Hello there. Launch week has ended, and I want to thank every single one of you for supporting Clea. A heartfelt thanks, in fact, because things have not been great over the past 2-3 years. In the span of one week, Clea has shipped more copies than some of my previous visual novels combined. While I am of course thrilled, I also hope this gives a glimpse into my recent struggles. Behind the scenes, there has been all kinds of rejections, loss of money, all the negative stuff. Honestly, during the final months of development, I would often be consumed by frustration, unable to sleep in the dead middle of the night. As you can imagine, I played through Clea countless times during development. In the final weeks? Many, many more runs. By the time I hit publish, I had lost all sense of perspective. Honestly, even if Clea had bombed, I would have moved straight onto the next project. I cannot imagine myself ever not making games, but if this failure kept up, in a few years, I may not have much of a choice. Clouded by worry, I hit the publish button. Hopefully this gives a peek into how overwhelmed I felt by all of your support. From the pits back to a glimpse of hope over the span of this launch week. I cannot thank you enough. This may sound strange, but to every person who has cleared the campaign, I feel like I had a nice conversation with them. I often feel this way when I enjoy other creators' game, too. Though Clea can be unforgiving, I am thankful everyone has embraced this challenge. I am especially happy to find Steam users using Clea as their account avatars! Best of all, this is not the end of Clea. There will be another update on the way (hopefully this weekend), because you know what? Just because launch week went well does not mean the game cannot be improved. Let me see what I can do. After that, there will be more news to come. Let's all keep in touch! Thank you, InvertMouse P.S. Do I regret not moving to traditional games sooner? The thought of The Last Birdling not existing hurts my heart, so I despite my struggles financially, I cannot bring myself to accept that.