Hello. It's me, John Lovestrings, here to give a small update on the Lovestrings RPG so far.

I recently completely wrapped progress on the first "chapter" of the game (as mentioned previously, chapters are development organization only. game will be released when 100% complete. think of it like the first area of a Zelda game if said Zelda game had, like, 4-5 areas. Majora's Mask?)

I have now officially moved onto the 2nd "chapter" "area" "chunk" "byte" whatever you wanna call it. Things are going pretty smoothly.

I do want to eventually take the time to give a little more details on the premise of the game, how it'll play and how it "interacts" with the series for lack of a better term, but I wanna wait just a liiittle longer to give too much. Maybe when I finish the 2nd "chapter" I'll splurge. Splurge? Is that the right word? Eh.

The Stuff I WILL Share Here:

You may have noticed from the profile picture, or the post from last time, that the characters have received some redesigns. Nothing too, too crazy, but I honestly like to see these new designs as a culmination of every design I've given these little goobers previously. Closest I'll get to directly beaming the image of them from my mind to the screen.

Pretty much every character from the animated short will be in the game in one form or another, with only one exception. And, the big perk of having a game (much more content than an animation) is that I can make them much more interesting than they were in the short. Randall Ransom has a lot of new stuff and lore and story that I will not say a thing about. Mr. Bovine from Bovinews is back, too. He still thinks they're called the Lavastrongs. Or the Heartlaces. Or whatever other new way he can find to NOT say "Lovestrings."

So, uh, tl;dr, now fully working on the 2nd """chapter""" of the game, hoping to maybe start sharing more details on the premise soon. Want a specific time? Frankly, I do too. Sadly, game development TAKES time, and this is something I'm doing pretty much on my own, so while i have my own personal deadlines I like to meet, I don't wanna make promises...

Tell you what. Before the end of 2025, I will make a big explanation post of some kind going more in detail on what to expect. Might even make a little animation for it. I've been considering making an animation in the game world. I dunno.

Until next time, buh-bye.