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That is the assumption since Akemari Studios posted a message on KickStarter a few days ago. More of the same with an actual news message coming soon™Oi, is this thing is still alive?!
https://f95zone.to/threads/dragon-date-december-demo-akemari-studios.816/post-5351195
March 31, 2021 news report it out.
Umm, well the progress bars got replaced with dots...
Besides that promises of the world of tomorrow. Estimates the game might enter beta testing sometime around July of this year however don't bet the family cow on that
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Umm, well the progress bars got replaced with dots...
Besides that promises of the world of tomorrow. Estimates the game might enter beta testing sometime around July of this year however don't bet the family cow on that
The text that goes along with the graphic is. Even with the explanation on how to read the graphic, I still don't understand why so many large ovals or why he couldn't have made one with that includes text names.
March Update 2021
Akemari Studios
March 31, 2021
Hey guys,
Sorry the update was a bit late. Honestly I wanted to cram in some last minute progress. Perhaps I should have labelled them but my computer was already trying to commit suicide because of how many layers I had. The long bars are act scenes that break up the game. The columns of dots go as follows. Anna, Ketla, Liri, Pitch, Rix, Secret, Dragon, Tavern. So a dragon scene would be one where you talk to Braxis, a tavern scene would be similar to the protagonist's backstory scenes or things along those lines, and of course the scenes for the girls are self explanatory. As for colors, blue was included in the extended demo, green is pretty much good to go but requires beta testing, orange I'm actively working on but it's not ready to switch over to green, and red either has significant issues, hasn't been reviewed at all yet, or is missing animation coding, you know for the character's facial expressions/poses and so on.
Minor apology on the bland nature of the chart, but I just wanted to give a more accurate idea of how much is left to do, as requested by people in the comments. Honestly I should have been doing this a long time ago. Although my computer does have issues with photoshop and so on, part of the reason I was putting it off was because 2020 was a terrible year as far as progress is concerned. Each month it was like "Okay we didn't get very much done, but next month we'll do better and then show a chart." but obviously the next month didn't go any better. Anyway, moving past it, 2021 will be better. I've already gotten more done in 2021 than I did in the entirety of 2020.
Photoshop still doesn't work great on my PC...
As for my goals going forward. I want to be modest and shoot for the completion of around 8 of these dots per month, and a major scene (The long bars) once every two months, which would get the game done in July. Then a month or two of closed testing, and release. I'll admit I haven't managed to stay at that pace thus far, but I have been doing better in 2021, and I've been working at lot at my part time job. In the middle of April my seasonal job will end, freeing up all my time for DD.
Anyway, sorry there isn't more progress. I know it's not as much as anyone would have liked, myself included. That said, it is what it is. Going to keep looking to the future and get this finished.
March Update 2021
Akemari Studios
March 31, 2021
Hey guys,
Sorry the update was a bit late. Honestly I wanted to cram in some last minute progress. Perhaps I should have labelled them but my computer was already trying to commit suicide because of how many layers I had. The long bars are act scenes that break up the game. The columns of dots go as follows. Anna, Ketla, Liri, Pitch, Rix, Secret, Dragon, Tavern. So a dragon scene would be one where you talk to Braxis, a tavern scene would be similar to the protagonist's backstory scenes or things along those lines, and of course the scenes for the girls are self explanatory. As for colors, blue was included in the extended demo, green is pretty much good to go but requires beta testing, orange I'm actively working on but it's not ready to switch over to green, and red either has significant issues, hasn't been reviewed at all yet, or is missing animation coding, you know for the character's facial expressions/poses and so on.
Minor apology on the bland nature of the chart, but I just wanted to give a more accurate idea of how much is left to do, as requested by people in the comments. Honestly I should have been doing this a long time ago. Although my computer does have issues with photoshop and so on, part of the reason I was putting it off was because 2020 was a terrible year as far as progress is concerned. Each month it was like "Okay we didn't get very much done, but next month we'll do better and then show a chart." but obviously the next month didn't go any better. Anyway, moving past it, 2021 will be better. I've already gotten more done in 2021 than I did in the entirety of 2020.
Photoshop still doesn't work great on my PC...
As for my goals going forward. I want to be modest and shoot for the completion of around 8 of these dots per month, and a major scene (The long bars) once every two months, which would get the game done in July. Then a month or two of closed testing, and release. I'll admit I haven't managed to stay at that pace thus far, but I have been doing better in 2021, and I've been working at lot at my part time job. In the middle of April my seasonal job will end, freeing up all my time for DD.
Anyway, sorry there isn't more progress. I know it's not as much as anyone would have liked, myself included. That said, it is what it is. Going to keep looking to the future and get this finished.
Good question as I'm not sure what she did to render Photoshop unusable and the process convoluted... Even if she was making too many layers she could have just merged common elements to simplify the file
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So the old one has 3 main parts separated into 16 Blocks (150 lines ish). The new one has 5 main parts separated into 120 dots (24 per section)
Color scheme of Blue, Green, Orange, and Red seem to remain.
The obvious fix though is A. Reinstall Photoshop, if that doesn't work, B. Use Photoshop in a Virtual Machine, and if that doesn't work, C. Reinstall OS, then move everything back over and install Photoshop.Good question as I'm not sure what she did to render Photoshop unusable and the process convoluted... Even if she was making too many layers she could have just merged common elements to simplify the file
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So the old one has 3 main parts separated into 16 Blocks (150 lines ish). The new one has 5 main parts separated into 120 dots (24 per section)
Color scheme of Blue, Green, Orange, and Red seem to remain.
I also like that somehow they made more progress in the first 3 months of this year and 12 months of the year prior... Unsure why anyone would expect a game to come out from them with that admission.
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All this says to me is she's barely done anything all these years and backing her was one of the worst financial mistakes i've made and will never be repeated.
The only thing she's shown she is good at is making excuses.
The only thing she's shown she is good at is making excuses.
Or she could just link to the photoshop psd file and ask one of her fans to fix it... I would look out of morbid curiosity alone
I didn't know this game has a
No new news to report on with the latest still being in March 2021.
The background image is more flashy
This still sums things up pretty well...
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... Huh, Neat.No new news to report on with the latest still being in March 2021.
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This still sums things up pretty well...
June Update
Akemari StudiosCreator
June 1, 2021
Some dots became green...
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June 1, 2021
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Some dots became green...
August Update
Akemari StudiosCreator
August 2, 2021
Not much of an update but they are aiming for December and working to become a tax preparer.
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August 2, 2021
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Not much of an update but they are aiming for December and working to become a tax preparer.
...of what year?
Maybe when they get around to auditing my taxes...of what year?
Really though at this point the fact they keep a little pilot light going is the only thing that keeps me checking in from time to time...
I keep following them because i like dragons and this game looks nice.
But i really hope that they will complete the game. At least out of respect for the people who funded them.
I mean, in the end they accepted 15000 dollars. It's not a small sum...
If they have some dignity, they have to complete the game soon or later. And make it good also.
Situations like this one are the reason why i never donate money to Patreon or Kickstarter. I want a guarantee that i'll recieve something in exchange of my money.
But i really hope that they will complete the game. At least out of respect for the people who funded them.
I mean, in the end they accepted 15000 dollars. It's not a small sum...
If they have some dignity, they have to complete the game soon or later. And make it good also.
Situations like this one are the reason why i never donate money to Patreon or Kickstarter. I want a guarantee that i'll recieve something in exchange of my money.
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Holdup, their budget was only 15k? Man, they really lowballed themselves.