0.16 Weekly Progress Report (Patreon)

Last week I told you new hairstyles were coming. Here's the first look.

These are the pixel versions, in-engine, on the doll. More ways to shape Claire into the version of her that lives in your head. The HD versions are going into production next — so what you're seeing here is the first pass, not the last. We'll likely work in maybe another flavor or two and work on some coloring styles.

CLUB WORK IN MOTION

A new Club Work Day content is actively being written. If your Claire is working the floor — dancing, serving, or otherwise — there's more coming for the path you're on. This is also where our newest contributor is cutting their teeth: the community member I mentioned last week is already in the trenches, writing club content, and it's coming along well!

A THREAD YOU MAY HAVE STARTED PULLING

If you read Design Dilemma #4, you know there's a figure in Blue Swallow who operates at a distance — someone most players have only brushed against, if they've noticed him at all. Big event and in some content from v0.15, a few of you started pulling on that thread, maybe without realizing where it led.

v0.16 gives it somewhere to go.

I'm keeping this one deliberately vague, because the discovery is the point. What I'll say is this: the attention runs both ways. If Claire has been watching, she's been watched back — and what looks like climbing toward the top of something might be an invitation extended for reasons she can't see yet. Your feedback on that design dilemma shaped how this unfolds. Thank you for that.

POLISH, STILL HUMMING

The Prologue proof and clean continues to work its way through the High School chapter — the longest, densest, and in some places oldest stretch of writing in the game. Cluster by cluster, it's getting tighter and cleaner. Slow work, but the kind that pays off every time someone new starts a playthrough.

WEDNESDAY

We'll wrap the honeypot poll and start our community poll for content. Get your ideas and requests into the Discord or comments here!