We've made it to the final month of 2024! ✨
This year has been a bit of roller coaster of emotions for me personally, but I'm hoping to finish on a high note! We've accomplished a lot in 2024, but we're not through yet! Our plans are still right on schedule thus far, with the latest update to HSR being completed at the end of Nov. My final goal (for vn projects) is to finish the Dragon Roommates update, but I don't want to put too much pressure on myself, so I won't be beating myself up if it doesn't get done by the end of the year. Between the holidays, preparing to move to our new house, and working on prints for ASL 2025, my life is going to be pretty hectic this month, so I may not have as much free time for working on my visual novels unfortunately, as they are just a hobby I do for fun and not my #1 priority. But I will do my best, working on it whenever I can find the time and motivation to do so. If it doesn't get complete this month, then it will be the first project I work on in the upcoming year.
After more than a year since my fanmade vn's initial release,1.2 update for HSR is finally out! 🎉
This version continues the story of romance and friendship. After your first date (or not-date) with Dan Heng, you receive an unexpected text message from General Jing Yuan of the Luofu, inviting you and Dan Heng to meet with him. After expressing woes of burn out, you decide to take the General on an adventure-filled journey, sharing and revisiting various locations you've explored throughout your journey as a Trailblazer. The structure has changed up a bit from the original. This time it'll be up to our love interests to confess their love first! If you show interest in either Dan Heng, Jing Yuan (or both!), you just may get a confession of love from these HSR heart-throbs. ♥
While I don't like to say, a project is every fully "complete" and will never be updated again, I don't have any plans to continue working on this in the near future. I am closing the book on it for now and putting on the shelf with all my other old vn projects. Even if it doesn't get to see another update again, I had a lot of fun making it. I am simply more interested in focusing on my original projects, but I'm glad I decided to make this one on a whim. I am still and will always be a Dan Heng x Trailblazer fangirl! hehe ~ ;)
So as I mentioned before, this month—in terms of my visual novel projects anyway—will be centered around finishing up the 1.4 update of Dragon Roommates. This update will feature the final chapter of Ignis and Griffin's route. I've got a lot of fun surprises in store, as we start to tie up all the loose ends in what is my currently my largest visual novel project to date! This time the goal will be centered around money management as opposed to ensuring the guys are enjoying themselves as you head with all four dragons to the local carnival. While Ignis has gained a better understanding of himself and his identity, Griffin seems to be having certain doubts of his own, not in terms of the physical, but the more emotional aspects of your relationship. Will the restless blue dragon finally be able to settle down and commit to a full-on relationship? Or will this be the end of your throuple?
So what's left for me to finish for the new update? Well ... I've got at least five CGs I want to do. And I still have to draw Ignis' new outfits (Griffin's outfits are already finished). Whereas in terms of writing, I have yet to write up the new conversations with Nixie, Wisteria, and our bartender friend (Ignis and Griffins' are done). As well as the date itself, including a couple final NSFW scenes. All in all, I'd say I'm about a third of the way finished with this update. Which is better than nothing! Honestly it's not the amount of work that worries me, but everything else I got to do this month on top of the update. So don't be surprised or disappointed if the update doesn't come this month as I initially hoped. I had this planned out way before I thought we'd finally be getting our house this year! So I wasn't expecting to be moving this Dec, though of course I am glad. My fiance and I have been looking forward to this for years and so excited to have finally found the right house for us!
Honestly, all things considered, I think it's very unlikely that I'll be able to get this update done before the end of the year, but it won't stop me from trying as any amount of progress, no matter how small, will get me closer to seeing this project through to the end. And of course I'm not going to make cuts or rush the ending just to get it done before the end of the year. I've never been the type to rush or pressure myself with due dates when it comes to personal projects like this. I'd much rather take my time with it, to ensure the story and the characters get the fully fleshed-out ending they deserve. ♥
My timeline for 2025 isn't really set in stone, but I know for sure the three projects I want to focus working on are:
1. Finishing up Dragon Roommates
2. Chapter Two for Pure in Heart
3. Chapter Two for Monster Boyfriend
Not entirely sure what the order of this will be just yet. However, I imagine it'd probably look something like this:
1Q: Dragon Roommates 1.4 Update (Ignis and Griffin's final chapter)
2Q: Pure in Heart 1.2 Update (Chapter Two)
3Q: Monster Boyfriend Demo Release / Chapter Two release on Patreon
4Q: Dragon Roommates 1.5 Update (Nixie and Wisteria's final chapter)
I might switch around Pure in Heart and Monster Boyfriend, just to ensure I get Monster Boyfriend done in time for Oct come hell or high water, but we'll see how I'll feel about it. I'll probably mention my yearly plans again in next month's devlog. I'll have a better idea of how long it'll take me to finish Dragon Roommates 1.4 update then. Whether it's going to take me all quarter, or just a couple weeks. So we'll see how it goes.
But that's all my plans for the current and distant future. Thank you for your continued support! Let's keep working hard to finish this year strong! 😤👏
Happy Holidays, everyone! ♥
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