State of Development: Major Update #4: Chapter 1: Update #1

Hi All,

I thought I'd do something a bit differently for the Chapter 1 update because it ended up being so massive and is going to take a bit longer than the system updates.

Breakdown of Content

First, I'd like to illustrate how much animations, moves, content, etc. there is going to be in comparison to the other updates.

All I'm trying to say in this chart is that there is a lot more content overall compared to the previous updates and I scoped the amount of time needed for the amount to be done incorrectly xD

I blame the fact that I was in a trance of publishing "System" updates and when I had revisited the planned storyline, I grossly underestimated mainly the amount of new story that needed to be written. After this next update, I plan to rescope the deliverables on the roadmap so that we can have more frequent but smaller updates. For now, I'm just going to march through this one and finish strong.

This next chart is a breakdown of progress. I'd say I'm feeling that I am 70% done with the first iteration of V0.5.0.x but that doesn't include testing or potential bug fixes. As you can see the category that needs most effort is the "Story". To put that in perspective we have about 30 or so pieces of dialogue in the latest system build... but I am well over 90+ currently...

"But Endless... How did you grossly miscalculate this?"
"Idk man... I just did xD"

Release Changes

Because the Classes don't actually get introduced until the start of Chapter 2 ( see post ) I've decided that it would probably be best to hold off until after the Chapter 1 Boss has been implemented so that they can get the time and attention needed rather than trying to implement everything all at once and risk exploding the scope again...

So in other words, I've reordered the release of the "Masochist" class and instead we will be shifting some other items forward which will compliment the development of Chapter 1.

Pushed back

• Masochist Class

  • Reason: Classes not unlocked until Chapter 2. If implemented now, it would be done in a rush and would lack context.

Pushed forward

• Generally more Animations

  • Reason: Made more sense to include post session animations, internal finishes, and other moves/skills. Players can expect somewhere around ~12 NSFW new high quality pixel animations and 6+ other animations (so far)

More game updates

I plan to have frequent game updates like this from now on to keep you all in the loop :) I will also do a better job in scoping the size of the updates so that players get access to builds quicker. I think I just had so much on my mind that just had to be in the initial Chapter 1 release xD

I'll be sending out a full list of things that will be in Chapter 1 update sometime next week along with some more progress reports. Thank you all for the continued support and please rest assured that I am utilizing every piece of time I get to push out the update.

More soon,

-Endless