Progress Update | 19/05/2025


Hello there you super cute and extremely wholesome people!

Another week, another progress update!

I made some great progress on the script for the second beta of Chapter 2, which will most likely release this month. I'm happy that the "new" change I made where the betas are smaller ( but still as big as a MNF Beta ) really helped me in getting more of a good writing and rendering flow again. This will be the beta that ends the first "day" of the second chapter. After you had dinner with Katharina and Lea ( and Katharina asking you for something very weird ), you have a longer talk with Lea about this and that - with also some more subtle foreshadowing that there might be a big reveal at the end of this chapter. The two will also talk about their current relationship and how things might progress. Once you're home, Bethany ( as you can see in the render ), will have a longer talk with you as well, where she will mention this and that and ask you a few questions you didn't know you had to answer. I want to keep it more casual and relaxed, like usual, and then the MC will go to bed and sleep. Just...Ah, no, I'm not going to spoil that. You'll see it when you play it ( and as a supporter, that will be this month most likely !). I'm also going to add a beta branch to Steam soon, but I don't have figured out how much content I'm going to add there.

So while I mainly have the big reveal at the end of chapter 2 in mind for the prequel, I'm also looking into some interesting plots I can work out in the main game. You probably remember Lisa, the girl from the hotel, right? Well, the MC tells Anna all about what they did and Anna is very interested to hear more about this. As you know she has this certain kink regarding the MC, and when he reveals that he wasn't really inactive while she was in a coma, she's going to suggest a few things they could do. Anna likes to spice things up a little and cause some... Let's say, funny drama. I don't want to get into too much detail, but you guys will either hate it or find it as funny as it was writing this part. Don't forget, my games are never about the drama or stuff like that, that's why I called it funny drama. Anna is a prankster after all, right? Crazy Germans, I'm telling you. Oh, there is also going to be some news that Lena will drop casually on the side that will change things up a lot, I got a few flashbacks to Fiona regarding that. Not going to spoil more, though.

And I think thats it for now! Sorry that this is not a longer progress update, but I'm really interested to hear your feedback once this second beta for the prequel is done! If I can keep up this workflow then Chapter 2 will release way sooner than I expected! If you guys have any questions, feedback etc., don't hesitate to post a comment or send me a DM anywhere where you can find me! Stay awesome!


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this isnt MnF but MnM
i think he still doesnt know what to use ether from Illusion Software

Is this the original My New Family or the follow-up you're talking about? I am more interested in what's happening with the first game!

talk about giving the story away, it would be nice to be surprised, except we are not because your pretty much letting us know exactly whats going to happen. You did exactly the same with MNF. I know its your work, but we'd honestly like to be surprised and not told whats going to happen, even if you think it's vague, it doesn't take much to work it out, without much thought process from us.

Also is this not the second year now, where the police still have your possessions? If it is, it's not looking to good for the police to be returning them any time soon or even in the future. Just seems odd that they've kept your stuff for this long and done nothing in the mean time. Either they are going to give you your possessions back or they are going to charge you with something utterly ridiculous. Keep up the good work!