Hi, guys! What's up?
I'm here early again and Happy Late Chinese New Year! ^.^)/
I wish you health, happiness, & a very long wealth as long as the snake! May we shed our old skin & welcome new, fresh opportunities! (2025 is snake year so excuse the puns lol)

I have good news and bad news, let's start with the good news first, shall we?
The voting for "Saving Grace" title design has concluded and the result is...

A: 14
B: 7
C: 6

A is the winner! Yay! Thank you very much for helping me pick one! >///< simple is the best, huh?

Now onto the bad news: one of my boss' investors is making a new project and guess who got picked to make the concept art for the characters? Me and my 2 other friends :'D I think I caught my boss' eye or smth when I did a matte-painting for the loading screen... I'm not happy about the new workload--I even have to get up early tomorrow for a meeting about this new game! Hence, this early update. Here's hoping I get a raise this year T_T

 I'm already busy enough.
Last week I was kept on my  toes--what, with visiting my relatives for the chinese new years, cleaning the house, and I'm still doing my homework of researching yandere 😂 (I'm done re-reading Nameless & Nightshade, I'm in the middle of reading "Please don't eat me" webtoon/manga now)

Needless to say, I was unable to touch my pen tablet last week after office hours... *cries a river*
I did find a few references for the Throne Room, but by then, I was already too tired to draw :'( I also haven't found a new website to do a crowdfunding, but I guess with my new workload, I don't think I'll be able to be as productive with my new project as before... I'll still update you once a week, but I doubt if I can finish 1 background per week, maybe 1 background per 2 weeks at the latest? I'll see what I can do!

What do you guys think? I feel bad, so for my patrons on my Patreon, I'll understand if you stop pledging due to my busy office schedule and for being unable to commit myself as fully as before Q_Q *bows*

Don't be mistaken though, I will still make visual novels  no matter what, the problem is about time. I might be as slow as a snail but this is my calling, as long as I have hands, the progress bar will keep on going! X'D

Alright, I'll stop here before I blind you all with a text-wall lol. Thank you for reading/listening to my troubles!
If you have any suggestions/critiques please type away! I hope you're not as busy as I am & enjoys life to the fullest!
xoxo,

SweetChiel

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