Short Review On 0.6.2.2 And Future Plans

Good evening,

The day is already coming to an end, and I still haven't written the weekly report I promised last Friday... so it's about time I finally do that!

To sum it up, last week was pure crunch. Despite all my efforts, I didn't manage to finish the update until late Friday night, and even then it wasn't quite as complete as I had originally intended.

There were several reasons for the delay. For one, I spent more time creating additional animations throughout the week. On top of that, I really wanted every enemy to have proper battle animations this time. By now, I imagine you've already had the chance to see those for yourselves. Another problem was a variable messup on my part that forced me to go through the whole quest again to make adjustments, this lead to even longer test sessions for the seperate parts that I had already implemented. In the end I was happy that only a few small bugs made it into the testversion and I have been working on those today already.

From the feedback I've received so far, it seems the new area ended up being a bit more difficult than intended. Because of that, I spent today running additional tests and making some balancing adjustments. At the same time, I'm not sure everyone has figured out how to use the new weapon oil and fire arrows yet. Just like armor plates, they need to be applied to your equipment (melee weapon/bow) before they take effect.

Because of that, I worked on a short tutorial today, which I'll integrate into the quest. You'll also be able to view it again at any time through the Tutorial Gem (Key Item).

Today I also made good progress on the final steps of the quest. Of course, I couldn't resist reworking a few more animations while I was at it. I also decided to expand the Bolgan route right away, allowing it to be completed in theory and making it possible to reclaim Tia. However, pregnancy content for that route is still not included yet. I'm not fully done with it yet, as it will require some new positions for Tia and checks that she does not vanish all of a sudden.

Aside from that, I fixed a number of bugs that many of you reported. Once again, thank you all very much for your reports!

For today, though, I'm finally calling it a day. I don't want to keep pushing myself with the same level of crunch as last week. I expect the updated version of 0.6.2.2 to be finished sometime tomorrow, after which I'll upload it.

Because of the many additional images I added today, and likely a few more tomorrow, it unfortunately won't be possible to release this as a simple hotfix. You'll need to download the full version again, which unfortunately can't be avoided.

As for the plans for this week, my focus will be on the pregnancy animations in Rumah. I also want to continue expanding Rumah North, so the children will have a proper place to run around and play. Hopefully I'll have plenty to show and talk about in Friday's report.

For now, I hope you all had a good start to the week, and I wish you a great evening!