Claus II Countdown

Edit(1/8 @5am ET): Compressing/Uploading, should be up in ~30m

Edit(1/7 @11pm ET): Hi everyone. Most bugs are fixed and just putting on finishing touches. I plan to send a final playtest and hope to have a public release in 4-5 hours. Thanks again for your patience.

Edit(1/6 @11pm ET): Hi everyone. I'm very sorry but I need a little more time. I even considered releasing the current version tonight as it's mostly playable and I think has enough content to tide people over, but a few too many last minute bugs and rough edges for me to accept.

I've sent out a Playtest to help find any further stray bugs and will release tomorrow as early as possible, with this time being the latest.

Thanks again for bearing with me. I only posted the countdown because I was certain I would be finished in time (I expected to come in significantly early...), so I doubly apologize for that.

Edit(1/6 @9pm ET): obsolete

Edit(1/5 @9pm ET): Hi everyone. Just putting the finishing touches on Claus and am confident (uh oh!) to give a countdown for tomorrow evening. Someone coincidentally pointed out that this will match up with /Orthodox/ Christmas, so that (Eastern Time) will be the release itself.

Countdown:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/christmas?iso=20210107T00&p0=3919&msg=Orthodox+Christmas+%28Claus+2%21%29&font=cursive&csz=1

Thanks as always for your patience and support. Even though she's more than a bit late for normal Christmas, I'm still excited with how she turned out!

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Hi everyone. Just wanted to give a quick update that I'm not dead and am working to release Claus Part II (Santa) for New Years (ideally Eve in the West).

Edit(1/2 @5pm ET): Unfortunately had something non game related come up and will have to push the release another day or so. Sorry again for the holdup
Edit (1/1): Happy New Year everyone! Claus is almost finished and I hope to release her in ~48 hours.

Like her original appearance, her content involves puzzles/minigames, but this time the puzzles involve more thinking than reflexes (no more mistletoe!). Part II is also a good bit bigger (and thiccer...) than her first appearance, so hopefully folks have fun with it.

I wanted to announce a little early because Part II requires the "Happy End" of Part I. So if you never got that, now would be a good time. That said, Part II also adds a "pity" mechanic that will let anyone eventually beat the mistletoe maze, so also don't fret if you really can't do it.

Level:0 is also nearly done, and I will return to it after Claus.

Hope everyone had Happy Holidays!