Quick Update:

So here's the news about my whole situation this month:

Johan's routes are now under the final typos correcting phase, tomorrow I'll start pushing them into the game.

Just Friends version 0.XX.0.43 is about 30% done. There's a whole new system with the JSON files that will have to be converted to the new engine. The idea is that by December I should have the game mostly working on Godot 4. Once that happens, even if the menus are barebones, I will start pushing that to Patreon instead of building 35. I believe the enhancements on Resolution and Android builds are worth it, even if we go back to "0.20" pre-new UI releases. I will try to work with Themes for the new UI, so we'll see how that will look.

Once updated to Godot 4, the builds will continue with the same number but they will have a new end number as I mentioned, which is 43. Also, Changelog will probably not be available at the start, I pretend to release the new version of the game as soon as I have a working Title Screen, Credits Screen and Save/Load system, all of the other systems such as Changelog, Message Log, Credits in the menu and Gallery will be added later on since I will need to literally re-do every single menu again. Like I said though, I do believe this is for the best, the new engine handles resolution incredibly better to the point messing with it makes me incredibly happy. Knowing that the game will run in most resolutions without a hitch and I don't need to code a thing makes this whole painful process so much better. The porting to Godot 4 is also important to make the project expandable, meaning I could simply just copy the whole project and add new things for future VNS while just reutilizing the code of Just Friends while enhancing and adding new features, which right now on 3.5 is impossible.

My second monitor just burned out. Meaning I only have one small monitor tow work now, and sadly I do not have the money to buy a new one, if anyone reading would like to help me buy a new one, consider becoming a Patron, this month particularly has the USD on a pretty high value so it will be the best outcome for me right now. So if you canceled our pledge for next month, it would be incredibly kind of you to reactivate your pledge for the next month, working with only one monitor is extremely hard especially when I need to add text from one window to another to push into the game. @_@

Just Friends build 0.65.0.35 will be released by day 30 of this month probably.

Finally, I would like to know: Would you guys be ok with me searching for another artist to work no Backgrounds and Cutscenes? Currently, it's getting harder and harder for me to fetch the money AND the slots with Wagnermutt, not only he's one of the biggest artists out there, it's very expensive for one full artwork with him, and I don't think that with the amount I make here I will be able to buy art constantly for him (note that, every month after paying my bills, I only have left less than 20 bucks, and that's for everything, from health to emergencies.)

Having a smaller artist doing cutscenes and backgrounds would help me get art more constantly so yeah. Of course, I still would need to search for artists that can at least have some nice art so it may take a good while. Anyway, thank you all for your time!