Hello there, Meinos Kaen here with the 1.1 version of JPDE, now with 100% more Yang Xiao Long, Nora Valkyrie and Pyrrha Nikos! I remind you that you can signal any problems or bugs on JPDE’s Discord Server!

Also special thanks to my wonderful patrons on Patreon! Without their financial support I wouldn’t have been able to get you both Yang’s Fist Route Event and Nora and Pyrrha’s Sprites, this month.



Particular shot-out to those who joined since last release! You’re getting so numerous, now! Especially since we recently reached the second goal of 300$ monthly! I mean, wow, I did NOT expect to reach that so soon. You have no idea how much I freaked out… I’m humbled and just… Thankful. What else can I say? It also means I have to start planning for the future properly…



That said, here are the download links! Then come the report and the polls for this month!

Warning - It’s suggested you start new save files and skip previously read text with CTRL to minimize problems that saves from previous versions may cause. Also, Nora and Pyrrha appear on Day 5.



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Android Version - Alternate Link

Report for the month of January

What does JPDE 1.1 add to the game?

Second Week (Writing) - The game now reach day 14, allowing you to have two weeks of events and activities.



Yang’s First Route Event (Writing) - You can now take part in a new activity by heading to the Beacon Classrooms in the afternoon, where Yang will tutor you in hand to hand combat. You will also be able to finally spend time with her on a Saturday, provided you meet the requirements first.



Two Character Sets by Amaco (Art) - Thanks to the guys on Patreon, this month we can add not one but two more characters to the game: the ladies of team JNPR, Nora Valkyrie and Pyrrha Nikos!

Two 3D Models by BunnyVoid (Art) - Let’s be honest, they’re not just backgrounds, that’s a really reductive term for the work BV does each month. Anyway, January adds the Emerald Forest and the Beacon Dormitories!

One CG by Flora (Art) - I’m happy to tell you that Flora has, at least for the moment, managed to adjust her work load so she’ll still be able to work free-lance for us. Her addition this month is the CG Image for Yang’s first Route Event!

One CG by Brylle Nayve (Art) - I want you to welcome a new addition to the roster of artists working on JPDE, Brylle Naive! His first work for the Dating Sim is the CG for the Second Week’s Story Event, which focuses on Penny! And let me tell you… It’s heart-thumping ;)

P.S.: I can’t link to Brylle’s Pixiv Account because it contains NSFW work.



Now, what extras did we manage to add this month?



Extras

Extra Expressions by Amaco Works (Art) - I’ve commissioned Amaco three more expressions for each character, including 8 already in the game. You should give particular attention to the Special Expressions. Each character has his own. For example, Nora’s Smirk.

Enemy HP Reduced (Code) - As someone made me notice, the battles against the enemies last way too much for such a basic fighting system. So I’ve consistently reduced the HP of both the Beowolves and the Wa-Lang.



??? by ??? (Art) - This is an art piece which is not complete yet and I’d like to keep it a surprise until it’s finished. ;D Let me just say that it contains four characters and it will change an important part of the game.



Typo Fixes (Writing) - Shoutout to a certain Poyo who has been compiling a list of all my typos and errors. ;) I’ve fixed all the ones up to Prologue 2 - Battle in the Emerald Forest.



One JPDE Theme Song by Johnathan Johnson (Music) - Yup, you read that right! Thanks to a certain event, I met Johnathan and commissioned him the first piece of original music for JPDE, its theme song! I cannot begin to tell you how cool this is for me. Right now it will just take the place of the old Title Screen song but as we get more art and the game develops further I want to use it to make an anime-styled intro! The name of the song, currently voiceless, is Advance.



Collected Patreon Money for December - 173,03$ (After Fees)

Note - The ‘used for’ part is now gone because just fusing the donations with the monthly 150$ that come out of my own pocket instead of limiting each side to certain uses allows me more flexibility in how to spend both.



And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…

Poll Number 1 - FEBRUARY 2017′s ROUTE EVENT

Once again, thanks to my Patrons for allowing this to exist. It’s only thanks to their donations that we can have one route event per month. Also thanks to Patreon itself for putting in Polls in their post types, finally! SurveyMonkey was way too pricy… Go here to vote!



Poll Number 2 - FEBRUARY 2017′s NEW CHARACTER

Thanks to the huge increase over the holidays, we have enough money to also guarantee one new character every month! Go right here to vote!

Well, that’s it for February’s release! Hope you enjoy the game! Please don’t hesitate to leave me any feedback, either on Discord or, if you have it, on the RWBY Amino App. I’m Meinos Kaen on there as well. :3 Have a good one!



- Meinos Kaen

