Dev Update 02/08/2019 (Patreon)

Update time!

I've spent this week refining and implementing the first segment of the ending. It's a mostly linear segment that wraps up the immediate story. Like most scenes involving the old man, it's been super fun to work on. I also worked on the "bad" ending branch, that one gave me some serious anxiety. I almost hope no one experiences that one :/

Phoenix is continuing work on the images for the endings. It's a large event with multiple unique images, so it'll likely take more than a month to get through. The sketches so far are looking really nice. And frankly, I think Phoenix proved herself with her work on the last version, so I'm more excited than worried at this point.

The itch.io release went well. The download analytics from it continue to baffle me, with Android downloads accounting for 3/4 of all downloads. I never would have guessed that! It's sure to shift my attention a bit more to that version of the game. 

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I've been avoiding putting in any analytics tools in the game due to the sensitivities around the genre, but I'm reconsidering that. So I'll ask directly, if the game asked you at some point if you wanted to opt-in and allow the game to send some anonymous information about your play session, like which actions you chose or how many times you clicked the bell, would you approve it? Ignore it? Avoid the game because of it? I'd love to know how you feel on this issue.

Have a great week!