Dear players, hello!

We continue to keep the developer diaries, as work on the next content continues.

Beforehand, we would like to clarify something - in the coverage of the work on the last chapter we tried to hide some facts, not to show some images, so that the necessary effect of surprise would work. Now, this is most likely not possible, so we warn that the news on Chapter 4 will almost always contain spoilers in the form of text and images. If you don't want to know in advance what to expect, we advise you not to read articles titled Dev Diary #N.

So, what's next?

We've released the fix and we're ready to say that we've closed all the gestalt on the past chapters (well, okay, almost. We're still redoing the first shots of the game). Now we're waiting for feedback on the rule changes in the relationship system (heavily reduced points for getting 18+ scenes), and in the meantime we've started developing the next content.

As you might have realized by the conclusion of the third chapter, our journey next takes us through the abyss of the sea. We have decided to expand the time spent underwater, although initially we were aiming for a more modest scope. Now you will have a rather long adventure underwater (it's hard to say how long, but we are aiming for 4-5 hours of gameplay).

What we have so far:

- The writer has separate the underwater adventure into 4 parts. We're really hoping to get more support so we don't have to stretch the development and work on a tight schedule. All 4 parts are mapped out, interconnections and logic are worked out. The first part has already been written, with artistic text.

- The designer drinks cocktails in a hammock at a tropical resort and waits for the game tasks (just kidding) :). He is on a kind of vacation.

- The programmer is taking a bit of a break from the recent fix work and will soon take on implementing text into the game and interacting with the translator.

- The artist has prepared the technical tasks for outsourcing, as well as determined who will do what work. For the first part we have 9 backgrounds/arts, 4 sprites and 1 item. Now there are 2 sprites, 1 art, 1 background, and a redraw of Dolores from chapter 1 in the works.

And let's have a look at how the sprite of our familiar Sea Maiden is going.

And a sketch of the square in front of the temple (but it may still change).

That's all for now! We went to work further, and to you, our dear players, we wish you less problems in life and more good mood! Bye!