HC3: The Peacekeepers (Update 10, Public) is now available for download!
Added 2023-12-23 19:09:49 +0000 UTC--Please don’t post this version on other sites without my permission. Early releases can sometimes result in a loss of up to 25% of my monthly income, which means less money to improve the game and reinvest into the next game. This update will be released entirely for free on the 24.01.2024. Thank you!-
Walkthrough: https://www.patreon.com/posts/hc3-update-10-95180235
Hello guys! There it finally is, yay!
So this update, same as the previous one, took a boatload of work to get done. I really need to hold back a little, because having to stay locked up inside all week before release to work solely on the game so the delay isn’t overly long is doing things to my health^^
I’m pretty happy with the way this update turned out. Of course, it’s never perfect, but I was rather satisfied with how things progressed story-wise and that the scenes all felt pretty natural and not shoehorned in. As always, you guys will be the judge of it though, so let me know what you thought.
Anyway, I wish ya’ll a Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays for those who don’t celebrate Christmas, and hope this’ll make for a nice enough present from me. I’ve got other things to say, but I’ll hold it off until Monday’s PoL : )
Enjoy!
(To start MQ17 for those using saves from the last update, step on the main map on Lundath morning, and it will start automatically)
Comments
Thanks for worrying, but I should be okay. While I imagine support will drop after HC3 is finished, people who stay subbed + my savings should be enough to get by. Maybe if I manage to get a Steam release it might help too? I already have as many people working with me as I can. No one can do the story for me, development isn't that difficult that I would need someone else, and I already have several pixel artists working with me. At some point, there was 4-5 people working on different stuff, so it was for HC3.
N_taii
2023-12-29 12:14:42 +0000 UTCThank you for your hard work this year, however I have a little niggle that has been eating my head for a while now. When you finish HC3 I imagine you will take a break, but the real question is, how long will it take you to finish HC4? Getting half way through the development of HC3 took you about a year so I assume HC4 will take a little longer, maybe I'm worrying too much but I've seen several promising projects go to oblivion or ruin because of the long time it takes to be developed and a part of me is worried that this could happen to you. I don't know how tight the budget is that you dedicate to the game, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to think about hiring two people to help you with the programming and maybe another artist to help with the pixel art (which I imagine is what usually delays the most). Maybe I'm just thinking about it too much or it's still too early to think about the development time of HC4, but I really had to get this out of my head.
SFukuro
2023-12-28 14:15:48 +0000 UTCRight, that's a Triple Trident track, but it's the first time I used it in the story : ) Glad you liked it!
N_taii
2023-12-24 13:21:58 +0000 UTCduring Lily's quest, e.g her being angry at shop
jay
2023-12-24 08:50:06 +0000 UTCBtw. could you let me know which tracks you liked, like at what point in the update did they play?
N_taii
2023-12-24 08:36:21 +0000 UTCThat's weird, you seem to be the only one with this issue, as you're the first one to report it to me. I'll try to send you a file with only those two assets, see if you can replace them in the game files.
N_taii
2023-12-24 05:59:08 +0000 UTCYeah, it also subverted my own expectations^^ I felt like giving some more agency to Lily and make her a bit more proactive in her own route. Glad you liked the update! I don't think I could make it any longer even if I wanted to, I'm already working daily : ) I've been commissioning more custom stuff lately as well, so it does take a bit of time to search for references and write the explanations every time. Thank you for the comment!
N_taii
2023-12-24 05:55:00 +0000 UTCAfaik, there's only one new music track (that was previously used in HC2), which is used when showing Anna-Lisa shenanigans with Nezar.
N_taii
2023-12-24 05:49:20 +0000 UTCI'm getting some errors while attempting to unzip the update. A checksum error for audio\bgm\aur-beginnings.rpgmvo and img\characters\!gate(huge)2.rpgmvo. Says the files are corrupt. I've tried downloading it twice and the error pops up both times.
Iokua
2023-12-24 04:35:28 +0000 UTCQuality always wins
jay
2023-12-24 03:10:10 +0000 UTCPoor Geoffrey, F for the man. Anyhow, I liked the update, I quite like the direction you are taking with Lily. It subverted my expectations quite a bit, seeing what transpired in the first missions of her I thought this would go the BDSM heavy route, quite glad it's turn out to be different. i really enjoyed her this update. The main quest was good, as always, a big fan of Rose's corruption, her going down the rabbit hole more and more it's really hot, the juxtaposition of her pride, guilt and lust are well executed and brought together. The only gripe I have is that it felt short, but that's expected as it is only the first half of the mission, and I quite prefer for you to put the focus on quality over quantity.
Jon Doe
2023-12-24 00:58:49 +0000 UTCEnjoyed the new music tracks that were added
jay
2023-12-23 20:49:53 +0000 UTC
