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I follow this game on Steam, and it has been updating regularly there. Is there any reason why the updates on Patreon have been abandoned?
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Just an (extremely) short update on Episode 3
The release date of Move the Chains is now firm. It will be November 7th. However, progress on the status of Episode 3 has been slower than expected. While it's still early, and I'm working my ass off, I fear I won't hit the deadline for Episode 3 meeting the Steam release. I'm currently writing quite quickly, but I still have 2000 made-render waiting to be rendered + music + graphic assets + postwork + proofreading + editing.
So, while I'm working hard to meet the November 7th deadline, I might not meet it. I won't be pushing the release any further, however. Meaning, it'll be the game as-is. Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2. That all being said, even if I miss the deadline/release for Episode 3, it won't be long until comes. No promises. No hard dates.
I just wanted to post this for the sake of transparency. I'm working at a pace that retains quality, so I won't sacrifice quality for a slightly late update. So, to clarify, the game will be released on the 7th. Just possibly without Episode 3.
Thanks for understanding!
- MF.
P.S. This progress update only pertains to the steam launch. If the dev manages to complete episode 3 by November 7th, then he will release episode 3 on both platforms. But if he doesn't then the already released game till episode 2 will be released on steam, and episode 3 on a later date.
Abhai
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in short, there are 50% chances for ep3 to be finished till november 7th and 100% chances for not being inished till that date.
thanks for the update though
thanks for the update though
Truth, I do not think MissFortune needed to provide a hard release date. Maybe for himself to help reach it own goal, however he had multiple setback for number of reason from few hardware issue to next issue. However what counts is that he provided some kind of progress report and maybe a teaser or few. This AVN work seems to need to take between 6-12 months of progress is he working alone and depends on real life if this AVN is his own part time project.
Have a great day and be safe...
Have a great day and be safe...
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TL;DR: Being a dev is hard and unpredictable, trying predict things is impossible, but it's not for lack of trying. For better or worse, the bulk of the update will be ready for the Steam release. Just with some minor ticks missing (character menu being the biggest), but nearly everything should be in working order.
Just to clarify where I'm at for the sake of transparency:
- Render Prep is 99.9% done. Still have a half-dozen or so, which I may forgo for this update as they aren't important.
- Of the nearly 2200 renders prepped/ready to go, there's 700 or so fully rendered.
- All animations are fully rendered and done. They just need to be imported into a video editor and exported as a webm.
- Writing is currently in-progress. Writing for 2200 renders is going to take a bit, but I feel like I'm making pretty good progress with it. I have no doubt I'll finish with time to spare (and give to proofreaders.)
Where the pause comes in, and is the reason for pushing the date, is the smaller stuff. Adding the achievements (for Steam), the walkthrough (which I'm doing as I'm writing.), postwork, adding and slotting in the music (along with crediting said artists.), and the bigger one being the character menu. For the character menu, I'm thinking of adding it a bit later in a more rounded mid-cycle update that'll hopefully bring some fixes to other lingering issues. Leaving the character menu alone for now, would certainly allow more time to get other things done, and as soon as the update goes out, I'll start working on the mid-cycle update to get those fixes ready.
There's a lot of little stuff to do, and little stuff piles into bigger tasks. Which is only compounded by working a full time job and not being able to afford handing smaller stuff off to someone else. So, there's kind of a balancing act happening of trying to be transparent and get the best product out as quick as possible without overpromising. But being solo with full time work, and the fact that anything can happen at any time (e.g. hardware issues), it's sometimes easy to think about a potential date without thinking about everything else happening in your life.
The beef of the work here is the writing and finding enough music to be able to slot them in without looping too much. Postwork, crediting, achievements, and so forth really shouldn't take all that long by themselves.
Just to clarify where I'm at for the sake of transparency:
- Render Prep is 99.9% done. Still have a half-dozen or so, which I may forgo for this update as they aren't important.
- Of the nearly 2200 renders prepped/ready to go, there's 700 or so fully rendered.
- All animations are fully rendered and done. They just need to be imported into a video editor and exported as a webm.
- Writing is currently in-progress. Writing for 2200 renders is going to take a bit, but I feel like I'm making pretty good progress with it. I have no doubt I'll finish with time to spare (and give to proofreaders.)
Where the pause comes in, and is the reason for pushing the date, is the smaller stuff. Adding the achievements (for Steam), the walkthrough (which I'm doing as I'm writing.), postwork, adding and slotting in the music (along with crediting said artists.), and the bigger one being the character menu. For the character menu, I'm thinking of adding it a bit later in a more rounded mid-cycle update that'll hopefully bring some fixes to other lingering issues. Leaving the character menu alone for now, would certainly allow more time to get other things done, and as soon as the update goes out, I'll start working on the mid-cycle update to get those fixes ready.
There's a lot of little stuff to do, and little stuff piles into bigger tasks. Which is only compounded by working a full time job and not being able to afford handing smaller stuff off to someone else. So, there's kind of a balancing act happening of trying to be transparent and get the best product out as quick as possible without overpromising. But being solo with full time work, and the fact that anything can happen at any time (e.g. hardware issues), it's sometimes easy to think about a potential date without thinking about everything else happening in your life.
The beef of the work here is the writing and finding enough music to be able to slot them in without looping too much. Postwork, crediting, achievements, and so forth really shouldn't take all that long by themselves.
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We understand dev, Take your time, no need to rush. Btw if you don't mind, can you check your dms for my message? Sent you a while back
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So long as the dev doesn't include the aggie yell leaders as characters (since thats where the MC is clearly playing), this is a good one to follow
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It will be released on Steam on the 15th of November, I don't know about Patreon.
doubt it'll be released on patreon this year if ever as patreon has been abandoned since the beginning of august
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All but 4 larger (100+ render) scenes are entirely rendered, writing is happening. I won't guarantee that Episode 3 will be ready for Steam on the day of release (15th of November), but it will be out well before the end of November. Same goes for the highest tier of Patreons. Public update/release will be out at some point in December.
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Hot damn I can't wait, pretty much in my top 3 most anticipated games nowadays.
PickerLewd
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v0.2 ---> 3.8 GB
v0.3 ---> 14.1 GB (You can see it in the video)
I assume the folder contains 4K renders.
v0.3 ---> 14.1 GB (You can see it in the video)
I assume the folder contains 4K renders
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HornyyPussy
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Or ONE HELL of an updatev0.2 ---> 3.8 GB
v0.3 ---> 14.1 GB (You can see it in the video)
I assume the folder contains 4K renders
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Pretty much. They're all 4K, still have to go through postwork (and downscaling.).v0.2 ---> 3.8 GB
v0.3 ---> 14.1 GB (You can see it in the video)
I assume the folder contains 4K renders
Ray_D
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I really appreciate that you are showing the lines of your code man.
He did what?v0.2 ---> 3.8 GB
v0.3 ---> 14.1 GB (You can see it in the video)
I assume the folder contains 4K renders
HornyyPussy
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well then why dont you post info like this to patreon yes you post it here and some stuff on social media and other free sites but you dont post info on the site that people are paying you to keep them informed on
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There's a pinned post on the
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that I updated daily (until I started getting deep into the writing) for player to keep up with progress. Why Patreon doesn't keep pinned posts at the top by default for everyone is dumb, but it's there nonetheless, as I've mentioned before.I only post bigger stuff on Patreon (Full playsheets, release schedules, exclusives, etc.), and try hard not to spam. I consider a two-line progress report of what's changed to be spam. That's how it's been for a while. I'm clearly active (and reachable) on multiple platforms (except for Discord, which I suck at.).