This is the final version of the 0.1 Public version of Blue Swallow. It's a taste of what's to come from the game -- character creation, the beginnings of the story.

0.2A just released on our Subscribestar and boy, is it huge.

A massive update that highlights choice, character creation, writing breadth and depth. It comprises an increase in lines of code from 2,393 in 0.1P to 10,367. Nearly five TIMES the code. And most of that is content, variations of story, and paths you probably didn't get to in this playthrough.

We've gone from, essentially the Paper Doll to art assets totaling ''186'' between a few bits of clothes [check out those HSVs], passage art (what'cha think of the new GIF?), and newly implemented buttons.

What's coming in the next release (0.3)?

Content

    * Your Claire will either:
      - enjoy a Gap Year abroad and then decide to go to college or break out into the world

      - go to college and then see where life takes her

      - take off into the great blue yonder, arriving in the first "Act" of the story

    * So, the content will not be nearly as expansive as this -- this is the largest release probably to happen in the game -- but from here on, there will be a fragmentation. Playing paths will begin to eschew others. Some players will see the 'main game' sooner, whereas other players will continue to learn and craft who Claire is, what she experiences, what she's good at (or not so good at), and bring a more developed Claire to the first Act.

    * This will be the first taste of the structural differentiation of playthroughs. This one had some story arcs that excluded others, but in future releases, players will find themselves at different cross-roads at the end of each release and to proceed further on their path, they'll need to wait for the next release.

Technicals

    * We're implementing back-end systems that will start to come to the fore-front during Act I of our story (0.4 and onward)

We'd appreciate your support for the continued development of Blue Swallow, which you can join here: https://subscribestar.adult/blue-swallow

Joining our community can also afford the ability to give feedback and input towards guiding and improving the game -- we look forward to hearing your ideas!

If you'd like to contribute to the content of the game, you're more than welcome and should join the Discord community through the support link above.

Looking forward to continuing the adventures of our intrepid protagonist!