Good morning ladies, and gentleman... fellow campers of Fairwood Retreat!

It's past six in the morning here and I'm having my second coffee, some sugar as a boost and cracking on. For those that follow me on here, or elsewhere, that's perfectly fine and thank you for following me, each and every single one of you! You're all simply pawesome! Yes, I love cats, deal with it.

Those of you that are following my games progression via the Discord server, (If you're not already and have Discord I recommend that you consider joining) you'll have seen, especially in these past few weeks that I have like crazy been pushing myself and the production of Chapter 2 in full turbo charge mode.

Discord Link ┊ https://discord.gg/bevTufKyJG (You must be at least 18+ years of age to join).

With the effort that I've done, I've done several months worth of work in a short space of time. The script for Chapter 2 is finished and has been proof read... and as of yesterday, minus any redos (which there are in need of some), or additions I have finished the still renders for Chapter 2.

This weekend I'll be continuing to crack on with the post editing of hundreds of renders, continue to deal with the code, which is very heavy, among other stuff (even now as I type this blog, my pc is rendering away, redoing some stuff). As I plough on towards an upcoming release of Chapter 2 (0.3) of Fairwood Retreat 87 in the very near future! There is also, the case of the music, unlockables/achievements yada, yada... it's quite a list, but I am making good progress. This weekend I plan to start the quite long task of finding music that I feel captures my vibes for Chapter 2.

So Aya, when is the release going to be? Come on tell us the juicy details and give us a date. Well, hold your horses. If you recall I do not ever give out an ETA and I've explicitly and fairly explained why; however, I can confirm that it will be very soon. So Aya will there be a 2024 release date for Chapter 2 and the answer is, yes without a reason of doubt. Unless touch wood, something happened to keep me away from work, then yes... it really will be very soon, so no you won't be waiting till December for it.

So this update, along with these teasers is a clear shout that the release is just around the corner. I'll be teasing y'all further very soon to hint when Chapter 2 will go through it's beta testing... after that you'll all soon be able to click the download button and play. My hard work as of late, will be the reason why at a cost my blogs/teasers have been quieter than normal. If you ask any of my testers, proof-readers/mods/server ops, or even just anyone on my Discord server, they'll tell you just how hard I've been working. I want to release an update that you'll all enjoy!

For those of you that have been supporting me for several months now, as my initial donors I want to say this...

"from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Whether your donation is the smallest tier, to the largest tier. I was hesitant, not going to lie to ever opening up a Patreon page, or any sort of place where I could be given financial support for both my development, and as a human being to get on by. I understand wholeheartedly (have been there) the disappointment that  many have had by putting their faith in other devs and supporting them in the past. Each of you, thank you. It lifts my soul and heart up having you guys/girls put your faith in me, words cannot express how grateful I am". 

I need to update it all, but as indicated everyone of certain tiers will after x-amount of months be eligible to be in the credits with their username/desired name to show the specific tier that they followed me under (on the following release). Of course, said individuals need to reach out to me, once they've passed x-milestone to inform me that they'd like to be in the credits for that tier. In addition to this, every single one of my initial 12 donors who are the lovely lot that are currently subbed, I will be sending each of you a message, not only thanking you, but asking if each of you will want to be listed in the credits under a disclaimer as my "founding donors". That is just a nice little touch, which I will do to show my gratitude upon releasing this next update. This also, highlights those that took the leap of faith and were the first ones to step forward and make a contribution. Again, thank you.

And for those of you who are not subbed, whether you ever will be, or not... whether you'll buy my game in the future when it gets an official release, let me say this...
"It means so much to me every time I see a new face following the progress of my work. It fills me with a motivational kick each, and every single time knowing that there is someone else out there in the world that enjoys what I do, and are looking forward to see more. I hope as time goes on that y'all will enjoy in the far future all of the other projects that I'll have planned as well."

So, getting back onto the elephant in the room, this update in code is big, the dialogue is big. The render count compared to the last two version are gigantic. There are more choices to make, which may/may not have significant impact further down the line. Prologue was linear, Chapter 1, had one or two choices, but Chapter 2 really spreads a bunch of branches all over the place, as the roots take hold in it's foundation. I still have a long, long, long way to go, if I even hope (which I will strive towards) of sharing the same space on the stage as many other great devs out there. As time goes on, I'll want to remaster Chapter 1 (might be little bits here and there), as well as not only improve, but go further as a whole.

So, the train metaphorically is racing well down those tracks... through that long, dark and twisted tunnel, as it smells the other side very, very close now.

I hope that you all have an amazing weekend, and are having a lovely October! It's the best time and month of the year for me; however, I'm just working, day, night, almost non-stop around the clock to get this update out to you as fast as possible.

You're all awesome...

Thank you. <3

Can also follow my progress over on Patreon at:

https://www.patreon.com/c/SakuraBlossomGames

Disclaimer: As always, I wish to confirm that every "character" presented in these images, who are within my game, along with every other character that I make, are and always will be at least 21 years of age. Also, all work is purely consensual and always will be.