Hi guys, you read the title of this devlog…

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

OH MY GOD

THE GAME IS WRITTEN

FORGET WHAT I SAID IN THE PREVIOUS DEVLOG

It still feels surreal to write these lines. Finishing writing a script you’ve been working on for months always feels surreal, but in particular, this fast?? Like, in the past ten days, I wrote more than 20k words??????? This is INSANE?????? OH MY GOD???????????? This is the pace I had when I wrote HSL???????

As I mentioned in the previous devlog, chapters 1 to 5 are quite eventful, making Chris go through a lot of things, so that his character reaches a certain point starting chapter 6 that I really was excited to write.

Well. I wrote it. It was a blast, and I’ll argue chapter 7 and ending 1 are the two best things I’ve ever written.

Overall, I am REALLY PROUD of this game, and I do think it is the best story I’ve written so far. I can’t spoil a lot, but I hope you guys enjoy this very different approach to the topic HSL tackled. Just expect the game to have more than 50k words of content, a lot of drama, a lot of symbolism, even horror scenes at some point and an ever-evolving protagonist (what can I say, the poor boy can’t catch a break).

The endings are very different tone-wise and I hope you’ll appreciate it. I can give you their names and the tone associated with them!

ENDING 1: The Death of Hades.

Let’s say this one is the… more poetic one, with a lot of imagery and symbolism (whereas the other two are more factual), involving a softer Chris, coming to peace with his experience of abuse thanks to… a certain someone. 🙂

ENDING 2: In the same direction.

Gaëtana is at her worst in this ending. And if Chris is desperate at first, this ending focuses on him gaining confidence thanks to much needed support.

ENDING 3: Die of love, I’ll scream with pride.

This one is quite difficult to explain without spoilers, but let’s say Chris is much more vindictive. He doesn’t just want to rebuild himself: he refuses to let anyone think his relationship might have been love.

And ta-dah! I hope these directions make you as excited as I was writing them! I’ll admit I have a soft spot for ending 1 because it’s honestly how I picture Chris after the events of the games, but I’m very happy with all of them!

Now, a question you may ask is “What’s left to be done?”

(please ask)

… glad you asked!!

So, barely anything, just

ALL
THE
ART

and also

CODING
THE
GAME

but for the latter, not before

EDITING
THE
SCRIPT

So, you can expect the game to be released next week!!!

(ok i’m kidding)

So, it will still require months of work (the script is more than 300 pages long, please bare with me), but I’m excited to finally work on other things!!

I think I’d like to edit chapter by chapter and then code the chapter’s script, so that I don’t spend weeks and weeks doing nothing but coding for WOTF (I’ll get crazy otherwise)

Also, I’ll finally be able to produce art! I’ll first plan the CGs for the remaining chapters, finalise the character designs I have to design (mostly Chris’ friends), and then make ACTUAL ART FOR THE GAME?? OH MY GOD

(oh also I have to finalise the GUI and to adapt it for Android builds: my experience doing so for My Dream Date with the Yandere Serial Killer will be useful for WOTF).

Also, I started working on the backgrounds! I am quite satisfied with the artistic direction (I chose photo-editing for them), so I hope you like it too!!

And that’s it!! I didn’t expect the seventh devlog to be released so fast but hey, why not! See you probably next month for an update on the work's done! (unless I have something else to say haha)
(Also, side-note but OH MY GOD THE SCENES BETWEEN CHLOE AND CHRIS *barks*)