Hey, everyone!

Guess what: I’m an aunt now! Yaay! I’m so excited! I’m planning a trip back to São Paulo in March to help my brother and SIL as much as I can. But don’t worry—I’m taking my laptop with me, so I’ll keep working on the last scenes of LtGBtK xD hahaha If I take more than usual to answer any of you, though, it’s probably because I’ll be changing The Baby, so I apologize in advance hahah :P

On to game-related news, and I have a lot to share today. ♥♥♥

• The new Tier is already live on ko-fi, a lot more accessible than before. As for the rewards for the new tiers, I’ll work on them over the next weeks.
• New public build, released on January 30th. And in this one:
  • Choose your clothes for Mathias's Blooming
  • Receive a tip about what's coming next (if the castle servants like you)
  • Go through the first part of the Blooming...
  • ... and the chaos that issues.
  • Discover a hidden part of the Castle
  • and more!
  • From now on, you can also choose between two font sizes in the preferences menu.
• I'll release the next public build in early April. :)
• New supporters build, released on January 31st
• Finished two new backgrounds, started a CG, and started working on the new thumbnail for itch.io

About the new supporters' build... one thing I failed to mention before is how much action we’d have during the ending of the game. I hope you’ll enjoy that as much as I do! There’s a point in CH04 (I’ll be a little vague in this post to avoid spoilers) in which you have to choose who you’re going to follow in the final battle. There are three possible choices, which I call “battle routes.”

It took me half the month of January just to plan each battle route, detailing the encounters, the lore you’ll discover, and the new characters you're going to meet. I hope you’ll enjoy these routes enough to play all of them! ♥♥♥ There will be a total of eleven new characters for you to meet across the three routes. And since they will all be fundamental, in their own way, to the events in the second game of the series, I hope they’ll all manage to survive in your playthrough! XDD hehe

The supporters' build I released on January 31st focuses 100% on Mathias’s battle route and your choices in the fight for the Opaline Castle. The one I’ll release on February 28th will focus on Melike’s battle route and the first part of Mandra’s. Then, in March, we’ll have Mandra’s route and, finally, the Final Boss™.

Speaking of routes, playthroughs, and potentially hazardous choices, the supporters' build also brought a new togglable screen that only shows up at the end of the game. It's the "Castle Status" screen (upper right corner on the image below), and it’s honestly one of my favorite non-story things in the game so far. 

(Beware of minor spoilers from now on)

Throughout the battle routes, the game will take into consideration a lot of your past choices, your DC’s status (mostly injury level and stamina/energy), plus how much time has passed. During the battle, you’ll already see some of the results of your choices, but they’ll only be fully clear after the Final Boss™.

In general, I think I’m making good time with these routes, even if I’m one (or three) days behind schedule. Still, I’m excited to be working on these. Your DC and the Royal Siblings went through so much, and there are just so many people depending on Mathias now that I wanted this fight to feel intense. I wanted it to feel like a release of all the mounting stress and frustration from the previous chapters. Most of all, whatever is waiting for your DC at the end, I wanted this battle to make it feel as rewarding as possible.

'Cause the ending might not be what you’re all expecting, but I'm truly, truly hoping you'll still enjoy it.

Thank you so much for reading this devlog! If you have questions or comments, feel free to leave them here or send me a DM. I’d love to hear from you!

Big hugs,
Ligia

A special Thank You for the amazing ♥♥♥ acky, AJendryke IF, Aliann232, Ash, Cath, Diane, Dry Cappuccino Games, Flutter, hermann, Ida, Jackson Winkler, K, Katie, kelliody, kingdom-dance, Kit, Ko-fi Supporter, May, Megan, Mersailia, Ourisyth, Raiana Towne, rottingskin, Samantha, Sammy, SlyFire, svf, Tifftasically ♥♥♥ and all the anonymous supporters from Ko-fi! ♥ They are the amazing people who make it possible for me to continue to bring updates to everyone. ♥ Your support means the world to me. I'm so honored you chose to trust me in this story-telling journey!

For you, and for all the amazing people who bought, shared, rated, commented, and played LtGBtK, thank you for believing in my art! I hope you'll continue allowing me to tell you this story.