Hey everyone!
I wanted to share a general news update about what's happening with House Chores.
== Next Update ==
This month, I will begin resuming work on the actual contents of the next update for House Chores! It's been a long time coming. I'm going to have to familiarize myself with working on this game in particular since it's so different from the others I work on haha.
This update will focus on finishing up the 'main' part of Linda's story. This does not mean she won't see new content in the future. This will just conclude most of the build up to the real action
Since it's been a while, I'm also going to go back and re-evaluate some parts of the game. The main thing is simplifying the notification system and hopefully making things much easier both for myself and for the player as far as needing to know what to do next within the game.
I will also be looking at more work arounds for Android users as there are still technical limitations preventing the Android port from working smoothly. I'll have to do something about the NSFW scenes but I don't want to completely sabotage the quality of them in order to find that answer. No promises on Android yet, but I will be testing some stuff.
== Release Plans ==
My hope is to have the new update out this month, late March. However, I'm working on being kinder to myself and not announcing release dates before I REALLY should be announcing them. It's been causing a lot of crunch & unnecessary stress on my end.
The actual release date window, however, should safely be late March or early April if the art needs more time.
As usual, once things are more clear, I will give you all a better, more accurate release date.
== Art ==
Most of the art is complete, however, the 'big' scene still needs to be finished and then also animated. Because it still has a bit longer to go, I can't guarantee when exactly it will get finished. I'm hoping it can be completed by late March but if not, I need to give the game a bit more time until the next build is ready to launch. Mid April should be the absolute worst case scenario if everything progresses smoothly but takes a bit longer than expected.
March is only just beginning though so there's quite a bit more time to get that content finished up!
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Finally! An end goal is in sight for the plans to bring this project back from the brink of death.
Now that the new artist has been figured out, things should be quite a bit more smooth from here on out. The goal is to finish the main trio for House Chores and if that can all be done and people want more... I'll look into it
The idea of expanding outside of the house (neighbors, teachers, etc etc) has really been piquing my interest. One step at a time, though!
That's all for this update! Thank you all so much for your support and I will see you soon with more news on the update's progress!