August 12 Update (Patreon)

Early update because today works better than the weekend.Here's my plan: I intend to release an update next weekend (August 19). It will be smaller than usual, but I feel good about what I've created so far. That's the headline, but more information on why below (also some requests if we have any programmers reading).Even before, I'd been considering whether or not to split the content in Darghelon/Gheldaron into two updates or not, and now events have pushed me toward the split. It's not exactly where I'd planned to split it, but I think it will more or less work.The personal reason for this choice is that the content I was working on before and just after the tragedy is tangled up in my emotions about it. I think I will feel better if I get it completed before I try to take time away, otherwise I'll just come back to the same things. I've put in a lot of extra work to make sure this update is up to the usual quality, and I really hope everyone will enjoy it.The only part I haven't been doing is writing sex scenes, as it's rough to try to summon that frame of mind. Fortunately, the sex scene for this part of the story was already written long ago. So my goal has been to finish all the half-created pieces and fill in the gaps so that we have a coherent update up to a logical stopping point.After this release, the next update may be a little delayed, but I don't predict a huge gap in releases or anything. I just need to clean my creative palette, take some personal time, then dive into creating brand new content.Now, most of what's necessary to finish the update is just me doing my usual work. However, I have run across two problems that I don't think I will be able to resolve on my own. I have already tried to contact some people about these, but so far haven't gotten any responses, so I'm asking here just in case there are any coders reading - if so, contact me for more info!1) I added a new script that only works with new games; I need a patch that will allow it to work with saved games as well. The script allows for fancier parallax maps - I've already put in a ton of effort to try to make one of the new maps for this update look nice, so I'd really like to make this work without forcing anyone to replay.2) I have a new profile image for Aka with her new colors, but the harem menu script doesn't seem to allow for changing entry images mid-game. This one isn't a priority, but it's also one I definitely won't figure out on my own.The work is going well in general, so if I can get problem #1 figured out, you can expect a new version of the game on August 19.