Hey there!

This past week was tiring. I caught a huge cold but still managed to finish 2 CGs, the character closeups I mentioned in the last devlog. However there's many assets that are almost ready but I just couldn't finish this week.

So, onto the update on the progress!

Status update

Now like I said before, it might look like I only made 2 CGs in the past week. But the fact is there's tons of assets that just need final touches at the moment.
One of the backgrounds needs to be lit different because a CG in it has different lighting than depicted on the background;
One music track needs some work before exporting;
Two character sprites have been sketched and two others are just final adjustments to existing sprites so they'll be ready in no time.

There are some CGs that are going to be major hassles to tackle, for example one CG needs a whole custom artwork inside the actual CG and several CGs depend on the writing to figure out how many variants they'll need. But the writing's been put on hold in favor of finishing the art assets, so those CGs are on hold temporarily as well.

But that's all game dev stuff, things will likely accelerate once I'm done with these assets in particular.

Conclusion

So! Expect a huge increase in the progress next week, as I finish last week's assets along with working on this week's stuff such as writing.
I think I'll take a linear approach to progress in the visual novel, draw assets as I write the plot, and see if that's more effective. We'll see by then.
Until then, thank you for reading! There's not much of anything special I can write about without going into spoiler territory, really.  Pretty run-of-the-mill status update.

Thank you again for reading, I'll see you next week!