February '22 Devlog!

It's been a month since the demo released! I wanted to start this monthly devlog to keep myself accountable, and to give you guys an idea of how development will look going forward. You can also find this devlog at my monthly newsletter, which occasionally includes more exclusive art and silly drawings, so do sign up for that if you haven't already.

February Updates

• Demo released; a lot of marketing happened.
• Soma's route fully re-outlined
• 13k words of Soma's route written (1.25 chapters out of 7) 
• Actually put version control in place on my damn code

This month, much of my attention was focused on the launch, so I didn't write nearly as much as I'd like. On the plus side, with a better outline, I fully expect to have Soma's route completed in first-draft form by the end of April. I've also gotten a ton of useful feedback and comments from people on the demo, and for the next demo release, I'll try to make sure I focus on the things that are currently giving people problems. If you finished the game but haven't yet left a review, rating, or filled out the survey, I'd definitely love to hear from you :D

Looking towards next steps, the following timeline shows the main events and deadlines that I expect to come up in the next few months.

Current Timeline

Nanoreno 2022 (March 1-31)

I'll be volunteering as a programmer for another VN project (a dark isekai fantasy), and I think the coding will provide a good balance with writing Elchemia' script. Will give more details once this project begins shaping up.

Finish Soma's route (By April 30)

Would love to have all 7 chapters of Soma's route done by the end of April, so that I have a good idea of how long writing the other routes might take, and can also be at a good stopping point before...

Otome Jam (May 1-June 31)

I have the vague hope of MAYBE releasing an extended demo of Heart Sigil Elchemia for Otome Jam this year. If I do work on an extended demo, would you rather have:

1. 3 additional chapters of the common route, to set up the point at which the romance routes branch off?
2. 3 romance-route chapter 1s (Soma's, Lin's, and Frey's)?

Leave your thoughts below, or ping them towards my twitter! Uribel also thanks you for following along with development :D