Christmas 2021 Update - DAY 2 RELEASE!!

Overview

Merry Christmas, everybody! It's been a little over 6 months since I started this project, on June the 19th, 2021. (Hard to believe it's already been that long...) I've been pushing to get update done in time to be released on Christmas, and with winter break helping me out, I see I was able to get it done just in time! I can't help but feel a little bad that you all had to wait so long for Day 2, but I guess it's because Day 1 is way simpler, and therefore was easier to write and ship out.

I have no idea if save files from the Day-1-only version are compatible with this update; there was a bunch of new plug-ins and updates that I put in the game, along with tweaking up some problems, busting some bugs, and generally giving Day 1 a little extra coat of paint.

Changelog (Day 2)

• Job function
• The first gift-giving events in the game
• More Khawazu content!
• A semi-hidden secret path (Can you say a new character to date?)
• A bunch of new NPCs, backgrounds, songs, etc!
• An image that's not just a parallax! (You can find it in the secret path.)

Changelog (Day 1)

• Updated visuals a tiny bit (Now Khawazu and the guard can be on the screen at the same time while they're conversing)
• Squashed a bug that made the worst-case outcome in the Fondness for Day 1 Night trigger even when you've ended the path on a decent note

Do note that this isn't the only place where I talk about the Khawasim! If you want weekly updates on how development is going, make sure to follow me on twitter, @WrongMLKhawazu! Note that, as of the Day 2 update, there WILL be spoilers on who the dateable character in the secret path is; read through at your own risk!

FAQ

Q: What's your update schedule for this game?
A: Hopefully, every 2-3 months. However, considering how I was pushing to get Day 2 done by Christmas - and I'd posted Day 1 a few days before my birthday in September - I'd say realistically I'll make major updates every 3-4 months. If I updated the game for each time period (new update for Day 2 Morning, update for Day 2 Afternoon, etc.), I think I could update every 1-2 months? However, I'm pretty sure that'd grind the pacing to a halt, so I decided otherwise.

Q: Do you ever plan on monetizing this game?
A: NO. The Khawasim is purely a fan-game, made with love and a desire to date Iwazu. If I monetized it, I'd be pretty much start working solely for a profit, and the whole spirit of the game is wasted. 

...That, and I'm pretty sure SuperCreative would beat me in the ass with a DMCA if I tried.

Q: When do we get to actually date Khawazu?
A: Day 3 will be the earliest time you get to go out on a date with him!

Q: Will you make the game downloadable/more than just playable in browser?
A. I'm starting to think that, at some point, I might make the full game downloadable. The playable-in-browser version can be seen as a demo of sorts, and the full game is the downloadable version. It's all free, of course; this is more for me than anything else. Itch.io has a 1000 file limit, and the Khawasim is already around ~900 files, and I've already axed out as many unnecessary files as I could. The day I hit 1000 files is the day I start making future versions downloadable.

Q: why are you doing this
A: i like iwazu

Outro

It sure has been a wild ride these past 3 months. Conqueror Lilias is now an actual thing, so there's a chance she might actually show up in the Khawasim; I got datamined files of Raze and Reina, Meldrec had its own sidestory in September (granted it was like really really bad), and Day 1 of the Khawasim even got featured on Epic Seven's The Loop! (Timestamp is 3:56.)

So, funny story, actually: as of this posting, I'm actually going to take a break from the Khawasim for 2 weeks. There's a game jam I'm participating in right now that goes from the 26th to January the 6th, and I'd like to focus more on that for a few weeks so I can get it out on time. Plus, I feel like it'd help me out a lot if I had some time to rest and recuperate my braincells before I get to work on Day 3; Day 3 is where things really start popping off, because that's where you can finally start going on dates.

With that said, I hope Day 2 is enough for now! There was a lot of headache involved in Day 2 (specifically Afternoon), but overall I'm pleased with how it turned out!