Progress Report
Added 2020-05-24 14:44:08 +0000 UTCHi, everyone!
I'm happy to report that I'm starting to get very optimistic about releasing version 0.31 before the end of May, which means sometime in the next week.
Just before writing this post, I tested every possible path through the available endgame that I could think of. It all seems to work (not that it did while I tested, but that's what testing is for). There is a grand total of 7 "scenes" in this update, two of which contain sex scenes that you may or may not encounter. No matter what choices you have made up to this point, you will not be able to see all 7 scenes in one save. Some are mutually exclusive. Some might not show up for you at all.
At the moment I write this, there are 833 images in the 0.31 folder. This number shatters every previous record with a considerable margin. The largest number of images before this was version 0.19, which had 444 of them. Having said all that, lower your expectations. The reason there are so many images this time is that I've remade many of the older scenes and added much-improved animation to them. When each of these animations contains 16 images per viewing angle and position, that quickly starts to add up. Still, there are also brand new animations for scenes you've never seen before in this update, so you have that to look forward to as well.
The biggest hurdle right now is to proofread and do a little bit more testing. Once I have done those two things, I could technically release this update at a moment's notice. However, my experiments with the new music didn't work out the way I had hoped, so I'm going to try to see if I can hit the jackpot on the second attempt. That's actually what I'm about to do right now, and this progress report is holding me back.
The next time you hear from me should hopefully be when version 0.31 is released, and that might happen really soon.
Until next time!
Comments
That sounds like an absolute logistical nightmare. As for the walkthrough, I can't answer for what its author chooses to do. I plan to add achievements to this game at some point, and one of their purposes is to encourage players to discover parts of the game and story they might not otherwise see if they play normally.
2020-05-25 19:09:20 +0000 UTCApologies if you’ve answered this already, but when all the branching paths of the endgame are done, do you plan to provide a cheat sheet so we can know what we missed (ex. make choices X & Y -> get scene Z)? Or would the person writing up the walkthroughs basically be doing this?
2020-05-25 19:05:35 +0000 UTCCan't wait! I'm sure it's gonna be awesome
Christophe Schannes
2020-05-24 17:55:53 +0000 UTCThanks for the update! I'm happy to wait until you have a version that you are pleased with. I found your game after you released version 0.29 and I was very impressed with it. Cheers!
Dante Red
2020-05-24 16:00:51 +0000 UTCALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAINN!!!!
2020-05-24 15:50:21 +0000 UTCVery good 👍🏻
Dusti Trayl
2020-05-24 14:46:54 +0000 UTC