Progress Report 23-01

Happy New Year! I wanted to take this time to provide a public post on the current outlook of TaH and what to expect.

Episode 1: Right now v1.0 has begun some early beta testing. The first 1/3 is being looked over while I prepare the second portion for testing this week. Then hopefully around the middle of January I'll release the final third. This should put the full release at Jan 26 (or the 19th if I'm REALLY lucky).

The story plot isn't changing from the current v0.36 release, but it is being cleaned up a lot with new dialogue/images. Plus there's the addition of music and sound effects. Some necessary coding changes were made which means you'll want to start from the beginning. But I imagine (hope) you'd want to see all the updated content anyway.

Once this is released, I don't want to touch Ep1 again. It'll be considered "final" unless I need to apply any fixes.

Episode 2: This is still being worked on and the first 1/3 is ready for testing, but this won't begin until February after I've already gotten a good chunk of the remaining episode worked on.

Episode 3: The major plot outline is done, but the first writing draft won't be started until I'm nearing completion of Ep2, or if I have extra downtime waiting on renders.

Please be aware that while I'm trying to put out timely updates, this is not my full-time job. Maybe someday it can be... but for now it is done in my spare time. I love creating it and will continue to communicate my progress and share TaH with those who enjoy it.

I get a lot of joy and motivation from everyone who has supported or encouraged me. It may sound cliché, but it is the truth. So thank you all for everything you do, and I hope this new year brings much of that same joy and motivation in your lives!

-ckr