Hi all! Ellie here

I want to start off by thanking everyone for supporting this project, even though we didn't reach our goal during this first attempt. 

Though our first kickstarter was unsuccessful, we received such an amazing response from players. Folks have shared with us ways the demo has brightened their day, or how they’ve connected to the cast. 

It’s this support that has made us determined to not give up on this project or its story just yet, which is why we are trying again.

Which is why we are launching a second crowdfunding attempt June 10! 

you can wishlist the project ahead of time on the page linked below 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/330388878/love-at-the-milky-way-diner

In order to lower the initial cost of development, we have elected to try and fund a shorter version of "Love at the Milky Way Diner"  this time around. 

This shorter version of the game will be an extended “common story”, in which the player gets to run their diner, and gets to know the characters, gathering affection points for their favourite love interest.

Certain story beats that would have originally been saved for individual character routes will be added to flesh out the characters and gameplay more. The focus would be more so on getting to know the cast as a whole, and building a connection that can blossom into a deeper romance. 

The idea is to have a satisfying version of the story that can stand on its own, while still allowing us to add individual character romance routes as stretch goals, or for DLC routes for each character to be released later.

This common story will take about 6-8 hours to play through. 

This base game will cover the player's fist month of running the Milky Way Diner, culminating in a cute first date with the character you have gained the most affection points with. 

As we reach our stretch goals, free romance route DLCs will be added for each character as well. We anticipate each of these routes will have about 2-3 hours playtime. 

This means an extra 27 hours of free gameplay if we unlock all the characters (twice the original game's scope) in addition to the base game's 6-8 hour playtime. 

We hope you will consider supporting this second attempt at making "Love at the Milky Way Diner" a reality. 

Thank you so all so much once again! 

best wishes, 

Ellie