Haha has been a while since I posted! Time for an update:

PS2 - chapter 1 is done, editor is fixing main plot file now (which is also the biggest one!). I am about 1/4 of chapter 2, it's going slower than I thought because there are a LOT of combinations: past romances, alliance (rebel/loyal) and also several branching point so I need to be careful to not make plot holes. Luckily towards end of this chapter the player becomes neutral so chapter3-4 will be easier (I had to do it this way to avoid going nuts!)

Corona Borealis - Jill tested the game a lot of times, all voices are there, all art/writing/etc. We're working on the trailer now, but basically is just polishing time Since it's her game mainly I don't want to put hurry to her but should be out soon.

VBH - in this case the writer had some real-life things slowing down the process. However, even in this case, ALL is done (all art, writing, etc). He is just polishing the script and fixing some scenes. He is very picky, but I think it's a good thing



Also, some news about Summer In Trigue: the old writer couldn't continue, so the same writer of VBH is going to take over. He will of course finish first VBH, but get to work on SiT shortly after. The goal would be to have it FINALLY done next year



As for me, once I finish PS2, I'll be working on Loren 2. I hope to be working on that game next year, but not sure when it will be out. Much depends how long takes me to finish PS2, which is a much more complex game than I anticipated!

Between Loren 2A/B and PS2, I think PS2 is the easy one!

Well for sure Loren 2 romances amount beats PS2, but the actual main plot will be more linear/simpler to write

Corona Borealis - Jill tested the game a lot of times, all voices are there, all art/writing/etc.

Voices are there--if ya mean it's a voiced-over game, will there be an option to turn the VOs off?



I mean no disrespect to voice actors; I just prefer to do my own voices in playthroughs.

Yes you can turn them off, no problems!

Short update:

- I'm writing the FINAL SCENES of PS2 second chapter!! it's a major pain since it's all so confusing even in my mind that I'm writing it lol. Luckily after this chapter all paths will merge in a single one and then it should be "easier". I don't think will manage to have a beta by end of month since it also needs to be proofread. But next month should be fine.

- Corona Borealis is already in beta as you saw. It's basically done, just a minor tweaks maybe to do, but nothing big

- the writer working on both VBH and SiT said he will finish polishing the last scenes of VBH before end of month. He's also making good progress on SiT

- another writer is going on with Loren 2 scenes as well

- another writer is going on with Loren 2 scenes as well

Meaning we could see it within this year?

More like in 2020-2021! There's an insane amount of work left to do. Even if the game was fully written NOW, would take me about a year to code /test it...!

Another small update:

- Corona Borealis was officially released (Steam and mobile version coming in next month as soon as I have a moment of time)

- PS2 is all done except the camp talk of chapter2, HOWEVER after the editor has finished the main plot file of chapter 2 I'll begin the beta, since the camp talk scenes aren't interconnected a lot so I could just have my own unedited texts during the beta, not worth waiting for the editor to fix them



So I still hope to have PS2 beta before end of May!

Haha I didn't update this in a while

Based on recent events, it's obvious that my games are no longer and will never be available on Google Play. I also have no plans to ever port my upcoming games to mobile since it's not worth it anymore.

As you know Planet Stronghold 2 beta was out and I want to thank everyone who bought/played it and gave me feedback. I am working on chapter 3, however for some characters like Philipp I have already done the main storyline, so I'd say I'm about at 70-75% of the whole game finished. I want to release chapter 3 and 4 together (the last one will be shorter and involve mostly romance and personal quests).

I still think at this point that end of September or October could be a good estimate for the full beta with all the content.



Progress on VBH and Summer In Trigue but is good, have no clue yet when they'll be finished (VBH should be out much sooner though).



I am also working on a secret yuri game with much more adult/explicit content, will be shorter, but I don't want to say anything about it until it's almost ready

Haha wow haven't updated this in a while

Anyways, PS2 is about 90% done, missing only last chapter + a few romance routes final scenes. It will still need to be proofread though so that might take an extra month or so

I'm waiting for an update about VBH from writer, I should get the final script before end of year so then I have "only" to code and test it. The secret yuri game is going well and might announce it next month or maybe in January 2020 (before announcing it I want it to be almost finished this time!).

