0.13 - Update Status
Hello everybody,
First off, I'd like to show you my dog, Pooki:
I've practically lived my whole life with him. Last week, after 18 years by his side... he left us peacefully. I miss seeing his face so much, I just wish I had spent more time playing with him before it was too late. Whenever I came home, he was always looking out the window... house felt empty recently. Thinking about the fact I'll never see him again is devastating... he was a great dog.🥹
As some of you already know, I was in my finals during that same week. And to make things even worse, my car's steering rack + power steering pressure hose gave up. Replacement was worth half my car. So yeah, with everything combined, that was one though, shitty week for me...
I had other things to say about those last few days, but I'd rather talk about more positive stuff. There are good news out of this; now that my semester if over, I can now work on the game full-time for the summer. And here are the current numbers for this update: 3070 renders, 100 animations and ~74,000 words.
The first few animations of the finale are complete. Those were the most technically challenging ones yet, things I've never done before. Fortunately, the majority of what's left is stuff I've already tested out previously, so I already know the steps to reproduce them.
Hiring a voice actress before making the animations was also the right move all along. The expressions, and especially the breathing, are a lot better now that I can perfectly sync the visuals to the audio. I'm extremely proud of the result, and I can't wait for you to finally play 0.13, especially that finale!
Since I'm still working on part 2 of 4 of the finale (each part gets progressively smaller), I can't give exact release dates just yet, but my goal is to finish 0.13 by the end of June. The beta testing phase will probably take longer than expected, so the actual release could actually be somewhere in early July. I better be right this time, because I'm sick of being all alone on this ship and not hearing feedback / theories from everyone!!!!!
Hopefully, everything goes well from here on out. As always, thank you so much for your support and understanding. The wait is almost over. 💜💜💜
Have a good rest of your day/night,
Charlo
Comments (6)
youre a great guy who makes a great game, take your time live your live and dont forget that we all support you. i wish you best of luck
So sorry for your loss.. I lost my pup Maggie when I was younger, and I still think of her today. It was sad for a while, but those memories become sweeter with time. Thank you for all of your hard work. I really want you to get some serious success from this release. Can't wait to see this monster of an update!
I can’t believe it’s finally here!! Also, I’m sorry for your loss and I hope you’re doing okay 🤞
Thank you for the update and sorry for the loss of your dog. Please take your time with the creation of this great game.
Pooki looks like such a sweet dog. Its alwats rough to lose them after they become part of the family, so understand what a hole pooki leaves. Looking forward to yhe update, but happy to wait until its ready
Please take you time, we all know that the things you went through are not simple, so please take as much time to recover mentally. I know the feeling of finals week and the stress and exhaustion that come with it. The combined feelings with grief and a series of unfortunate incidents make you feel like the world is ending, but as there are highs in life there are lows but it is up to the person to climb up so please take your time, we all are here to support you. I also would like to say that you can't rush good things, so take your time.