Dev timeline 2, and what else is coming up (Patreon)

Hi all,

Very shortly after my initial launch, I posted a timeline with my roadmap to v0.60 (you can see that post here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dev-timeline-to-66008789)

I'm now half-way there, and plans have changed slightly, so I thought I'd post an updated version. This doesn't necessarily represent everything that would be in each update, and of course things are always subject to change, but this is my current plan.

The biggest change is that I now plan 0.60 to be the extension update, where we'll finally be able to move past day 50 (all the way to 80), and have the second exam and subsequent party on day 60. These party scenes are a colossal undertaking, which is why there are so few of them, so I expect that update to take a long time to make.

However, I want to get each main character up to relationship level 5 before then! There's two down with three to go, so those will be the focus of most of the next updates. The one exception planned is v0.57, in which I plan to add the first character outfit, which I'll ask all of you to vote for! (Now I think about it that might be better as v0.59, to get everyone's level 5 scene sooner, but I'll decide after 0.56 is done.)

Speaking of voting - the vote to decide which character will get their relationship 5 scene next will go up later this week! After that, I plan to take a couple of weeks off to enjoy the holidays, but I have something special in mind for then: a community design-a-character poll series! This would involve me posting a poll asking you all to vote on a particular characteristic, and over the course of several polls, you'd create a whole new side character that would then be added to the game!

I'll have more information on the community design-a-character series in the near future, but feel free to drop ideas on what you'd like to see, either as aspects to vote on or for the final character, in the comments or on the discord. I expect it to run over several sections, but we'll see how it goes.

Thanks everyone! <3