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Thank you so much for purchasing the game :3 I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it! I don't mind answering your questions at all, though, I'm not sure how much help I will be with some of them, haha.

1) Unfortunately, I can't really give anything specific on the release date front because I'm supposed to working mainly on CiQ, with DD as more of a side project >.< I would definitely love to have another couple of characters released by the end of this year though if possible. I've got plans for at least 7 characters total so far.

I'm not sure what the best way to release characters would be yet, to be honest. I could do it episodically/per character, but that will only work for their sort of introduction stories like with Winter Wish because once you get further in, things become more complicated due to all the player choices, and so it'll eventually have to be released as one big game with everything tied in there together. What I can say is, anyone who has purchased anything I might release in episodes, such as Castor/Castoria's intro story, will definitely get discounts amounting to what they've already spent when the completed version with all characters is released because I wouldn't want anyone to be paying twice for stuff >.< The other option is to have everything in one big game, but rather than charging for the full game as a whole, it could be split into routes so that players can choose exactly what routes/episodes they're interested in. I personally prefer to just buy a whole game with one single payment though. Not sure how the majority of people feel so I guess it's something I'll have to look into!

I have much more planned for Castoria, so you'll definitely be seeing more of her yandere side in various lights :3 Winter Wish is pretty much just a sort of introduction to the first character in the game. Each character will have their own short intro story like that, and then things will continue to progress from there depending on the player's choices :D

2) Sadly, I probably am going to have to charge something for stuff related to DD, yeah :( The problem is, I'm permanently poor myself, and if I release everything for free, I won't be able to afford to keep on creating new content because I won't have the funds to purchase assets, since all I can do is write and put everything together >.< I need to be able to buy sprite art, background art, music, and hire voice actors. The voice actors for Castor and Castoria very kindly volunteered their talents for the project, and my friend Anthony acted as a voice director, but it would be unfair to expect them to do any more work without pay. As it currently stands, I won't be able to afford to pay them for voicing future content for the game, nor can I afford to hire new voice actors for the other characters :( The only way it would be possible is if I were to attempt a Kickstarter or something and try to get some funding. I have all the sprite assets I need for the planned characters, but it would be lovely to have some CGs too, and of course, that will cost money as well. Your purchase of Winter Wish really means a lot to me, as every little bit helps to allow me to keep on creating :3 Sadly, I don't make many sales at all, haha.

However, I will always keep the option open for those who don't have the money to support my projects to email me for a copy of the things I release because I know how much it sucks to be in a position where you can't afford to buy the games you want to play :3

3) Hmm, that's a tough one! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. This project was the first time I used this engine to create something, so there are plenty of things I'm still unfamiliar with, and I largely left the config UI set to default for this project due to the jam's time constraints. I'll have to look into it and see if there's anything I can do to modify the UI or add a player confirmation box before changing resolution options so that misclicks won't immediately result in changes :3

Thank you very much for your comment! I hope you have a lovely weekend :D