update post

Hey everyone - here's an update of where we are at. (pics are WiPs from upcoming 0.2.5)

0.2.5 is going well - most of this is tied up with the development of the systems on Nds' end. Whatever we implement needs to be something we're happy with and can be used for the duration of this project, as we can't really edit how it functions after implementing it.

We've got a 1panel* scene to go with the patch, as well as another sprite to go with shop-relevancy in the patch - Claer.

Once we finish the art and the writing for it, we'll move on to 0.3 while Nds continues to work on the brothel stuff. When he is happy with that, we'll release it - but we'll still be working on the next stuff in the meantime, don't worry.

When we're at that point, we'll put up the patron pick vote.

On that note - we'd like to implemented the changes to the patreon tiers. However we're also heavily considering removing the variant vote. We've had almost no interaction (not even votes) on that since starting the Amelia project even though there are quite a few at the appropriate tiers. This comes at the suggestion from the few people who have been interacting with it - I (Monsinne) was hesitant at the idea initially, but if people suggesting it are the only ones that were interacting with the reward, then I'm more inclined that it might be the right move. Doing this just means that we'll be able to do +1 scene in the game each patch, so we have more focus on the project itself instead of the non-canon extra stuff.

One consideration Nds, Joy and I threw around was replacing it with a 1panel vote for the main game - maybe including it as a brothel 1panel, to leave more freedom for the vote. We're happy to hear feedback on this.

*1panels are just a scene with 1 panel, no chars moving around or legs/arms changing position, etc. They're a lot faster and quicker to do. There will still be at least 2 major scenes in each patch, though, but with a reduction in work from no variant vote, we could include a few of these in each cycle in the main game.

I'm hoping to push the last bits of the KoD filler patch to Nds by mid-December for him to compile - though that might take a bit since it's over Christmas.

Anyway, that's where we're at - thanks everyone.