10/27/2025 Update possible release dates...
Hi everyone!
I am keeping this one a bit shorter as I'm racing to try and finish everything and maximizing time as best as possible! Here's a rundown of where I am and some possible release dates of the Test Version.
Sub Path:
I have run through it myself and with editing people enough now and consider it "ready" for a Test Version release. All music/dialogue/render edits are pretty much set and I have moved on to the dom path.
Secret Sub Path:
I have also run through this path and edits as well with a few people. I am going to run through it a few more times personally but generally also consider this stuff done. I have shifted mostly to the dom path.
Dom Path:
The pics above are part of the last scene I am working on and it's almost done. I have run through the rest of dom path and already added music/first and second run edits for every scene except this one so I'm very far along on editing. The edit help is starting on this path on Monday/Tuesday and hopefully this goes well. I'll have it start even without this final scene being completely done just to get the ball rolling.
When these runs are done, I will compile the overall Renpy version of the game into a "game" file and that will be the final runs of testing. Unless there are major errors found, I may ignore very small errors and put them on a list for the Final Version. Once it's a game file, I am hoping all major problems are gone by that point. But if something bad comes up, I will recompile the game.
Possible Release Dates:
I always want a bit of flexibility just in case something comes up both in real life or weird errors I don't know about yet.
But generally, in a perfect situation it might be possible for the Test Version to release by Halloween/this weekend. I don't know if this will happen but this is a goal I have right now. But if I don't quite feel it's ready, I'll put it off until I feel good about it.
If I don't quite feel it's ready this weekend, I'll aim for getting it out during the following week. But I'm pretty close now so I have very little doubt that it will be ready by the following weekend at worst.
The update will end up over 4,000 renders, and maybe even more towards 4,500 by the time the Final Version is done. I have already outlined the extra scenes I want to insert from the Test Version to the Final Version and will be working quickly on these once the Test is out.
Please remember that the Test Version is by design intended to be just that -- a Test Version that may need a bit of work. I won't have all the animations in yet, and I would really appreciate any feedback or other errors you find! Hopefully, the major bugs/errors will all be gone, but there are always little things that are likely to be caught when a much larger group of people get access to the game. So any helpful tips are appreciated!
The Test Version will also not have an intro/outro quite yet although I'm kind of close to finishing them as well.
Anyway, it's after midnight now so I will try and get some rest but thank you for the patience/support and I'm working hard to get this out ASAP! Thanks!
Love,
Tess