Release Plan

The plan is to release this game in an episodic manner and with parts. There will be seven main chapters and one eighth final chapter. Each of the seven main chapters will have three parts. 

The first part constitutes much of the storyline up until the Blood Moon of the chapter rises. In short, it will basically be the bulk of the game where you will be interacting with the characters, exploring the setting, and so on. This will continue until a Blood Moon is rising signifying that a murder happened, and to find out who got murdered you'll have to wait until the second part of the episode arrives.

The second part of an episode will be released one week after the first part and will constitute finding the body of the murder victim and the investigation period. Which is probably the shortest part of the chapter as you're probably looking at an hour tops of playtime.

The third part will be released one week after the second part and will constitute the trial and the aftermath. Which is the juicy portion of the game where you go through evidence and argument in a Danganronpa/Ace Attorney-like way to solve who committed the episode's murder.

The entire point of this is to throttle the pace for players to maximize collective suspense and minimize spoilers. The wait time between the third part of a previous chapter and the first part of the next chapter should also not take too long as well since I will be continuously working on this VN.

As a heads up, the Prologue and Chapter 1-1 will be released on 01/08/2024, which means that Chapter 1-2 will be released on 01/15/2024 and Chapter 1-3 will be released on 01/22/2024.