Hello,

Let's get straight to the point... The release date on Steam.
It's on Friday, the 10th of May.
I'm giving the curators 8 more days. Then I will release.
Having Wishlists is very important for the release, and because I didn't have a playable version until last month, I couldn't send the game to curators.
It's already taking effect; yesterday, the game got another 200 wishlists.
SG is still on the lower side, so I'm really trying to get a few more in.

Amber's Therapy.
I previously mentioned that I changed the transparency of Amber's blouse in the therapy scenes. So far, so good... until I started testing more. I disliked quite a bit of the scene before, and it didn't favor Amber's character development.
She was a waaaay too touchy, way too early.
Of course, Amber is a main love interest and will eventually be touchy. But it was too early and had to be redone for the sake of her character.
A less touchy Amber with no transparent blouse in exchange for a more professional Amber with a big cleavage.
Of course, this only applies to artists I made a personal contract with.
(So no Beza, etc.)
And because people have asked me the following a few times in the past few days...
Q: "Are all the nude images censored?"
A: No. There's a reason I had to check the "Frequent Nudity" on Steam. There's still a lot of boobs and asses.
It will come out on Patreon a few days later. (The initial release on Steam is very important, so this one time, Steam releases before anything else.)
I'll see you in eight days.
Ocean

This one was posted on Discord before.Old Bar sceneNewI have built a new bar environment in preparation for Season 2. The bar opening was a significant event, and I didn't have another bar asset back then.
For some reason, the bar also doubled in render count. Previously, it had around 65 renders, and now it's close to 130.
I added something new to the bar scene and adjusted the dialogue. In addition to the group previously at the bar, there's a second group now.I will make another post after the game is through Steam's review process and I have a release date.
For bibi info, follow Discord. There's a channel called Bibi-News where I sometimes post news that is not big enough for an entire Dev log.
The rework is finally done, and I still can't believe it. I was so busy that I didn't notice it for a few days until someone mentioned it.
It's done, man... Dobby is free.
After the S1 release, I will showcase the new UI for Season 2... And boy, does it look amazing.
I will also talk about the next focus in terms of quality improvements.
In Season 2, 'Sounddesign' will play a significant role.
Dev Logs will return to their usual Bi-weekly cycle after the release, and yeah... Let's hope Steam/Epic/GoG takes away some of the uncertainty and dread I felt in the past weeks.

Ocean

Hello,
First, I apologize for not making a Dev Log in a while. Those on my Discord are a little more up-to-date.
There are reasons for it, none of which I will get into today because... Well, let me deal with it emotionally first.
I will address it after the release of Season 1. But right now, I can't deal with it. I need my head in the right space. A lot happened behind the scenes.
Season 1 has been in the Steam Review queue for a few days, and I'm still awaiting their reply. Maybe I have to fix something, etc. In the meantime, I'm working on S2 & WiAB's next update. I've also contacted new music artists for Season 2 and it looks like I'm about to sign 16 new songs for S2.
I've also contacted GOG for a developer account, and I'm waiting for a reply.
SG Season 1 is rated as a Pegi 16+ game on Steam and Epic. This could change after the review.
In one of the last Logs, I mentioned that I was under a lot of stress from the rework, etc., and if you followed Discord, you know it got even worse for multiple external reasons.
An hour before I wanted to upload to Steam, my PC bluescreened, and the boot SSD died. The timing couldn't have been any worse. It took me a few hours to figure out what went wrong.
After I checked my backups and saw that Backblaze forgot about 30% of the files, I can tell you... I almost pulled an SG MC after he had too much contact with some girls.
Then I checked sync and saw that sync doesn't update by date, but by name. Thanks for nothing, sync.
I managed to fix it and get the PC running again in less than two days, but my PC is feeling slower now. Daz especially feels like it got hit on the head. But it still worked, and it was enough to finish the bar scene.
After Steam, I will get the new Workstation I've talked about for a while. I saw that some people thought I already had it. No. I got two A6000 Ada and replaced the cards in my current workstation.
Now that this PC feels like it had a stroke, I will indeed upgrade to a new workstation and make this one another slave PC for animation rendering.
Thankfully, I do already have the Adas. This means that the workstation will be cheaper now. ~ 15k€
Steam testing took longer than expected for one reason. The Steam Deck.
I don't have one, but I asked the Valve Dev Distribution team for one. But it will take months until I get one, and the only testing we could do was through a member of my testing team, who had a Deck.
It works... But the damn trackpad isn't recognized, and I tried everything to fix it. Sadly, googling for specific Renpy-Steam-related issues is hopeless.
I still need to finish the German version/translation.
The Light
As stressful as the past weeks have been, something gave me so much energy—something I've been waiting to say for a very long time.
The rework is done.
While I "suffered" under the rework, I know you guys did too.
I seriously want to thank you guys for going through this with me. It was brutal. You guys had to muster up a lot of patience, and I know exactly how it feels when a game you like spends a significant amount of time on a rework. (Some even get stuck in limbo.)
But it's finally done, and while it asked a lot from us, I say it was absolutely worth it. The render quality is night and day. The adjustments to the dialogue also make everything flow better, especially in Chapters 1 and 2.
A big thanks for going through this with me. Seriously guys.
Lightroom says I did postwork on 2309 renders for the Full.
Around 1900 are new renders, and the rest are renders I adjusted.
Examples of what I adjusted:
I changed Amber's blouse transparency in Chapter 3. It was cringe that you could see her nipples and everything, and it undermined the storylines I have for her. It was too early, and SG still followed lewd logic back then.
I added bubbles to the Jacuzzi scene in Chapter 4. The scene now looks much better. Less tiddies tho. Still some flashes here and there, but it adds some mystery to it and hides the shitty flat water texture.
I adjusted the Nami Lake scene only for the Steam/Epic/GoG version. She's not topless in that version.
A lot of little things were adjusted to prevent license issues in the future.
Here are some previews of some other scenes I redid too: (4K attached at the bottom.)
Old/New Parking space scene (I changed Ayua's car.)Old Chapter 3 - Pre-class meetupNewI also reworked the shower scenes for Mila, Nami/Nia & Bella.

