Status update (Patreon)
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This will probably be the last status update until v0.2 pre-release beta.
While Im doing everything in my power to release around the months end, one little problem is that tomorrow marks the start of our Spanish Holy Week, which I think is somewhat equivalent to Easter Week in the US (?).
Anyway, as many of you veterans know, Im supposed to be a good parent and take my daughters on her holidays to my mothers house at the beach. As always, Ill take my computer (with its two screens) with me to continue working over there, but I already know by experience that I wont be as productive as I am here. Nevertheless, v0.2 remaining tasks are not exotic enough to cause me serious problems.
These past weeks Ive been putting together the progress scenes chain with Cenvir, which is the main content focus of this update, and also a one-time event that its the first one in which youll see a male actually walking. That alone forced me to implement new mechanics that will be streamlined in future versions, so its kind of an investment.
Some more lore dialogues and another one-time event remain. Theyre based on already done animations so only writing and scripting on my part is needed for those.
The only technical issue I need to address is a recurrent one: layers sorting being royally fucked up every time I add new elements to the models. Spine runtimes need to be seriously enhanced in that matter and Im gonna need to talk with the Unity guy at Esoteric Software about this. We cant continue losing time with that problem. Nevertheless, Im not going to delve deeper into that until v0.2 is released.
So, to answer the million dollar question : not by any stretch of the imagination v0.2 will be released after the first week of April. Thats a promise.
Thing is, it should have been earlier but these holidays will disrupt my newly increased focus of these past weeks in the co-working office. It cant be helped.
Ah, in addition to this Im planning on running a poll about what youd want to see in v0.3. I told you I have a road map and all, but Id like to check on you and see if were on the same page. Im kind of curious and you should have some saying at setting priorities, within reason.
Something to keep you entertained, I guess. There are already a good number of suggestions at the Discord server. If you come up with something, comment it bellow so it can be an option in that upcoming poll (open polls for when, Patreon...??).
Just bear in mind that my top priority from now on will be to reduce waiting periods between updates, even if that means reducing content, so were talking about manageable chunks, not things like Make a mini game in the tavern that involves Krys being gang-banged if she doesnt serve tables on time!
That will be a full update when the time comes. ^_^
Anyway, thanks for reading me and supporting our sorry asses.