ETA
Added 2017-12-14 13:38:59 +0000 UTCHey guys,
I know we've been innactive here for a bit and the main reason is that most of what we've done lately is just progress on this patch, the amount of work due to the enabling of free roam and adding tan to the game is nothing short of ridiculous.
I finally got a new computer with a lot more processing power and spent a few days setting it up, been doing some research for the stream we want to start in 2018, hired a new CG artist to help Muku among many other things, so the reason we've been "innactive" here is because I wanted to make a huge video explaining a lot of things, both for this patch as for the future of Heaven Studios in 2018, however I haven't had a lot of time to do it and it's been way too long since we made a post so yeah, the video will come at a later date, it really needs to be done as there's some huge positive changes happening in our team right now which we are super excited to share with you.
Regarding the patch, it'll come out before Christmas, it's a horrible ETA, literally it could come out today or tomorrow, but we're using a huge safety net and since the chance for bugs is really huge because of all the new mechanics, we might need it.
Talk to you guys soon with very exciting news, and a patch!
Comments
Thanks for your warm reply! I'll keep my support. Deeply i appreciate the attitude you guys have.
Kogmow le chenille
2017-12-30 12:47:31 +0000 UTCWell, we got nothing to hide, even when people mess up, regardless if it's for bigger reasons like sickness, the best you can do is assume your fault and apologize.
Heaven Studios
2017-12-30 08:01:32 +0000 UTCNot being mean at all, I fully understand your discontempt, but Zilly is right, this patch was a nightmare to create, we won't release every month, it's not feasible, and we won't revert to a "per release" stage because it would be impossible to create this game with this team with a "per release" MO, we would probably be forced to do what other devs do which is release 2~3 scenes per patch. That's not who we are personally, and while I feel that is fine, it's not who we are going to be. If you don't support it, I appreciate all the support you've given so far but maybe we're not the most adequate developer for your needs. Just trying to put this into perspective, our Patrons well being is one of our main concerns, and we want everyone that support us to support us 100% and not feel any regrets by pledging to our studios every month.
Heaven Studios
2017-12-30 07:40:21 +0000 UTCNot surprised, we if they can't relase tht patch before 2018, imma withdraw from the supporter list. Not being mean, but money doesn't fall from the sky.
Kogmow le chenille
2017-12-30 07:05:52 +0000 UTCI've always assumed the ETA's were just an estimation of when it would be done if everything went smoothly, which usually never happens. Also they did say this would be the most mechanically difficult patch, so giving them a little more leeway should be reasonable. I don't think you could do a "pay per release" method because there probably wouldn't be enough money to keep a project going, or some dev's would just release the minimum amount, like 1-2 scenes. The release times should be reasonable, if they were a month behind and never said a word then I could see there being outrage, but they are about a week behind from the original ETA and told us why (although I think they should put that in a new post because otherwise it would just get lost in the comment section).
Zilly
2017-12-29 15:56:23 +0000 UTCOk lets sum it up. The delay this time was duo to christmas and illnes of the crew. And i do remember them saying they worked all through christmass last year , and we all see what they acomplished so far, so they might as well take their time off now. They deserve it. And yes, a H game wich gets delayed has more and better contend in it after it. Or do you think just because of Flue or whatever they had they stop doing some small work? Hell even the people from Paradox did work wile being ill at home (mainly brainwork, but thats equaly important). If you say that there should be no delay if a release date is set wich was wanky to begin with, then , sry for harshness, then your at the wrong place and time and should reconsider your pledge. Development of games is tricky most of the time, and when all major dev's get ill bnecause of some food issiue (thats what i recall them having if i remember correct(correct me if i am wrong thou) because they have dinner together then its bad luck for us who are waiting. So far like i said earlier, no other game (especiel netorare ones) comes close to this one atm. Most of them have rare contend wich is spread throughout boring grind OR the contend is just plain ugly to begin with. Yes even in its current state its supperior to most that i played in the last 2 months, and i own all oneone1 games... Again : take your time with the release, let the people be inpacient, it all WILL work out in the end. (still i want to know wich character came first : Ayame or Velvet from Berseria XD my bet is on Ayame being just slightly older and a lucky coincidence(not age wise, we all know that velvet still is 16 because we learned that those "infested" with being a demon cease to age) yet they still look alike a lot(save Ayame being clearly not tsundere (at least not much despite her Tsundere look) Small edit: Remember 0.83 and 0.83B? Another good reason they should take more time with it to be released so this never happens again.
