den1999667
I update the game very frequently. 0.36 will be out next weekend. Development on the Queen is going to be fairly slow from now on. Her event script is very complicated, it takes a lot of time to update, and any time I change something about the Queen it has to reflect in several different situations where her dialogue could be slightly different.
joca2511
Hey, I just saw your review of the game/thread and wanted to say thanks! If you were curious, I actually talked about some of your criticisms with the game at some point. Although I'll forgive you if you haven't actually read every single post in this thread. That's way too much to read... but since it's been a while, and I'm in the mood for some development related chatting, I figured I'd write a little reply.
So regarding the story, the lack of direction, and ability to do things with your funds... The way I've been developing the game right now is that I have my vision of version 1.00 in mind. Basically, at the end of the development cycle, we are ALWAYS going to reach the same point at version 1.00.
Now the way I have chosen to do things is to slowly add a small amount of content to different areas of the game. I often switch between what I am working on, rather than adding a ton of content to one area. The reason I do this is because it's easier to keep my writing fresh, keep myself motivated, and not feel like I'm just slogging away and doing the same thing for 30, 60, 90 hours straight. I realize that some people would prefer if, for example, I spent the first 10 updates just making the Queen's route completed from start to finish... and right now we'd probably have 100% of the Queen's route done. But a lot of the other maps would be more empty. And for my own preference, and how I can keep myself at maximum creative output from start to finish, I need to do things the way they are now.
The story of the game will be explored as we get further into the game, there will be more things to do with your funds later on (in some earlier versions there was barely even a way to make or spend money!), but ultimately I don't think any section of the game is going to feel complete until we get at least to version 0.90
One of the most important characters to the main plot hasn't even been introduced to the game yet. Specifically because I don't want to add her until a later version where the world is already set in place!
Hope anyone finds that as interesting to read as I did to type it up. And I'm not saying that your criticisms are invalid. I can definitely understand how playing a game with lots of incomplete content is less satisfying than playing a game with fewer, more completed threads. But this is the way the game is going to continue to grow. And if you compare the current version to, say, 0.16 or something, you can actually see a lot of progress in many areas.