Weekly report 339
Hi everybody.
Happy Friday! I hope you're all feeling well and had a great week. Here's a summary of our work:
I spent a few hours yesterday reviewing the code and cleaning up some events, particularly those related to the update's final event leading to the main action sequence. I also implemented the suggested pre-splash image to make the game look neater while the engine and the assets are loading. Other than that, my week was like the previous one: I focused on taking care of the home and the kids so Chestnut could dedicate as much time to the game as possible.
Chestnut worked very hard. She’s been at her computer for hours every day. Today, just before I write this report, I asked her how things were going, and she told me the date by which she thinks she will finish. I’m not going to make the mistake of announcing it again, though.
Since this topic has come up several times in our Discord server, I should also clarify that the polish phase is not adding new content to 0.8, the word count of which remains a little over 50,000. It's about improving the flow of the events, adding the images we felt were needed, and improving the dialogue. We identified the need for this polish after testing the game, and Chestnut was particularly unhappy with some of the art that needed to be redone and reimagined. I don't want anyone to get the impression that spending more time on the polish means we'll have more content. It means we'll have better and more enjoyable content. At least that's our aim.
That’s all, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Cheers!
Comments (8)
Can you guys release this update faster you guys said you will not take a year so please release it please
giving a window that early, before even starting the update's planning phase, was a foolish mistake. I'm very sorry about it. I assure you, we will release 0.8 as soon as it's ready
Cheers
Wew
Maybe there is enough polish guys? Like in woodworking, if you keep polishing a near finished piece, youll finally end up making it worse. Release + patch would work a lot better no?
the woodworking metaphor works quite well when it comes to polishing the text. there is a point where I feel like I'm not substantially improving things and have reached my maximum capacity. that's not what Chestnut's doing though. she's not chipping away at something, she's redoing, redesigning and reworking series of images that weren't good enough. i'm really sorry that we're taking this long, and believe me I can't wait to release and put this behind us (she does so more than me as she's also physically exhausted), but releasing a version we're not fully happy with would be a mistake as the parts that don't work will cancel the otherwise good parts we have worked months on
Will there be pregnancy in the game?
yes. the next time we meet Aureola she'll have a baby bump. there will be more (I want to dedicate one update to getting everyone with child)