Progress Update

Firstly, thank you to all of you for your ongoing support over the past couple of years.
I've just finished processing all of the credit allocations for September so you should all have any credits you are due.
Please send me direct message if you think I've missed you.
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To say that the second half of August was difficult would be an understatement.
My elderly father was taken into hospital after a serious decline in his health.
He spent two weeks there while he was stabilized and many tests and treatments took place.

Meanwhile, probably while visiting the hospital, I picked up Covid.
After the fever passed, it was headaches and a very sore throat for a few days and absolute exhaustion.
It took a full ten days until I finally tested negative a couple of days ago. I'm still recovering now.

Of course, I couldn't visit my father while testing positive and that wasn't the easiest thing to come to terms with.
After briefly being discharged, he was taken straight back into hospital over the weekend and will be staying there for a while yet. At least now though I can go to see him again.

All this of course has been very draining and disruptive. It has taken a lot of time away from my work. 

Chapter 16 progress
I'm obviously behind where I wanted to be because of everything that's been happening.
That said, I've still made reasonably good progress when I've been able to work.

The image count for Ch16 is currently over 2200, and all the main scenes have been completed.
While the image count might not seem that impressive, most of what I've done so far hasn't included many animated sequences.
They usually form a large proportion of the bonus scenes, and I'm just starting work on those.

The page count for Ch16 is at just under 2200, which probably gives a better idea of progress so far.

I'm still optimistic that I'll be releasing Ch16 by the end of September or the beginning of October.
It may be a phased release, but you will get a substantial amount of new game to play.

Thanks again for all your support
dsp3000