Preview build - reworked intro, reworked Rune, new Lake (Patreon)

Hi folks!

I can finally share with you something I've been working on intensely this month - a reworked intro. It took a lot of fine-tuning, reading and then re-reading, rearranging the text, adding breathing space where needed and cutting things short when they weighed down the pace, but I'm finally happy with the opening section. If you don't feel like going back to check out how it looks now - no worries, it doesn't change anything later in the VN and mostly rearranges the sections and polishes the text for better pacing and a better first impression.

Also included are things Haku has worked on this past month: a new set of expressions for Rune, now front-facing for most (but not all!) of the time, and a completely redrawn Lake. Lake was the first character Haku has done in the current set of sprites, still experimenting with the style, and it was due a rework to bring the style closer to the rest of the sprites and address some issues the sprite had. It's the first look at the new sprite - all feedback is welcome while we continue to tweak details.

As usually, this is a preview build, so nothing new you see here is necessarily final. This time there's no new chapter for any of the characters, but if you check out Torulf's cinema scene, you'll find the new illustrations drawn for it by Bakemonoy - without cum alts for now. Sqee is working to include scene replay in the upcoming build, that will make it much quicker to access it once it's out!

You can find the new build in the attachments ✨- Keo