Time for another minor update:

PS2 is all finished but of course the editor needs to check the texts (she had already done about half of it, but there's still a big amount left). Hopefully next month is done!

I am now working on VBH while the writer finishes the last missing scenes. I think even in this case January or February could be a good date for beta.



Aand as usual, I'll have two games ready almost at same time. It's a requirement: whenever I work on 2+ games, they will all be delayed for the most crazy reasons but when they're ready, they're ready at same time! lol

Update: Planet Stronghold 2 is going to be officially out this week, I am waiting for the trailer but if isn't ready this week I'll release it anyway. Since it's just my own site and the important is that the trailer is out for when the game is on Steam.

Plus I'm sure that a few more minor bugs will pop-up after I officially release it (it always happened with ALL my other RPGs, so... )

Also good news for Volleyball Heaven since I should get the final part this week too, so very likely next month I'll also begin the beta of that game (finally!).

Personally I'm working on Curse Of Mantras, but since it's such a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE game (seriously 10 love interests!? why I said yes!) I'm also moving to see if I can finish another smaller game before end of the year.

Update: obviously Planet Stronghold 2 was out already, and I'm currently finishing Volleyball Heaven (scripter should send me the very last part next week). I expect to start the beta either at end of this month or early May.

I'm also planning a few other minor things for May/June, different kind of games from the one I usually do, but don't worry: I'll always keep making VNs, just that I need from time to time a break from them to do something different

Another update:

- Volleyball Heaven beta is going well, writer wanted to review the script one final time to fix some minor things. I expect it to be officially out at end of month

- I'm working on a match 3 / puzzle quest style game which will likely announce early next month

- I made also a lot of progress on Curse Of Mantras, but there are some things to add that needs to be coded. Not sure if original coder will manage to do that. If she doesn't I'll need to do it myself or rethink some card/mechanics. In any case the harder part is the insanely long plot/characters roster, the main reason why the game won't be out this year

- the game Summer In Trigue should also finally get to see the light sometimes this year (not sure yet when though)

- I'm writing a new fantasy game, but as usual, I won't talk about it in public



so this first part of the year has been very productive in the end despite my burn-out period after PS2 release

So as posted on twitter I decided to not go on with the match3/RPG game. This doesn't mean that I won't do that game though (basically the original Roger Steel revisited to be a "normal" game and not anymore an insane big game) just that it won't be match3/RPG. I have yet to decide and will do some more tests, later this year since I'm still clearly too burned out from PS2.



The good news is that I made good progress on some more fantasy games that I cannot talk about yet (since aren't at good point), and got some interesting new artists. Hopefully will be able to post some previews soon during the Summer.



Volleyball Heaven is basically done and I'm just waiting for the official trailer, but will release it next month since right now there's the incoming Steam Summer sale and so on, so it's not a good moment.

Made a blog post with an overall update today: https://www.winterwolves.net/blog/2020/08/volleyball-heaven-officially-out-and-some-more-news/

So, right now I've started scripting the first part of Hazel game. I'm waiting for a few missing art to resume working also on Summer In Trigue.

Which means, 2 new yuri-only games coming out next!

In future, I see myself doing two things:

- bigger games with varied cast (like Curse Of Mantras or the 4 Loren spin off games) every 2 years or so

- smaller games almost exclusively yuri (I might try making some smaller supporting 2 romances but most of them will be yuri only).

I'm at very good point right now with Hazel so I've decided to open pre-orders for it (I did already in the past for games which were much less advanced than this one): https://winter-wolves.itch.io/hazel

Of course those who backed my KS or are pledging $15 tier on Patreon don't need to pre-order anything



Summer In Trigue will be next after Hazel, then I guess we'll see since both Curse of Mantras and ToA: An Elven Marriage are rather long games.

With the approaching of Hazel beta, I'm going to try doing a potential work plan for this year:

- February/March: Hazel release

- March/April: KS about a new game (not announced)

- Summer: Summer In Trigue release

- September: CoM gameplay beta and Kickstarter (for the story basically)

- Late Year: new game release

I honestly don't think CoM will be out this year, especially because the story is insanely huge, but maybe a beta towards the end could happen. We'll see!