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Chapter 8 - Version 0.85b - Bugfix

Hello everyone

Another bugfix release.

This one is a onetime issue that will reset your decode progress when you sail to meet the pirates. I am sorry to any added grind this has added to your playthrough.

Version 0.85b

Bugfix for Decode progress reset.

Download links:

MEGA 

2019-01-19 05:35:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Horizon Preview III - Metrics and Endings

Hello everyone

As mentioned last time, I wanted to talk about the choices you have been making so far in Hotel and Haven and how those are going to affect Horizon and the endings of the game. This is where the metrics come in.  Each choice is worth an amount towards the different endings, but instead of explaining it in text, I have tried to explain it in the image below :)

For futur...

Horizon Preview II - Foundation

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The first preview of the year and it is a twofer. As you can see above I threw together the first attempt at the game splash screen and this post will cover one of the major changes mentioned in first preview post. The shape and thus the foundation of the game.

I mentioned that Haven was designed to be long, thin and somewhat even with pointed ends, like a cigar. There are a couple of things that will be different in Horizon that will change how the game will play o...

Bugfix for Chapter 8: Intruder - Build bug

Hello

There is a bug with the observertory build task that can cause the game to halt if you don't play the way I intended :) 

In general the Start / Stop / Start build and research tasks have turned out to be a mess. They won't be making the trip to Horizon. 

If you should come across the bug where the Observatory has a phase that is complete but nothing is happening (and I mean nothing else in the game for days) please download this version to continue.

2019-01-04 15:55:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Rewards Change and Tier Unlocks

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Welcome to the new year and I hope some of you have given the final chapter a spin. In this space between the games it is time for the normal updated of the Patreon tiers and update to the reward tiers as well.

First the Patron dings :)

Richard C. has joined the Scene Stealer Tier and Arvind will do so next month if he continues with the current support. These will be the last two Scene Stealer unlocks for Horizon as we will hit the planned cap for the game. There ...

DevelUpdate #045 - Haven's Last Stand

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I just typed the last word in the Epiloque of Haven. A tear was shed and the last post of the year has to be typed as well. I won't tease anything but have some stuff I need to cover.

First off. There was a bug with the least important choice in Haven that did not register what you picked. It would only have a slight metric change in Horizon, so I will unlock both rewards for all. I will reveal what this was at a later date and you might be able to guess once you re...

Public Release of Chapter 8: Intruder

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To celebrate the Winter Solstice I thought it would be fitting to release the public version of Chapter 8: Intruder a little early. I hope you guys and girls don't mind :)

Chapter 9 will most likely move up to the now empty and just as fitting new years spot.  The final chapter of Himeros Haven releasing just as we enter 2019 feels right and if you are not a supporter I would like to remind you that you can skip the two month wait until the next public release ...

Horizon Preview I - Structure

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As I have been looking back at Hotel in the BTS, it is also time to look forward as well. Some of these will be public as they cover general knowledge. The first will cover the major difference from the the first two games. I will try to do this without going into spoilers or story at all.

Hotel and Haven both are designed to be played twice if you want to se every option (plus an extra time if you want that pesky hidden ending).  Horizon will be different.

Hote...

DevelUpdate #044 - End of the Year Roundup

Hello all

We are getting so close to so many things and so much is happening. So this is going to be a quickfire round.

Discord vote feedback so far: Meh. I will continue to use it as is and I have added a mailling list optin to the new FAQs if anyone wants to get the Lore and Hints mailed to them once a month. (Patron only)

Added a replacement option to the Character Creator reward as the 2 for Horizon could get filled and it will be fased out with that game.

Finished writin...

FAQ and Help - Public Post

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This collects common information and help. The post below adds some more that are only relevant to Patrons. I will add more over time. For quick acces you can find these post in the Tag section on the side.

Q: The game file is getting blocked by my anti virus software.

