Guess we not that far from the alpha. If you write a guide about adding spells to the game, I'll try to add a couple for each element after I'll finish chainfights.
Codewise, we're very close, especially since Jaeke debugged most of the game to a great depth. We're still short on events and have almost 0 interactions. Also state of girlsmeets is unclear as I've not heard anything from Bowman for a while.
Take a look at my post to CW on loading animations into the game as well as assets file in the library/be folder. I am having trouble beliving that somebody who can/once could program in Delphi has trouble figuring it out.
As for guide in events, read any basic intro into the Ren'Py and take a look at the events folder. Writing proper guides take a lot of time
PS: BB in a couple of hours.