What do you mean May is already over? That can't be right!

Again, I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to fill out the survey. Her Choice is still a work-in-progress, so every opinion, feedback or criticism is precious to us.  The survey is still taking responses here. And you can find out more about the rewards we have reserved for you in our previous devlog.

☐ Script

Hano's route is finally progressing, and is now more than half complete. I'll have to go back to tweak the branching, plus add the new Memory segments, but slow progress is still progress! 

The script for Act 1 is now hovering around the 125k words mark, meaning only 30% left (most of it being Kanzen's route).

☐ Sprites

Moon has been working their way through the alternate outfit sprites, and I've got to say, these men are looking mighty fine in their (absolutely not questionable and definitely conforming to dress code) formal wear.

There's been a lot of optimizing happening behind the scenes, which I haven't been sharing with you because I don't want to bore you to sleep. It's a long and tedious work, but if it helps reduce the game size and keep it manageable, I think it's worth it!

We've also been trying out some new sprite poses.

We just realized you can't really see Hano's long hair in his other sprites, but we can now officially confirm it: yes, Hano is also a long-haired pretty boy!

His original design featured 3 rattails, which worked pretty well in enhancing the dynamism in the more action-oriented Blood of the Johden. But Moon has been having trouble making them look nice in his Her Choice sprites. We experimented with 2 rattails, no rattails ... and eventually settled on 1 thick one.

Should I even be sharing these ancient sketches with you? I can hear Moon sobbing in the background every time I ask for permission to do so. It's fine Moon, I think it's amazing to look back and see how far your art has progressed.

☐ GUI

(Not me re-coding the whole in-game menu screen.)

There are so many features I've been trying to squeeze into the game, I literally had to slap my hand to stop myself. There is a limit to what a single person can do.

☐ Other features

I have finished coding the new cover screens for "his memory" segments into the game.

See you all next month!

- Wavi -