Random Post #88 - Starting the "Epilogue" (Patreon)

Okay, now that the previous update is done and released, I’m ready to start going a bit deeper into the planning for the next update!

The next update is the "Big Epilogue" update! The ending for the characters and roll credits. (note: not ending development just yet as some characters still need scenes, but this is likely the last big story update)I’ll admit right now that I don’t have much prepared for the next update, and with the way it’ll be structured, it means it’ll likely be a lot of work. (I think)

So! Who is getting cute endings/cute pregnant art? Well, I guarantee that the main six girls are getting it(Lamir, Clarine, Elinnie, Lene, Illyana, Maribel)And Viz is also getting at least something, as the pregnancy stuff is pretty important for her character.

Then things get a bit more muddy.There are some characters that are “in-love” with the player. Those are characters who explicitly act like or admit that they are in love with the player.

Those are: Peach, Blazing Soul, Kiria, Hildegard, Boo, and Nameless, and I guess if you squint your eyes, we can consider Obscuria(?), Sophie, and Ayla(?).And I feel obligated to mention: Eris is not considered, as she is already married if you choose to keep her around. While Sophie is free to the winds if you choose to lock Eris up.

From these, Sophie’s and Nameless’s situation are a bit weird. Boo never bottoms for the player and Hildegard would be a bitch about the possibility of being impregnated, but even if I did cut these characters, there’s still a LOT of girls here.

And I’m still planning what exactly I’ll do, but I thought it’d be nice to let you guys know what exactly I’m planning.

I’m thinking of allowing the player to choose his ending at the end. For example, if you completed all 3 quests of the main six girls you’ll be allowed to either: -Choose an individual ending with a specific girl(Like an Illyana “Town Major” ending, or “Knight” ending for Lene...), -Choose the good ol’ harem ending. The king of town, or something like that.

As for the other “in-love” characters, I think I’ll do a solo ending for each. I might skip Peach as she technically already has an ending. And while I do consider it a “bad ending” in terms of the game structure, it’s... not really “bad” for you if you actually got it...

I might also do more group endings, but that’s something to be thought about later. I’m pretty sure a Lene’s sisters group ending would be popular, but that’s mixing Hildegard, Peach, and Lene. I don’t think I can make that work without compromising their characterization. An Experiment village ending is more likely with Hildegard, Boo and maybe Peach(?).

The main issue here? It’s... a lot of art. Think with me here. 6 for the main six, one extra for the harem ending, 8 for the other characters I mentioned and maybe more. That’s a LOT of artwork! So maybe I’ll either leave some characters with no ending art, OR release the update with some art missing and slowly fill them in.

Now for the minor side characters, like Emma, Roxanne, Mia and Nia... I’m thinking of making little end cards for each character talking about what happened to them after the story is over, something like, “after a year, character X left and became a baker in another village, etc...”

And then there is another issue that is “Do I edit the current sprites to make a pregnant version” or just do the special artwork for each girl? The elephant in the room is obviously game size. I’m kinda annoyed the game reached 2gb... So I’ll likely just do a “pregnant artwork” for the girls instead of a pregnant sprite, as one of the game's biggest size bloats is how the character expressions are set up...So maybe... uhh...

Ugh, I’m starting to ramble, so I’ll stop here. Thank you for reading my wall of text.