoy the build! ~ Dzahn & Dev