Hello :)
Jumping right into it: I'm chipping away at Chapter 5 and really happy with what I have so far. Outlining and working on chapter 5 while working on chapter 4 has made writing this chapter so much smoother. Chapter 4 took me a long time because it set up a lot for future chapters but Chapter 5 is fairly straightforward in that regard, so I'm glad that, at least from what I can tell, it won't take forever to release. I'd like to keep that momentum for Chapter 6 so I've started outlining that as well.
Once I finish Chapter 5 and feel happy with the scenes together, I'll start my research for beta testers. Because of what happens in Chapter 5 I'm anticipating a lot of coding, especially coding that bleeds into everything after so beta testers are no longer a suggestion but a need! I'll make sure to keep everyone updated on that front.
As for Patreon, I'm working on a band tier off-page scene and a POV, which should hopefully be done by tonight. I've made a list of the requests and have them in my notes but if anyone has any more requests, I'm all ears! The Q&A for band tier should be coming out in a few days time as well.
That's all :) Happy August!