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Ecchi Sensei - Month 1 - Status Report No. 20:

My dear patient supporters.


First of all, I apologize for the long o'holding silence. With the discontinuation of the weekly status reports, we were certain at the time that Month 1 would be released shortly afterwards, but as time has taught us, unfortunately this was not the case.

From a technical point of view there wasn't any setbacks, but in terms of personnel. The state of health of some of my employees has largely deteriorated to such an extent that work on Month 1 was not completely stopped, but slowed down considerably and it was therefore impossible to present a new release date.

Unfortunately, we are not a multimillion dollar corporation that can simply cope with setbacks if a few employees are absent. Everyone who works on Ecchi Sensei, with the exception of me, does it on a part-time basis. Nevertheless, my employees have defined roles and areas of responsibility that cannot be transferred to others. In certain areas I could look for a replacement, but the replacement would first have to be familiarized with the very complex topic. For core tasks, which e.g. Latecomer occupies, it's absolutely unthinkable to get a temporary replacement on board.

Long story short, and this might sound like a cheap excuse to some, but rest assured - We still have an urgent need to continue Ecchi Sensei.

I am very aware of the displeasure of many, and I read again and again from pessimist's and people who've got no idea that Ecchi Sensei has been canceled, or that the dev got no drive anymore and blah. Screw that! My entire team and I are excited to continue with Ecchi Sensei and even if my arm fell off, I would continue.

Once again in plain text: To our regret, Ecchi Sensei Month 1 is very late, but none of us is even thinking about discontinuing the project.

All Tier 7+ Patrons among you, who already have access to future updates in the form images I've created for the updates after Month 1: Day 22 + 23, as well as day 24-26 know that I have already done preparatory work in order to be able to fully start after Month 1.

I assure you that as soon as we're absolutely sure that we have a release date to announce, we will let you know immediately.

I hope this sign of life will calm your minds and that you're going to be patient with us a little longer. You can decide whether it was worth the wait or not. But we won't give up. That much is certain.

With this in mind, I wish everyone in love a happy Valentine's Day and everyone else a good start into the new week.


Stay healthy and if you meet people who claim Ecchi Sensei will be canceled, you can tell them the following from me:


"BlueCat said that people like you... *insert a swear word* and *insert another swear word*. Also, you are... *insert insult* so *insert swear word* and *insult the mother of the person*. ALL HAIL BLUECAT! Peace."


Uhm. Yes. So, I'll keep you posted and a little note to all my Patrons:


In Discord, you can reach me any time. There is also a channel called #gitlab-notification. There you can see that we regularly exchange data within the team and that we are constantly progressing the project.


So long,

Blue



--- German:



Meine lieben und geduldigen Unterstützer.



Vorab entschuldige ich mich für die lange Sendepause. Mit der Einstellung der wöchentlichen Statusberichte waren wir uns zum damaligen Zeitpunkt sicher, dass Monat 1 kurz darauf erscheinen wird, doch wie uns die Zeit gelehrt hat, war dem leider nicht so.


Wir mussten zwar technisch gesehen keine Rückschritte erleiden, dafür allerdings personell. Der Gesundheitszustand einiger meiner Mitarbeiter hat sich weitestgehend so verschlechtert, dass die Arbeiten an Monat 1 zwar nicht gänzlich eingestellt wurden, allerdings stark verlangsamten und es dadurch unmöglich war ein neues festes Veröffentlichungsdatum zu präsentieren.


Wir sind leider kein Multimillionen-Dollar-Konzern, der Rückschläge einfach wegstecken kann, wenn mal ein paar Mitarbeiter ausfallen. Jeder, der an Ecchi Sensei arbeitet mit Ausnahme von mir, macht dies nebenberuflich. Dennoch haben meine Mitarbeiter festgelegte Rollen und Verantwortungsbereiche, die nicht an andere übertragbar sind. In gewissen Bereichen könnte ich mir zwar Ersatz suchen, aber dieser müsste dann erst mal mit der mittlerweile sehr komplexen Thematik vertraut gemacht werden. Darüber hinaus ist dies bei den Kernaufgaben, die z.b. Latecomer hat absolut undenkbar, temporär einen Ersatzmann an Board zu holen.


Langer Rede kurzer Sinn: Für manche hört sich das vielleicht wie eine billige Ausrede an, doch seid versichert. Wir haben weiterhin das dringende Bedürfnis mit Ecchi Sensei weiterzumachen.


Mir ist der Unmut von vielen durchaus sehr bewusst und ich lese immer wieder von Schwarzmalern und Leuten, die keine Ahnung haben, dass Ecchi Sensei eingestellt wurde oder der Dev keine Lust mehr hat und bla. Arschlecken! Ich und auch mein gesamtes Team sind geil darauf Ecchi Sensei weiterzuführen und selbst wenn mir ein Arm abfallen würde, würde ich weitermachen.


Also nochmal Klartext: Ecchi Sensei Monat 1 verspätet sich zwar sehr zu unserem bedauern, aber keiner von uns denkt auch nur ansatzweise daran, das Projekt einzustellen.


Die Tier 7+ Patrons unter euch, die Zugriff auf zukünftige Updates bereits jetzt haben in Form von sämtlichen von mir erstellten Bildern für die Updates nach Monat 1: Tag 22+23 sowie Tag 24-26; wissen bereits, dass ich schon Vorarbeit geleistet habe, um nach Monat 1 wieder voll durchstarten zu können.


