Welcome to this month's Developer Log!

To kick-start things, let me open up with an apology. I know it's been some time now since the last update, but it's been a bit of a hassle at work and I can only work on the game for about two to three hours a day. It's part of the reason why I'm looking forward to my days off! Now that it's all settled, let's dive head on to what we can expect for 0.8.0!

A brand new prologue

You've read that right. The current prologue was something I've made about two years ago. Now that I could at least confidently say that my writing skills has somewhat improved, I remade the prologue to be intense and to have a somewhat consistent theme with the rest of the game. Opening up with Henry Arson and jumping straight to a softcore scene with Sydney was a little contradicting to the overall 'serious' theme The Arson Betrayal portrays, and so I hope y'all would enjoy the new (and longer) prologue.

The Codex

This bit of the game underwent a LOT of changes. Still, after a lot of searching, reading, and studying, I now managed to make a full-fledged codex filled with a few things to know about the characters and the world of The Arson Betrayal. It's also coded in the game so translators could easily make a localized translation of it!

Act II - Chapter 3

As for the update, I did say earlier on how I went a little bit overboard with animations. Now that we've got almost all the girls in the harem in one place, you can expect quite a few scenes in 0.8.0 compared to previous chapters. And the best part? You can see all of 'em in one go! (As long as you haven't closed their route). I do have to say that the new update would also include some heavy themes and moral dilemmas which would affect the story, so be prepared.

The chapter is estimated to be a little bit long, with a lot of action, spicy scenes, and twists, so stay tuned!

Monthly Polls

For our Public polls for this month's wallpaper, Tiffany won (again), but not without Alice making the fight a little too close for comfort. For the Patron polls, however, our blondie Sydney won the stalemate, since her, Alice, and Jessica were tied through numbers, but won with votes from higher Patron tiers.

Last Few Remarks

Once again, thank you to everyone for your continued support and love for The Arson Betrayal. The game is free-to-play, and always will be, but a bit of support by being a Patron helps (You can gain access to exclusive renders, teasers, and polls!)

Also, I've been working with a friend of mine, another starting developer, as a writer for an HS2 VN project of his. He's handling all the coding and art (the heavy stuff), while I'll be handling the narratives and writing. The Arson Betrayal is still my foremost priority, but even though TAB is a project I'm still solely developing, it seems Crispy Chicken Productions has now two (2) developers in it, and another VN under it's name would be making the rounds soon.

As for this new project.. We'll be introducing it soon enough.

I guess that's it! Cheers, and I'll see you all very soon.

~ Crispy