In Version 4.1 a (somewhat) 'hidden' episode is released and things are only going to get weirder

Version 4.1 introduces the usage of persistent variables! These variables 'persist' between game sessions, which is what lets you unlock things like pictures in a gallery or in this case, episodes (though strictly speaking it's more accurate to say that in RenPy the variables that are used in this manner LOCK things that are already there until you do something to unlock them).

From this update onwards the Episode Select screen will appear after Episode 2 is finished instead of having it by default, and further Episodes will be clickable to play once the preceding episodes have been finished. There's also new menu music for you to enjoy, composed by yours truly :P

I consider this update to be a major milestone, yet I have no words. This was a project that blew up into epic proportions, and I have no words for the insanity, the craziness, the fun I'm having, and still, I keep finding new techniques using just the little things that crack me up. Like using no-wait tags to have characters interrupt each other, and putting someone ontop of another character's sprite XD

You can tell that in a game like this which faces many restraints, I have to make the most out of the little things here and there like those transformations and techniques to keep things spicy, and I also fiddle around with the music a bit in this new 'hidden' episode.

Kagari is right, that I have no workflow on these things. I don't know if the next update will be in a month or what, or even another year! What I do know is whenever the next update comes, from here on out, it's only going to get weirder.

I am learning RenPy; there are still things I don't know that I'm gonna try out - And If *I* myself don't even know what I'm going to put in my game next, ANYTHING can happen. I literally (in the story) do not know what the fuck is happening so expect the unexpected.

I'm like, a fanfic writer and roleplayer before this, right? But I don't tell people that (partly because my fanfic started out a premise as dumb as this one). I consider this update a major milestone because from this point onwards, if someone asks me about this, or what I've made or what I've written, I feel like I can probably show this to them. This thing like, exists now, as a polished project (Project 9????). I've gone from a *whistling nonchalantly pretending I'm not up to anything* to "heeeyy *very subtly*... it's this."

And it makes no sense, and I love it.