Oof... So now it's delayed because he's redoing ALL of the CGs? And quite a decent bit of them will be worse for it? This is not at all pleasant to read.
I quite liked the original art, it was a vibe. Clean, focused, sharp, emphasis on features etc.
The new art has lost nearly all of it's sharpness and seems a lot more blurred/dulled out. The entire background looks like the MC isn't wearing his glasses. Not sure 'more realistic lighting' is worth it at the cost of ruining all of the backgrounds. In some of these examples you can't see the faces properly and moisture blends into the lighting. For the top right one the MC suddenly has nail polish. I'm not convinced yet it's an improvement. Certainly looks like a sidegrade at best.
What will happen with locations you can access at multiple times of day/weather though? You say the images will 'react to surrounding environmental lighting,' Rain already darkens and ruins a lot of those in the current version. Don't tell me this will make it even worse because there is even less lighting there? Will they need manual fixing for all the weather effects? 🤔
For minigames the tower one is the one you just skip out on because it already takes up too much time for what little money you earn from it. Not sure how many people care for that one having more options and becoming possibly even longer. At least make it so when you fail you still earn the money you gathered so far... (if this isn't already the case by now, haven't really touched this minigame the last few updates)
This seems like such a headache and so much extra cleanup... and all of it is extra work that didn't need to be done as well. Guess the next update won't be any time soon then? 😭