Действительно))) Сам Slockie вынес всё это на публику) Это были не Оушеновские оправдания)...Ну максимум полтора, ну мож два, или 3... Это тебе не игру запустить и на скипах её пролететь. Если не знаешь, то не утверждай что либо.

NewThat was pretty much it.
There are cases where I just changed 1-5 renders. For example, there was a scene with the very old Robin model. (Chapter 3).
Also, a little bus scene was added to Chapter 2, etc.
The CH5 Full is pretty much the size of a new update.
I know some scenes aren't up to date in terms of quality. For example, Chapter 3 has a bar scene with Ayua, etc.
I would only do it if the Steam verification takes longer than expected. Then, I would do 25-30 extra renders for the bar scene in Chapter 3.
But the moment Steam gives me the green light, the game will be released on Steam and a few days later on Patreon.
It's time to finally move on from Season 1.
The next log will be a simple post where I'll tell you guys that the game has been shipped to Steam and is being verified for release.
- Ocean

Finally, a small new scene, which also sets up the Sai confrontation in Chapter 3.New Mila gymNew Mila loungeNew Clothing store with BellaChapter 3.5 now.
I only changed scenes where the old Mila model was present until the changing room.New

Hello,
So, the Dev Log is a day late, and there's a good reason for it. I just can't get into it at the moment. I will be able to do so in around two weeks.
I will finish all the postwork today and continue with the gallery next.
I will ship Chapter 2 to the proofreaders today, and testing will go hand in hand with the gallery work.
The testing process is a little more complicated this time, as I have to test for the ability to port saves.
It means I gotta test a ton of variables and see if they port correctly.
I did get sick of postwork a few times in the past two weeks and instead worked on Season 2.
Expect some nice previews after the release of the Full.
Today, I will show all the changes I made since the initial Chapter 5 Beta release.
One thing I can assure you is that this is the last rework SG will see until the entire game is finished. I don't care if earlier Chapters suddenly start looking like Old-School Runescape Characters; we'll only be moving forward.
And the momentum Steam, etc., gives us will be used for it.
There's A LOT of renders coming... Prepare. All images in full res are in the zip down below.
We'll start with Chapter 2. The actual target of the last part of the rework.
Chapter 2: New heist New Cheeto RouteNami vs Bella - Basketball New (The new version gets a little more physical.)New casual college hallway with some ambiance.Marla talks to the MC about VIc's accident.New Maja CH2New Vic CH2New scenes in Chapter 2.
The heist with Bella doesn't end in the Holgerson's front yard; instead, there's a new scene in Bella's kitchen. (My fav.)Most of Chapter 2 will feel new, but the next scene is a result of changes made to the class.
How did they end up in a bathroom?