- Jun 21, 2017
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Awfully quiet here! For anyone not following on Patreon a couple of new posts have come out, with another one expected in the next week or so. Sounds like the compression work is completed and dev just wants to do some additional playtesting to make sure timings and everything still work.
Before the inevitable "this will never be done" posts start up again - just wanted to say I am really pumped for the release of the new chapter and remaster.
I am firmly in the camp of "what do you mean remaster, this game already looks and plays fantastic - and what the hell is Annie going to make me do for the panties?", but I have to admit I am getting pretty excited to see the remastered version of everything!
Before the inevitable "this will never be done" posts start up again - just wanted to say I am really pumped for the release of the new chapter and remaster.
I am firmly in the camp of "what do you mean remaster, this game already looks and plays fantastic - and what the hell is Annie going to make me do for the panties?", but I have to admit I am getting pretty excited to see the remastered version of everything!
Imagine it'll be after new years but looks like its finally getting there. Somewhere locked away in Nottys dungeon the project manager weeps tears of joy.
- Jul 6, 2021
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remasters are generally done when the game is just about dead, and the dev has no idea what to do next and just gives up, that's the way things usually go with these types of games. The length of time this game has been in so called development with no new game update in so long, I wouldn't get your hopes up. Saying that a game is still in development to patrons when it fact might not be points to nothing more than milking them for their money. We'll see I guess, but the length of time since the last update does not bode well at all.
- Dec 26, 2018
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Notty does not accept money... Well, for a long time. (Oddball2k can probably tell you exactly, he is the historian of Heavy.) I'm not going to prove that the game is in development/testing and I've seen pictures and videos of the new parts. If you believe it, you believe it, if you don't, you don't.
We are not stupid (okay, I am), but the wait is free. Time will pass even if we don't hope, so why not?
- Aug 22, 2018
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It is generally pretty easy to tell when a developer has an overarching story planned out versus when they are flying by the seat of their pants (or Patreon polls). Not that losing the plot is the only reason that devs end up abandoning games, but this is one of the games I am least concerned about being abandoned because the dev runs out of story to tell.
Pausing their Patreon payments when they feel like they are not progressing the planned plot is also a pretty good indicator that they are not just trying to soak people for extra cash.
- Aug 15, 2023
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Chapter Five is in the hands of the beta testers.
Development was paused for the remaster which was triggered by needing to upgrade to the latest Ren'Py distro. Which was done because "it's better to do it now when I'm only four chapters in than later when all 8 chapters are done." At which point after having spent (IIIRC) two years developing the first four chapters, Notty had learned how to do everything better... and the first 4 chapters no longer lived up to the level of polish she was putting on Chapter Five... and the UI changes... etc... so may as well go back and re-remaster to bring all four chapters up to Five's polish...
And that is all now done. Chapter 5 is with the beta testers for the last 'bug check' pass.
Notty routinely turns off funding through Patreon when there is no development ongoing.
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