anybody knows wether updates are in the works?
Updates are always in the works. Whether or not any if them get posted is another story.
October was the last time anything was released. If we're all lucky we may get an update at the end if this month. But I'm not betting that.
As of 7 Jan, there was a post on how development was coming along.
A development progress update - Vol. 54
Hi everyone,
first of all: Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good start into 2021.
Second: I'm sorry that posts are sparse lately. Whenever development doesn't go as well as it should, short progress update posts are insufficient to explain what the challenge is exactly, so it always feels like I have the choice between spending a lot of time to write a wall of text, or writing down a few platitudes that make me sound like a broken record. Both kind of sucks, so the hidden third option 'Eh, I'll post tomorrow' is very tempting.
Anyway, working through the problems I've described
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hasn't been all that smooth and I've scrapped more scenes than I thought I would. Maybe I can turn those scenes into a non-canon content patch in the future to avoid 'wasting' them? They would lead nowhere of course, unless I tweak them to turn into a game over. What do you think? Perhaps something like an 'unlockable' after the completion of the game?
The 'new' scenes are coming along alright, although still not at peak productivity, so no release date yet. I'm not sure what it is that slows me down at the moment, even disregarding the 'scene scrapping'. Probably just the lack of positive development moments getting to me a bit. I guess momentum is a real thing, especially when working alone. None of this is to say I'm in a bad mood in general/sick of game dev/insert any other negative thing. That's not the case at all, I'm really looking forward to this year of making Estate. But with no other developers to average them out, my personal hiccups are occasionally pertinent, so they're probably worth mentioning.
Speaking of other developers: There's a new translation into Russian in the works, and Andrew (the translator) would appreciate feedback for his script. Please write me a message here or on Discord if you want to help out and I connect you.
All the best,
Henissart