Hello there! mlkrn, writer for But Wholesome Games, is here. 

initially, our plans were to release the Extended Edition by Q2 2024. As you can see, it's mid-June, and that did not happen. 
I have to be honest with you: I wanted to rewrite basically the last third of the story, because the jump from a battle with Chtulhu to demon wars is... rushed right now. Initially when I was writing ILMFC for the jam, the length of the game was planned to cover an entire year of events (so, 52 weeks) but I didn't plan any followers for weeks 35-42, so I ended up going for 42 weeks instead, so the pacing got very rushed. 

Unfortunately, I also have this mental bug where it's really hard for me to scrap and discard the writing that is already there (and after that September crunch, I felt pretty exhausted and took a break from writing). So, the process slowed down (and by that I mean I haven't written a single word until April).

(Like, I have 90k words script for another game of ours that I've written for Spooktober 2022, and I want to rewrite the last story arc of it, and it's been on my to-do list for... you guessed it, almost two years by now. It's fun, by the way. It's otome. It has witches, and guns, and a lot of funny jokes and satirical elements. However- I just hate rewriting).  

The good news are, I am back on track with writing! New script is in production (right now I have about 30% of new text I want to include on top of the existing script with also accounts for about 20k of words) and features unique events for every weekend activity, completed flavor texts for all skill level-ups, Caishen who's absolutely terrible and evil, as well as a few new charachers and development for the already familiar faces. 

And I did summon all my willpower and deleted the parts that need to be rewritten.

Oh, oh, one more thing one more thing. After going through our player survey, I've also realized you guys really loved the Flying Spaghetti Monster, so there's more of him, as well. Thank you for filling out the survey, by the way! 

Our plans now are to get the Extended Edition featured in Steam Next Fest either in October 2024 (less likely) or February 2025 (more likely, if I stop being overly optimistic for a second). 

Once the Extended Edition is out, this version will be taken down. Not because I am greedy or anything - but because some parts of the current script are inconsistent with the new one. A free demo will be still out there for people to try the game out before committing to te purchase. Just want to be transparent here.

I write more short-term updates on our Discord server, and the artist, mossinasi, also shows her sketches for the Extended Edition there. Come stop by to chat with us! 

Thank you for your patience and your continuing support <3