Weekly report 200
Added 2024-03-09 02:03:30 +0000 UTCHi everybody.
Thank you so much to all of you who commented on our last report and shared your thoughts and suggestions. There was a great deal to think about and consider and I'm sure I'll return to this topic after the release of 0.7 (I have made a list of educational material I want to read carefully once I have more free time). It's encouraging to read so many supportive comments especially since after months of working on this update and often feeling self-critical, hearing people share their experiences and offer help and advice is reassuring. Moving to services other than Patreon won't be something we consider unless Patreon decides they don't want us, and it's all a matter of being prepared. Should that happen (I sincerely hope it doesn't), I'll make sure there are always multiple ways of accessing the game so that people who prefer not to play NSFW games on Steam or can't (players from Germany, for example), can also download and enjoy the content.
Something that I think we could do, in addition to Patreon, is putting a demo of the game on Steam. We have long development cycles, and reaching new players is one of our main challenges. I think putting the first part of the Main Story's quest (until after Serena's reward) plus a side story like Myrtle's should help introduce new players to the game. It would also be a good way for me to learn how Steam works. Again, this is something to think about more in the future and after 0.7.
As for our work last week, I've been animating sex scenes, finishing one, and working on another one, which has been giving me a bit of trouble. The cause is that the art was done without my contribution (I usually do some tests while Chestnut's creating the base, but when she did this one, I was busy with other parts of the game). So, the upshot is that Chestnut has been working on adjusting the art, fixing the layers, and trying to make it usable. Once I'm done with all of the sex animations, I'm going to code them in (some have been added to the game already), adjust the pre-sex and post-sex events and transitions, and test them to make sure they work well (Chestnut told me a while back that one of them happens too quickly and needs more/better build-up, but improving those aspects will have to wait until I begin my polish phase). Overall, we're going to have seven sex scenes, two of them happening in quick succession and two others containing a bit of a surprise I think people will like.
That's all.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Cheers
P.S. this has been our 200th report! 200 weeks since the release of the 0.1 version of the game! crazy
Comments
It's neither annoying nor insensitive to want to know when the game will be released. If anything, I'm sorry because I think my response will be annoying because although we're very close to the polish phase (mine, Chestnut has been doing polish for a few weeks now), I can't say when it will be ready. What I can do is give you a summary of what's left to do: I have to finish the animations, make sure they're coded in properly, add all sound effects, and include the remaining finished artwork. Then I will start my polish phase which will include shortening the sentences of the update (we have more words in 0.7 than in 0.1 and 0.4 combined, whereas there are fewer sentences in 0.7, meaning that we have longer sentences, possibly being less user-friendly when it comes to reading them), and then adjusting the posing to match the edits. I also have to partially redo to improve at least two events (they weren't good enough based on Chestnut's last feedback). After that, I'll test the whole update to make sure the pacing and the story are well done (so far we have tested event by event but never the whole thing). Once all that is done, we will look for bugs, and errors, and then optimize the game, and, after a few more rounds of tests with different save files, send it to external testers, and if all is well release it. Will that be done before the end of April? Very unlikely (plus it depends on whether we find bugs or not), but I promise you we're working every day of the week (as many hours as we can) to get there.
MagicNuts
2024-03-13 18:38:07 +0000 UTCHate to potentially be annoying or insensitive to the work you guys out into this wonderful game, just wondering if you have a guesstimate on when it’ll be released? This month or April?
TaurielDaenerysFan
2024-03-12 22:08:44 +0000 UTCCongrats on 200 weeks! I also support the idea of a demo on Steam, even though I don't (yet?) use that platform.
Ricardo
2024-03-09 19:30:58 +0000 UTCCongrats on 200 weeks!
Rich Spencer
2024-03-09 18:34:07 +0000 UTCAdding sound effects would be a nice move. Not human sounds,but the sounds of action..myrtle and rose's story were really engaging... The best one till now...expecting more charecters and new stories a head!!
harry
2024-03-09 16:00:36 +0000 UTCHaving a demo on Steam sounds like a really smart idea.
TJab
2024-03-09 15:25:49 +0000 UTC
