Change of plans

TL;DR: Perfect Son-In-Law will most likely release in February 2027.

Tomorrow, I’m only going to make Act 5 available for beta access.

Originally, I wanted to always release two Acts together, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to finish Act 6 in time.

In my last post, I mentioned the possibility of delaying the final release of Perfect Son-In-Law. At this point, finishing everything by November is looking pretty unrealistic. Releasing in late January, or sometime in February would be most comfortable. I'll keep shooting for November, though. They say aim for the moon, even if you miss you'll end up among the stars.

The thing that's going to break my neck is that I need to finish the game, and then Steam has to review it. This process might take 2-8 weeks depending on how many things Steam finds to complain about. That’s on me. I somehow completely forgot to account for that when making the roadmap. There’s nothing wrong with making an optimistic and challenging schedule, but in hindsight, my original timeline was simply too optimistic once Steam’s review process is factored in.

Sorry about that.

I also restructured my Patreon page under the assumption that the full game would release by the end of November. I don’t want to start changing things midway through just because my timeline changed, so I’m going to stick with the commitments I already made.

You live and learn. I definitely understand now why developers always recommend adding some extra breathing room to a timeline. Nobody complains if something releases early.

I’ll remember that for my next project.

For what it’s worth, the original timeline wasn’t completely unrealistic. The text and music for Act 6 are already finished, and I’ve completed around 80 renders.

Act 6 is going to be pretty big, though. Those 80 renders are only about a quarter of what I need.

I could probably rush through the rest of the Act in two or three days, but since it’s already delayed, I’d rather take about a week and give one particular scene some extra attention.

I think you’ll thank me once you see it.

Man, writing this post sucks. I genuinely feel bad about having to change the plan, but there isn’t much I can do about it now (short of inventing a time machine and slapping some sense into my past self). Hopefully I won’t have to write another one of these posts next month.

For now, I’ve added three renders to this post: two from Act 5 and one from Act 6. I hope you’ll accept them as compensation. :D