Holdover Update (Alpha Release)

Probably nothing. Literally.

MasterQi

Just Listen to this song while thinking to Aylia's story, then check the patreon page next week. :) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBEXSiFzOfU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBEXSiFzOfU</a>

We're past a month since the last update. I wonder what's going on?

Amptitude

will there is a way to do. i can help you if you need it.

Nine Horse Hitch

Hi YT. Any news regarding the next release ?

TheBob

I heard tell of a discord... but not of how to access said discord...

Heartfeltcurse

Yeah this one unplayable too. Got frozen on chaper 1 in mayor house(geuss random bug) and can't progress farther then training with mayor sun. Entering shop get reapetable scene with getting blue dress. Guess that's all i was able to find. 5 mins of gameplay.

Nexano Gray

He got more like a coder, and others. but if you want more activity the discord is more active with the supporters so it helps with the wait.

Nine Horse Hitch

I always think someone putting a code in the message when hay do the weird caps thing.

Nine Horse Hitch

A crew like the man in black? ;P

90% done. I need to add the variation, and it's ready to go. The new crew is up to speed now. I'll introduce them when I post about the future of YTGaming. I've been holding off on that post for a few weeks now, since I want a real release to coincide with it. There have been a few setbacks, I got sick and my wife's uncle passed away, but I've still be finding time to work. My Patreon's been pretty quiet for a few months, but I don't want it to stay that way. August will be a better month. Favorite color is blue, favorite hot pocket is beef taco.

YummyTiger Gaming

Yes, Discord is more active. That said, I know I've been terribly silent on Patreon. I'm tired of letting people down with false promises, so I'm making sure I have my shit in order before I starting posting regularly.

YummyTiger Gaming

So how's the last CG going? How is the new crew doing? Will we get an introduction to them? Any setbacks? What's your favorite color? Favorite hot pocket?

Amptitude

Any point in actually keeping en eye on this, or should finally bite the bullet and hop on discord (I'll end up getting distracted and wind up re-installing something within 15 minutes of logging in)

raska42

I'm vERy HoPeFUl tHaT I'Ll GeT yOu tHE trUe 0.10 tHIs WeEk aNd MOvE on, OnCe aND FoR aLl.

Version .10 is the revamped prologue.

xellos49698

So i'm unclear... is 0.10 chapter 1? Or 1/10th of chapter 1?

Rayne Knight

You are further than the alpha version is meant to go. It goes until Lida's shop and Aylia gets the dress. Everything else in this version is not updated and working.

YummyTiger Gaming

I have made my way to the flowers quest, now im supposed to go to the lake, but i dont know how can i get there, i think (for kira's advice) that i have to got south but the game dont let me go there and if i go back to zalran the games gets bugged and dont let me go to the top of the village and send me to the event where we see bogwort friend and aylia's tits and the the game crashes

Sorrow

I've only removed the one comment so far in this post. So, I'm not sure what's the deal in that regard.

YummyTiger Gaming

there's an old saying in west virginia - I wish I had a sister so i could bend her over and twist her (pussy) open

PresidentialCandidate2024

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again

Whelp business as usual. Also are my posts getting deleted? Imagine it's probably just me forgetting to hit send or patreon fucking up but twice now in a few days I've gone to check if there was a reply and gotten nothing.

Yes

YummyTiger Gaming

Soooo, is 0.10 still expected to release this week?

Kegg

Yeah YT. Do it to spite the doubters! Spite has gotten me through more trials than grit alone ever could. *I'm being completely sincere here.*

Admiral Cheesecake

No, I'll release it. I have not spent 2+ years on this thing to give it up easily. Despite all the setbacks, all the revamps, all the learning curves, all the mistakes, everything, I still love the game and working on it. I get overwhelmed often, but it's a big project. Oh, I'll release it barring some life altering event that renders me incapable of doing so. If for no other reason than because people are saying it'll never happen. Screw that, it'll happen.

YummyTiger Gaming

So maybe you will not release your game?

Do you happen to have a save that's not bugged? I don't really want to play through the prologue again.. :P

Do what you got to do. I'm going to build the game I want. Money was never the driving impetus behind it, so if it costs me some support to reach the level of quality I want, then so be it. I'm truly shocked by the level of support Aylia's Story garnered, and am always sad to disappoint. Sorry for disappointing you, and hope you enjoy the game if it is ever released. Thank you.

YummyTiger Gaming

I don't know how I feel about this. Unless I'm mistaken, this got from a first chapter supposedly coming out last year, to a May release, to the prologue coming out 'this week', maybe. I am sorry because I know you haven't been charging us for a year or so... but checking out updates every few weeks only to be repeatedly disappointed is getting old for me. I think I'll see you all in a few months.

