[Status Report #7] MBML Chapter 2 - Episode 1

🚨 Emergency Update 🚨

So… I might've seriously underestimated the beast that is our phone system, specifically the backlog of past messages.

Right now, it's ballooned into what's practically half an update on its own—maybe even a full one—just in dialogue and text threads alone. I've already hit around a thousand lines, and that's only Freya's and Aine's conversations. I haven't even wrapped up Aine's yet.

Some girls aren't big on texting, but the main ones—especially Aine—are chatty. I've been grinding on this for four days straight (going on five), and it's starting to feel like a mini-game in itself.

Here's the dilemma:
Do I drop the beta with an incomplete phone backlog, or delay the update so I can finish the phone system before release?

If we go with an early beta, I can hit a mid-month or so release, though it'll only have Freya's and Aine's messages for now. I'll tidy up the main content and polish what I can before pushing it live, then roll out the rest on the public version once it's ready.

If you'd rather have the complete experience—with every girl's backlog done—I'll need to ask for an extension. I hate doing that, but this one's a heavy lift, and realistically, it'll push us into January.

And, one more thing.
Yes, there will be some nudes in the phone. Not just casual selfies, but "it's-been-a-year-without-sex?" That's not gonna happen. Of course, there has to be some. Some of these are photos Kei or the girls took during off-screen moments, so you won't see those scenes firsthand, only the snapshots they share.

Here's a sample: one of Kei's more "spicy" keepsakes.
But if you'd rather not have that kind of implication, if you'd prefer we skip the idea of unseen moments entirely, I'll nuke the concept and roll with the suspension of disbelief "no sex happened for a year" approach.

What do you think? Would you rather have those moments exist in snapshots and subtext, or not at all?