You are such a b-... I'm gonna fucking cry, know I have reached the ending, the supposed current ending and I hate it, because of how good the story was. I will curse for an eternity, dim the hope of happiness, a beautiful illusion caused by heated love, nothing is real, but love is eternal and simple. Animalistic eyes stare into my putrid soul, plunging it into despair, going along a river only to stumble over and over and over again...
Assuming you're not a Patreon subscriber (in which case you'll have already played it), chapter 52 is coming out very soon. Should be within a day or so, I believe, though don't quote me on that. Thanks to lhender below: 52's public release will be out 2 weeks post-Patreon release, so about a week from today.
Pretty sure they'll be returning to a monthly schedule after that. The December/January and July/August months are a bit of an exception; think they usually take breaks around then, and there's the occasional delay when attention is being focused elsewhere. Historically speaking, they've always done a good job of sticking to that one-chapter-per-month release schedule.
Public releases are now 2 weeks after Patreon release, so ya gotta wait 1 more week. Check the OotCast on YouTube if you haven't yet, or dive into some of the music that has been originally created for the game (+ composer notes) on YT.
58 is allegedly going to be the darkest point in the story, so expect this next year's worth of releases to be progressively more painful.
Good to now, but also a huge bummer, wish I'd known earlier. Thanks for the heads up, though! Never heard of that YT channel, will definitely give it a look. I'm incredibly fond of almost all of the music in the game, have most of it downloaded in mp3 form; literally the only music I have actualy saved to my tablet and PC. The main theme song's especially fantastic.
I wouldn't expect anything less, the story had been getting much darker over the last handful of chapters, and it's all the better for it IMO. I'm a glutton for emotional agony, apparently.
For anyone who's wondering that doesn't know to check Patreon, the release schedule WAS (see second paragraph and second table below) as follows (as of March 18th):
| Month | Chapter Release & Notes |
|---|---|
| April | Chapter 52 |
| May | Chapter 53 |
| June | Chapter 54 |
| July | Chapter 55 |
| August | None (Summer break time) |
| September | Chapter 56 |
| October | Chapter 57 |
| November | None (Working on Chapter 58) |
| December | Chapter 58 |
Source: Patreon blog post on March 18th, 2025 — Updated 2025 schedule
Given that it's now May and Chapter 52 only just released (though I suppose it did, technically, release in April... on the 30th 😜), we can (probably safely) assume that the schedule's been bumped back by about a month or so, and instead probably looks like this at this point in time:
| Month | Tentative, Imagined Chapter Release & Notes |
|---|---|
| √ May | √ Chapter 52 |
| June | Chapter 53? |
| July | Chapter 54? |
| August | None (Summer break time) |
| September | Chapter 55? |
| October | Chapter 56? |
| November | Chapter 57? |
| December | None? (Working on Chapter 58?) |
| January | Chapter 58? |