Good evening everyone! I never typically enjoyed the summer all that much. These heatwaves have made time between work dreadful, luckily for me I still had time to work on this project. (Despite all the sweat.) Today marks the middle of August, and yet another VOIDWATCH: CrossLust update. Here's where we are in the roadmap:

To Do: June

- Begin "Intermission" Section
- Iteration 3 - Update #4: June 15th, 2025
- 25% Completion of "Intermission" by "Update #5" 
- 75% Completion of "Intermission" by "Update #7" 
- 100% Completion of "Intermission" by "Update #8" 
- Begin "Act 2" Section 
- Iteration 3 - Update #5: June 30th, 2025

To Do: July

- 25% Completion of "Act 2" by "Update #6"
- Iteration 3 - Update #6: July 13th 2025
- 50% Completion of "Act 2" by "Update #7"
- Iteration 3 - Update #7: July 31st 2025

To Do: August

- Iteration 3 - Update #8: August 16th 2025
- 100% Completion of "Act 2" by "Update #9"
- Begin "Intermission 2" Section by "Update #9"
- Create the next roadmap in Update #9
(September, October, November)
- Iteration 3 - Update #9: August 31st 2025

As of this moment, I am just reaching the end of Page 108 of Act 2's narrative. To give you some perspective, our last update was on Page 84. While we are well past 50% completion, I am unhappy with the current progress. I believe I've been experiencing some burnout due to complications in my personal life paired with the feelings of never having enough time to do everything. Rest assured, I have taken the necessary precautions; especially since I am about to enter another semester of University in September.

Act 2 will be completed by the month's end, and progress towards Intermission 2 will begin immediately afterward. This will be the final update before the end of the Summer 2025 Roadmap concludes. Expect a look back at the progress made from Update #3 to Update #9, as well as the Fall 2025 Roadmap. This decision to reiterate the entire game once again, despite feelings of self-doubt; I am fully confident that it was the correct decision. Truth be told, I have no idea when this game will be ready for release. The earliest I can possibly say is Q3 of 2026, and that's IF everything goes to plan, but we all know that in this line of work; it never does the first time around.

I wanted to take the opportunity to be more personal with these updates as, I'm sure it's pretty anticlimactic when I can't spoil the details about the story itself in these updates; so I hope a look into my mind during these development and design periods is a good substitute. Thank you for making it this far! I look forward to seeing you all when the next progress update on August 31st, 2025 for Update #9 has been published!

- Lance Leeder (DevLanket)