Big announcements about Come Home 2 and other games
Hello everybody! I have a few big announcements that I want to make today regarding the games that I've been working on.
Come Home 2
First, the good news! The Come Home 2 store page is up and you can Wishlist the game now. Please do so! It helps with the algorithm stuff.
Progress on the game has been going very well. I have the script nailed down. I have much of the code written. I have a lot of renders done, but still a lot more to go. I have the voice acting for one of the character's done as well.
Was hoping to get the game released this year, but I don't think I'm quite there. Looking like a Q1 2027 release. I'll let you know when I get closer.
I think that Come Home 2 will have a slightly faster release schedule than Come Home did. It's planned to be 12 chapters and they're not as sprawling as the Come Home updates - more story focused and less characters. There's still going to be a lot of things happening and a variety of content, but it is more focused around the central story.
Anyways, I'm thinking that the game will take me somewhere around 3-4 years to finish completely with regular updates every 3-4 months. It could end up being faster than that though, because I mostly have the story written already and I don't have any weird dungeon crawl/rpg battles planned for this one, so I don't think the coding is going to be as hard. We'll see how it goes, but I wanted to give you a rough idea of what to expect.
Happy Trails
Unfortunately, now I have to make the bad news. I've made the extremely difficult decision to cancel Happy Trails. There's a few reasons for this, which I might go into in a longer post sometime if people are interested, but the main thing was that I didn't see a path forward that would result in the game being released in a timely manner.
From what I figured, I don't think the first update for the game would have been released until late next year, or even 2028. And then after that, updates would end up being 1-2 years apart. With five updates planned for the game, this means that the game would take somewhere around 8-10 years to finish. Which is just too long of a timeline for me.
Most of this is just because hand-drawn art is slow. I had one artist. I could have hired more artists to mimic the style and try to speed things up, but art is also expensive. I've probably invested somewhere along the lines of $55k into Happy Trails and we're looking at something like 10 times that by the time the finished product is done. I don't foresee the game making $550k, so I'd be losing money in the end as well.
Finally, there was just the extra mental capacity that the game was taking up. Having to switch between thinking about Happy Trails and thinking about Come Home 2 was just too much for me. I decided to take this off my plate so that I could focus on Come Home 2, which I know is going to be successful and is a faster and easier game to produce.
I could see myself returning to this game at some point though. I would have to restructure it in a way that makes more financial sense and allows for a quicker product. That probably just means reducing the scope to a more manageable level.
For now though. I've put the game aside and I am focused on Come Home 2.
Come Home: Complete Edition
Okay, let's wrap this up by talking about what is left for the Complete Edition. I have two more updates coming out.
CH:CE Update 4 - October 23rd
Final Update - December
Update 4 is going to contain four new scenes that were voted on by my Patreon/Subscribestar:
Add the possibility of Suzy watching to sex scenes with Lisa in the kitchen and the living room. This one gets pretty spicy.
Anal Doggy-style with Dana while she's tied up in the bedroom.
Sex with Juliana in the cafe after she's closed up for the night.
A morning BJ from Jez's madre.
All four of these are pretty hot scenes that I think you're going to like. I've just about got things finished up for them and am getting everything ready for release.
The final update is going to be four more scenes that I will decide on - things that I want to see or that I think will round out the game.
After that, I'll be saying goodbye to this game with no intention in adding more content, and fully focusing all my energy on Come Home 2.
Conclusion
That's all I have for now! Please wishlist Come Home 2! I'm sorry if you were looking forward to Happy Trails, but I hope you'll understand the decision that I had to make. It was really hard for me. Now, we can focus on the fun stuff to come with the final bonus scenes being added in Come Home and the upcoming release of Come Home 2.
Thanks for sticking with me! Love ya!
Comments (21)
i competed come home with dana as main girl, plz make her main in upcoming game and also that teacher gerzdect or something bring her more too thanks in adv ance
Hey AJ huge fan of the first game was wondering will the game have Gangbang/orgy like the first game? Or more harem focused I am fine with either I like all kind of games.
Not going to reveal what sex content is in the game at this point. There are multiple love interests, they will intermingle.
Hey R.J, I wish-listed game on steam, I purchased the first Come Home from steam as well, can you please tell us what future tags will be in the new game? Thank you
I dont really want to discuss tags, but they won't be much different than the tags that were in the first game. If theres any that you are particularly worried about, feel free to ask.
Wishlisted ❤
R.I.P Happy Trails and our hopes of having more Gertrude in our lives! Have you considered keeping the artwork and maybe turning Happy Trails into an actual novel/book? You have the story already planned, why not use the artwork you have and pair it up to make something else rather than shelves it. Not nearly as profitable I assume but better than not using the story, you are a fantastic writer and I think it would be fun to read a book from you. Also will there be a context conversation/dialogue with Jez' Mama to explain why she would do that? As far as I know she has no idea about you dating multiple people besides Jez, so does Mama think she is doing this behind her back and doesn't care? Have a great week 👍 😄
RIP Happy Trails, but I wouldn't count out Gertrude just yet. I don't have plans to turn Happy Trails into a novel. I have the story planned and a lot of it written, but it's written in script form and actually changing that to prose is a lot of work for what in the end would make very little money. I'd rather save the artwork and the story for a possible game in the future that I reorganize to make more feasible. There's context with Jez's Mama, but it's a little porny. The scene is optional.
I wanted to play that game... And I know you wanted to make it. I do hope there's a way for it to work some day, but I doubt you're being overly pessimistic about the market or anything. I'm mostly really, really glad CH2 is coming together for you. Because I want to play that game too <3
Done! (part the first of this post)
My sympathies that you had to make such a difficult choice, especially after investing so much time and resources, but I'm glad you're realistic about it and not falling for the sunk cost fallacy that too many AVN creators seem to wind up in, where they try to chip away at an insurmountable situation, which just leads to impatient patrons, which nobody wants. I hoe the content sees the light of day in some form in the future, and I look forward to seeing what CH2 has in store! (Also those bonus scenes, because dayum.)
Sorry to hear about Happy Trails, but your reasoning makes perfect sense, hopefully, as you say, you can revisit and restructure the concept later on. Adding CH2 to my wishlist now!
Thank you for this update. I can understand about Happy Trails and I think you made the right decision. Come Home 2 sounds exciting and I have been such a fan of Come Home that I am looking forward to the final updates that you will be sending out soon. CH2 has been wish listed. :-)
Update 4 sounds like a winner. 4/4 scenes that I want to see.
Wishlisted. I was surprised that CH2 also has a missing father storyline too. "Happy trails" being 55k in and having to cancel has to sting. I'd buy the book if you write it?
Yeah, it's very different than the first Come Home game, but I wanted the basic premise of him coming home to find his father be something that the two games have in common. This one goes into a VERY different direction.
CH 2 wishlisted👍😊
Looking forward to both the final scenes for Come Home AND CH2! As always, thank you for the update and take care. 🥰🌹
CH2 Wishlisted ✅
Sorry about Happy Trails but when the math don't math, you have to cut your losses.
Sorry to hear that you had to cancel Happy trails but from the reasons you've given here, your decision makes sense. A tough decision. Hopefully you can return to it down the road if it seems realistic to you. Looking very much forward to CH2, will wishlist it on Steam as soon as it allows me to log in...