July 2023 Update

Hello everyone!

It's been awhile since I've updated you guys on the progress of the game. So I've decided to do monthly posts detailing any and all new developments of Battle Royale: For Your Heart!

As previously announced, BRFYH will now only feature 3 romance routes (with a possible 4th if funding permits). That means you will be able to romance: Midnight, SamuraiStriker, and TwinTails in the base game when it is complete. 

Writing Progress: 

• Midnight: The first draft of this route is completely written. Everything but the endings are fully revised and ready to be coded into the game. The route currently sits at around 50k words (but this can change when we finish editing the endings!)
• Striker: I am currently writing the first draft of this route. It hasn't been edited yet, but the route sits at around 30k words currently.  So, I'd say this is making some really good progress! 
• TwinTails:  I wrote TwinTails' first draft a few years ago. It needs a lot of editing to fit the new structure/storyline of the game. However, it provides a really good skeleton for her full route. Therefore, I'm treating this progress as an "outline" and can't comment on the official word count yet~

Art Progress:

We have just completed backgrounds for several new locations including (but not limited to), the 'Houses' location, a snowy mountain POI, and a mineshaft. There are multiple variations to each location, however we'd like to keep these a surprise for the full game! There is currently one CG completed per route. We've decided to hold off on adding more until we finish writing and editing each route so that we can assure we pick the best scenes to have them for. All of the sprites for the BRFYH main cast have been completed previously, but new revisions/expressions may be added. We have created new sprites for at least three NPC side characters you'll meet, with more on the way! We also have a new logo done for the game, thanks to PogoNR!  

Programming/Voice Acting/Music Progress:

I've made the executive decision not to continue programming the game or acquiring new voice over lines/music until the scripts are completely written. This is mostly do to the fact that the game has been in development for a few years and has seen new revisions/iterations as we revise. So, rather than work and rework several times, it's easiest to do it all when everything is finalized. We will however be hosting a casting call towards the end of production for several new NPCs! 

Funding: 

Battle Royale: For Your Heart! is being completely funded out of my pocket. I use all proceeds from freelance work, game sales, and streaming to help! In the future, we will likely run another Kickstarter to help fund the programming, voice acting, and music additions. But, if you'd like to help us and contribute to the game you can donate to my kofi right here, or sign up for our patreonwhere we'll begin to post more updates/content. 

Speaking of patreon and kofi... if you have any ideas for the kind of content you'd like exclusive access to, do not hesitate to let us know! Thank you for your continued support and I'm excited to keep working on this project.