(If you already saw this devlog, please ignore it lolol)

... Hey!! It's been a while, I hope all of you devs and people and rats are doing well! I still think of you  ~

(... I'm totally not afraid of opening Twitter again, so I'm updating everyone on here until I get enough energy 😅 I might do a few posts of art and CGs I've made so far though...)

That title is a lot to unpack, so let's get started > wO

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🌈 Happy Pride!!! 🌈
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... Thank you if you read that. Also, ^^^^ is some art I made a few months ago (of the characters in my games, hehe)! It isn't very finished... But I think it still looks nice in its own way :D
Now excuse me for talking about my stuff:

~ Updates Dump ~

** I've been making a lot of progress on Acquiesce!!!!
- The word count is currently 14k+, so I think I'm 10-70% done with the script ;; but that's already more than my other four two games!
- 1,800+ sprites/variations. And counting. I'm not even making up numbers like I usually do. This is torture. But it's super fun making them make fun expressions XD
- ... Store Owner rat person miiiiiiiiight not have anything to do with this game???
- The ending(s) and how we all get there have been successfully planned out, mwahaha.

I literally think of the story while I sleep and shower. It works somehow.

*** PUQFFAL!!! on Google Play and PC and Mobile have "new content", but not really!!!! ***
I haven't added it to the web itch.io versions since it takes too long to upload it for now x.x:
* 1+ New Lines of Dialogue! Can you find them all?
* A New "Ending"!!! (Not really. Please don't look too hard for this.)
* It's mainly GUI fixes and hopes that there are fewer crashes out there with this version. (Someone crashed 8+ times in a day, so that was concerning...

(Side note: I removed PUQFFAL!!! from the Devtober 2021 jam because it had been disqualified by itch.io (likely since I was testing the downloads from another device back in November? Idk.) I would have kept it in the jam if I could, but I was barely too late to resubmit. I will forever remember it to be my first game jam though ;u;)

** The second game (Myx's Bittersweet Musings) now has a browser/web version!! I also updated PUQFFAL!!!'s web version as well (it just... Doesn't have the new content). Apparently, you're supposed to use an older version of Ren'Py to get the web versions to work properly ._. The web version for SSSweets was removed for now since a lot of things needed to be changed every time I uploaded it.

Btw, to other devs: from what I've experienced, having a browser version vs. only downloadable versions is a disadvantage for your stats on itch.io. But that's fine with me. I hope XD.

~ Other News ~

** I'm *CONSIDERING* running a Kickstarter! This is because I realize that I do not have the funds to put my games up on Steam... At all. I would need exactly $110: $100 for the Steam fee, and $10 for the online processing fees.
The Kickstarter will have some nice rewards like figurative kisses, remastered [Digit]al versions of the game on Steam, a PDF artbook of concept art, and a really deep analysis of the games bc every other line and visual has significance or something :D
(If the Queer Games Bundle is really successful, I might not have to run one though and these thingies might simply be available to purchase.)

*** Now for the bad news... I cannot confirm the status of Digit's game at all. It breaks my heart as much as it breaks yours, especially if your heart is already broken. This means that Acquiesce might be the final game and the series will remain a trilogy, not a tetralogy. I know quite a few people were excited about Digit's game (me included), but until I get the motivation & time & energy & resources & reasons to make it, it will not be a priority.

** I hope you liked the animatic, hehe.

(I believe this GIF is made by cuptoast? It accurately shows how I feel every single day.)

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