Long time, pals.
I am sorry that I haven't shared how this project has been for a while.
I have been hospitalized for some time and got back few weeks ago.
Me and my friend took it from where we left before I got sick and just finished v0.3.
Due to our tight schedule, v0.3 had to move some of its contents to v0.4
We though about delaying this update for a week or more but decided to release it for now and
make v0.4 a big update since we haven't updated the game for couple months.
Other than stories and scenes added, we put some time on improving QoL and design aspects of the game.
And, we added a little schedule button that will show locations of each characters as well. (This will be replaced with much better system in v0.4)
It is because, after reading all of you comments, we came to a conclusion that this game needs much better hint system,
QoL improvement and some tweaks to decrease grind.
Those changes are based on your kind and helpful opinions and we feel really grateful about them. Thank you.
We are going to start working on v0.4 tomorrow, and it is going to be a big update including some of the contents that we planned to have in v0.3
So what we have in v0.3 update are as following:
v0.3 Changelog
• Cherry's repeatable events are added. (Basic storyline is done but more contents will be added in the future updates)
- Kitchen at lunch
- Kitchen at dinner
- Backyard
- Livingroom
- Bathroom
• Tori's story-line is added. (3/4 of basic storyline is done)
• Added Kimmy's storyline (Including the player's first promotion event - intelligence perk added as well)
• Added and polished events in company activities
• QoL improvement (Now you can see where characters are at with one click!)
• Added Patreon features (Cheats / Bonuses / Fast Travel to certain locations / etc.)
• Design aspect of game is improved (Mostly font changes)
• Tweaked numerous settings to reduce grind (stats, starting amount of money, event requirements, and etc.)
• Rewriting scripts for better quality (still in progress so far -we expect it to be finished by next update)
• Introducing store features (Only supermaket and few items are added so far)
• Other trivial improvements and bug-fixes.
Our plan for this summer are such as following:
Development Plan: (changed 6/28)
Update (0.4) - July Update (Big Update)
Since we had to delay our development schedule due to my health issues and rush out the v0.3,
we had to postpone certain contents to v0.4. So this upcoming update will be a Big one.
v0.4 will focus on 4 things that are;
• Expanding storylines of characters in the house
- Finishing Tori's basic storyline + Repeatable scenes
- More Jen storyline
- A little bit of Chloe's storyline
• More for Company route
- More Kimmy storyline
- Progress on Emily's storyline
- Beginning of Rachel's storyline
- More random scenes and activities
- Perks related to career progress
• QoL Overhaul (Very Important)
- By changing the design, it will be much easier to see where characters are at.
- Hint and guide system to enhance gameplay experience
• Rewriting and polishing scripts
- We have heard quite a few complaints regarding the games script and decided to put much time to improve them.
- Revising the entire script to enhance its quality
- Font size and arrangement to make it less of a chore to read text.
- Basic typos and etc
# Other additional contents are to be added, but we haven't decided which should come first yet.
For the Next two summer updates (v0.5 & 0.6),
we are going to add cars, different types of stores and items
Regarding character contents, we will finish couple of character's storyline and repeatable scenes
It is too early to fix exact order to add those contents just yet, but these will be major elements that are included in the updates.
What is fixed so far for the 2 updates are :
Update (0.5) - August Update
• Introducing of real estate feature (and related events and scenes)
• Some neighbor storyline
• More company questline
Update (0.6) - September Update
• Introducing cars and related scenes and events (Or adding more of them if it is implemented in v0.5)
• Adding more real estate related scenes and events
- These are least things to do for the two updates that we are likely to add more in them.
So for coming v0.4, we plan to;
1. improve the quality of life aspect greatly (visible location track system // hint system implementation)
2. revise and rewrite all the script (the whole scripts in the game isn't even up to par until now)
3. tweak stats and system to lessen the grind
4. add more contents and stories than usual updates since it is a big update.
5. put shop system and much of its related locations that function
for Next 2 summer updates, we will priortize in;
1. finishing implementing basic system of the game (cars, real estates, and etc.)
2. polishing questlines and their structure
3. filling up empty spaces with activities, scenes, and events.
4. storyline for people in the company route
Once again, thank you all!