Ecchi Sensei - Month 1 - Status Report No. 22
Added 2021-06-29 07:47:52 +0000 UTC
Hi Guys!
It's time again to bring you up to date, and therefore, there is again a status update on the current events.
First of all, I don't intend to give anyone false hopes - I still cannot, in good conscience, announce a date for the release of Month 1 - BUT... We are closing in to the finish line, and the entire Ecchi Sensei team is optimistic that it could be ready soon.
At the moment, we are working on the subtleties of a number of features, such as the impeccable functionality of the character information page and its translations in all the languages we offer for the game.
The same applies, of course, to the calendar, which has also been optimized a bit on top.
Bottom line, every existing feature has also been significantly reduced in terms of "weight." That means instead of 20 MB for the calendar, we now only need 5 MB, even though further functions and languages have been added.
Of course, the image quality doesn't suffer in any way because of it - we have simply replaced most of the unnecessary graphics with code.
For those of you who have no idea what am I talking about:
Instead of creating the same graphic four times in four different languages, only one graphic is used, and the different languages are added by coding.
These thinning measures affect all existing features and also core elements of Ren'Py itself - such as the main menu. As a result, we have so far been able to save over 1 GB of "unnecessary" graphics, which will simply be omitted in the future and thus not only reduce Month 1 in overall size, but of course, this procedure will also apply to all subsequent updates of Ecchi Sensei.
I know that some people have already lost patience, and I will once again officially apologize for the extremely long waiting time when Month 1 is released - although it is probably me who suffers most from the delay.
I finally want to produce new content again and let you all be part of what the future holds in Ecchi Sensei.
There is a lot you can look forward to. The previous experiences in the game were only a small foretaste of what's to come.
But I'll tell you more about that another time.
With this in mind, I would like to thank everyone who continues to believe in Ecchi Sensei. Your encouraging words that have reached us in the last few weeks gave us strength, and we will do our best to deliver a good final product in the form of Month 1 as soon as possible.
So long,
Blue
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German:
Hallo Leute!
Es wird mal wieder Zeit, euch auf den neuesten Stand zu bringen und demzufolge gibt es mal wieder ein Statusupdate zu den aktuellen Geschehnissen.
Gleich vorweg, um niemandem falsche Hoffnungen zu machen, kann ich noch nicht guten Gewissens einen Termin für die Veröffentlichungen von Monat 1 bekannt geben, ABER... Wir nähern uns dem Finish und das ganze Team von Ecchi Sensei ist optimistisch eingestellt, dass es schon bald so weit sein könnte.
Momentan arbeiten wir an den Feinheiten etlicher Features wie zum Beispiel der tadellosen Funktionalität der Charakterinformationsseite sowie deren Übersetzungen in alle von uns angebotenen Sprachen für das Spiel.
Dasselbe gilt natürlich auch für den Kalender, der obendrein auch ein wenig optimiert wurde.
Im Grunde genommen wurde jedes bestehende Feature auch vom "Gewicht" her deutlich reduziert. Soll heißen anstatt 20 Mb für Kalender brauchen wir jetzt nur 5 Mb und das, obwohl weiter Funktionen und Sprachen hinzugefügt wurden. Dasselbe gilt natürlich auch für den Kalender, der obendrein auch ein wenig optimiert wurde.
Natürlich leidet die Bildqualität in keiner Weise darunter, denn wir haben einfach den Großteil der überflüssigen Grafiken durch Code ersetzt.
Für diejenigen unter Euch, die nun keinen blassen Schimmer davon haben, wovon ich rede:
Anstatt 4x dieselbe Grafik zu erstellen, um vier verschiedenen Sprachen anwenden zu können, wird nur eine Grafik verwendet und die verschiedenen Sprachen werden durch Codierarbeiten hinzugefügt.
Diese Abspeckmaßnahmen betreffen alle vorhandenen Features und auch Kernelemente aus Ren'Py selbst. Wie zum Beispiel das Hauptmenü. Dadurch konnten wir bislang über 1 GB an "überflüssigen" Grafiken einsparen, die zukünftig einfach wegfallen werden und somit nicht nur Monat 1 in der Gesamtgröße reduzieren, sondern diese Maßnahme betrifft selbstverständlich auch alle weiteren nachfolgenden Updates zu Ecchi Sensei.
