(More or Less) One-Year Anniversary Update - Day 3 Released!!

Overview

Good morning Khawasimps, it's ya girl. So it turned out Day 3 took a lot longer than I (and I'm pretty sure everyone else) expected, mainly due to the fact I had so much content to add. Don't worry, I don't make fluff-updates or only bug fix updates like another certain game dev. Everything you get from me is real, raw, probably bug-free content! 

Sorry for getting a bit sentimental on the main, but by the time I'm posting this, we're a little bit past the 1 year anniversary of me starting the Khawasim; that being June 18th, 2021. I may not have posted a real update until September, but be assured, mid-June was when the horrible gremlin idea of dating Inferno Khawazu was first given to me. I don't know how many of you are following this dating sim, but even if it's just one person, I'm genuinely happy that my funny little shitpost was able to be enjoyable.

Anyway! If you're curious to see a (spoiler-free) run down about what I've got in store, scroll on!

Changelog (Day 3)

• Added the first date for Khawazu! The date itself is a whopping 9,666 words long! (For context, the longest scene before that was, weirdly enough, Day 1 Night, at a surprising 7,267 words.)
• Added another scene for the secret path of the Khawasim! (You can't date them just yet, but I think it'll be achievable by Day 4.)
• Furthering the main storyline of the Khawasim
• Really, just kind of building up on what Day 2 was setting up
• Prepping for two new characters in Day 4! (Maybe even Day 5, too...)
• A lot of new songs, backgrounds, etc.
• Message backlog!
• Slowly making more icons in the game to be Epic 7 related; will be adding more soon

Words added this update: 36,196

Changelog (Day 2)

• Made expressions for the Lava Vein Chief! (I'll be adding in expressions for the Emberstorm Chief next, and then the Flame Heart Chief.)
• Went back to every scene he's in and added these expressions

If you've all been following my Twitter, you'll see I bought a drawing tablet around March. I was planning on drawing CGs for the sim (more specifically for one scene around Day 3 Night and Date 1), but considering how late this update already is, I'm delaying it to the Day 4 Morning Update, I think. Which brings me to my next point...

FAQ

Q: What the hell took so long?
A: Sooo, a lot of this was my fault, but some of it wasn't. I was in my last semester of college by the time I started working on Day 3, and I was getting absolutely slammed for a while. Now that I've graduated from this college, I've been taking some time to really start working on the sim and my art, which is why, if you looked through the @WrongMLKhawazu Twitter, you'll see updates with much bigger wordcounts for the past few weeks. 

Trust me, I am not happy it took so long, either.

Q: What do you plan on doing to combat this?
A: I know I said in Day 2's devlog that I wasn't going to do this, but starting Day 4 I'll be updating the game per time period (so Day 4 Morning is an update, Day 4 Afternoon, etc.) It'll speed up the time between updates, plus makes me feel better. The "Night" Updates will have to take the longest, though, as that will be when I also have to write out the dates.

Q: Now will there be a downloadable version?
A: Yep! As of this update, the browser version will only go up to Day 3 (and will prompt the player to look for the downloadable version once they reach the end), and updates will only be for the downloadable version. This is because it's already very close to the file limit on itch.io, and I don't want to have to keep constantly trying to find ways to shrink the filesize, because I'm kind of worried one of these days I'm gonna accidentally delete something important.

Q: When do we get to date the secret path?
A: Luckily, Day 4 is going to be more story-oriented for Khawazu, so he won't be dateable in the next day; this'll be perfect to ease yourself into the secret path's dates.

Q: What's next?
A: Big things are coming in Day 4 Morning! (Can you say: investigation and sabotage?)

That's everything I have for now! Hopefully, the next update will be a lot sooner than... [checks calendar] 7 months from now. I really didn't want this to have such a delay between posts, mind you.