Murmur - one year anniversary and plans

Hello everyone, and good day to you!

Exactly one year ago, I've posted the first-ever version of Murmur - 0.1

It was pretty short and had only one lewd scene with showering Shinigami. Animation had a lower frame rate and resolution. Since then, I can say that I've learned things and improved the game's overall quality. And I will try my best to learn and improve even further! 

As a present for everyone, I've prepared some simple wallpapers. You can download them either from MEGA, from attachments down below, or you can find them in my discord!

At the moment game contains a full first сhapter and a short intro of the second сhapter. And I'm planning the story to be more than two chapter-length. I already know how it should end, and it's still a long way off. The characters have to open up, a lot of things have to happen. And speaking of that, let's slide to the plans.

There is a poll I've created just recently. It still has 20 hours to go as I'm writing this post, but I already see the results. More than 90% of people have voted for the full harem route. Which, as I think, is the only path for Murmur to be. I will still make solo endings for each girl, but the game's main course will be a harem. Today game has the option to reject the girl of your choice and continue playing with at least two girls in your "harem". But I don't think I should spend so much time on a thing that will result only in how big your harem is. I don't want the story to depend on whether the girl is included or not. I don't want to exclude girls from the plot at all.

And here comes the important part. I will rework the possible rejection of the girl in the 0.5.

ANY REJECTION IN 0.5 RELEASE WILL END THE GAME. And that's my decision I will stick with. The game will continue only if you accepted every girl. I know that there are people that might not like some girls and reject them. And I know that this decision has disadvantages. But the advantages of this are much more. And the main advantage of it is that I can focus on making content than seeking possible workarounds for rejected girls. The story will be more whole.

The main disadvantage of this is what I hoped I could avoid in the development - save incompatibility. But don't panic, hear me out first. My predictions are that players who didn't reject anyone and will be able to play 0.5 without problems with saves that they have now. On the contrary, players who rejected someone will have to replay the game from a save before their first rejection. But any of this is not 100% yet. 

If save incompatibility will happen, then with 0.5 release, I will post some ready-to-go saves for those who want.

With all this said, I'll start reworking previous content. Some scenes (Sleeping on Yui's couch, waking up without Liz at home, rejected Helen in the hotel, Shinigami's time jumps) will be cut out from the game. They might appear in the gallery when it will be available, but that's it.

And to finish this post on a bright note. I can say that everyone who voted for a full harem route will enjoy an ending of 0.5, hehe. I can't stop smiling from thinking of it.

That's all from me now! Stay safe, healthy, and be happy, everyone!

Your DD