A long overdue update

tl;dr we're not dead, a bunch of stuff happened that stalled our production, we should be able to present you a very rough alpha build by  the end of May showcasing 4/6 heroines

The History of Fortune Studios abbreviated:

Links in the green text for your convenience:
https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/195579574/#195582941
https://twitter.com/urin_/status/1273665096485462016
https://pastebin.com/8TGR72Xp

We intend to release an alpha build of the game so we have something out there, and so we can get early feedback, criticism, and much needed motivation. It will feature as much art, music, and writing we can currently offer you. We will also have to re-frame a handful of scenes so everything ties in together despite not having all of the content, so expect the overarching story to change in future builds. Our tentative release date is late May 2021, and expect more details about it as we develop it.  

After, we will build the demo of the game that encompasses what we wanted to complete in 2020 - showcasing the first act of the game before the player dives completely into a heroine's route. To that end here is a loose and guesstimated overview of our progress:

        -writing is 75% done - we have to deliberate what to do with two of the heroines, and how to bridge the routes together

        -music is about 25% complete - demos have been done but lots has to be done to match music to appropriate scenes and fully master the tracks

        -art is 15% - on top of spritework, we have to finalize UI design and have to build so many backgrounds we will likely have to also compensate with filtered google maps screenshots 

        -programming is 90% - the framework exists to basically add whatever we need if we desire it, likely nothing big will change

If you've read this far, thank you for taking the time to understand our situation. In the future we are going to put more effort into keeping people interested in the project updated with its progress and be more open with the game designing process. 

If you want to help us further, refer us to any talented individuals who you think could be a good fit for the project, and please get on our ass about completing deadlines. Feel free to hit us with questions in the #general channel in the discord if there's something we forgot to address here or if you want more explanation on certain things.

- Wu-Tang Post-It Notes, ted talk supermaster

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