It's been a while. I've been making updates involving details of V3.0 on the Chao Island Discord server. I'll get you guys up-to-date. Here's what's new:

• Chao #19 is complete.
• Chao #20 is 80% complete and is planned to be almost entirely finished by the 10th.
• Chao #20 will have voice acting from a certain someone. I'm still waiting for an update from the person, but hopefully this is greenlit.
• Chao #21 is 1% complete and will have some complexity in development, but should go smoothly.
• Stage #28 and #29 are complete which finishes the stage side of development for this version.
• Version 3.0's finalization is about 73% complete.

Lifesky has gotten some changes:

• Nerf: Neutral Special: Purple Blast - Damage reduced from 5 > 3.
• Change: Neutral Special: Purple Blast - Hit Junction changed from Riser + > Standard Ender.

As for Late December, the timing is going to be tricky for the version to be released at that time, considering that I have other work that needs to be done. Either Trailer #9 will be released on its own, or be featured in an XEPS. That's where the Exedra Chao: Combat community comes in. There's a poll for whether the trailer will be out separately or in an XEPS (with possible delay). So far, the votes are tied with four days remaining on the poll. 

Stay tuned!