Patreon Development Update 05.02.2021 (Patreon)

Greetings everyone,

We want to update you on what is going on and give you an overview of what to expect in the next few weeks.

First and foremost, an important notice that the expected build in February will be delayed to March. We are now at a very critical point in the development of Wild Life and the step we are about to make is very important for the future of the development.

So what is this step we are talking about?

Until now we have been releasing builds that are more sandbox than anything else. Some fairly detached prototype systems like quest and combat here and there, but mostly just landscape, characters and animations along with some customizations.

You hopefully know by now that our goals with Wild Life are much more than that. We want to make an actual RPG with story, quests, combat, exploration, an open world and very detailed cinematic intimate encounters. To get there we now need to work on the game’s code-base to perform a “feature split”. Much of the way things currently work needs to be separated into two different game modes; the story mode and the sandbox mode. This involves customization, dialogue, quest, combat, sex system, interaction system, level loading and layers, controls and more.

Why are we taking this step?

This separation allows us to concentrate on creating the actual game without having to worry about things breaking due to our various sandbox features like possessing different characters.

So what can you expect from this?

There will be two game modes available to choose from in the main menu. The story mode and the sandbox mode. While the sandbox mode holds all functionality that you are used to from the builds up until now, the story mode will contain the actual Wild Life story game work. This may include first implementations of quest lines, dialogues, cutscenes, enemy encounters, sex encounters, survival, progression and all other aspects that make an RPG.

Both of these modes will be worked on and extended of course. New characters, animations, levels, clothes and the like will of course be available in the sandbox, so you can expect something new there with each build as always.

How long will this mode separation step take?

We cannot say exactly how long, but our coders estimate around 1 month of work. During this period we will not be able to package stable builds with the functionality you deserve. That is why the next patreon release will be delayed until around late march.

Next week we will update you further on what else we are working on and what you can expect in the upcoming build :)

Thanks for being such an awesome community!

-Wild Life Team