Chapter Seventeen (0.17.0) Update #3 and Release Schedule

Here we are, in the final stretch. The development for this chapter has been packed into the few hours I've had at night during the week, hopefully stitched together into a cohesive narrative. After the massive event-filled chapter that was Chapter 16, 0.17.0 will probably feel relatively laid back. It isn't, and there are definitely essential story beats and character interactions to be found here. 

Chapter Seventeen is a clear homage to Stephen King's "The Stand." In fact, it pulls from the book's second act, where the cast is moving cross-country to either Boulder or Las Vegas, sleeping wherever they can find shelter. With Now & Then, though, it's smaller scale, focusing on Jack, Alice, and the girls as they slowly make their way south. 

One note about the Android build for 0.17.0: I spent three days trying to get a functioning build to export with Ren'py SDK 7.4.4, only to find out that there was a functional failure in the Android process. Apparently, one of the resources that the SDK references during the build process was linked to set of files that are no longer online. Don't know the particulars, but the resource developer shut down the online host, leaving Ren'py's android builder broken. This forced us to upgrade to the recently-released 7.4.5, which fixed this issue. The obvious drawback? Saves on Android are boned again. 

Unfortunately, this is something well and out of my control. It's either run an Android build in 7.4.5 or not at all. I even went back to an older SDK and ran into the same issue. So, this one isn't on me, for once. But, as a fix to help those affects, I'll be attaching saves for Android users to install to get them to the end of Chapter 16. 

Here's the release schedule for 0.17.0 (all scheduled for 11:59 am EDT release):

Tier 3 - June 17, 2021
Tier 2 - June 19, 2021
Tier 1 - June 21, 2021
Public - June 22, 2021

Change Log 0.17.0

• Added Chapter Seventeen

• Fixed continuity error with the name of Julie's son

• Fixed a name tag in CH8 where Carol was listed as Naomi

• Added a few new audio tracks

- Kinderfeld