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7 hours ago
Hi all.
I’m dropping in with a developer update.
Renders are coming in for the Episode 9 update but between sickness and other small delays, it’s looking like we aren’t going to make our preferred deadline of the 3rd of the month. It’s not 100% that we will be late but it’s looking that way. Hopefully not more than a week and we will get it out to you.
As for what we have been up to… we have completed the breakdown for episode 10 and am ready to get the dialogue done. We usually break the episode down into moments of action first so that Jim and I can agree on what we want to happen and when before I commit the time to the dialogue. It's going to have some drama in it… and a lot of sex.
I have also been looking back at the early game as once we finish episode 10 we will be finalising any changes so we stop breaking things but also for reasons like making sure the game doesn’t get too big to convert to Android. This means that the next season will probably have to be its own executable.
With some help, we have identified that the game’s different routes need their own identity. This means that I am also in the process of editing the whole game to make it clear that Randall is either a cuckold, a pimp or a lover. When that time comes it will absolutely break everyone’s save files. The only difference is we will be doing it on purpose rather than by accident like we usually do. This is because I am going to have to change how the game functions, making whole new variables and changing game menus. It will also take out a lot of the choices in the game as you will pick your route early on so I will be looking to add some scenes to add variety for each path of the game.
As a bonus for all this messing about, I will also be editing the phone section to remove the majority of the clicking into and out of the phone. The messages will still be there but they will pop up and close as you click through the game. You will still need to access the phone occasionally but much, much less. When the time comes that we go live with it, hopefully, there will be enough interesting new bits to make a quick replay more worthwhile too.
Once again, sorry for the short delay and we will get it out as soon as we can.
Sinburn and Jim
