Good news, everyone!

I'm not dead... Instead, I’ve been silently working away to deliver the update many of you have been waiting for!

I’ve completely rebuilt the game from the ground up using a new engine. That means: No more janky navigation, no more gameplay bugs, just a smoother, cinematic visual novel experience

This has taken a huge amount of work... most of the original script was buried in Unity’s node-based logic. I had to verbally dictate and reformat every line into Ren'Py’s text system. But I’ve also taken this opportunity to make big improvements to visuals, sound, and player choice.

In this video you can see how conversations will be available with characters, along with the sequential storyboard panels I had done in the past. There are all the quality of life features you expect in a visual novel.  Version 0.07 Changelog:

• Migrated the entire game from Unity to Ren'Py, recreating every scene, line of dialogue, and interaction
• Gameplay is now streamlined into a true visual novel experience with cleaner pacing and cinematic flow
• Converted all game images to .webp, reducing overall file size by ~75% without compromising visual quality
• Added an optional censorship toggle that lets you disable explicit scenes if you prefer a tamer experience
• All characters are now fully voice acted across every scene. And there's a voice volume option if that isn't your thing.
• The protagonist remains silent to let you be the voice behind the lens
• Completely remade the sandbox scenes from scratch. No navmesh, no getting stuck.
• Revised and corrected hundreds of lines of dialogue to improve tone, grammar, etc.
• Added new optional scenes with renders and yes, new NSFW scenes too.
• Introducing relationship options so you can define the relationships of certain key characters. The game is smart, if you choose an option like "girlfriend" it knows to have that character call you "boyfriend".

This is all based on feedback and requests, which I'm always happy to hear more.  You can expect this update in April.