I've got some important things I'd like to announce:

It's been almost a month since Lyre finished. Now, I've made several statements before in the past, but I want to write this one last post to make things clear. This will also give me a chance to announce some things publicly (things that Patrons were clued in on and things that have only been eluded to.) Basically, this is a way for me to get everything out there and show off everything I'm completely ready to talk about.

Most of you know that Lyre is the first of three books in a series of visual novels I'll be making. The series is called "Chronicles of the Emissary" and will be slowly completed over the course of the next few years. My absolute main goal is to finish the series before the end of the 2020's. Given Lyre took about 3 years to make, I'd say that's a fair estimate, though I wasn't as busy with other things at the time of Lyre's development. I've now taken on more responsibilities and a second job so I can live in a more stable way. This of course means less time to work on the rest of CotE.

Now that Lyre is finished, the next book will be "Dryz". This book will still follow the story of the characters you've come to know. It will be a completely separate release, so it will not be uploaded to Lyre, but will instead be its own VN. The page for Dryz is up on Itch.io, which you can find here: https://atmac.itch.io/dryz

There is not a release date for this novel yet, but I aim to begin working on it as soon as I am ready. That leads into the next announcement...

Before I begin working on Dryz, I'd like to polish Lyre to the best of my ability, extending scenes, doing sprite reworks and adding more content to the novel as a whole. I might even throw in some side stories here and there (though I still might have plans to release a collection of short stories on their own). I want to not only flesh out Lyre, but also build up a large amount of updated assets so I will be prepared for Book 2. This will help Book 2's production go by smoothly and hopefully single builds will have a faster release schedule. With this, I'm announcing "Lyre: Definitive Edition", which I aim to release some time by the end of 2024 or early 2025. These are just estimations, so it could change in the future, knowing how unpredictable life can be.

And that's it! Thank you so much for reading my story and I hope to keep you all updated through the process of fully polishing Lyre, along with the production of Dryz.