Devlog - March 16th, 2025

Hello, everyone! Happy March!

I'm here again with a new devlog to share some updates!

SPRITES & COVER ART

I'm happy to announced that Fawna's and Oz's sprites are now TRULY completed. Oz was missing his pajama outfit and, after considering it a bit, I decided to add 2 new expressions to Oz and Fawna to have even more variations! I will most definitely curse myself when coding these though, there are really A LOT of expressions!😂

 Now, once the new cover art of the game is finished, Mustache will begin with the other characters' sprites, starting with Arthur!

Here's a sneak peek of the WIP of the new cover art:

BACKGROUNDS

Great news! Ten backgrounds have already been completed (or 9 and a half, since one of them mainly adds a new bed to an existing background), including their night versions!!

Danu is now working on several exteriors, like Ruby Road, the place where a certain Bear Bun pastry was murdered... 🐻😵

Including Ruby Road, there are now 8 (I decided to add 2 more) backgrounds missing—including their night versions—for this first update! (Yes, there will most likely be new backgrounds for the next in-game days; but this will be decided the more I progress with the writing).

Here are some screenshots showing the new backgrounds already in the game (plus a WIP of Ruby Road):

CODING & WRITING

When it comes to coding, I've almost finished implementing all of Fawna's and Oz's expressions into Chapter 0. I'm also almost done with the re-writing of some scenes to better adapt to the new art  and story (literally, the only part I'm missing is the last one where Fawna and Oz meet Arthur at the Cub of Coffee cafe).

As mentioned in the last update, chapter 1's writing will begin once I have at least 1 sprite for all characters and a WIP for all the remaining backgrounds. 

The progress is slow but steady, so I'm really happy with how much I've advanced for this whole project!! 🥰

CGs

Plan remains the same as what I mentioned in the last update: CGs will most likely be added in a different update from the new one. 

If you'd like to help with my game funds for the CG art, you can donate to my Ko-Fi!

NOTE: There's also currently a Spring sale going on for Where Winter Crows Go's game and Artbook. You can get them separately with 45% off or together in the bundle for 47% off (10 usd)!!

WHEN WILL THE NEW UPDATE COME OUT?

Last month, I mentioned that my plan was to release the new demo with chapter 0 and 1 sometime in April. Sadly, that won't be possible due to how much art is still missing and I don't want the artists to risk their health.

Because of this, I've decided that the new update will come for the Otome Jam 2025 instead. This will give me more time to write chapter 1 and I think the artists will also reach the deadlines more comfortably. We consider adding CGs for the otome jam with Mustache, but the sprites will, of course, be the priority, so whether the Otome Jam update will have CGs or not will depend on the progress of the sprites.

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Thank you very much for reading until the end!

See you in the next update~