[News] Dead Drive & Game Plan

After several attempts to revive Buka Chan’s hard-drive, we’re sad to say that it’s dead. T_T

And this month we really felt the effects of it as we play tested and started putting more of Chapter 4 in game. Suffice to say, it hasn’t been a fun month for us.

But before we get too down on ourselves, we’ve come up with a game plan to help us get over this bump and sort out a bunch of problems to keep Paizuri University going.

What is our plan from here on out?

Next month (June), we’ve decided to take a 3 week break. 

After having several stressful months in a row, and then having the hard-drive kick us down, just when we were getting back up. We really could use a break right about now. 

So next month is a free month for current Patrons. 

Current Patrons won’t be charged in June. But, new Patrons joining in June will be, for their access to all Patreon only content (we can’t change that, read why here).

Once we’ve had our break, we’ll be back to working on Paizuri in the 4th week of June, to get the ball rolling early into July. And hopefully we’ll have ourselves limber, ready and with juices flowing again after some RnR~!

What about Paizuri University?

We’ve decided to end it at Chapter 4. We talked about it a lot this month, and after weighing up everything, and where things could go. We felt that ending it at Chapter 4 was the best option to take. 

This does mean that the main story will be cut a little short in terms of where we had originally planned to go in Chapter 5. 

But! 

It does mean we can direct our focus completely to the Adventure mode sooner, to write more quests and add more H-Scenes.

Some of the loose strings that won’t quite fit in Chapter 4’s ending, that were related to Chapter 5, will now be done in a Bonus scene for Patrons instead, to help close some lingering plot points we’ve built.

What about the next release?

The next release is coming in the next few days, though the final third of Chapter 4 (Act 3) will not be included. This is because a substantial rewrite is needed to end Paizuri University, and we’d like for it to end well!

That’s It

It’s likely we’ll continue to lightly work on Paizuri during our break. But for the sake of keeping the post simple and fair for Patrons, we’re calling it a break.

That’s our game plan. It’s not super great, and it’s not super bad, but it is somewhere in the middle.

We hope y’all understand our decision, and are still excited for everything to come.

The next release is scheduled for the 23rd (of May) at the latest. So expect it soon!

And thank you to all our Patrons! Your support, messages and feedback have really helped us get through some tough spots this year! We couldn’t have done it without you!

With much love~! <3

~ Zuri Sama & Buka Chan ~