Hey guys, progress on the third episode for Having a HARD Time is going quite well. I've mostly been working on animations the past few days and I feel like they're turning out pretty good. Right now I have around 450+ renders and 10+ animations done, including the accompanying writing, music etc.
There's still more than enough to do, but I can see the episode starting to take shape, and I like what I see (so to speak ^^).
In about two weeks time I'll be leaving to go and enjoy a ...
2023-08-19 16:16:19 +0000 UTC
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I really like the way this render turned out, especially with the tree in between them, representing 'life and growth'.
I enjoyed writing this scene and I hope you guys will like it too.
~ Quadruple-Q
2023-08-15 21:40:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello, just a quick development update. Development on the third episode of Having a HARD time is progressing smoothly. Currently I'm at around 300+ renders and 2 animations. Most of the work has been centered on some crucial story/character scenes and I'm quite happy with how they've turned out. I'm curious to see what your reactions to it are going to be ^^
There's still a lot more to do, but I have some interesting ideas for the rest of the episode. It's certainly going to be a fun o...
2023-07-19 16:09:45 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy this special render of Himiko!
Took a while, but I'll start doing more of these going forward.
~ Quadruple-Q
2023-07-12 15:25:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, hope you guys enjoyed the second episode!
In the meantime, I've been setting up the foundation for the third episode. Mostly focused on writing a few (important) scenes and rendering the episode's beginning. There isn't much to share yet, but just know that I'm working on it.
For the sake of transparency, I would like to say that I expect this episode to take longer to release compared to the second episode. This is partly due to the fact that I have a 3 week holiday...
2023-06-25 17:55:55 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
Having a HARD Time episode 2 is now available for all patrons. It was a lot of hard work, so I hope you all enjoy it!
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PC: MEGA
MAC: MEGA
Android*: 2023-06-12 13:19:24 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, I've mentioned that I was working on a walkthrough here and there. Well here it is. It'll be sure to help with unlocking those pesky secret scenes ;)
Get it here: Walkthrough
I'll make sure to keep it updated going forward as well, but it's a bit of work so I figured I'll turn it into a Patreon reward.
By the way, I would personally not recommend ...
2023-06-12 11:33:29 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce that Having a HARD Time will eventually be coming to Steam, in fact the store page just went life!
Feel free to have a look: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420460/Having_a_HARD_Time
Once the game has a bit more content it will be released as early access on Steam, so that fans that prefer to pay once can also keep enjoying the game....
2023-06-09 17:04:11 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
Having a HARD Time episode 2 is now available for all patrons that are eligible for the 5-day early access reward. It was a lot of hard work, so I hope you all enjoy it!
Download
PC: MEGA
MAC: MEGA
Android*:
2023-06-07 16:17:16 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
Having a HARD Time episode 2 is now available for all patrons that are eligible for the 10-day early access reward. It was a lot of hard work, so I hope you all enjoy it!
Download
PC: MEGA
MAC: MEGA
Changelo...
2023-06-02 20:06:58 +0000 UTC
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Hey Everyone!
Episode 2 is almost ready! I'm just putting on the finishing touches.
The release schedule is as follows:
Friday, June 2: 10-day early access for Apatite (€25) tier and above.
Wednesday, June 7: 5-day early access for Calcite (€10.50) tier and above.
Monday, June 12: Release for all patrons.
Additionally I have just set up a discord server for the game. If everything works correctly then a...
2023-05-28 13:24:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey there! Here with another status update, and what will likely be the final status update for episode 2. Simply put, we're really close. I'm working on the final few scenes, then some testing, touch-ups and adding in game socials etc.
At the moment the second episode has around 1250 renders and 39 animations, which is more than the first episode had.
I will be making another post soon in which I'll announce the release dates, but I think it's going to be early June.
2023-05-15 07:09:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! We're getting closer to the release for the second episode and I figured it would be nice to have a game trailer both for newcomers and existing fans. I'll put this up on the patreon's 'about' section later, but I wanted to share it with all my patrons first. So... here it is!
Most of the scenes are from episode 1, there are a few episode 2 images in there as well but nothing that will really spoil stuff.
It's my first time making a trailer, but I think it turned out nic...
2023-04-28 12:46:57 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, hope you're having a good weekend/Easter holiday.
Figured I would drop a quick update. Progress on the second episode is going well. We're at 830 renders and 34 animations. The episode is starting to feel properly content rich, and I have a good feeling about it.
I had some difficulty with animating a particular scene with the character's clothing being only half off. But I think it turned out well and I learned a few new tricks as well so that's cool.
We're st...
2023-04-09 10:55:21 +0000 UTC
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Hello, I would like to let you guys know that progress on the second episode of Having a HARD Time has been going fairly well. Currently I have about 590 renders and 29 animations done, along with a bunch of writing, coding, music etc. Also added achievements to the game.
Personally, I'm pretty happy with the rate of progress so far, I think nearing the end of this month the episode will be around 50% done. Assuming that I can keep going at this rate, the second episode should be ready ...
2023-03-17 19:16:30 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, just a quick update on the development of the second episode for Having a HARD Time.
Lately my pc has been rendering pretty much 24/7, which is pretty cool (except for my energy bill :D). Right now episode 2 is at around 300+ renders and 18 animations. As you can see since the previous update I've mainly been busy with animations. While there is still room for improvement, I'm pretty happy with the change in quality (and length) compared to the animations in the first episode.<...
2023-02-26 11:38:46 +0000 UTC
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Remember, always drink responsibly ^^
~ Quadruple-Q
2023-02-17 16:24:39 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, just a quick status update from my side.
Development on the second episode of Having a HARD Time is progressing quite well. I feel like I'm slowly getting the hang of the development tools and as a result both the efficiency and quality of renders are improving.
At the moment I have rendered about 220 images and 4 animations for episode 2. The writing and coding that accompany these assets are also mostly done. Now there are still quite a bit of scenes that I need to dev...
2023-02-10 14:48:05 +0000 UTC
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First of all - thank you all so much for your pledges! It's amazing to see so much love for the very first episode of Having a HARD Time. I had a blast creating it and have a bunch of awesome ideas planned out for future episodes that I can't wait to show.
The incident at the end of the first episode was always going to be the thing that sets everything into motion for this game. However, I wanted the player to experience the world and its characters while things were still normal. That...
2023-01-25 18:27:01 +0000 UTC
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Today marks the release of the first episode for Having a HARD Time!
The first episode functions as an introduction to the world and characters of the game. It is the beginning of a new adventure, one which I very much look forward to fully fleshing out and I hope all of you will be able to enjoy!
Please be aware that this is an adult visual novel, meant to be played by adults only.
2023-01-20 20:07:51 +0000 UTC
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