Important Announcement

Important Announcement

Beta Test Delay for 'The Visionary' and '中国支持者' (Chinese Supporter) Tiers

First of all, I want to offer my sincerest apologies without any excuses. I must announce that the Beta Test release for 'The Visionary' and '中国支持者' tiers, originally scheduled for the 15th, needs to be pushed back to the 20th.

For the other tiers, the schedule remains completely unchanged. 'The Watcher', 'The Observer', and 'Early Believer' will still receive the update on the 25th as planned. The Open Beta for general players also remains on the 30th.

Regarding Compensation: I will be sending a 1-month 'The Visionary' tier gift to affected patrons via Patreon DM and email.

I’m not entirely sure how the Patreon gift system functions on your end—whether you can claim it immediately or if you have to wait for your current pledge to expire—so this gift link will not expire until it is claimed. You can use it yourself or give it to a friend, whichever you prefer.

Once again, I am truly sorry for this major slip-up. - LuxElly

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The "Excuses" (For those who want to know the reasons behind the delay)

1. My Workflow & The Roaming Mode I usually playtest the game as I develop it, experiencing it just like a player would. If I feel something is missing, needs to be added, or requires fixing, I do it right then and there before moving on to the next scene. Initially, I was completely on track.

However, when I reached the Roaming Mode, I felt a strong urge to completely overhaul all the maps. I wanted to remake them, re-render everything, place new NPCs, and redesign the walkable paths. But because this is a massive map, and I modded in sub-maps like a Gym and a Minimart to make the city feel more realistic, my PC simply couldn't handle the heavy workload. It started throwing errors, freezing, and shutting down entirely. At first, it only happened occasionally, but eventually, it started crashing almost every single time I tried to work on it. This hardware limitation and the constant crashes are the actual main reasons why the update is delayed.

2. The Time System Overhaul The original time system I designed simply wasn't detailed enough. Previously, I divided 1 day into 288 points (meaning time progressed in 5-minute increments). I decided to change it to a realistic scale of 1,440 points (1 point = 1 real minute). Because of this, I had to tear down and rebuild several core structures in the game, along with adjusting many other minor details.

I just need 5 more days to make sure everything comes out as perfect as possible.

P.S. At first, I considered cutting the Bedroom function entirely just to meet the original 0.06 Beta Test deadline, with the plan to add it back in for the 25th release or the Open Beta on the 30th. However, I chose to delay the release instead, because without the Bedroom system, I simply couldn't call this version 0.06.

- LuxElly