Dev Report #13 — Progress Update! (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

Time for another progress update on how things are coming along for the next release. 👀

📖 Writing

On the writing side, we're getting very close.

Most of the side content has now been added to the game, with only Xayah's questline still pending.

🃏 Gameplay

We've also been working on improving combat readability.

One of the additions coming in the next update is a new enemy intent system during combat. These will show up as icons that will give players a general idea of what an enemy is planning to do during their turn.

Will they attack? Defend? Buff themselves? Debuff you? Heal?

You'll be able to tell at a glance.

We don't plan to show exact values or detailed information—just enough to help you make more informed decisions and improve the feeling of combat.

🎨 Art

The art team has been making great progress.

All of the upcoming lewd scenes have now been fully sketched, and Dove is currently working on bringing them to their final versions.

As always, this is one of the most time-consuming parts of development, but we're very happy with how things are shaping up so far.

🖼️ Backgrounds

Good news here: all backgrounds required for the next update are now complete.

With the environments wrapped up, our background artist can now focus on UI content!

✨ New Characters!

We're also introducing a few new faces in the upcoming update.

Including:

Kennen, The Heart of the Tempest

And...

A Mysterious Character

Just a small reminder: not every character introduced into the game is guaranteed to receive lewd content. Some exist to expand the world or support the story.

Thank you for the continued support, and we'll have more to share soon!

—AfterDark Studio 🌙