KoutaSeto
2017-12-29 12:39:35 +0000 UTCWell if i can say what i think......I used to patreon like 6 project....now i only patron heaven studios cuz they grew and earned my respect...... About patreon method I think is totally wrong...because if I pay VAT I MUST receive something......otherwise it must count as a bare donation..... So if VAT is mandatory, the release from the creator should also be. The only legal and acceptable plan should be the "per release pledge". That would reduce the patreon free-riding activity and match the release-VAT legal assumption
Thessia
2017-12-29 11:44:08 +0000 UTCDelay it all the way you want? what the heck is that?? The game got delayed cus they haven't finished what was supposed to be done before the deadline. You are litteraly saying that a delayed game would have more content get even better, well face the truth it won't. The only difference between them is that you wait longer that's all. You are encouraging devs to delay their game, and if it gets delayed more often you are more or less responsible for that. Delayed= being late at work. And personally i don't think that's too much to ask. Don't take it wrong, but NO BODY ever forced a release date mate.
Kogmow le chenille
2017-12-29 10:48:40 +0000 UTCLet it be delayed, i still raised to 30 bucks (as promised) because i still have hope. It will turn out fine in the end (i still cant decide weather or not to include me as an NPC or not. Would love the 100 bucks scene yet thats a little bit far away from my current financial level sadly). Especiel considering that i know that delayed games turn out better in the end. Never force a Release date, it makes things worse (best example being WOWS atm.(World of Warships) it came WAY AHEAD of its time and , well, is unballanced atm.(and yes HE spam and Penetrating hits that do 0 DMG are Unballanced (for those who know the game to just say what i talk about). Back to our game at hand thou. Delay it all the way you want, it can only get better that way!
KoutaSeto
2017-12-29 09:15:31 +0000 UTCExactly, otherwise i don't see any sense to pay every month :( Let's hope to get something in 2018....... btw that game should've been released last friday BEFORE dinner time. Maybe I have just no idea about how hard it is to finish something before the deadline..... Don't take it wrong but when you got disapointed again and again, i mean the delay.....holy i dunno what to say better play LOL.
Kogmow le chenille
2017-12-29 07:14:05 +0000 UTChaha good luck mate! I hope you don't get illed like me, luckily i don't work for now and i can rest at home xD
Kogmow le chenille
2017-12-27 13:41:08 +0000 UTCRobert will find out in some routes, some by his skill of deduction, some deliberately.
Heaven Studios
2017-12-26 01:58:34 +0000 UTCAbsolutely in your right, no hard feelings.
Heaven Studios
2017-12-26 01:57:40 +0000 UTCThank you! We're resuming work in 12 hours and Issac is going to be joining me, the Patch will be out soon along with the video explaining the plans for 2018 and the future of Heaven Studios.
Heaven Studios
2017-12-26 01:55:37 +0000 UTCI feel sorry for your condition, this time of the year is horrible, I had to dodge a lot of my family this Christmas to make sure I wouldn't join the rest of the team in the sick list xD
Heaven Studios
2017-12-26 01:54:44 +0000 UTCHi Kouta! I'm super excited that you are excited, it really gives us even further strength to keep working on our game. Creation process is amazing, it's super cool seeing something we came up with being brought to life, but while money is a necessity for us to keep working on the game, it is not what drives us, I can say with absolute confidence that even if all of us won the lottery today, we'd still keep working on Fleeting Iris, we probably could afford to drop all the pledge tiers to something symbolic like 5$ just so we could continue using Patreon as a plataform, but we're all passionate about creating this and further games so as long as we're funded, I can guarantee you we aren't going anywhere. We are the longest running RPG Maker hentai game developers on Patreon and we want to keep that title for years to come, for the community, for ourselves and the footprint we'll leave behind, and because this project deserves it, so don't fear, we're in all the way!
Heaven Studios
2017-12-26 01:53:22 +0000 UTCWe knew about this some day's ago, still thanks for letting us know. Hope you guy's get better soon, its alway's painfull to see someone getting sick at Christmas.
KoutaSeto
2017-12-25 09:48:46 +0000 UTCAs much as I love Ayame I love the deva more, without u guys I wont be able to play this awersome game. So god, Im willing to take on all their flus and wish that they recover soon ( alright thats creepy and gross but at least Im sincere )
Terrcio D'gar
2017-12-25 06:58:03 +0000 UTCholy crap, i was gonna be very impatient....suddenly i got flu wtf
Kogmow le chenille
2017-12-25 04:37:31 +0000 UTCHey guys, just letting you know that the patch won't be in time for Christmas due to Starke being the only one working on it since literally the team was heavily sick except himself. He tried doing it before Christmas, but the work was just a bit too much for one man. Patch will come after Christmas for sure, but it will be out soon after.
