Chapter 12 Status Report (17) (Patreon)

Hi everyone! This status report comes after having delivered the Beta for chapter 12.3 (Final version still pending, more on that later).

I hope you enjoyed the this last update; finishing it was quite challenging and it dragged on more than I'd wanted, but it seems that's always the case. I took some days off after that (had to travel for another weeding again; I need to add a scene that happens during one in ORS) and now I'm back an picking up work at a steadier pace.

This past week I've been working on writing the epilogue; it's something short, but there's a ton of endings to account for in chapter 12 and I found it hard to jump straight into writing after the strain of finishing the chapter. So while I'm writing that part scene by scene, I've also been preparing things for the next update. I'm planning the plot structure and the scenes, and art for them is already underway. I found a new artist who I can work with and we've already completed a few drawings.

I will continue to focus on art and planning as I pick up writing again, and will release the Final for 12.3 shortly, with additional bugfixes, the epilogue and some extensions and tweaks in one or two scenes tha tI'd like to expand a bit (that might come later if production on the art takes longer). I've also been thinking on how to go about the next release cycle, and I will talk about it in the next status update when I have things figured out.