4/16/2023 Corporate Development Memo (very close)

Hi all!

I am very very close to finishing a Test Alpha and Test Version should come soon afterwards.  I thought I could finish it today to be honest, but it completely slipped my mind that I had to do my annual taxes this weekend (due April 18th where I live) and they're very very (I have five LLCs and crypto/business/real estate tax considerations) complex, but they should be done today or tomorrow at the latest.  I dedicated some time for that, and am taking off a few more days this week to try and close this thing out.  I hope to have at the latest the Test Version out next weekend, and then Final soon afterwards.  

The total number of renders for the update will be 4,088 renders, give or take 10-20 or so with minor tweaks.

The timeline is likely to be:

1) Test Alpha (not all music in, but renders/dialogue done) for high tier to give feedback ideally 2 days.  

2) Normal Test Version 0.7 - this will include all music and generally have a workable game flow for everything.  I hope to finish this process with some feedback within 3-5 days but my challenge going from Test ---> Final Version is the save issue of trying to make sure Update 0.8 will work properly if I try and "split" the game.  

3) Version 0.7 - There may be a beta version first, but more likely I will just go with a Final and then revise if necessary.

I would like to get back to things ASAP so I will keep this short.  But I am currently doing music and just play testing a bunch of stuff.  

I am absolutely going to change how I do things moving forward to a roughly 4 month goal and 1,500ish render pace because it's quite difficult for me to keep track of everything past a certain size.  I also believe I've found a new artist for 0.8 which is HUGE for me.  So I'm going to get back to things!