Plans for version 0.10 (Patreon)

Since my last post, I’ve been working on moving the game over into RPG Maker MV, and it’s been going fairly well. I originally predicted I would be finished around February 10th, but I think it will likely take a bit longer than that now. So far, I’ve basically completed recreating the content for Beatrice, the Barkeep, the Lizardmen, and the first dungeon. I’ve got about half of the guild stuff done as well. That leaves the Elves, Alraune, Goblin and Ogre, Skirts and More, the Church, and the second dungeon. It’s a bit tricky to predict how long things will take, both because I get faster as I learn RPG Maker, and because some things like adding in new items can take a bit to figure out.

I’ve been keeping things pretty basic for the most part as they are moved over, locations like the Sorcerer’s Cauldron and the bar will probably be pretty basic, and the events won’t actually involve characters moving around or anything like that, as I want to get everything functional in RPG Maker before I add that kind of extra work. The dungeons will be much more detailed, as I think having plain dungeons is a lot harder to overlook. Depending on how much time I have, I also hope to semi-rework the first couple of quests so that they are more like the first Lizardman quest is in the demo, a somewhat smaller area to explore instead of a series of text that displays options you can take.

My current plan is to release a version 0.10 sometime in February, so I will be charging for the next month. I’m calling it version 0.10 because I do plan to add some extra content into it, it won’t solely be a conversion to the new engine, but the amount of new content will be smaller than past updates. I generally want to avoid charging when I’m not adding new content (or not adding enough new content), but I’ve still been working consistently on this, so I will be charging this time. This post is basically just a heads up on the matter, if you don’t want to pay for an update that is mostly just a transition to a new engine, you may wish to cancel your pledge for the month and wait for the next full update.