Devblog - Patrons will not be charged for September (Patreon)

Hello folks, hope you're all doing well. As the title states, I've paused billing for all Patreon supporters for the upcoming month of September because I feel it wouldn't be right to charge you given my limited output lately.

I've made good progress on the next Temptation's Ballad update, but it seems like I won't be able to hit the deadline I've set for myself for the end of August. I'm currently hoping to push the update out sometime mid-September and wrap up Chapter 4 with its release.

Thank you all for your patience with me. I know your goodwill is not to be taken for granted and rest assured I will put in the work that your support deserves. This year has not been good for me productivity-wise and I'm striving to do better ;w;

Development status:

As those of you on the Patreon Discord server probably saw, I've completed most of the art assets for the next update already. Currently it contains overhauled sprites for Marrow and Hamish, as well as some miscellaneous expressions for other characters.

There's also a random gelatinous cube.

There are 12 new CGs and 4 new background illustrations in the next update, all of which have been completed. You may preview them here, but beware major spoilers.

Unfortunately, the current bottleneck for the update is my writing. I've been struggling to get these scenes right for a very long time and my confidence in my writing abilities have fallen a lot lately. Imposter syndrome is always a little snake in the back of my mind that I've struggled with and it's been a lot tougher to deal with this year. I've made good progress though, and will hopefully have everything ready for you guys mid-September.

Again, thank you all so much for your support and patience. I know I say this with every devblog and I constantly worry I'm not putting out enough work to deserve it, but know that I cherish you guys a lot and will do my best to keep earning it ;w;/