January 9, 2024: 0.8 Update (Patreon)

Happy New Year, everyone. I hope it's been a good week-plus of 2024.

The entirety of 0.8 has been written and reviewed to make sure nothing was missed and continuity is good. Seeing as the scenes are set, it's time to describe a bit of how 0.8 is going to work.

First, regarding the end of 0.7 on Android, the plan is for players to reach a specific spot (basically the end of 0.7) for their open stories/threads and then be given a choice to save. The save will then transfer to an ECA Android Part 2 build that will have 0.8 and the final portions of the game (0.9, 0.10, etc.).

The 0.8 update has 38 scenes. Twenty of them are pre-esbat and must be completed before the esbat will begin. Not all players will need all twenty scenes, as some might be down paths the player is not following. After the esbat has been reached, the player will be able to make a choice to go to the esbat. Choosing yes will start the esbat and change things into a somewhat linear VN.

The esbat is 18 scenes long, though more than a few of them are long and one is split up into five different sections which can all be played, depending on previous choices made in the story. In terms of length, the esbat is longer than the 20 scenes prior to the esbat. I guess I'm saying don't look at the number of scenes. I used the scene counting to keep track of how things happen in 'time.'

The 0.8 update ends at the end of the esbat, where 0.9 will pick up and return to a sandbox-ish style.

So now as the writing is completed, it's on to doing the imaging and animating. I'll be posting some shots on Discord as I make them.

One last thing... I've paused billing again for the next month. Because of how Patreon does the pausing, there was a couple of hours where it was open for billing. If you did get billed, let me know and I will look into getting it reversed.