Hey everyone! Here’s our very first dev log!

Exciting!

After the rather surprisingly successful release of Sparks Chapter 1 we worked to optimize the first build a little more, which gets pushed out with this log!

First of all, thank you!

Everyone who reads this, or at least this far! Thank you for downloading, following or just generally being interested in Sparks!

Some of you might remember that development on this was started way back when and then there was just radio silence.

Well a quick explanation for that:

Originally, Sparks was a much smaller project.

Just some sprites and here and there a custom music track and perhaps a CG.

But then the project evolved far more, a custom UI, purely custom tracks, and backgrounds as well!

Of course coordinating this kind of effort takes time and a lot of energy.

But I am very happy with what we got in the end and are planning to continue to work hard.

Here’s some prospects for the future:

The general plan is to have around 36 chapters, split onto two routes, the split being planned to happen around chapter 4.

From then on both routes will get updates one after the other.

So update 1 will be route A, update 2 will be route B.

This is planned to happen until the third part of the story is reached. From then on, Route A will be finished first, and B second.

Once both routes are done, an Epilogue is planned as well.

As some people asked, there will be no nudity or sexually explicit content in Sparks, though some slightly mature themes and scenes will be depicted.

Lots to look forward to, I know, but everything will obviously happen a little slower, due to all of the team having to dedicate their time to other responsibilities as well.

But work on Chapter 2 has already started, though it is going to be shorter than Chapter 1, I hope you will enjoy it.

More custom tracks and Artwork will be featured in it, though I chose not to do custom Backgrounds for the coming one.

Many thanks once again for keeping up.

If you want to support the project, please consider donating to the project on Ko-Fi.

Or would you rather support a Patreon?

If so, please let us know!

Additionally, we now have a Bluesky account as well in case you prefer to keep up with the newest regarding the project on there!

Underneath you’ll find all the changes made, mostly by Dyllan and me.

Changes made:

Fixed a bug where sometimes MAC versions couldn't find the music room file.

Fixed several typos and spelling mistakes.

Disabled the "Voice Volume" menu option.

Added team members information and sound licenses in the "About" tab for better exposure.

Added the icon for the mobile version (we'll miss you, renpy girl).

Changed main menu animation to loop smoother.

We would greatly appreciate your Ko-Fi donations to support the project.