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Chapter 3 is now available!

Alright everyone, Chapter 3 is now available to everyone! Thank you for your support and patience! I've already started on Chapter 4, and can't wait to get it to you!

Download links:

Windows - https://www.droosk.com/downloads/btwc3-win.zip
Mac - https://www.droosk.com/downloads/btwc3-mac.zip
Linux - 2022-01-22 08:54:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Final Update Post for Chapter 3

Hello gamers! As the title indicates, this will be the final progress report/update for Chapter 3. I have just completed the renders for scene 10 of 14 (again, there are actually 20 total scenes in this update, due to split routing!), which means I only have 4 left to do. In addition, while rendering last night and tonight, I finished about 40% of the code. That is always the easiest part for me.

My goal for now will be to keep the pace of 2 days per scene for rendering, while getting t...

New Year, New Update!

I hope everyone had a happy, and safe, New Year celebration! Personally, I drove. Alot. My "day job" is Uber/Lyft. So plenty of drunk people in my car. But then, I went home and did a ton of real work. Things are moving quick now! So, let's get to what everyone is actually here for. The status update. So let's get to it. First, what is done:

Creative Design, Environment Design, and Writing are all now entirely finished. Not only is the writing finished, but I'm getting a head start on C...

New website is now running!

Hello gamers! I'm here to announce that the basic outline of the companion website I'm working on is now up and running. Why is that important? Well, a few reasons.

1) Downloads will be available directly from me, in addition to the standard places like Mega, GDrive, Anonfiles, etc. But, I'm faster and better!

2) I'll be developing a companion game to go along with the main game. This will be done in RPGMaker, and will be available only through the website. This game will be purel...

Happy Holidays to all!

Here is a special render for everyone to enjoy! I truly hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season. Be safe, be friendly, and be good! Or, be bad. You know, whatever you want to do. No shame here!

Chapter 3 progress update

Hello, please take your seats. Come, come. Quickly now. I only paid for 5 minutes worth of time, so we need to get through this. Hey, Eric, come on man. Sit down.

Thank you.

Welcome! So, I figured it was time to do a public update, since it's been a couple weeks. Of course, you're always able to follow the development progress via the Trello board, which will be linked below. But still, it's nice to reach out to people this way as well. As of tonight, Chapter 3 status is as follow...

Chapter 3 update!

Kaylee and Hannah are here to help me with this. Hope you guys don't mind. I'm actually moving through Chapter 3 quite a bit faster than I did with Chapter 2. It's really cool. As of now, writing is 60% done, but more importantly, as you can see above, I've started rendering! Scene 1 is fully rendered, and the first major animation is rendering as I type this. 720 frames of 60fps goodness.

Currently, my goal is to have the entirety of Chapter 3 written by end of November, which will le...

First Chapter 3 Dev Update!

So, a little over 3 weeks ago, I released Chapter 2. It was received extremely well, and I am so excited to keep going. I'm actually moving faster with Chapter 3 than I did with 2, which is good since it's going to be even bigger. So, before the update, what can you expect in Chapter 3?

Chapter 3 will see the first true results of decisions you've made. In Chapter 1, you made a decision of either going to the lake, or spending the weekend at Oscars place. In C3, depending on that choic...

Someone tried to copyright claim the game!

No, really. Some company filed a takedown notice with Mega, claiming that Between Two Worlds belonged to them. I reached out to them to find out what they were thinking, and they responded that they thought my game, was actually an Australian TV show that failed after a single season.

Have no fear, after threatening them with an army of lawyers (I pointed out that they were wrong, and needed to rescind their notice), they apologized and told Mega to stop blocking downloads.

In oth...

Chapter 2 is released for all tiers

Hey everyone. I posted this in the Discord a while ago, which most of you are part of. But I realized that not everyone is there, so wanted to make a post for you. Chapter is available for download for all of you now. Beta went exceptionally well, so I decided to move up the schedule. Here are the download links for the appropriate types:

Windows: https://bit.ly/2YsGKTC
Linux: 2021-09-23 00:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Beta has arrived (or is coming, depending on tier!)

Hello everyone! I am happy to announce that the beta release has finished, and has undergone initial testing. Alorine and Hannah tier has already received it, and it was very well received. Here is the release schedule from here on:

Skylar Tier will get access on Thursday the 23rd.
Player Tier will get access on Sunday the 26th.
Curious tier will get access overnight of Tuesday the 28th.

Public release will happen at some point on the 30th or the 1st. Not sure yet, really ...

It's almost here!

Quick and big update news! Chapter 2 is now 100% written, 100% designed, and mostly rendered. I've also done a good chunk of the coding, and begun the process of play testing. I am looking to get the initial beta release out to the higher tier patrons in the next few days, with the others following as appropriate. This has been an incredible journey!

As of now, Chapter 2 as almost twice as many renders, and pushing nearly 10,000 unique frames of animation. I expect the average player t...

Special Render!

I put out an offer to our Alorine tier Patrons, asking if they had any requests for a special render. One of them responded, and gave some info on an idea they had. They were kind enough to let me share the result with all of you! Seems like our mysterious waitress has a fan following all her own :)

Chapter 2 is almost done! Can't wait to share it with everyone :)

Look at that....grass!

It looks so good, right?? The renders for this scene are coming out so good. Can't wait til I can get Chapter 2 out to everyone. With this chapter, the "introduction" phase will be over, and the heart of the content will truly begin. Both in terms of the story, as well as the content that everyone is REALLY here for.

-Droosk

New way to keep you aware of updates!

Hello everyone! I am working with Trello to maintain a better, easier to read and understand way of keeping people aware of my progress towards the next update. You can use the Trello link above, or in this post, to open it and view progress at any time. I will update the Trello page every time I complete a step towards the next update.

Thanks!

-Drooskati Games

https://trello.com/b/nnzvXvFB/chapter-2...

Successful Launch!

So, wow. Its now about 24 hours since I put my files online for the world to place judgement on. 24 hours of nail biting anxiety. So much time and money invested, not knowing how it would be received. But damn, did it go well.

I never imagined the positive reception I've received. First time Devs typically get torn apart, which I had in the back of my mind throughout development of Chapter 1. But 97% of the feedback has been nothing but positive, and I've received some very considerate ...

Release Day!

It's release day!

Things are moving!

It's really weird, making this post knowing that absolutely no one even knows that this page even exists yet. But post I will, for posterity if nothing else. Although I had originally planned for a June 1st release, this was moved after a full system rebuild. Figured I should invest a little more money into my capabilities prior to doing the release. As a result, things are moving faster now!

Current status:

Writing - 100%
Rendering - 90%
Code - 60%

Right now, I believ...

First post! Welcome!

Hello and welcome! Let me offer up some details about myself, what I'm doing, how its going, and what my plans are. To start, this is my first ever endeavor on this kind of thing. I started learning how to do this stuff a few months ago, having never done it before. Thanks to Youtube, and countless other game devs that I've come to befriend, I've learned quite a bit. I still have a long way to go though!

Here, you'll find a quick preview of some early animations I have done for the game...