How do you do, everyone? Mangoku418 here!

And welcome back to an all-new devlog for May 2021! While going through my list, I was shocked to see how much was done in the span of one month!  We've also just reached 600 followers on our Twitter page! I have a special celebration idea that I'm excited to share with you all in the near future!

Kawasaki Family Cast!!!

On April 30th, we held a 2nd casting call for voice actors to fill the roles of Ayame's family. As of May 14th, we're pleased to announce Patrick Mealey as Ginta Kawasaki, Norman Bradley as Akio Kawasaki, and Kelly Greenshield as Nao Kawasaki! These talented VAs, along with the VAs from the 1st casting call, will be featured in our next demo of Dear Mom!!!

Voice Samples!

We've also posted voice samples of our main characters on Twitter! Click on the individual names below to give them a listen! The music featured in the videos was composed by Red Robotix!

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Ayame --- Miamo --- Perrine --- Miso --- Chip

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Art Updates!!!

Library BG by KeiraWorks.

I decided to tackle the role of UI design this time around!!! ^^

Big thanks to Arctic Fox for designing the map of Yamada Hoshi High School.

How I'm feeling now--

I'm feeling a lot better with the pace we're going at. My writer and I have been making significant progress with the main story. We've finished going through Perrine's chapter and are in the process of writing the summer vacation intermission! I’m super proud of how the UI turned out! I’m not used to doing UI design, but seeing the final result makes me so happy! There are still a few menus I have to get done, like the pause menu. Oooo, I am not looking forward to doing that. XD

If things go well, I'd like to release the promo demo of Dear Mom: My Letter to You by the end of this month. This decision is really determined based on how fast I can finish the UI. I'm hoping to spend some time for the next few weeks to make it happen. I will keep you all posted if that ever changes! :)

What's Next?

• Work on that UI!
• Get hyped as our VAs deliver their recordings and make the game really shine!
• Clean up my code.
• Keep living!

And that's it! You can get other updates throughout the month by following me on Twitter and joining my Discord server. This is Mangoku418. Have yourselves an Omega Awesome Day, and take care. Cheers! ^^