Hello all,

I said I was going to try to keep everyone in the loop as to the new changes and I plan to hold that promise! So here we are with the next development newsletter! 

As I have mentioned in the past, Intertwined is a very long slow burn type VN with a HUGE story. I am not joking when I say a huge story as I have planned for this game to span across twenty-four chapters. Each of the tarot cards follow their own unique story aside from the main overall plot that spans the origin story of the Star-Caller. I have spent over ten years writing this story out in my head and some notes on various documents and now I am finally getting it cleaned up and into a Visual Novel format. As such, it takes a lot of time and effort to really get everything properly together and even then, it is not fully complete.

The next update, Version 1.09 is going to see a multitude of new changes. Some of which are new characters that will be introduced. There are a lot of characters that will come and go in Intertwined and not all of them are love-interests. Intertwined is a journey of which you will meet countless friends and enemies along the way. While, there may be hidden fun scenes for some, not for all. 

The next change we will see is the update to the text-box. The old text-box design made it tough to read some text due to the style of the background that the text sits on. I have gone ahead and made a new modification to the design. We shall see how this all works out.

The next couple of items I want to add in is some modifications to the prologue. When I started writing Intertwined, I was a bit green since its been a while that I wrote in a more serious fashion and I made the MC, Melmond Grant, come off weak-willed and not at all as the leader he should be. While, yes, this is his origin story and in the beginning he is much weaker than his end-game self, I overdid it quite heavily. So, therefore some of the old chapters will get slight modifications to reel that back in as well as the removal and additions of some scenes to better portray the character that they should be.

The final two items, which may be stretched across a few updates is the backend repairs to the Star-Chart, modification and addition of more Devotion Points, and the new Dictionary System. I will not go into super heavy details with this, but I have listened to the feedback I have received, which was a lot, and I am focusing on several aspects of the game to make sure it works the way that makes everyone who enjoys reading it have an easier time. This includes items like a Devotion Tracker to show where the points are as later on things will get a tad confusing. 

As for the art assets, there are some minor modifications I want to make, but overall, I actually really like where the art style is with this game. I want to portray the characters as they are. For instance, the reason Yukine wears his clothes the way he does is because of his arctic fox background. He comes from colder climates whereas Angel Heights is a warmer climate which makes him uncomfortable. Iliff has a exhibitionist mentality because of his fear of feeling caged. Ongaku is standard and just tries to express his interests in how he portrays himself. All of these have been thought out because each character has a personality I want to portray both in writing and in visuals. So, other than some minor modifications later on, not this coming update, I am happy where the sprites are.

I want to thank you all as always for the support of Intertwined. I want to continue bringing forth a quality product to all who enjoy the journey so far. I do not have an ETA yet on the next update but it should not be much longer. The writing is done, I just have some art assets left to finish before it releases to Patreon and then Public soon after.

For those who wish to help and support the game, you can find the Patreon link on the main page as well as in the game itself by clicking the Patreon icon. Every little bit helps. 

Thank you all for reading this and I will see you next time!

Yukine Alterma
Developer of Intertwined