Now & Then Epilogues/Endings Update #3 and release schedule
And here we are. At the finish line (sort of). The Endings/Epilogues episode (0.26.0) is primed to be released. I'm just waiting for the last of the files to finish uploading. By now, there's not a lot to say. We've all gotten to this point together. I only hope you enjoy the results of your choices throughout the journey.
If you haven't seen my comments on Twitter or Discord, do know that this won't be the final release for Now & Then. There are plans for a Final version down the line. We'll shift main focus on The Interim Domain (after like a few days break), but in the background we'll be working on pulling together the final build.
This release will be a re-coding of the game in a way I wish I'd done from the beginning (back when I had NO knowledge of Ren'py). It'll include some re-shoots and rewritten scenes, extra animations in a few scenes, a chapter select so you can restart later in the game, and an outtakes galley with shots and scenes that didn't make it in the main game.
But for now, let's just enjoy getting to the end of the game as it is.
Here's the release schedule for 0.26.0 (all scheduled for 11:59 am EDT release):
Tier 3 - March 26, 2022
Tier 2 - March 28, 2022
Tier 1 - March 30, 2022
Public - March 31, 2022
Change Log 0.26.0
Added Endings content
Fixed missing lines in Sydney's love scene in Ch25
Thanks for your patronage and hope you enjoy,
- Kinderfeld
Comments (10)
Great story, excellent graphics, I'd like to know if the author has any other projects soon or he'll take a break with this one.
We'll probably take a few days before jumping into our next game - The Interim Domain.
Honestly going to miss this.
It's going to be hard for me as well, moving onto a new cast and a new story.
Now and Then has been one of my favorite AVNs since I found it and I will miss my regular fix of the story of Jack, Carol, Naomi, and friends. I want to compliment you on a story well told, with characters I have grown to care about and root for as they try to find/carve out a small place of security and peace in a world that is both familiar and dystopian at the same time. With the isolation in RL caused by COVID, I think I felt their isolation in a way I would not have before the pandemic - this helped make their struggle and journey more real for me. I'm looking forward to the happy endings (yes - there is a pun there that I was not actually trying for but it's there so ... :) with Carol, Naomi, Sydney, Alice and Julie! Some of my favorite moments in CH 25 were the genuine and caring discussions between the MC and both Sydney and Julie. Sydney is showing a loving side that was slow to develop but sweet and joyful when it did. Julie is a wonderful woman, a fierce defender and loyal friend of the type we all need in our lives. She is also a wonderful bridge to the past and Jack's life with Lori, Jack's deceased, but still quietly present, wife. I liked Alice's talk about how big a journey Jack has made, from a married man to a widower to a single guy responsible for first one, then really two girls, and now - I think the patriarch of a his own small clan. Thank you for giving us a great story and all of those upcoming Epilogue moments that Jack and his ladies have earned the hard way! Cheers!
Yeah, this game coming together like it did during the onset of the pandemic really was a bit of fortunate timing that borrowed heavily from real life experiences and feelings as we all had to deal with unrest and unexpected isolation and all-around massive changes to our daily routines. Thanks for your constant support and feedback!
Ultra-turbo harem ending engage!
I have actually been replaying through. Partially in anticipation of this, and also partially because, for whatever reason, the majority of my old saves just didn't work. Not really a complaint, since the newer saves all worked fine, and some of my older saves did still work (in particular the save I have just before "the date," which is one of my favorite scenes). Just gave me an added excuse to go back through it all. Of course, that chapter select will negate the need for the million saves I've made, but eh. Now to just work my way through, see what ending I get, and if a particular conversation has the end result I am hoping it has.
As the other guy said, I am looking forward to the ending; but losing my monthly dose of N&T not so much.
Man I am so excited and so bummed at the same time. I am looking forward to seeing the entire story play out though.