Hello all

As Heaven's Grave has been put on hiatus until mid-May, I've moved the focus of my efforts onto finishing Best Friends Forever.

The current word count stands at just over 125,000 words and, ideally, I'd like to add another 100,000 words to that.

Since Melody and Saffron's potential romance routes are played concurrently, I'll be working on completing Bradley from Melody's path and Lance from Saffron's first, so I'll have one full play-through of the game completed. 

This will allow me to see how all the random encounters and club events fit within the framework, and whether there are any lulls or any parts where things are perhaps too crowded. 

I've also commissioned Sasquatchii to improve the current GUI - they did the GUI for Heaven's Grave and Thorns of War and I'm always happy to have them on board. 

And I've commission Ayachin to make more sprites, since feedback I've been getting has been that people do not like the greyed-out sprites I've been using for minor characters. Mr Gaspard, Mme Badeaux, Ann, Karen, Ivor and Rachael now have sprites (and can be seen in the new demo) , and I'll be adding more, where feasible, in the full release.

Lastly, I've spent the fortnight giving the demo a good overhaul - I feel I've learned a lot working on my other games so far, with regards to both coding and writing, and I wanted to make sure the demo (and, of course, the rest of the game) is the best I can make it.  

I've added a few shorts scenes with Melody interacting with Susan and Kara, and a few of Saffron with her new friends that I feel give the game a better flow. 

The new demo is available now, so please give it a try if you are interested.

Many thanks for reading