A:  The virus flag has been an issue for a long time with Adrift.
2018-12-12 20:21:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Design Diary #020 - The Feedback Loop

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A meta post open to the public. I have been talking about the game and am in the middle of working to finish Haven and continuing design on Horizon, but with the different platforms of player engagement across forums, Patreon and Discord I wanted to talk about feedback and how it is affecting me and development overall.

When I started development I was hanging out at the Lagoon and there was a lot of feedback from day one. Everything was new and exciting, people tal...

DevelUpdate #043 - Plan 9 from outta nowhere

Hello all

As I hunker down for the long winter. I want to give you my plan for how I am going to spend the next couple of months. Here goes:

- Every day I will try to write one new event or scene. This has been normal for most of development except for days where I am too busy, sick or not at home. This leads to the 25 events pr. months most releases had in the past.

- When the new event is done I will spend any surplus daily time doing a very slow playthrough of Haven.  One e...

Release Tease - Intruder Incoming

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With less then a week to go until Chapter 8: Intruder should be ready (for Patrons), it is time for a teaser post. I am currently finetuning the last couple of events and then will have a couple of days of testing. The plan is to release sometime during next weekend.

The chapter contains the largest amount of work tasks since the first chapter, but the structure is a bit different as not all are designed to be completed before you hit the endmarker. 

Depending on how...

DevelUpdate #042 - Discordia Digest

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As you have noticed I like my alliterations and puns. This is not going to stop any time soon and this Update is going to cover different topics, one of them being the worst one yet.

First are some updates to Discord. I have added it as the first reward for every Patron and going forward I will be posting some small snippets of lore,  flavour texts and a new entries called Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt on Discord. This is a little mystery that has been in the works for over a y...

Himeros Hotel 1.04 Walkthrough Update

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After some feedback about errors on certain days in the walkthrough I completed a playthrough and updated the guide with corrections for the errors around day 25 and 54 plus some minor timing corrections on other days. I also added L: numbers to each event to help keep tracking easy for the beginner player. Since I found some image issues and minor spelling issues I have added a new version of Hotel as well.

Enjoy

Seztworks

Public Chapter 7 updated with Aspect fix

Hiya all

Since it will be a while until the next public release I went back and blocked off Chapter 7 in the code to make an aspect fix version for those as well. Since it contains all current unreleased code as well, it is the first to cross over the 200mb cap of the Patreon file system, so the Haven releases from now on will be linked to from different file hosts.

https://drive.google...

Himeros Hotel v. 1.03 Update.

Hello all

This update adds the fix mentioned in todays DevelUpdate. 

Final 1.03

Image aspect ratio fix. 

- All images are now square as a workaround to the Adrift bug. This increased the game size by a good amount, but worth it.

1.03a

Adds a couple image corrections and slightly improved task list for the first couple of steps.

Have a lovely day

Seztworks

DevelUpdate #041 - Image Aspects Fix

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Still working on the next release and I stumpled across a fix for a very old issue. Adrift has had problems keeping the aspect ratios of the images as set during development. There was a very easy solution that completely missed me. I will be converting all the images to a square format. As long as the player sets the image ratio to fit their setup on the first image it should stay correct for the entire playthrough. The change will be added to Himeros Hotel soon and Himeros Haven for...

DevelUpdate #040 - Bad news, good news

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I would have liked to have a better subject for the 40th update, but after being trying to de-stress and being quiet for a while it was time for an update. 

I am working on the next release and due to my change in development speed I am not where I want to be at this point. I had hoped to release the full chapter 8 before the end of the current month and I might have problems getting there. There has been a lot of real life issues, work, family, stuff. 

I will r...

Public Release of Chapter 7: Future

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This was promised before I made the release changes and I try to keep my promises :) So here is Chapter 7 for the public. 

https://mega.nz/#!Zag3iaTZ!KQmDB46WQMpAzxxzQBnLnpAbkcQaCIpn5El3xHtestE

https://drive.google.com/open?id=13WT5YJE68ClbExo6EqB2D21tysaEbh8H

I hope you all enjoy and as always pleas...

