Supporter dev-log #7 (Patreon)

Well turns out it's Monday again... where did my week go!?

I've been working very hard on Chapter 4 and, in terms of art and animations (that I've done so far), I think this might be some of my best work yet. I am really excited to share it with you!

By now you've all had access to the game. I won't spoil too much if you haven't played Chapter 3, but consider this your spoiler warning!

I said in last week's log that Chapter 3 finally got the Taka arc into motion, so you guessed it, Chapter 4 is going to focus a whole lot more on Taka living with our favourite couple and spicing up their lives.

For the NTS route, you'll get plenty of choices to shape what type of Netorase you'll experience going forward.

For the NTRS route... well if you were someone that liked to control everything, you wouldn't be playing this route, would you? Airi is going to do exactly what she thinks Kenji wants... or is it what Taka wants... or rather what she wants? Guess you'll need to play to find out!

For the NTR and Cheating routes, they are going to feel a lot less like a mirror of each other in this update, as their stories are going to diverge in different directions. The Cheating route is unique in that it borrows from the three other routes in the game while also going its own way as Kenji and Airi explore the fetish in a much more dangerous manner.

In the NTR route, Kenji will have to make good on the deal he made with Ryosuke at the end of Chapter 3. His plan to take back control of the situation and find a way to communicate his feelings to Airi is totally going to work... right?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the NTR route has plenty of NTS elements in it, so it might be worth a playthrough if you're on the fence.

This is maybe also a good time to talk about the content and length of the game. From the outset, I've always known this game was going to be around 24 chapters long. This might become longer in the future to account for all the game's endings/epilogues, but this is the current plan.

I don't want HIMS to forever be in development. I hope it will become the first of many completed games to have under my belt, so on the subject of endings, I would like to say that the NTR route will likely be around half the length of the other routes in the game.

This is mainly due to the story I want to tell not being suited to the same format as the other routes and being centred around Ryosuke as the sole bull/antagonist.

When it ends, there is a branch I have planned for the cheating route that'll take up the netorare mantle, so fans of NTR, there will still be plenty for you to enjoy! That, and I think the NTR route ending I have planned is going to be pretty enjoyable, even for some NTS fans!

And finally... if you're still here, I promised some preview images. Obvious spoiler warning as usual, these are WIPs, I'm sorry it's only three but I don't want to spoil you guys too much!

That's all for this one. Public release is this Saturday, I'm sure we'll get some new members both here and on the discord server, so everyone be on their best behaviour, as far as anyone knows we're a completely normal community...

Thank guys, see you on next one!

~ Creamy