Another beautiful day. 

Gray and misty from the rain, the coffee reflects the overcast morning, working its way uneasily to my belly. The taste is sharp, unusually bitter on my tongue. Still, I have today to seize. An opportunity to make progress on real-life tasks, and the game dev ones as well. 

The game...

 The code comes easily from my fingers, even though much of it is placeholder that will end up being discarded as Pepper's route morphs from book-style story into a playable visual novel style game. Almost half-way through it now. Meanwhile, the two-edged sword that is Playtesting cuts away swaths of anxiety as reports of Shimi's route make their was into the development process. Even though it is far from perfect, so far feedback is positive. Playtesters like her route! What could be better? 

Not all the anxiety is cut away, it never is. The roots always remain. 

We've lost several of our Playtesters. Accounts deleted... last online 7 months ago... People I was happy to have in my DMs, no more. No explanation as to their well being. Nothing. 

Another beautiful day, the now cold coffee pulls moisture from my lips. The code comes easily from my fingers, even though much of it is placeholder that will end up being discarded as things will inevitably change many times before we're done.

[from the devblog on our discord: https://t.co/0bqoQ8iUzr ]