Ryuuzenmaru
2017-12-25 01:27:48 +0000 UTCYep, i mean comeon! Free Roam! Wich NTR H game does have that these day's? The best by far in the last couple months was clearly Inn my Wife and the new one (albeit it would be better for the floating island one to actualy add the ability to "See" when they are having sex instantly when you stumble across them). That Reminds me: Will some of those scenes have the posibility that her husband will find out about this? I mean he IS an agent, he should be better suited to see through lies and stuff than a normal NTR Husband would(even thou for the sake of Free Roam and permanent playability he should never find out save for the scene in the apartment(where he was at fault and ok with it anyway even thou i BET he was/will be pissed)
KoutaSeto
2017-12-24 20:20:12 +0000 UTCIt's gonna be an epic one
Magikarp
2017-12-24 18:05:12 +0000 UTCWell they said shortly after, and depending on where they live it could well be the 28th december (christmas in the US is the 25th, or am i wrong?) Lets be patient. It will be a great upgrade, if it takes some more time i am fine with it, i will not cease to support the dev's and maybe even raise to at least 30 per month soon (depends on my financial situation in the next year)
KoutaSeto
2017-12-24 17:51:29 +0000 UTCDont worry, i know that this time of the year is the worst (was sick twice in 4 months now myselfe). It just that most of the patreon game dev's tend to abandon their projects when they finaly get awesome. I have enogh faith in those dev's to even consider a raise in my pledge. I hope you get well soon people and again : its not impatience, its fear on my part^^
KoutaSeto
2017-12-23 14:50:15 +0000 UTCI Believe they deserve a little more comprehension and patience ....this is the bad season for flu or other illness and it Is hard to concentrate if you are ill. They ll sort it out as soon as they are recovered.....and if not is christmas dude :) let them have some holidays as we do ;)
Thessia
2017-12-23 07:48:54 +0000 UTCDon't worry, we're not canceling anything, releasing a few days later than we first expected is hardly a reason to think we're going to quit. The problem is that all the work that should be done by multiple people, is being done by just one, and I would very much like to also not spend the entire christmas working like I did last year and two years ago but no worries, if we can't release before, we'll release shortly after.
Heaven Studios
2017-12-22 20:25:59 +0000 UTCCan we still hope that it hits sometime soon? Or are you still near dead because of your illness? I honestly cant wait any longer, so much promise and hope in this (so many games where canceld just the moment they got awesome contend in them)
KoutaSeto
2017-12-22 16:18:56 +0000 UTCT_T
Heaven Studios
2017-12-21 04:59:47 +0000 UTCSame
Zel
2017-12-20 22:47:00 +0000 UTCOh a female drawer.....rare but awesome......cant wait to see the outcome :)
Thessia
2017-12-20 14:07:49 +0000 UTCI'll haunt you forever should I die from this.
Ryuuzenmaru
2017-12-20 13:13:52 +0000 UTCI read it last night, I was talking to Ryuuzenmaru and he said he had food poisoning, so I told him "wow, everyone but Zel and myself is sick on the team", and then I read your post on Discord and I was like "Oh God... I'm next" xD
Heaven Studios
2017-12-20 11:19:56 +0000 UTCHer art :P And yes, she already gave a tremendous help trying to finish all the assets for this patch.
Heaven Studios
2017-12-20 11:18:39 +0000 UTCHope for your healing process :) I wanted to ask........the new CG artist is already working on something? I would like to see the difference between his art and muku's....
Thessia
2017-12-20 09:05:18 +0000 UTCYou guys are sick too? We're not even in the same country! ugh, my face....
Zel
2017-12-20 00:46:49 +0000 UTCOkay guys, Issac's situation might be more than just a common flu, fingers crossed, in many ways..
Heaven Studios
2017-12-19 22:53:52 +0000 UTCGuys, we're in the final stretch of releasing the patch but everyone on the team besides me is sick in one way or another lol, will be released before Friday dinner time.
Heaven Studios
2017-12-19 19:20:15 +0000 UTCHow nice!
D.D.
2017-12-15 03:37:00 +0000 UTCThanks! can barely wait to know what's new for 2018 :)
Thessia
2017-12-14 14:15:09 +0000 UTC
