Hi friends!
A lot has happened since the last update. For those of you who follow the project closely and keep an eye on our Patreon news, I think you already know the core of what’s going on right now. To put it briefly: for the past 6 years, I’ve been completely immersed in "Amnesia." Lately, working on the game has become harder and harder, to the point where I literally had to force myself to render images for the next scene. I have to admit that the development of "Amnesia" has dragged on much longer than I ever intended.As a result, the overall concept of the game has started to feel outdated. This whole mechanics of relationship stars and FreeRooms—which might have seemed logical in the past—has lost its relevance today and is only slowing down our progress.I feel like I'm stuck in a vicious circle! On one hand, I truly want to finish this project. On the other hand, I have so many fully formed ideas for smaller, story-driven games that I’ve long dreamed of creating independently as an artist. I have plenty of energy and passion for them, but absolutely no time. It feels like I’m chained to "Amnesia" by my obligations, which forces me to put off the very ideas that spark my creativity.The current update, v0.109, will wrap up Chapter 1 of the game. All the necessary FreeRooms for Kate and Elena are finished, and we’ve added night scenes, special renders, and other minor details. The BDSM room is fully built, though its content will only appear in Chapter 2. Yes, we are splitting the game into two chapters. This will solve the massive file size issue (right now, it’s already over 20 GB). I’ve just done a quick estimate of the work done so far: it’s over 150,000 words, more than 10,000 images, and over 1,000 animations! This amount of content is easily enough for a standalone, finished game. But don't worry, Steam players won't have to deal with DLCs or anything like that—all updates will roll out as before, and the game will remain tied together seamlessly.This update wasn't easy to pull off. First of all, for the first time in a very long while, we had a ton of code to write just to make the game run properly during the transition to Chapter 2. The good news here is that the code for the beginning of Chapter 2 is already good to go as well. Secondly, I had to tie up loose ends and finish whatever I had the strength for, while also leaving some ideas behind simply because they would have dragged out the completion of this part of the story even further... And that is absolutely the last thing I want right now.In this update, you'll find one new FreeRoom with Elena, alongside a night scene with Alexa and Kate (also within the FreeRoom system). However, please keep in mind that you'll need enough PERVERT points to fully unlock these scenes. Honestly, these scenes were originally designed this way—to be part of the FreeRoom loop and serve as an extra bonus, rather than full story scenes or anything like that. I felt it was my duty to finish them precisely in Chapter 1.We've also added Special Renders scattered across all the locations. The Special Renders gallery menu has been completely reworked, and we've added a character filter. In total, there are now over 90 of these renders available.On top of that, we managed to reduce the final build size by 6 Gigabytes, and the entire first version of Chapter 2 should only weigh around 2-3 Gigabytes!
IMPORTANT: TO PROGRESS TO CHAPTER 2 – YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL EVENTS, including side quests with Iris and Jahim (regarding the room construction). Once done, you will see a special pop-up window notifying you that Chapter 1 has been completed. After that, save your game. You won't need to move or copy anything; just leave everything as it is. When the first version of Chapter 2 (v201) drops, everything should work flawlessly.Personally, I’m not entirely thrilled with this update—neither with the amount of content nor with how engaging the new scenes are. In conclusion, I can only say one thing: this chapter of the story is finished, and moving forward, things won't be the same as before.
P.S. Work on the first update of Chapter 2 is already underway. I’ve just finished posing a key (hot) scene with Elena, and I've also wrapped up posing the main images for the key (hot) scene featuring Alexandra. This scene has over 150 frames, and I’ve already completed half of the hot content—the hardest part is behind us.I’ve been wanting to bring back the WIP section along with streams of my workflow (perhaps some of you might find it interesting). I also plan to share a few preview frames from the new scenes, and... I have a few other ideas in mind...You can already watch a stream where I worked on several WIP frames from the currently completed scenes on my official Patreon page. I’ve already moved on to the next planned scenes. Based on your preferences, this first update will feature one hot scene for each girl, with a special focus, of course, on Alexandra.
With great respect, Super Alex.