Hi all! I've been posting the development updates over on kickstarter, but I thought I'd share the latest one here as well :) 

It’s time for the first production update of 2025! 

Despite a chaotic final couple months of 2024 (that included a random emergency surgery for me) We’ve been making solid progress on LatMWD!  

As everything stands right now, we are still on track for LatMWD’s release in Q4 of this year. 

UI/UX and Graphic design 

Thanks to everyone who added items onto their orders, we were able to bring on a UI/UX/Graphic designer, Kate Nikles! This means the Milky Way Diner logo and UI/UX design will be getting a much needed upgrade. 

Kate is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Chicago who enjoys creating everything from video-game-inspired illustrations and 3D models to user-friendly interfaces and graphics.  Though her background is primarily in illustration, she loves exploring new mediums to expand her creative skillset.  She currently serves as the visual artist for multimedia worldbuilding project “Readymade Utopia” and as graphic designer for various nonprofits. 

In addition to being an incredibly talented designer, Kate is also our composer Vanessa's fiancé; which now makes 2 couples working on this game. 

Soundtrack 

The LatMWD soundtrack is nearing completion; with only two tracks remaining. Vanessa has done such an absolutely stellar job, and we're so excited for you all to hear it. 

Foods/recipes 

We have now officially blown past our original recipe count as I’ve already finished the art for about 40 dishes (counting our demo ones) and our updated count is looking closer to about 90. 

Narrative 

A good chunk of the ast few months has been spent working at the game’s narrative script, which has like our recipe count has somewhat increased (but thankfully not doubled) in scope. 

The good news is, this won’t effect out timeline in a massive way. My goal is to get all the narrative writing done by the end of April so it can be sent off to be edited, giving us ample time to implement everything into the game. 

Extra Characters + Character outfits 

Only 2 side characters remain to be designed, and I’ve been working on rendering the 4 I showed off last major update. I’ve also been woking on the cast’s extra outfits! Each of the romanceable character’s will be getting at least one extra look for their date, but it’ll be doing my best not to spoil those. 

Thanks everyone for your patience as always, me and the rest of the LatMWD crew can’t wait for you all to play the finished game this fall. 

I’ll hopefully have an official, final release date set for the next update. 

If we encounter any delays, we will be sure to post an update here so as to keep you all in the loop.

Best Wishes! 

Ellie