Monday Update #22 | The next step

It is always difficult to keep track on the time during the holidays. Sorry for completely forgetting to post anything. But apart from that I have a few things to say.

First of all I have finally released MIST, as you have probably noticed already. I am happy to say that the reception was very positive. Even all criticism I got from F95 zone was constructive and helpfull.

Sometimes, when you spend so much time with something, you lose the view for the larger picture. What I often heard is that the progression is too fast, something I struggled with since A Tale of Eden. I am afraid of going too slow and end up going too fast. So after taking a step back and seeing everything without any pressure I have to say that I agree.

So I've decided to rewrite parts of the story and rearrange the things I had planned to accomodate for a better and more logical character progression. Apart from that there were many questions about more content and tasks for the player to do. Now that part, is coming either way. Just give me some time.

So, let us get into the normal Monday Update stuff.

Everything new:

• I rewrote the story for a more logical character progression.
• I changed my questsystem to allow for multiple quests at once. (Only one at the same time was possible before.)
• I created several new tiles for the forest.
• I made the outline for the next events and quests in the game.
• I made a new background for the soon to be seen cellar.
• I began writing the next quests and events.
• A small quality of life change to the roomselection screen.
• I replaced one of the scenes in the game to go with the improved story.
• I remade all the forest tiles with much improved lighting.

I am aiming for a release of the next update by the end of January and generally plan to update once a month. I don't want to sit on unseen content for months. This release showed me what I should have known already, feedback is key.

I can ask my friends for as much input as I want. But they can't talk to me the same way an angry stranger on the internet can^^. Especially if they don't even really enjoy 18+ games.

At the end I want to say hello and welcome aboard to the new Patrons, thanks for helping this project out!