January Hype Update - New Year, New Plans!

wait, is that a NEW PICTURE being used for the announcement headers??? I ACTUALLY MADE SOME PROGRESS on the VISUALS???

I'm currently putting final touches on Chapter 4. Then I'm going to test what all I have and make sure it fits together. Then there's four more chapters planned - and these four chapters are where the branching occurs, so writing-and-development wise its more like ten or twelve more chapters I got to get made. And as you all know, my day job does not allow me to focus full-time on devwork (unless its weekends and certain holidays or breaks). Which means this one-year project is looking to be way longer. And I feel really bad that y'all have to wait on me.

So here is the deal. Once Chapter 4 is wrapped up and the game is relatively bug-free, I am releasing Chapters 1-4 into Early Access! You'll get to enjoy the story up through the advertised "Clash gets hacked" part, I'll get help finding any errors (spelling, grammar, or coding) that I missed, and we will all be entertained while I hammer out the rest of the chapters. :-)

I have an extremely tentative Early Access release date schedule. SUPER tentative. Like, when I actually start hammering out Early Access details I may have to redo this. So please don't get mad if the schedule changes later on because hey, I warned you:

• Early Access 1 – Chapters 1 through 4 (January or February 2024)

• Early Access 2 – adds in Chapter 5 (March 2024)

• Early Access 3 – add in all four variations of Chapter 6 (June, July, or August 2024)

• Early Access 4 – adds in all four variations of Chapter 7 (September, October, or November 2024)

• Full – adds in all four variations of Chapter 8 + two bonus stories + behind the scenes trivia (December 2024, January or February 2025)

I guess this also means I can say the full game's release date is early 2025 at maximum. Providing no catastrophes. Which also means that it is a good thing I am doing Early Access because hoo boy, that's a ways off for a visual novel.

Thank you all for supporting Clash throughout the years. When I released the first version of the first game way back in 2021 (has it really already been two and a half years?), I didn't think I'd get ANY sort of response, let alone a positive one. But I have. You have no idea how happy it makes me when a piece of fanart shows up in my feed. When I get my own fridge I'm pinning those arts on it. The least I can do is give you guys a great sequel in return. :-)

That's about it from me. I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed 20241