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Yeah it's probably a good idea to give a quick status check on the project and what's happening.
We're still cracking on with work. Progress is slow at the moment due to Willowy having to juggle RL-work with work on the project.
He takes full responsibility for the delay and underestimated the work load as-well as the time he'd need to spend on RL-work as of late. The pandemic hurt his main source of income so he's had to take up extra work in order to compensate, meaning less time for work on the game. As we reported before, he also had a arm injury that took him out of commission for a few weeks back in March and April.
We hope once the demo comes out we can introduce a means by which we can support further development. This would allow him and other members of team to spend more time working on the game, and less time on RL work. We don't think it's right to ask for public support until people can see and try what they'd be supporting, so for the time being we're left working on it when we can spare the time to do so.
At the beginning of these types of projects there's alot of visual assets to produce that serve as the foundation for the game and future assets. A good example of this is the sprites for individual characters, but once they're done the first time, they can be used all throughout the entire game without any additional work needed. We're also trying to design sprites in such a way where we could potentially implement a wardrobe system, which adds an additional layer of complexity to their production. Once these assets are done however, it allows more time to focus on content heavy assets like CGs and outfits.
To give you a more concrete idea of where Willowy is at, he's more or less finished work on Katara's base sprite, default outfit, arm poses and expressions for the demo release. He has mostly finished the same work Aang and Suki's sprites, but there's still some more to do. There's a couple more minor character sprites that need to be done, and one CG. Three backgrounds are complete with six more in varying stages of production. We can't say too much more without spoilers, although we should emphasize that the demo is meant to serve as a proof of concept and a foundation rather than a full blown patch release.
Trust us when we say that we're just as eager to get this released as you might be to try it, and we hope the demo release will be sooner rather than later. Just know that with every week that goes by, we are getting that bit closer to release and progress is still being made.
If there are any major developments we'll let you guys know. Thanks for checking in, it's about time we posted an update.
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Actually, there is some news about that'll we'll be announcing soon. We can't say anything just yet, but it's good news.
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So we promised some news about the release and we were going to give it two days ago, but then we hit a snag (more on this in a bit). We figured we'd share what we originally where going to announce, as it might still happen.
We were planning to release the Demo on 7/7/21. If everything works out and goes to plan, this will still happen.
So why aren't we sure? Basically we're still waiting on approval from one of the support platforms we plan to launch along-side the game. There's a good chance we will get approved sometime between now and the end of Wednesday, but since it's something that's out of our control, we can't promise anything. If Wednesday comes and goes, and we're still not approved, we'll let you know and keep you updated until we finally launch. Right now, all we know is that it can take 5-14 days (no idea if they're business days) and so far it's been 4 days (2 business days).
In the meantime we're continuing to add more stuff to the demo, as currently a lot of the assets in the game are placeholders, missing or a works in progress. We want to stress that this release is primarily meant to be a demonstration of what we approach we want to take and what you might be able to expect from the game in terms of art and narrative. We plan to have the all the initial assets and introduction completed for the first main release.
But with all that out of the way, we hope you'll enjoy the demo and hopefully we can get it out to you as soon as possible.
We were planning to release the Demo on 7/7/21. If everything works out and goes to plan, this will still happen.
So why aren't we sure? Basically we're still waiting on approval from one of the support platforms we plan to launch along-side the game. There's a good chance we will get approved sometime between now and the end of Wednesday, but since it's something that's out of our control, we can't promise anything. If Wednesday comes and goes, and we're still not approved, we'll let you know and keep you updated until we finally launch. Right now, all we know is that it can take 5-14 days (no idea if they're business days) and so far it's been 4 days (2 business days).
In the meantime we're continuing to add more stuff to the demo, as currently a lot of the assets in the game are placeholders, missing or a works in progress. We want to stress that this release is primarily meant to be a demonstration of what we approach we want to take and what you might be able to expect from the game in terms of art and narrative. We plan to have the all the initial assets and introduction completed for the first main release.
But with all that out of the way, we hope you'll enjoy the demo and hopefully we can get it out to you as soon as possible.
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hi quick question will this be a free game forever or just for the demo?
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Every major public release will be free.hi quick question will this be a free game forever or just for the demo?
Stoked to see the demo/proof of concept! And nice to hear that you are keeping it mostly free to play. I guess selling time advantages and extra stuff via a patreon-like plattform, works well enough in this genre of games, anyway ^^
The art looks amazing! I can't wait to try it out. I always wonder why Four Elements Trainer is the only famous Avatar game, but I hope this will be a game of equal quality. Today is 07-07-2021, so can't wait!
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Unfortunately the approval hasn't come through yet and our account is still pending, which means no release today . On the bright side it's giving us more time to add polish and assets, but frankly we're probably just as frustrated as you are and want to get this out. We'll keep you guys updated.
. On the bright side it's giving us more time to add polish and assets, but frankly we're probably just as frustrated as you are and want to get this out. We'll keep you guys updated.
You mean it hasn't been uploaded to F95 yet? It takes quite some time before your game is placed here, it took me almost a week until my latest update got placed. As for Patreon, it usually doesn't take a long while before your account gets approved (unless you have placed nudity etc)Unfortunately the approval hasn't come through yet and our account is still pending, which means no release today
even if f95 isnt updated you can always just post a link to mega or dropbox or google drive if its the patreon then i dont know how long the process but yeah anything containing nudity is gonna take a bit more time from what i have heard they are not fond or lewd things on their platformsUnfortunately the approval hasn't come through yet and our account is still pending, which means no release today
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Checking in, no dice. See you tomorrow
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Just caught wind of this release coming. Super excited!!