Sorry for the silence! (Patreon)
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Second, my new office had an ant infestation. Needless to say, working in a room with a bunch of ants crawling around isn't a picture of fun, so I had to evacuate the room for a bit until we were able to get that taken care of (which I was more or less incapable of doing on my own, what with the busted ankle, and my SO has work most days.) That's finally been taken care of though, and we'll be going to lengths to try and prevent it from happening again.
So that about wraps up why I've been away for a bit. Because of the ankle accident, I still haven't been able to pick myself up a real desk, but I should hopefully be able to do that soon - we have one picked out, we just need to go into town and pick it up as soon as we have the time. Hopefully this weekend, if not sooner.
Now, for a significantly more exciting piece of news! Not long ago I received an email from patreon informing me of a new feature that's entering beta: instant charging. That's right, patrons who pledge (or increase their pledge) will be charged immediately, instead of at the beginning of the next month! This means two things. First, I will no longer need to send out updates manually. Patrons will be unable to see patron-only posts until their most recent pledge has gone through, so I'll be able to post the updates like I did back at the beginning of the campaign, confident that they won't be able to be pirated anymore. Second, this obviously means patrons won't have to wait until the 1st to be able to access the demo anymore. A successful pledge will mean immediate access! Now, this feature is in beta like I mentioned, so hopefully there will be no bugs, but if there are please let me know and bare with me while things get ironed out. I'll be switching on instant charge right after making this post, and I'll post the most recent playable update as soon as I'm confident things are working smoothly.
Well, that's about it from me right now. To everyone I haven't responded to yet, my apologies - since I've been away from the computer for a bit I haven't gotten a chance to respond to everything yet. If I still haven't gotten to yours in the next day or two, feel free to send me another message, just to make sure I didn't overlook it somehow, and I'll respond to it as soon as I can. Thank you all for your patience and support, and hopefully I'll have some game-related news soon!
-A42