Kent and I are starting to feel the rush as the pieces fall into place for the next instalment in our story.   Rather than deal in vagaries, I'll use this update to detail a little of what you can expect.

• Two possible game-overs
• Four separate lewd scenes, most of which involve new partners
• New original and exclusive music
• One major character will be leaving the story
• Not one, but TWO crossovers with other popular VNs.

So, the real question on everyone's mind is "Update when?"   We are shooting for late March, but we still have a lot to do.   As the story becomes more complex, we obviously have to account for all of the possible paths so we don't leave anyone hanging.

At the same time, we've posed and rendered the bulk of the chapter so far.   I've begun the integration phase, where I'm refining dialogue and narration, calculating points, and validating path logic.   From an art perspective, it's mostly lewd scenes that remain, and locking down some time with Puggy for animations.

This is a critical chapter for us from the story perspective, with a lot of beats we need to land just right.   We'll be looking to our beta team for frank and honest feedback on what succeeds and what requires refinement.

Chapter 7 should be relatively even in length no matter what path you're on, with variations on how the story beats play out.   That said, it's trending toward our longest chapter by a fair margin, so that in conjunction with December being a holiday month are leading us to a slightly longer dev cycle than we're strictly comfortable with.

I'm not much for beating the hype drum, but one of our crossovers will come out of left field for a lot of you, and we couldn't be happier with the synergy we think this will bring to both stories.

As always, Kent and I are grateful for your continued support and patience as we do our thing.   We can't wait to show you where the story goes next!