u/White_Fox_Prod

Hard deadline of the 25th really, but the script is all done along with the intial raw coding, now we just need alot of time to go through, make sure everything works and nothing shits the bed.

u/MagicalWaffleGuy for the amazing Karua sprites

Erriz on Fiver for the Taku Mom Sprites!

Was working to get a custom location working but it's probably more hassle than it's worth for a flashback scene, so just threw them in the Commanders House since you never see it unless you do Box of Blessings.

I've had a few reddit messages I also recently saw, I'll try to answer them all once I get done with the current preview.

Non Plot Spoiler Free* Screenshots

The first branch(Stay and Fight) of Version 1.0 of the Her Smile(Karua) route mod is finished, encompassing Days 10-14. This includes the decision to split branches, a free time day, and a custom battle; alongside custom sprites.

Work continues on the other Branch, and we're hoping for a full release of Version 1.0 sometime in June.

We intially thought about releasing this branch standalone, but the story of each branch goes hand in hand, so every update will include both branches.

Originally it was feared each Characters position was set per room or route dependant, and that meant, for example, it would be impossible to have several characters in someone else's room without stacking. Thankfully that has been fixed.

A better modding guide coming soon, probably once Version 1 of Her Smile(The Karua Route) mod is done.

Sprites for Takumi's mom, to be used in various flashback scenes to futher build out Takumi's and Karua's backstory from the TRC.

Full credit to Errizz on Fiver(Linking Fiver removed the post so her link is in the comments)

Before anything, this was not Achieved by any kind of cheat engine, nor did I exploit anything that gives you any materials, all this does is a simple boundry break thanks to the Jellyfish.

I have around 50 images but reddit only allows 20, you can find the rest on imgur

Sunni Island seems to be either the first major expansion added to the game, or perhaps the second after the Disney land amusement park area.

It seems pretty well finished, plenty of NPC's who are fully animated, the wanted system works(Officers show up), you can drive around the island and only one wall had no collission. Of course it's not perfect, some areas missing a floor, the random NPC's over the water, there's no music, no cars, the random T-Posing Female Zero's, ect...But it is pretty far along so far.

A couple areas(Mainly the road tunnel and the stairs in the Inn) have invisible walls; strangely the stairs in the Inn have a wall but you can get to the second floor anyway thanks to Nanally.

My best guess, this will likely be added in either 1.1 or 1.2, and considering it has a dock but no airport, I'm guessing it will come with the ability to drive boats to and from it.

The lack of music, crows, and Phone Booths are noticeable but not shocking; along with no tower to activate.

Overall this was very fun and interesting to explore, and if you're a nerd like me who enjoys stuff like this, I rec it.

The tutorial I used to get here can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diligS8GyQs&t=255s

Wanted to get this out for the 1 year anniversary but we were busy still working on some parts; this is post the custom battle.

Progress so far:

Version 1 of the "Fight the Invaders" Branch is completely written(Days 10-Midway of Day 14). Version 1 of the "Escape back to the Main Academy" Branch is currently being written still.
The release of Version 1 is hopefully soonish. While the actual coding has had some ups and downs here and there, the main thing is we've commissioned Sprites of the Unmasked Commanders and therefore we're also waiting for that to be finished.

Issues in the video we're already aware of:
Text going outside the text box a couple of time.
Some Spelling mistakes here and there(We plan to proof read the script and finalize it once the initial coding is finished)
Takky always being misspelt as Taky; this is really just on English not being our first language.
The Undying Flames in the background despite being at Second to Last Academy, we have it on the docket to commission backgrounds but it's not as high of a priority like sprites are.

This is likely to be the final preview of atleast this branch of the mod since anything futher would be major spoilers for the mysteries and main story we plan to tell.

All credit as always mainly goes to my friend Sabrina for writing and coding while I just mainly assisted.