Hey, friend. 

It's release day and the last day of May Wolf! Woo! AWWWOOO!

Wow. Wow wow wow.

Like, holy fuck. ~24.9 words written and (sort of) edited in one month. And then CGs and animation and programming. God. So much. Too much.

Of course, this would not have been possible without our lovely sprite donos, but I am so proud of what I managed to scrape together in that limited time. I think it really goes to show how much my grasp of the VN medium and Ren'py have grown. 

And romance! Never written one of them before. I hope I captured that feeling well because half the time I didn't know what the fuck I was doing.

I won't lie, though, this was hard. Not necessarily difficulty-wise but mentally and physically. I had guessed the original script would be around 10k, but it kept growing and growing, and while that may be fine in a vacuum, it is not fine in a time-limited game jam.

Basically what I'm trying to say is that my body feels like shit rn.

And I don't say that to elicit sympathy. I say that to explain why I won't be pushing any meaningful updates to this or I, Wolfe in the next month or two or three. Granted, I do believe this to be my own fault. I could have chosen a much shorter idea if I wanted to, but I am stubborn so I didn't, and now my body is punishing me for that choice. It is what it is.

Moving on from that depressing note, I would like to release a "definitive edition" of A Rebound From Mars sometime in the future. It would only add small tweaks that I didn't have time for.

I'll probably add more sound effects. And maybe buff out the ending too b/c I really rushed that to make word count. And remove some redundant phrasing that the animations already convey. And fix the tone so it's more uniform. AND I didn't have time to play test or proofread so I should probably do that. 

Fuck, now that I'm writing all of this down, I'm realizing this is still a really unfinished project. XD

If I'm feeling up for it and people want to know more, I may add a little epilogue. Maybe. Probably not, but maybe.

Other than that, there is just I, Wolfe, which I am eager to get back to after a little R&R. 

As usual, I will put out a postmortem a couple weeks from now highlighting some elements of development and the general response. And I'll probably follow that with some mentions of the other MAY WOLF entries that I have been picking away at.

Before I let you go, I would like to ask you, friend, to act as a witness to my solemn vow: I WILL NOT WRITE MORE THAN 5K WORDS FOR MAY WOLF 2025.

There. Now that's done. Feel free to screenshot that and save it for when I inevitably go over. Then you can flame me on discord or talk shit to me on twitter. Please do so. It will help me stay focused. Gotta have some external motivation, you get me?

All right friend, I think that's about it.

Check out the other entries. Check out the artists. Check out that cute guy on the other side of the room that be lookin' like a snack.

Thanks all, and eat your veggies.

-Kraaj