Hello there you super cute and very wholesome people!

Another week, another progress update!

First, I want to say thank you again. Ever since this shit happened to me, I was in a very bad state of mind sometimes. Reading your comments and messages help me so much to get out of that. When I read the encouragement and the well wishes, it makes me realise how much I adore this community. You guys are literally preventing me from going insane because of this absolutely fucked situation, and your understanding is encouraging and comforting at the same time. So, thank you for that, really.

There is not that much to talk about regarding the incident for now, sadly. My lawyer requested access to the case files, but this can take between 6-8 weeks. He also put the notice to check the external ssds first, the samsung portable ones, and told the state attorney that I'm not able to work and earn income without them. So, here is hope they start with those first so I can get them back asap. Getting access to the case files and checking my stuff  ( phone, pcs and harddrives ) is not connected, so there is a ( little ) chance that I get some of it back earlier. No guarantee though, the german law system works very very VERY slow sometimes.

Given the fact that I have no idea how long it will take, I made a few plans depending on the situation. Once My New Family is completed, I will "continue" writing for My New Memories, basically where I left off ( I have a rough idea where I stopped in my head, so I can just continue there ). I will write as much as I can in preperation for Chapter 4. Since I can't render, this is the only thing I can do for MNM after MNF is completed. But of course, rendering is pretty important, and while I could complete Chapter 4 writing beforehand, it wouldn't make that much sense. So I will write as much as I can and if it turns out that the process will actually take as long as I fear, I will pause my pledges until I can render again. I will notify you beforehand, but that is something I just have to do for my own well being. I know that a lot of you would support me no matter how long it will take, even if it's months, but I would feel terrible to take money from you while I can basically only do the writing. Writing is usually the bigger part for My New Memories, but that is no excuse. If I can't work fulltime with writing + rendering, I don't feel like it's fair to keep earning money. Don't worry, I'm not going to starve or anything and I will be fine. Like I said, I'll inform you beforehand. And if you are a supporter of the higher tiers and can request My New Memories fanarts, they will all get saved. So once I can render again, you can request all of those lost months, even if you stopped supporting me during that time. Just send me a message and I'll write you down.

Now, let's talk a little about My New Family. During the few moments I was more or less "okay" regarding my mental health, I was able to write a good chunk for the last day of the update. It's not nearly as much as I wanted it to be, but I'm getting there and I feel confident with having a release date soon. The MC will have some nice "memories" from times where the game basically skipped a few weeks ahead, just so you are in the picture what happened in that time ( the girls will talk about it, but seeing it is also nice ). This is something I initially didn't plan to do, but since this will make the epilogue bigger, I feel like it's worth it. Especially with my pretty crippled abiity to work in general at the moment ( laptops just suck for work, in my opinion ). Todays render is Christina during the event on the fifth day with her.

And I think that's it for now. As soon as I hear anything from my lawyer ( or the state attorney etc ) I will make a post ASAP. Like, the moment I get a call or receive a letter, I'll inform you guys. The waiting game is the worst game in existence and feeling helpless and powerless just makes it worse. But...I'm confident we will get through this. Thanks to all of you amazing people, of course. Without you guys I would...Okay, let's not go there for now. Just...Thank you from the bottom of my heart, really.