Posted April 29, 2025 by RemusTheLion
#release
Hey everyone! Remus here with another update! This time we have a good amount of new stuff to get into, so let's get straight to it!
What's new?
Almost 20k new words to read between:
- Aelfric Day 6: A few surprises in store for the day, and a trip for groceries. Some dialogue changes based on choices, though this day is a lot more linear than previous days.
- Drellis Day 6: Hopefully another relaxing day out on the town! There's still a grocery trip, but it's very different from the one you'll read on Aelfric's route.
- A fun scene at the end of the day that showcases The Howlers as a singing group! This is mostly the same across all routes, with a few little changes based on who you're with.
- The day transition's gotten an update!
- The UI quality continues to improve in little ways. New this update is a moon phase tracker below the day tracker.
- I wrote a song (it was in the 0.4 build, but wasn't played anywhere). Listen for it in a few places over the course of the novel!
What's Fixed?
- Bugs brought to my attention in the 0.4 version have been addressed.
- The skip button actually works now. It was toggling the wrong function previously.
What's to Come?
- 0.6 is planned to release next month, and is out on my patreon right now! It finishes out the rest of day 6.
- Balto's new sprite is finally here, along with a new piece of his route!
- Trax's route should also be a good read.
- The new title logo pictured above! Thanks to HypoNova (same guy who did the moon phases and the UI updates).
- Drellis' will be the next to get an official sprite. After that, Trax and Nigel (MC) will get theirs.
- More bug fixes and grammar fixes.
- I'm planning on adding the secret route over the next few months, which may not make into a full build for a little while.
- Can you guess which side character has a route planned out already? (Hint: You can meet him as early as day 2 if you play your cards right.)
Now for some unfortunate news:
First: I have a lot of vacation planned in May and June, which won't affect June's public release (0.6), but may affect July/August's public release. I'm going to try my hardest to get all the writing and programming done, but depending on a number of variables the updates could be a lot smaller than you're used to (maybe just one route instead of 2).
Second: I recently got some bad news about the state of my job, and my financial stability may be in flux soon. Although I'm going to be searching for a new position, any support for Wild Harmonies would help me in the meantime!
For now, this is farewell! Enjoy reading!
-Remus