Devlogs are hard to write—and even more so when there's so much going on behind the scenes that we cannot show you just yet! Either way, let me get straight into what's been up this month:

• Sprite redraws are underway! Under the expert eyes of Skai, all of our sprite art is getting a rehaul—with expressions! You can see the new & oh-so-pretty Gilda in our O2A2 entry here (which you should really check out if you haven't. It's short and it features more of Gilda's enchanting voice (hey, we didn't say it! The lovely folks over at Fuwanovel did!)

Her panic at this line is even more evident here, haha!

• Speaking of Gilda, as you can tell she now has black hair—or does she? That, dear player, will be your choice as now you can pick her hair colour as you play through! No consequences to the ending, apart from you getting to give her the flair that you like best.

• The next update will also feature the long-coveted (by me, at least) in-game dictionary! Words will appear like they're hyperlinks and open the glossary. How neat! The actual glossary's GUI still needs some work, so I'm holding off on sharing it just yet but trust me, I'm so glad it's in.

• Apart from that, things are going swimmingly well! We have made significant progress on our first route and it's about halfway written and edited. We'll be voicing some of those lines soon, all while the sprites are being redrawn. Some of our team are also involved in Phantasia Jam & Once Upon A Time Jam projects, so those will be exciting  as well!

All in all, things are going well! As a treat, please enjoy a preview of Angelo's redrawn sprite, hehe.

P.S. — We didn't make this clear earlier, but some of the options in the demo lead to extended scenes! Pick "Distract her" and "Convince me" to spend a wee bit more time with the guys.