April 2023 Plans

Time & Next Release

The last two weeks of April are going to be chaotic, as I'm moving among other things I need to handle.

Because of this, the next release may be early/mid May, or I might do a much earlier one if some content is ready. Not sure yet!

If you want frequent updates, I do a (nearly) daily status updates for the game on Discord! http://discord.gg/EZkjM8cftg

Time for Celebration!

The main route polish is complete! WOO! Thank all of you for your patience while I did that work!

I now consider the main routes in release-ready state, so please report anything at all that looks wrong, even if it's just a typo.

I am sorry tasks got shuffled around. I wanted to do new content along with the polish, but life unexpectedly got in the way and laughed at all my plans.

Target Release?

So, the target release is(/was?) Q2 (April-June). I'm hoping to still make this window, probably in June, but I confess I'm nervous about it! Because of the personal stuff, essentially I'm losing a full month of work on the game I was not anticipating.

So time to take inventory! What's left before release?

Writing To Do

• What Ifs (2 min per character): 1 each for Julian and Brandon. 2 for Quinn.
• Side Stories/Holiday Stories (4 min per character): 2 + a rewrite for Julian, 2 each for Brandon and Quinn.
• Various mini stories for all characters. (Undecided on the min yet.)
• The final chapter for Particles

Game Changes

• Polish for the side content and Particles world
• Add achievements for What If stories
• Add in some more sprite tweaks
• A big handful of some backend coding and cleanup tasks
• GUI improvements for those other menu screens like the Gallery
• Final testing

Admin Stuff

• Determine the Patreon members for the chalkboard in the café
• Figure out and arrange key delivery for Patreons
• Creating and distributing the builds for release

Overall, not too bad. I think it's doable as long as life doesn't throw me another curveball. (Knock on wood!)

So next top three priorities are:

• Write/program the new side content (side stories, what ifs, mini stories)
• Review, polish, and finish the Particles chapters
• Finish adding in the sprite tweaks

Side note on Remembrance previews for Clairvoyant members:

The sprite artist for the game is still working on more of the sprite changes, but they've hit some hiccups in their schedule as well. As soon as I get more, I will share!

There are changes in queue for Sebastian, Alexander, and Monika.

Alright! New plan established, let's do it! :D I am so nervous but still incredibly excited that we're so close to release!

Thank all of you so much for your support, and your patience for the last couple months!