Tickle Magnet #11 Roadmap Update (Patreon)

Tickle Magnet #11 Roadmap Update

Synopsis

No delays announced this month.

I've gotten quite a bit checked off the list, the biggest thing being a huge push to get the voiceacting wrapped up in July.  I originally scheduled it for October, and was able to knock those out earlier than expected.

Still waiting on two inner circle story arcs to be done, and that will hopefully be ready by sometime in alpha.

I've been in testing for about a month.  Overall, it's going well, if slowly.  I'm not finding many game crashing bugs, the kind I found frequently when testing The Cyriaan Chronicles #10.  However, there are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands lines of code, so things frequently don't work the way I expect.  Many of those from a main story point of view are getting fixed as I find them.

Since the game is more open ended than CC#10, the challenge will be trying get enough of a spotlight all potential actions to ensure they're bug free.  I think that's where the beta testing will really shine.

I'm still optomistic for an October alpha stage launch, and December beta stage launch.  That's the current plan, but it could easily get delayed if bugs are rampant.

January

Define scope of the game [COMPLETED]

Procure art assets [COMPLETED]

Commission first set of inner circle characters [COMPLETED]

Test UI [COMPLETED]

February

Main storyline drafted [COMPLETED]

March

Inner circle character story arcs drafted [2 CHARACTER INCOMPLETE]

April

Secondary characters interactions drafted [COMPLETED]

Coding of the main storyline [COMPLETED]

Battle system created [COMPLETED]

Character sprites of characters in game [COMPLETED]

Finalize UI  [COMPLETED]

May

Voice acting recorded for main storyline [COMPLETED]

Voice acting for inner circle story arcs [COMPLETED]

June

Optional content coded into game [COMPLETED]

Artwork (busts) finalized [COMPLETED]

Voice acting touch-ups [COMPLETED]

July

First playthrough on test server [STARTED, 25% COMPLETE]

August

Second playthrough on test server [NOT STARTED, PUSHED TO OCTOBER]

September

Alpha version launch [PUSHED TO OCTOBER]

Third playthrough on test server [NOT STARTED]

October

No milestones

November

Beta version launch [PUSHED TO DECEMBER]

December

No milestones

January

No milestones

February

Game launch