Status update: 0.2 issues + what's next for 0.3

Hi everybody.

A warm welcome to all you new patrons and a massive thank you to those of you who are staying with us and continuing to have our backs.  

We hope that you've all played 0.2 by now and are as excited for the next release as we are. 

There are a couple of issues that we think are important to discuss, and others that are relevant to 0.3.

An apology about the release:

One of the Patreon perks for the tiers Friend and above was receiving the game 3 days before the public. It was naive of us to think that we could have kept that promise, and we're sorry if you felt misled after the game was leaked. 

It is worth clarifying that leaks are inevitable and that we owe a great deal to the website that the game leaked to (F95zone). The problem, rather, is that we should have known better before making a promise. But we have learned our lesson and have changed the said perk from:

• Play the game 3 days before the public (old)

to:

• Receive new game releases before the public (new)

The release date and inconvenience:

For 0.2, we worked around the clock to release the game before the end of the month. Our logic was that we didn't want you, who may have supported us to get the game 3 days before the public, feel obliged to have to renew your subscription to get that benefit. 

Our idea was to make it easier for you. However, the game ended up leaking, and all we managed to do was make it worse for our new patrons who are now going to be charged twice within a few days (due to the change of the month).

New patrons and refunds:

If you joined us in the latter part of the month and would like to receive the June's payment back, please let us know, and we'll refund it immediately.

0.3 status and progress-tracker:

We've already started working on 0.3. 

The next release will conclude the Main Story 1, and will include introductory quests for Holly and Myrtle. By an introductory quest, we mean one that gets the MC involved in a character's story (e.g., Maple's from 0.1).

One of the learning points of 0.2, was that we work more efficiently when we have better planning (spit draft, storyboard, etc.). 

We are going to apply that lesson for the next release and begin with a planning phase. During this phase, we will work on the plots, outline and wireframe dialogues, sketch new character sprites, and do storyboards for all scenes and cutscenes. 

Once the planning phase is done, we'll go back to the normal task-tracker and update it daily.

Suggestions for Holly and Myrtle:

Although we do have Holly and Myrtle's plots for 0.3, we still need to design quests and make them interesting (like spanking the tree, or Mittens). So if you have fun, sexy, cute, or sweet quest ideas for Holly and Myrtle, feel free to send us a message or share them on Discord. 

Spine:

Many of you said that you like the sex animations from 0.2. What you didn't know was that the free program that we used (DragonBones) kept crashing as we were making them, and we had to animate both Anne and Gomira twice (because the files were lost). 

That was not fun at the time, to put it mildly, so in order to avoid such issues, we are going to try a more stable, better documented, and premium quality software instead: Spine.  

Upcoming polls:

We have a few new polls that we'll be posting here gradually. 

• Hidden photos for 0.3
• Gretta's physical appearance (Waldo's wife)
• Holly's grandpa's name

Sending a wrong message:

Lastly, in his haste to send you the download links, Pistachio sent a wrong message to all of you. He could blame Patreon's confusing user-interface, but the truth is that it was his fault. Sorry.

That's all we have for this status update.
Have a great one

Cheers
Chestnut and Pistachio