Full Chapters Ahead - Schedule Correction

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Working on 7.5 I did notice some planning issues and there was not real good cutoff point for the half chapter and since I changed the release timeline I have decided to go directly to Chapter 8 and have it join Chapter 9 as  full chapter release. It solves some story issues as well since the last two full chapters change a lot of the main story.

This will move the next release to beginning of October at the earliest with the same amount of content for a full chapter as us...

DevelUpdate #039 - Ass. stuff

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I wanted to give assorted info about development and what is to come.

First off the sezt.works redirect is currently not working due to technical issues. Looking into moving to a new domain host. Will update when I know more.

I am working on 7.5, but it is moving slower then normal since I switched from Patreon to Passion mode :) I am currently only writing new events when I really feel like it and I think it shows on the quality of the content. For the new guys out there...

Supporter Reward Unlock Update

Hiya everyone

I wanted to give a quick update on tier rewards.

YYC has returned with the needed information for me to add his Scene Stealer reward into one of the upcoming releases. He will be the 4th Patron to do so.

RC Jr. has been the newest Patron to reach the Himeros Helper tier and will be added to the credits of the game.

Sephira is close and will most likely reach the Title Thief reward tier before the game is done.  

I am looking into a replacement reward ...

Important - Patreon Downgrade

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After a month with vacations, I am now hit by some surprisingly annoying code issues found during testing of the latest chapter. This combined with the lowered level of feedback and a pretty high stresslevel has made me rethink how I want to develop the game. The monthly deadline is slowly draining my energy, but I feel that is the only fair reward for any of you that support me on Patreon. 

That is why I have decided to remove the tiers and the monthly releases from the r...

DevelUpdate #038 - Future Feast

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A week until Chapter 7: Future hits the first release and it is mostly on track. The planned patreon reward scenes have been halted until I hear futher from the two patrons, but the rest of the chapter is where it needs to be. Time to do another chapter preview.

We had the first character choice in the last release and there are a couple more heading into Chapter 7.  A normal flavour choice and a couple golden choices that will affect the ending of this game and maybe the ...

New Patreon Reward - Discord Access

Hello all

Seing the new integration with Discord, it made sense to add it as an option and Patreon reward.  Some of you have already been added by the bot and the rest can do so if they wish. If you have any questions feel free to send me a message here.

DIscord can help with a quicker and more direct chat option when you are stuck or want to discuss a feature.  It is optional, but should be faster then posting anything on Patreon.

General update: I am 40% into Chapter 7 ...

Public Release of Chapter 6: Friend

Hello everyone

Two months since the last public release and time for everyone to get their mits on Chapter 6. As always I will keep en eye on Sharks forum over the next weeks to give help and note any feedback.

I hope you all enjoy

Have a lovely day, week and month

Seztworks

DevelUpdate #037 - The final chapters

Hello all

I am back from my vacation. A bit surprised about the amount of you that stayed at your usual amount. If anyone didn't see my message about the months break and wants to get a refund please send a message soon, before I spend it. If it was on purpose, then thanks :)

I am back in the code and am currently writing the first scene for Chapter 7: Future.  It will add a bunch of new stuff and maybe even a little surprise. The vote for Chapter 9 did go towards a single chapter r...

Development Break: 1 Month Vacation

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I just got confirmation that my family wants to hold a vacation together and they have planned for us to leave the last 14 days of June. On top of this I am not near my computer in the next two weekends. That leaves 10 weekdays to try to complete a chapter. That won't be enough for even half the current content of a chapter and I have to take the hard choice to pause development in June. 

It has been almost 10 months without any issues and I had hoped that I could make it ...

DevelUpdate #036 - All the small things

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A mixed bag update this time. The last votes are still trickling in and for once I am not that surprised by the outcome and it is not all black or white. Good stuff. It will be running for a while longer as it is not that time sensitive.

I am a bit hit by health issues and on the edge of the planned schedule. I will keep fighting to stay on target, but wlll update if needed later in the month.

I have added some small fixes to ease gameplay based on feedback and help r...