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I'm always flabbergasted with how quickly the months go by...

Some family stuff happened in late April. It doesn't change too much of my plans, but expect some delays as I readjust to a new lifestyle. I'll be essentially living in a different state for a whole month, so I have to pack and get settled and all that fun stuff. I'll still be on vacation for the first week of May, but y'all shouldn't notice an interruption because I've queued stuff for the week.

Some other housekeeping! I added Ippon! to the "About" section of my Patreon page since I'll be updating the BL comic monthly now. I also adjusted some of the verbage in the membership tiers, specifically the Pineapple Slices tier -- clarified that patron's name will be added to game credits.

Also, we're gonna try something slightly different for the Cover Model Polls this month. Previously I had the polls up for ~3 days on my social media. I'm changing that duration to just one day. The following day, Saturday, Cover Theme polls for patrons will open.

Schedule

• May 1 - XMACX Monthly
• May 3 - June Cover Model Polls drop on IG/X/Tumblr
• May 4 - June Cover Theme Polls open for Patrons
• May 10 - May Cover Art Process
• May 17 - FBW Update
• May 24 - Ippon! Update
• May 31 - Sketch Dump

Ippon! Preview

If you haven't already seen, please enjoy this page from last month's update! Ippon! will continue to update exclusively on Patreon until it's completion. Join the BJP tier to read before everyone else!

Visual Novel Update | Froot Basket White

Tada! The logo for Froot Basket White!

I plan to submit Sutoro's Route to Otome Jam and Josei Jam at the end of June, so updates will be made public for the duration of the jams' periods. I'll be sharing snippets and blurbs on social media and collecting those blurbs/organizing my thoughts into monthly public posts here on Patreon and Devlogs on Itch and Tumblr.

My plan is to finish the script before completing art assets so I can have it proofread and Sutoro's VA, Jesse, will have some time to record lines. Though I still plan to be the character and UI artist, I plan to commission the background art and object art.

Next Month

I hope everything will be back to normal or to at least have a new status quo in June as I plan to return to my home state by then. In any case, I want to thank friends and family for their support, understanding, prayers, and well wishes. We really appreciate it!

We'll be celebrating zaddies and daddies with June's cover art (mmm yes, my specialty hahaha), so please look forward to the Cover Model polls dropping this Friday!

Aloha nui,
Ari