Ich versichere euch, dass sobald wir uns wirklich sicher sind, einen Veröffentlichungstermin bekannt zu geben, wir euch diesen sofort mitteilen werden.


Von daher hoffe ich, dass dieses Lebenszeichen meinerseits die Gemüter beruhigt und ihr noch ein wenig länger Geduld mit uns haben werdet. Ob sich dann das Warten gelohnt hat oder nicht, das könnt ihr entscheiden. Wir werden aber nicht aufgeben. So viel steht fest.


In diesem Sinne wünsche ich allen Verliebten unter euch einen schönen Valentinstag und allen anderen einen guten Start in die neue Woche.


Bleibt gesund und falls ihr auf Personen trefft, die behaupten, Ecchi Sensei würde eingestellt werden, könnt ihr denen Folgendes von mir ausrichten.


"BlueCat hat gesagt, dass Leute wie du... *Schimpfwort einfügen* und *Noch ein Schimpfwort einfügen*. Außerdem bist du... *Beleidigung einfügen* also *Schimpfwort einfügen* und *Die Mutter der Person beleidigen*. ALL HAIL BLUECAT! Peace."


Ähem. Ja. Also ich werde euch auf dem Laufenden halten und noch ein kleiner Hinweis an alle Patrons:


Im Discord könnt ihr mich jederzeit erreichen. Des Weiteren gibt es dort einen Channel namens #gitlab-notification. Dort könnt ihr sehen, dass wir regelmäßig teamintern Daten austauschen und das Projekt stetig voranbringen.


Bis dann,

Blue 



Comments

covid fucked everything up be patient

Coty Reubart

The discord is still active but there has been no progress update.

Daniel M

Last release was in June, that means for those of us that have maintained subscriptions that 9*monthly without any return. Are we getting more feedback or has this project gone dead?

Andrew P Tillinghast

Well, he did address that. Frankly, I prefer the long delay to people being replaced. I mean, we all follow this one because of the quality right? Better to take longer for a good job than present a half-assed result.

SadGuy

The current situation wasn't planned and the next status report is coming in the next two or three days. I understand your mood and thank you very much for your support. I look forward to finally get back in business and release in the manner before we started with the month 1 merge. Again: This situation is frustrating and If there would be a way to just finish the merge quickly, I definitely would take that way because merging is something I personally hate. I get no new patrons, I'm not able to continue telling the story and it throws me and my plans back. So no idea about other devs but I work together with other people and those people have core functions and tasks. I already created the next two updates after Month 1 merge but I unfortunately need to wait for better health conditions of my left and right hand.

BlueCat

Rick Ulrich

stopping here as well stuff happens and delays happen but before we atleast had status updates it showed everyone it whas being worked one but now it feels like its dead

Obi

yahh its kinda sad because they planned on releasing this in December and its almost April

Dice

It'd be great if you could at least post something once or twice A month letting us know what exactly is going on and what progress has been made or at the very least just reassuring us that progress is being made because I can understand A delay for A sick member, but it has been nearly A year since the month 1 merge was announced and there isn't even an estimated release date, so it's starting to feel like my money is going to nothing which is sad because I love this game and really want to see it continue.

Abagofbabies

the same we are going to do me and my friends

Dark Pink

Aaaaand another month without an official update. Health is no joke and I hope everyone suffering from illness recovers. But If there's not going to be a release, I'm going to have to stop my Patreon payments until some progress returns. I'll keep an eye out and once there's more activity and we start seeing releases again, I'll gladly continue my support. But right now, not getting my money's worth.

John Anderson

I feel like they are stealing my money, man

Dark Pink

at this rate probably next year

Dice

and when does the chapter come out?

Dark Pink

I'm sorry for your team's health but the fact that nothings been added to the main game in a while is a little jarring and the fact that you've been quiet as a church mouse lately doesn't inspire much in me. I love the game but I hope to see something soon to finally move the story along

D'Andre Collier

Once again, your team's health is paramount. I do hope they are on the road to recovery. As far as the radio silence, it was admittedly a little disconcerting. Especially for those not active on Discord. So, it was nice to hear something from you. I am eagerly looking forward to Month 1 getting out so all of us can move forward, but I am also being patient. I hope you and your team take care.

Badger66

Exactly my sentiment.

Havelock Vetinari

That's the news I was hoping to read! Thank you so much Blue, the dream lives on!!

Skull616

No worries Blue, I am a very patient person and don't mind waiting for as long as is necessary. Especially for a game of such quality as yours is. I do wish to provide my support and best wishes for you and your team, especially those who are struggling with health issues. I will continue supporting you and will patiently await further updates.

Drakan259

Yay! Hope the best for all those struggling 🙏. Keeping the faith. Ty for the update

Mikeruk31

Blue cato-man fightoooo!!! Bunch of things have been screwed by the crona-V, but not my support, every day waiting just adds to the excitement, also Mao is a pretty good reason to hold on waiting tbh

DavidKyo

Wish your team a smooth return to better health. Sorry you have to deal with such negativity and glad it has not deterred you or your team. Very excited to see the fruits of your labor.

C--Lotus

Perhaps you could release Days 22 & 23 and the rest later.

HotRod1227


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