It's been a while since my last devlog and this one will be both good and bad news.

For the bad news, I want to apologize to everyone who's been patiently waiting for the continuation of this project, but unfortunately Walking Forward will be discontinued AKA cancelled. 

Now, as to why this happened, there are 3 main reasons. 

First being a major writer's block that has made me unable to think of how to progress in any path (route) in the VN. As I have stated in my previous devlog, Walking Forward was without thorough planning and outlining. This is my grave mistake and now I have no idea what or how to advance the story. I have no clear direction on what this VN supposed to be. I've learned from this, really. 

Second is the real life problems that have caused both my physical and mental health to deteriorate. All I can say is that those problems have taken a huge toll on my creative process. Rest assured though, that I'm slowly healing to get back on my feet. It's just that I can't feel the same hope as I used to with Walking Forward story-wise. 

I still love my characters, that is undying. They are my children who I designed with passion, after all. 

Third is my college and thesis. I've been procrastinating finishing my thesis and now I have to rush as I don't have much time or money to continue for another semester. So I will be focusing on it for the time being. Hopefully by the end of this year, I will be able finish college and graduate soon.

Those are the reasons, the bad news. I am truly sorry to disappoint everyone who wanted to see the end of  this VN. I regrettably say that it won't happen. I won't unpublish the VN though, just remember that there will be no more story updates. 

And now onto the good news. 

This is not the end of my VN writing and developing journey. While I heal myself and finish my thesis, I will learn more on how to develop a good VN that can live up to standards as it is my sole wish to present you a worthwhile story to read and memorable characters to enjoy. It will be quite some time, so please bear with me. 

I have said this in my previous devlog that I'd been writing a new dating sim story and the prologue was finished. It's still crude, hasn't gone through any proofreading and editing process. Previously it was just another drafting to deal with writer's block but after leaving it for  a while and reading it back, I feel like it could be better than Walking Forward. I don't want to give any hope, but I've made a promise to myself that whatever happens in the future, I won't back down again. It won't be easy, but this is my turning point to start anew and I hope 2025 would be the year. 

And yes, this time I will assemble a full development team.

Kinda tall, I know. But, I firmly believe that I will truly fail if I stop trying. 

I'm extremely grateful for all the support and encouragement you have given to Walking Foward. I will never forget, but this is the end for WF. 

I think that's everything. Feel free to ask questions in the comments if something is unclear, and if you wanna know more about the plan and development for the new VN, you can join the Discord server. I occasionally share the base concepts there.

All right then, I will see you all next time.

Sincerely, Shevardnadze