Diamond in the Rough. (Patreon)

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Okay, alright, so this is a thing I guess. I announced "x" time ago that I finished the story of v13, and that was true! Everyone went through it and aside from many bugs, things were going great! Reactions were good! Time was fun! Mostly.

So, let's bring this into perspective. When did v13 truly start development? I wanna say December 2019.  After v12's release I was extremely burned out and didn't work on the game for a few months after that. Technically I worked on the very beginning of v13 and proceeded to burn out majorly right after. So that wasn't fun. At all. Anyway... During this period I had planned out what I wanted to do. There would be a total of four separate routes   that all converge into one main route.  The challenge this time was figuring out how far I wanted to go with this idea. Would they be fully fleshed out segments of gameplay, or would they be short segments?

I started production of the first route (which is called Diamond Route in game) without really knowing the answer to that question. After I finished the route and I went onto the other segments, I feel like I really found my footing with them and as a result they came out well!

However, Diamond Route suffered from the indecisiveness and uncertainty that I had with what I was doing. As a result, it wasn't bad, but compared to the other routes it was very... mediocre. It was rough. A diamond in the rough, if you will.

I mentioned on our Discord server that I was very "Un Happy" about a certain thing, and that was me making the decision to redo Diamond Route from the ground up. After I had already finished everything, too. But......... If there was any time to make changes, it would be now. I'd rather not release something mediocre just to get something out there. I mean, we've waited this long. We may as well? 

I got criticism from my team, I got some ideas, and I tackled this place again a second time. Currently no one has played the new version, but I am pretty satisfied with it so far! Also with this newfound inspiration I was able to craft this route in 1 week. OG Diamond Route took me several months. Yeah, I... I don't know. There's something to be said about my inconsistent developing time. Maybe it means I believed in what I was creating this time? Who knows. I sure don't.

Hopefully my Dev Team and everyone else will enjoy it. If not I will cry.

THIS HAS BEEN A HELL VERSION!!!!!

Thanks for supporting me. I definitely need support. Thank yo. Thank you, even.

Sorry for the ramble!