(This is a 1 week old progress update, patrons get them a soon as it is published on Patreon).
And here we are, the first progress update for the new Episode! Two weeks are officially behind us, so here is what I got.

I will repeat once again (I probably sound like a broken record) but due to university being extremely difficult (even more than I expected), the progress has been slow. And it will remain slow, till the ~10th of May when I become free (if I pass all classes).

Now onto the progress itself.

First off, hopefully I won't become a meme, but yes, there have been some minor reworks and tweaks. And no, you don't need to restart your game again 😊

I reworked Raiko's swimsuit shopping (no text changes, purely visual) and I reworked the very ending of Ep 2.5 (visual and very slight text changes+ variable usage change). First one is due to me absolutely hating the old look (and it was supposed to be in 2.5, but my Studio needed a reinstall and I didn't make it in time). The ending rework is due to logistical stuff mostly. I wanted to change some clothes so they can be fitting for a more "night" event. I mean seriously, an open hoodie for mc? (the clothes can't be closed btw, it is that way as a mod). It might be quite warm, but him walking like that with some other attendees all well clothed seemed way off. So MC and some other characters got different clothes compared to which they arrived with to the beach (more or less). And that's fine logical wise, many people bring more than 1 set of clothes if they plan to stay on the beach for a long period of time.

These 2 scenes are 185 reworked images total.

Besides that, many npc characters created, new map half made, and the dialogue writing has begun. That part was quite slow due to uni, so only 450 lines of dialogue script so far (for example ep 1 or ep2 both had roughly ~3000-3500 lines).

Episode 3 length is hard to currently comment, as there will be lots of choices, quite a few branching parts and my absolute favorite, multiple choices that are also time affected 😆 All I can say is: Hotel is absolutely huuuuuge content wise. P.s. Patreon Tiers with WIP benefit will get preview of the reworked scenes as well!