Dehkia

.10 is the prologue that will be released publicly. That's it. ALL of the chapter 1 stuff is just remnant testing and pre-eventing I setup over the past two years. Most of it before I started doing the design work in Artify. I removed some of it, but decided it was not worth the time to remove it all. I then rearranged maps to the format I'm currently using and started moving the prologue stuff I had done over. The thing with the prologue was, it was damn near 1.5 years old by this point. When I wrote it originally (and edited it), Aylia's Story was far less developed than it is now. The main characters have grown, their personalities have really taken hold in my design documents. Therefore, when I went back to setting up the prologue how I wanted it, I ended up rewriting a lot. I can't promise that won't happen with the chapter 1 stuff, but I can say that writing is much newer. I'd also only revamped the gem searching scene, the changing scene and the intro crystal at the time. As I input the prologue, I started tweaking other artwork to match the chapter 1 stuff. Some of it stuck, some of it didn't. Believe what you will, but what's in .08 is not "all that has been finished." Hell, there are 30 tagged posts for artwork on Patreon alone, many of them are not in the game, so if nothing else, that's stuff that is done but not included.

YummyTiger Gaming

So what actually is .10? Is it just an updated prologue that won't crash or what? Because it seems to keep crawling more and more into Chapter 1 which makes me think it's just whatever has been finished, which is kinda worrying given how brief it is.

Doubtful, but who knows anymore. If it makes you feel better, I'm still eternally optimistic.

YummyTiger Gaming

Yep, Saigon kept making the same comment in EVERY single post. He could have just removed his pledge and moved on if I was so terrible, but he felt the need to stay and troll every single post. I'm not obligated to sit back and do nothing. I got tired of reading his negative comments, so I removed it. Had he pledged, I would have refunded his money as well, but he did not.

YummyTiger Gaming

October/november 2018 :P

"Coming this week" again, so realistically in October/November? =P

raska42

So we're deleting comments now or what?

Not sure what's up with that. You're the first to report it.

YummyTiger Gaming

As is always the case. I design and create the game with the full experience in mind. If you have a ton of patience, you're better off just playing the full releases (.1, .2, .4, etc. or the full game). That could be awhile though, given my track record.

YummyTiger Gaming

Gems scene is a bit expanded. That's it. The changes are predominately system and dialogue in this version.

YummyTiger Gaming

It means she raised the bucket and took a drink. Guess I figured that was implied.

YummyTiger Gaming

I doubt it. This is beta, you might get a new image or 2. Best to wait for the full Chapter 1 release.

xellos49698

Any new H scene in this build?

Justjorge

Lolled a bit when Aylia scooped water from the well next to the farm. Well, it means the level of water is higher than ground, lol

Curly

Having issues where I can't even move. The game seems to not register my up key and when I hit down Aylia moves to the right. Can't leave the start of the game because of this. whenever I click out of the window and back in it does the up key.

If you want to know if you have the Zalran of the Prologue or Chapter 1, there is a very simple test to do. There is a bulletin board in the south of Lida's shop. In its Prologue version, it is a text that scrolls. In its version Chapter 1, it is a choice with "Munchkins". If it is the first one that appears, Bravo your party has bug. If it's the second, it's good you can go on. ^^

Valornim

In fact, I just found where the bug is. In Chapter 1, when one comes out of a building, one arrives in the Zalran of the Prologue, but not that of Chapter 1. So when one re-enters a building, it is that of the Prologue. I noticed it after talking to Kira near the fountain. Instead of going directly to Lida, I entered the tavern. Leaving, there was nothing special, except that Kira was no longer around the fountain. When I came to see Lida, I came across the stage of the Prologue's dress. I reloaded the game and instead of going to the tavern, I went to see the Mayor. I could not talk to him. When I came out, Kira was no longer at the fountain. I went to see Lida, and this is the stage of the Prologue. I think what happens in the quest for flowers for Lida is that when I get to the crossroads with Kira, it is the intersection of the Prologue, but not that of Chapter 1.

Valornim

Good to see you're still alive, Yummy

Maniac

To speak of a more positive note, the game is for the moment pleasant to play. The funny texts and I have been reloading the end of the prologue several times, not because I had a problem, but to be able to find the answers that make it possible to reach the end of the discussion Learning about Bogwort and Aylia) The other characters are interesting and seem to each correspond to a possible type of corruption. The drawings of the character on the screen are nice (when leaving the menu for example). On the other hand, I'm doing the quest for flowers with Kira and Aylia on the screen. I do not know if it's done on purpose or if it will change later, but the two are constantly visible on my screen (24 "wide), it takes me half of the screen. So if there are fights Thereafter, it will be impossible for me to avoid them.

Valornim

Is this where to go for the flowers of Lida? I chose to go with Kira, but after leaving Zalran and coming to the crossroads, there is no way to continue. To the north, Kira says it's the opposite way. When I go to the south, this indicates that I have to go to Zalran first, and the same goes for the eastern road that leads to Escala. So here, the lake, I do not know where it is or how to reach it. I also note that in the quest option, there is nothing to indicate about this quest.

Valornim

I do not know what it is, but I had a black screen when I arrived in Zalran. I had to close the game. Then re-launch it to retry entering Zalran, and I still had a black screen. I tried again for the third time and this time Zalran finally took charge. I had no problems of this kind before Zalran.

Valornim