Right Now.
So, I’ve had to take a good look at the game so far and think where I want the first official public –free- release to look like. I have all these great ideas which are something that I have planned, or been influenced by you, the fanbase.
As of this moment for V0.91 I only have 2 more thing to add which is the final H capture scene for the walkers at night, (Butt stuff to word it without being censored on Patreon) and then the Train 3 rewrite. This will then allow me to release V0.91 where the patch notes will explain the changes for that version.
The phone menu works, it’s fantastic. I need to add the graphics into a CG pre-map loader, so it loads better than it currently does, this isn’t a problem this is the workaround I had to do for the caught scenes by the walkers to make the CGs play smoothly. I’ll just add in the graphics to that workaround.
The new stat menu works, whenever Bryn is caught or used in any of the 4 ways, there is also a 5th which is pregnancy –endgame outcome to be added-. There is more depth to that new stat menu. (More to explain in patch notes)
I'm looking to get through work this week and start working along the way and that'll be V0.91 out, aiming by the end of this month.
Future for V1.0 Release.
I’ve decided to tie up certain things and keep focused on what I want the V1.0 to look like. If you remember I see V1.0 complete, no bugs or issues for standard gameplay, with endings.
Going forwards after V0.91 the tasks remaining will be these below.
Endings - I have also mentioned that I want to tailor the endings to your experiences throughout the game, so there isn’t just a ‘route’ that you see in many older games like this. This is going ahead, there are still some things I will need to polish for the endings but there will be 8 variants/scenes/endings where some can be put together where some cannot. (Like the success and failure endings, you will never have both of those at the end of the game, it just doesn’t make sense.)
Day Counter mechanic - I am worried about players being caught by the Baldman and not escaping, which may mean they miss the different scenes planned such as the beach and adult store events. I’m feeling like I may have to build a workaround for this before it becomes a major problem, it’s one thing for the players to miss the beach scene, but the adult store is a big one not to be missed for core mission unlocks (Beyond V1.0 when Bryn needs the toy for other missions planned).
Flash 3 - I’ve decided am going to be adding another flash mission, script planned for this. This will be the last mission to be added to the free version of the game.
Forest event - There will be another scene like the beach, but for a forest. An outcome of this will affect the ending of the game.
Dialogue mechanic - World conversations overhaul – I’ve found a way to make conversations more dynamic to what the player has done, this will make conversations at important locations better. This will also be a core thing to add for adding more content beyond V1.0.
Tutorial checkup - Just before V1.0 I want to checkup on the tutorial/intro at the start, simply just the instructions of what things are. I’ll need to make sure it reflects the controls in the game (Most likely just to add using the phone option)
What’s happening when – in short
V0.92 Day counter mechanic, Dialogue mechanic, Flash 3.
V0.93 Forest, Endings, Tutorial Check up.
Then V1.0 public free release.
Patreon
I’ve had free members join and also supporting (paid) members join the patreon, its warming to see players/fans join the community. I have had a few messages which have been really nice, and even though it’s been a tough few weeks with work, it’s all been positive!
The support tiers are going to change, I want to match other creators who do offer a $1 option just to access the update feed. I want to add it for the obvious reason to support the creator in a smaller capacity, but also something in place as we are getting very close to beyond V1.0. I have always mentioned will be a Patreon only release after the free public release V1.0. So the smallest $1 support tier will have update feed, voting poll options and that’s it. Supporters of a higher tier will get download access to the Beyond V1.0 versions of the game, in line with the EULA which has been put in place as of V0.90. An EULA may seem silly for something like this, but it’s there in place to protect the later ‘supporter’ versions of the game.
As always,
Thank you.
