Well, this one will be a short one, but I guess it’s okay to have a short one every once in a while. Honestly, there are weeks when you feel like you did a lot, and there are weeks when you feel like you barely did anything, and this week is the latter.

I did start working on the Second Trial in earnest last week. Following the cryptic notes that my past self left for me, I managed to come up with what I believe was my initial intent. This Trial will be different from the first one both in theme and in execution. I actually plan to have all the Trials, of which there will be four, deviate from each other and be slightly different experiences. This meant, of course, that I couldn’t use the code templates from the first one and had to write new code for this one. It took me much less time than it did with the first Trial. Either this time the code is simpler, or I got a tiny bit better. Hopefully, it will translate to a nice player experience.

Coding is not the only thing that needs to be done for the event to attain its final form. There’s a lot of planning and writing that needs to be done. I initially hoped to release the Trial with the next update, but there is no way I am going to finish it all in the upcoming two weeks. Shady One from the past didn’t bother himself with leaving me much, mostly just the bare bones of the Trial, so I now have to fill it with meat and actually do the writing.

I could do the same thing I did with the Trial of Mind and release parts of the Trial as they are done, but that might not be the best idea, considering how many players actually thought that abrupt endings during the First Trial were bugs. So I guess the Second Trial’s release will have to wait, and Mitsuki’s addition to the roster will have to be the star of the next release after all.

Shady Two was sick most of last week, so things didn’t progress much on her end, though I do believe that she will be able to surprise you all with some gorgeous art in the next update.

So, yeah, I guess that's it for this week's blog entry. I'll see you all in the next one.

Shady Character One, out!