Hello! Today is a small but possibly big update?

First off, the next readable chunk of story is nearly done and will be added soon, this update is only for UI changes, but also pretty much every part of the UI has been updated! I wanted to release it now before the Black Friday sale so new readers could see the game as intended.

First off, a funky new scene selection menu with images for every scene! This should make navigating to particular points easier. Additionally, the menu now updates dynamically as you progress through the game as it would in the final release.

I added a button called Unlock on the main menu that, as the name suggests, unlocks all scenes, cast and glossary entries etc, for if whatever reason your existing save doesn't work and you don't want to replay the whole game to see the scene select etc. This will be tucked into the options menu in the full release.

Next up, the Glossary has been expanded a bit, and I've played with adding images to the entries to make them a bit more fun. I've been prioritizing the actual script so there still isn't a whole lot in here, if you have any suggestions for entries let me know! A lot of bigger picture stuff like the exact nature of the Lilac and Duchy I want to let the actual text explore over time, but I'd like jargon or interesting tidbits to go in here.

I've updated the cast page to match the new visual stylings, as well as implemented a scrollable page for comparing the heights of all the characters. You can view it in Extras. More will be added to that menu later.

Updates to the Save/Load screen to match the UI styling, and a new setting in Options to pixellate violence and puke. So far none of the scenes in Ch1-3 feature gore or vomit, but it's for some upcoming stuff in the next updates. I'll fix the spelling of pixelate in the next patch.

As for the next update, this will actually be the beginning of Chapter Four! Long story short, Chapter Three grew so long I had to split it in half, and the second half is now going to be separated into Chapter Four and included in Volume 1. For comparison:

• Chapter 1: 12,365 words.
• Chapter 2: 29,503 words.
• Chapter 3( Original): 76,317 words.

This includes rougher text that hasn't been edited yet, but as you can see, every chapter has doubled in length of the previous. I'd like a chapter to be around 40-50k words max.

So, the new split will look like:

• Chapter 1: 12,365 words.
• Chapter 2: 29,503 words.
• Chapter 3: 41,688 words.
• Chapter 4: 34,629 words. (With more added since I'm still writing it, probably another 15k will be added)

So, the Chapter 3 in the existing release (that perhaps you've already read) is now considered complete, and I added a short outro with our friends Milly and Fillie. I'll add some proper authors notes in the next update.

Sorry this is all a bit of a pain, but frankly I just didn't want Chapter 3 to end up at 90k words like it was going to. To reiterate, Chapter 4 will be included in Volume 1, and nothing has changed except for the menu being split up etc.

Anyway, I'll leave you with some images from the next update, coming as soon as I have it edited and music finished for it!