State of the Game (Patreon)

The time that all of our followers have surely been waiting for has arrived, for the free release of v1.0.0 is now up on the blog! This will be the final free release of the game, and the patch notes have been updated to include various issues that were found in July's testing. Enjoy this content-complete release of Carnal Coup!

With that said, I'm sure the biggest question on most folks' minds is, what now? Although Patreon development on Carnal Coup is now ended, my work isn't quite over yet. There's a lot of things on my to-do list to prep the game for a commercial storefront release, which I'm currently hoping to achieve around the end of September. A Steam page in particular will take some time to set up, and I will also be working on a bit of extra bonus content just for the paid version of the game. Along those lines I would also like to note that it is likely during the next few weeks that the WebGL versions on itch and Gamejolt will be going down, as I start to transition those into more polished paid release pages. However, the WebGL version of v1.0.0 will remain up on Newgrounds indefinitely.

Even as I continue to work on the overall project though, this page will probably become a fair bit quieter than it has been up til now. Once I'm ready to announce a set release date you can all certainly expect a big announcement, but in general there will likely not be much to report on beyond the monthly SotGs. As I knock off some of the more important tasks waiting for Carnal Coup I may start design and development for the game's sequel, but you can expect it to be a very long time before I have anything to show off there - possibly not until 2022. For comparison, the time between my initial design of Carnal Coup and my first public announcements of it was around 9-10 months. I can probably do better now that I have some practice under my belt, but this is still a part-time gig for me and things won't be quick. Even as things do pick up, I expect any status posts or polls will be open to the public, and there is unlikely to be any new patron-exclusive content for some time.

So with all that said, while I understand this isn't the usual sort of Patreon folks sign up for, I do greatly appreciate everyone who's still subscribed. As I mentioned in last week's post there will remain some exclusive content for each of the existing tiers, and the support will help to cover the expenses the project has picked up getting this far. The Discord will also still be around and everyone's more than welcome to come by to discuss the project, submit bug reports, or just hang out. I'm very much looking forward to getting Carnal Coup up on digital shelves, and I want to give you all extra thanks for helping to see it through!

And now, the final progress summary for Carnal Coup:

July Accomplishments:

• Non-cheat code access to the image gallery added.
• Numerous QoL improvements and bug fixes.
• So, so many typos. Hundreds and hundreds of typos.
• The final patron release of Carnal Coup!

August Forecast:

• I do further work on prepping the game for a commercial release.
• Work on bonus content for the tentatively-named 'Overseer's Edition'.

It's been a trip! It may be a few weeks until I post again, but again, feel free to swing by the Discord or drop a comment if you have thoughts to share!