By now, we're looking at a fully-functioning alpha of 0.05.0. Most of the next week or so will be spent filling in transitions between scenes and polishing up the script and code.
While the main story is starting to reveal increasingly more of the players and their motivations, the side-stories promise to ramp up in terms of content and the nature of your relationships. Also of note, 0.05.0 is the first chapter where you might trigger flags which bring about bad endings for characters, whether by making certain choices or a lack of Like points.
In terms of future content, we are working--in what little free time we have--on upcoming romantic scenes which'll pop up over the next few releases. Considering how many potential love interests there are, we figured we'd best get working ahead rather than have it possibly impact later deadlines.
Now & Then update:
As of today we're still working our way through Chapter 16. At this point, it's mostly just minor cleanups of the existing game and, well... adding new scenes. In fact, we've hit a point where this may as well be considered a Director's Cut.
One thing of note: Someone asked for the ability to view other endings. So, we worked up some code to make it happen (see screen below). Be aware that these don't take into account many of the minor decisions you've made in the game and, except for the bad end, treat it as if you've romanced them all. So, they'll cover the more-likely versions and not the dozens of possible permutations.

Thanks for the interest and patronage,
-Kinderfeld
Pax
2022-08-01 17:07:07 +0000 UTCPaul Newmon
2022-07-31 21:13:42 +0000 UTC