Ich weiß, dass manchen schon der Geduldsfaden gerissen ist und ich werde mich bei der Veröffentlichung von Monat 1 noch mal ganz offiziell für die äußerst lange Wartezeit entschuldigen, obgleich ich es bin, der wohl am meisten unter der Verzögerung leidet.
Ich will endlich wieder neuen Content produzieren und euch alle daran teilhaben lassen, wie es in Ecchi Sensei weitergeht.
Ihr dürft euch nämlich auf einiges freuen. Die bisherigen Erlebnisse im Spiel waren nur ein kleiner Vorgeschmack auf das, was noch kommen wird.
Aber dazu verrate ich euch gerne ein andermal mehr.
In diesem Sinne möchte ich mich bei allen bedanken, die auch weiterhin fest an Ecchi Sensei glauben. Eure aufmunternden Worte, die uns die letzten Wochen erreicht haben, gaben uns Kraft und wir werden unser Bestes geben, um so schnell wie möglich ein gutes finales Produkt von Monat 1 abliefern zu können.
Bis dann,
Blue
Comments
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Dice
2021-07-26 09:06:30 +0000 UTCTake all the time you need ! I'm sure the result will be excellent, as always. When you'll finish it, i'm sure it'll be really good and the wait will be worth.
Rhaast
2021-07-05 15:32:40 +0000 UTCYou whiners want a cookie or a biscuit for leaving? You're the type of people who get on social media to tell your social media friends that you're taking a break from social media. Nobody cares. The type of people who didn't grow up with 5-year long game release windows. The type of people who whine at developers to "hurry up" even when there's a pretty valid reason for delays. (Uhm.... does anyone remember a pandemic that affected every facet of everyone's lives?) Get over yourselves. It's a few dollars out of your pocket.... if you can't swing that, panhandle for a few hours, or dig inside your couch for some change, or beg your mommies for a few extra dollars allowance if you mow the lawn.
Jeff Sandau
2021-07-03 06:07:25 +0000 UTCYeah, I gave them a year to get this out, even with the unforeseen circumstances. However, this post did not really confirm anything for me. Once they start getting back to releasing new content, I may consider supporting this project. Until then, I wish all those involved the best of luck.
Badger66
2021-07-01 04:08:42 +0000 UTCI'm out too
Dark Pink
2021-06-30 09:23:56 +0000 UTCGood luck to all those patient enough to weather more delays after a year of no releases. I'm out.
John Anderson
2021-06-30 04:07:41 +0000 UTCI'm fine patiently waiting for great content, and waiting 2 months for an update is ok in my books. As I have one that only drops updates every 6 months
YuriLov
2021-06-29 21:44:39 +0000 UTCThe moment a "month one merge" was announced I knew it would be a big undertaking and have been patient in waiting for it to be completed. As long as you keep us updated on the progress my patience will continue to hold. Hope everyone is doing well.
Drakan259
2021-06-29 16:10:41 +0000 UTCI am still holding faith that this project will produce. I can't wait for month 1 and beyond
Mikeruk31
2021-06-29 11:28:51 +0000 UTCIt is seriously a long silence and then not even say a date, man am I paying for anything or what 😑
Dark Pink
2021-06-29 11:04:04 +0000 UTCI was planning on dropping my sub in July since I hadn't heard anything for a while... but I'll stick around now that we have an update that everything is still moving forward.
Jeff Sandau
2021-06-29 10:03:06 +0000 UTCI agree the long silence is worrying if the game has not been iced. Glad to hear a update and also looking forward to what's ahead
Geoff
2021-06-29 09:32:37 +0000 UTCTo be honest I started getting sceptical. The strong start made me stay hopeful, but long radio silence is always worrying. At least a we're still here and working is reassuring from time to time. I hope everything on a personal level is good and well for everybody on the team. Looking forward to what's ahead. And thanks for the update.
Red Claw
2021-06-29 08:55:01 +0000 UTC