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We're guessing E9 in July. The Interlude maybe by late Feb t0 March. Maybe!
??? With a February release of the much hated Interlude how could you even conceive of a July release for ep9? That would mean a flat 5 months of development, something DPC hasn't been able to pull off in a very long time. Even an August release would be astonishing!
 

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??? With a February release of the much hated Interlude how could you even conceive of a July release for ep9? That would mean a flat 5 months of development, something DPC hasn't been able to pull off in a very long time. Even an August release would be astonishing!
I read that a week or so ago here from someone else, so don't shoot the messenger :)
 

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I read that a week or so ago here from someone else, so don't shoot the messenger :)
It's not an impossible time table... although I would put it like March-August but the interval remains the same... the ninth chapter will be significantly shorter as were chapters 7-8... so a 5 month developement time is well within the cards :p

But still... BANG !!! :ROFLMAO:
 

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??? With a February release of the much hated Interlude how could you even conceive of a July release for ep9? That would mean a flat 5 months of development, something DPC hasn't been able to pull off in a very long time. Even an August release would be astonishing!
from the end of November to the end of July is 8 months, which is already 2 months longer than the normal cycle.
part of the time has been occupied by the launches on GOG and STEAM, but I think we're talking about a few weeks (2-3).

now we have to see how much the interlude is extra work or how much is at least partially an anticipation of the ninth chapter
for me it should have been the normal flashback of the beginning of the episode, on steroids to justify the autonomous release

July remains an optimistic estimate but in my opinion not impossible
 

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from the end of November to the end of July is 8 months, which is already 2 months longer than the normal cycle.
part of the time has been occupied by the launches on GOG and STEAM, but I think we're talking about a few weeks (2-3).

now we have to see how much the interlude is extra work or how much is at least partially an anticipation of the ninth chapter
for me it should have been the normal flashback of the beginning of the episode, on steroids to justify the autonomous release

July remains an optimistic estimate but in my opinion not impossible
I haven't seen anything where he even mentioned working on ep9 and I don't think he's going to start until the Interlude launches
 
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??? With a February release of the much hated Interlude how could you even conceive of a July release for ep9? That would mean a flat 5 months of development, something DPC hasn't been able to pull off in a very long time. Even an August release would be astonishing!
Episode 7 was a little over 5 months in development, and that was only 1 episode ago. If the Interlude is released in early February a late July release for Episode 9 is, as Felice said, optimistic but possible.

Really, it depends on how big DPC wants the Interlude and Episode 9 to be.
 

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The interlude was originally supposed to be Chapter 9, so I'd imagine the actual Chapter 9 won't be as long as the others since the interlude content has been 'cut'.
I hope there is only one Interlude. I'm guessing S3 is going to be Autumn (Halloween, Thanksgiving), and S4 is going to be Winter (Xmas, MAYBE New Year?) and I'm thinking S4 is when we finally meet specific LI's parents (since we're already meeting Sage's)

By S4, I'm guessing whatever MC/LI route is active things are probably going to get pretty heavy and it makes me wonder what obstacles will be left at that point?

Will James finally come back for Bella? Amelia vs. MC/Neil? M/J still a thing, with or without the MC? All that sounds like S4 stuff to me, like an Endgame. Guessing there's still plenty "obstacle drama" left to tell in S3.
 

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We'll also need one unintentionally yet profoundly deep moment with Arieth when the MC has hit rock bottom, because it seems like that's the kind of character she is.
 

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Episode 7 was a little over 5 months in development, and that was only 1 episode ago. If the Interlude is released in early February a late July release for Episode 9 is, as Felice said, optimistic but possible.

Really, it depends on how big DPC wants the Interlude and Episode 9 to be.
Didn't DPC said he wanted to make the episodes a bit shorter so the wait wouldn't be that long?
The interlude is known to be pretty short and just to speed up the story behind Zoey. So that won't take that long.
Because of the interlude he won't have to pry the story of Zoey in the upcoming episodes.
 

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Didn't DPC said he wanted to make the episodes a bit shorter so the wait wouldn't be that long?
The interlude is known to be pretty short and just to speed up the story behind Zoey. So that won't take that long.
Because of the interlude he won't have to pry the story of Zoey in the upcoming episodes.
He may have said that but I've never seen it. And I would be surprised if the Patrons would be happy with an ep9 that was significantly shorter than earlier episodes.
 

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I haven't seen anything where he even mentioned working on ep9 and I don't think he's going to start until the Interlude launches
the latest updates are rather vague, he has clearly only spoken about the launches on the platforms, not even on the interlude has he been unbalanced so much, impossible to say where he stands on that either.

but my point was that the month, month and a half spent on the interlude could discount part of the time of the ninth chapter by being "narratively" a piece of it
 

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the latest updates are rather vague, he has clearly only spoken about the launches on the platforms, not even on the interlude has he been unbalanced so much, impossible to say where he stands on that either.

but my point was that the month, month and a half spent on the interlude could discount part of the time of the ninth chapter by being "narratively" a piece of it
Maybe, but I doubt it. Especially if my theory plays out that part of the need for the interlude is to cover the fact that he couldn't deliver two full updates this year.
 

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Maybe, but I doubt it. Especially if my theory plays out that part of the need for the interlude is to cover the fact that he couldn't deliver two full updates this year.
I don't think that

in the end we had already reached the threshold of 6 months (for me psychologically very critical) per episode, at that point it was only a matter of time that there was a year with only one episode anyway.

probably even without interlude, but only because of the double launch we would have strongly risked to have only one episode this year
 
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