How did August go for you? 

As I mentioned in the previous devlog, Moon and I have been insanely busy this month with both personal and work-related matters, so unfortunately I don't have any significant progress to share this time.

But let's take a look at what we did this month, shall we?

☐ Script

I made good progress on Hano's route, and I expect to finish it by the first half of September. I also coded most of what I've written and started on the sprite direction.

Then it will be time to tackle our best boi's Kanzen route. Haven't you missed him? 'Cause I definitely did! After the Trauma Conga Line that Hano's route has been, I could use some cheer and fluff.

I'll mention again, the projected total length for Act 1 is around 200k words (for comparison, that's more than 6 times the length of the currently available demo). 

New content that you can expect in the final release:

• HIS SIDE and HIS MEMORIES: there will be at least 1 scene from the boy's point of view per chapter, featuring either additional scenes, a replay of a scene from their point of view or snippets of their backstory.
• HER MEMORIES: we'll be sharing more backstory for the MC at relevant points in the story, to help you better understand the plot.
• THE TALE OF ARAMA AND HUREN: as you progress through the game, you can collect chapters from 3 sections of the book. Read stories within a story and have some story-inception.
• FREE TIME: get to interact more with the rest of the cast (*cough* for example certain two side characters you seem to never get enough of *cough*) by playing the optional scenarios.

☐ Sprites

Moon is about 70% done with the current sprites. I say current because we really won't know the final amount until I'm done with the whole script and I have the horrible habit of just throwing in requests as I go hahaha (sorry Moon!)

Fun Fact: combining all the poses, outfits and expressions, Her Choice has currently 300+ sprites. Guess who has the most sprites out of all the characters.

I wholeheartedly love Bruel, so all the characters have to love him too hahaha

Did you know that the original demo for Her Choice was going to be a side story told from Bruel's point of view? I still hope we get to make that little game someday.

I love these two too, so I'm a little sad their role is so marginal. And many of you (the ones who haven't been asking me if you can date the security lol) ended up disliking them since they exist solely to foil the MC's enjoyment of her once-in-a-lifetime holiday. Maybe I'll be able to share Theus's story at some point. He has so much going on for him, and it's a real pity you don't get to see any of it.

☐ Backgrounds

I've completed around 50% of the backgrounds, and have a few more in progress ...

... including this whole Tilltelai garrison town which was supposed to feature in the studio tour during Hano's route, a scene I belatedly realized I cut from the script completely, RIP me.

☐ Other

Moon drew this amazing piece of work for International Book Lovers Day and I've been using it as my desktop wallpaper ever since.

I heard they have been drawing practically non-stop for the last two weeks, and while most of it is unrelated to Her Choice (gotta pay those bills somehow!), there are a few pieces we will be able to share with you in a bit, so please be patient and don't forget to check back! Or, you know, *nudge nudge* click that follow button so you don't miss out on any updates.

And in case you missed it, here is Zanas being his grumpiest self while answering 50 random questions.

See you next time,

Wavi