This is totally a late update on itch.io since this has already been officially announced on Twitter and Tumblr (oops), but we would like to officially announce that the  winter DLC, Alaris: Season’s Greetings, is upon us! This DLC, featuring side content for all SIX of our LIs, will officially release THIS FRIDAY, December 17, 2021. As many of you know, this DLC was created for the #WinterVNJam on itch.io, and we are excited to announce that it has finally come to fruition :D 

For those who have played our main game and for those who are new to our games, we hope this DLC has content to offer for everyone! If you’re interested to know what this DLC will look like, please feel free to read more about it below,

In this Winter DLC, you will have the option to go on a date with any six of our LIs! For those new to the game, this will be the first time you will get to interact more intimately with Kuna’a and Aisa, our two most mysterious LIs. Each date will range between about 2k - 2.5k words, for a total of around 15k words in the DLC!

It should be noted that these two LIs won’t be automatically available, and you will have to play through the game a bit to unlock them. This is both to maintain their mystery and to add a bit of a gameplay challenge to the game. The requirements to unlock these routes won’t be hard - you’ll just have to play through the main 4 LIs’ dates in order to see them. But we hope this adds a fun challenge while also maintaining some of the mystery surrounding these two! 

For those who have played our main game, you may know that we have many features, like a personality feature, codex, etc. In this game, since it will just be a DLC, these features will not be included and will mainly focus on the content of the dates. Think of this DLC as an added Free Time Side Story! There will still be choices to make, and these still won’t affect romantic endings. 

The choices in the game will still maintain our core gameplay element, which is that they are meant to allow players to express themselves better and play around with different types of personalities. The only difference between this and the main game is that you won’t be keeping track of these choices to build a personality profile - they’re just there for enjoyment!

We will still have our Extras Menu, so players will still be able to revisit certain scenes or CGs that they’ve unlocked. There will be a CG and scene for each LI, so a total of SIX CGs and scenes to unlock! 

We hope you all enjoy this DLC - it was a joy to make, especially with the holiday season upon us! Greet the season with each of our LIs on our official release date: December 17, 2021!

As always, feel free to follow us on itch.io or Twitter for more updates or donate at Ko-fi to support development <3