Finished:
So far, I've got face sprites for all the 4 party members, as well as one of the NPC's (I've attached the sprites for GIRL on this post). Don't worry, I won't be doing face sprites for every NPC. Just the important ones.

I've also made 4 new songs so far, and have rewritten/reorganized all of the dialogue up to the point after you finish the first dungeon. So basically, the first half of the chapter is finished.

What I'm Working on Now:
I need to work on 2 sets of face sprites for some important characters, and one face sprite for another character.

I *was* planning on remaking every song from the original version of the chapter, but I think I'll just choose a select few. I think I'll remake the 3 songs from the shore scene and the song from the intro. I also plan on making a chapter intro theme, a battle theme, a theme for the library, a tension theme, an infiltration theme, a boss theme, and a theme for after you defeat the boss. So, in total, that's... 11 songs I plan to make. Oh boy. At the very least, some of them will be short.

Additionally, I plan on making new battle sprites for both enemies and the party members. I want the party members to have the same height has the enemies, instead of being little chibi people.

New battle animations are part of the plan as well. I might have to keep a lot of old ones and a lot of RPG-Maker-provided ones, but one I especially want to make is GIRL's Gleam attack.

Finally, I want to make new overworld sprites for every character. I'm going to avoid adding too much detail into the unimportant ones so I can pump them out quicker.

So, that's a pretty tall order, huh? Well, hopefully, I can get this done before the end of this year, but that's pretty unrealistic...

But hey! If you want to help out, just reach out to me! You can contact me at [email protected]. Please note that you will NOT be getting paid (I am broke). Animators, artists, and composers are greatly appreciated!!! I want to get this chapter done as quick as possible. Because...

Future Plans:
As soon as I'm done remaking Chapter 1, that's it! I'm done with Masculosis for a pretty long while. The game's story has unofficial crossovers with other franchises planned for it, so there is no way it can make money (2 entire chapter's of the story would have to be changed if I got rid of any unofficial crossover content). This game would put joy in my heart if I finished it, but not food on my table.

After Chapter 1, I'm going to make a less ambitious game that will hopefully get me a jump start, financially. No face sprites, simpler story, 8 bit graphics, etc. I plan to make it unique by translating the elemental reaction combat of Genshin Impact into turn-based combat, while still following the Hylics 2's principle of "exploration over grinding." I hope you are all ready for a dream of a game...

See you all in the next 4 months! Let's hope I'm still alive by then!