It's been a while since we last gave an update. That is partially due to summer time, partially due to the process of starting up a company. However, we have been working a bit on the game as well, preparing and polishing the demo for its official public release. The video below demonstrates two additions that have been made this month (July 2022).
In the menu which is shown at the start of a new month, the current month and year are now clearly visible in the top right corner. This is to help keep track of birthdays, how long is left until the next main story event and so on. As is also illustrated in the video, the building process in the town view has been improved. Now, there is a visual effect to emphazise the process of turning an empty lot into a building. However, this effect is only visible if the particles option is turned on. The video is unedited, with sound and music from the game. This means that the loading times in the video are accurate to real-time loading (on a specific computer). Some testing has been done with loading times, and this has been determined to be the fastest possible all-around loading for the game.Besides the additions shown in the video, a third long event has been written and is currently being implemented. Depending on how long it takes to get our company approved (which in turn determines when the demo can be realeased), there may be time to add an additional long event and/or a couple of short events.