Hey, guys! I know it's been a while, but I wanted to check in with you all and let you know that the project is still up and running, and thanks to a new person brought aboard, has been given a bit of an injection of life!

Currently, the two major things being worked on are the next area of the game, the Pediatric Ward, which will focus more thematically on the visceral feelings of anxiety rather than the overarching doubt and panic that Emergency did. To do this, the first step is making an environment that, unlike the Emergency Ward, will be able to let the player feel like they could truly get lost, so I've been working hard on making the scenery fit! This is just the starting hallway, not a maze yet, but I think it's coming along pretty nicely, take a look!

Along with this, our composer has been composing great music to go along with this, and really drive home the pressure- unfortunately, we can't show this off quite yet, but believe me when I say it does the job!

The other major thing that's being worked on, once again thanks to the new team member brought on board, is a massive overhaul of the combat! The system itself isn't being changed, but rather, the numbers. Considering that I was doing all of that myself, previously, and had absolutely no idea what I was doing, I'm still honestly shocked people had as much fun with the combat as they did! Balancing the game is tough work, and something that was frankly intimidating to me, so I owe our new team member a lot. With this being handled, though, it gives me a lot more motivation to get the rest of the game going, and to go back and fine-tune things I was too scared to touch before, so when we're finished with the retooling of the combat up to the end of the Emergency Ward, we will be re-releasing the demo, with that, and multiple other improvements alongside it that we're excited for everyone to be able to experience!

Lastly, one more important announcement, a lot of people have been asking how to support the project, and yes, throwing a few dollars our way in exchange for the demo is a great way to do that, but if you'd like a more substantial way to do that, I finally have a Patreon up and running! This is for me, Lev Lefton, rather than Ghost Hospital as a project, but I plan on adding specific Ghost Hospital-related benefits when the updated demo comes out! So, with all of that, thank you all for sticking with me despite the sporadic updates- this is a passion project, and I don't always have the time or energy to work on this, but I still want to give everyone the best work I can, so thank you all again, and please consider donating on Patreon or putting a few dollars down on the demo! Thank you, and see you in the next update!