Hello, everyone! I hope all is going well.

It took longer than I expected, but I've finally finished the next short story of Stories of the Dreaming World. Story number 3, I Had to Try, is now released! Once again, it's a very gloomy story, but I hope you can enjoy it in some way.

IMPORTANT: Please be warned that there may be some sensitive content this time, so please do heed the content warnings before reading! Stay safe!

With this new short story, the development notes booklet has also been updated. I also plan on adding some character sheets to it in the future to fit in some more info and art.

The next story, Birds of the Salt Flat, is going to be a lot more lighthearted and unserious. The writing for it is already done (although there will probably be some revisions on the way), so all that's left is to do the art and put it together. The last three stories have been very CG-based, but I hope to go back to pixel art and sprites for this.

I also want to try animating the title screen, but I feel like it will be a bit more difficult. I'll try to figure it out!

Until then, see you next time!