12-1-20 Progress Update

Welcome to December!  We've got a lot of great things in store for you this month, so on to the announcements!

First, it's official: Belle has won the poll and will be the third girl to feature in Park After Dark.  We're always forethinking so we have a general idea for her story, but now we can start to hammer out the details and give it as much love as Cindy's got!  And for those of you who voted for Rapunzel instead, don't worry; she'll be included too before you know it!

Now, as for the second girl, we're going to use this month to gradually release bigger and bigger hints about her identity.  We've already told you that v0.02 included an Easter egg about her, and if you've played the game to the end of the current content, you've definitely all seen it! (i.e., it isn't something hidden in a random conversation or drawing practice that you might have missed.)  Now, if you don't feel like another full playthrough, just stay tuned for another hint coming soon!

Towards the middle of the month, we're going to be releasing a set of Park After Dark themed emojis to use on our Discord!  This is just another small way that we want to show our love for the community, and to encourage more engagement with us and each other.  You'll be able to use your favorite PAD characters to react to our announcements (or when someone asks the same question about the hidden seen for the millionth time :) )

On December 15, the v0.02 public build will release.  While there is no new game content since the alpha and beta builds, a few bugs have been fixed.  Most of these only affect Android, but a few affect all versions.  There was also a small QOL update for Android, which included some features already present on PC...like the text skip button!  This public build is worth checking out if you keep going back and replaying our game in between updates...otherwise you're probably okay to wait for v0.03.

And speaking of that, we're not quite ready to announce the official release date, but we're right on track for our planned estimate.  We're looking at early January, and you can probably look at our past release history to determine exactly when we're shooting for.

Finally...now that you've had the time to play v0.02, we've created another survey for it.  Please take a minute to fill it out.  We've already used some of the feedback from the first one and hope that a lot of your "least favorite things" have been removed or at least tuned down.  Remember, this is your chance to let us know what YOU want to see in future builds!  https://forms.gle/9chQAstXDDZEahXk7 

Stay tuned for more hints and thank you for your continued support!

-SID Gaming