Progress Update #18: Progress Has Technically Been Made(Mar 19th 2023)

Heyo and salutations, everyone ^w^

Work on Chapter 13 is now underway, and I wanted to take a few units of time to explain how the story will branch off after Mission: Concentrated Resistance in Chapter 12, as its final decision will either set the player on a path to an alliance with the Lemniscate Corporation or the Isamu Liberation Front.

I plan to divide Chapter 13 into Subchapters 13A, 13B, and 13C. If you select the option at the end of the mission to ally with Lemniscate and DCIS, the story will resume in Subchapter 13A, where you'll be assigned to meet with a Lemniscate talk show host the day after to discuss a potential television appearance. If you select the option that results in a potential alliance with the Isamu Liberation Front, however, the story will resume in Subchapter 13B, where you'll be invited by the mysterious ILF commander known as Speare to discuss working together in their underground headquarters. Finally, Subchapters 13A and 13B will lead into Subchapter 13C, where a new squadmate will be added to the game and Rui and Fireteam Aurora will embark on their first mission at full strength. 

I'm currently working on Subchapter 13B, and I have about 800 lines of code written so far, though this figure includes blank lines and non-narrative text which won't be user-readable by default. I've also added a couple of machine-generated backgrounds to the game, courtesy of NovelAI, which you can take a look at below if you want to.

Thats's everything I have to report for now, but thanks again for all the support. Hopefully, I'll have some cooler stuff to share next time        (^人^)