Nice! Except... by "investor", do you mean a generous patron of the arts, or someone who expects a return on investment? Sorry, I want to be positive, but with all the things that have gone wrong so far, I'm paranoid and reminded of the times an indie game got picked up by a publisher and things went south. (Mahou Mating by Belgerum is still in development hell, and was forced to ditch its original artist because the publisher "found a better one".)
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He seems to be patron of arts, and certainly not a professional publishing house. And the only reason he helps is to so I can pay original artist. In fact he pretty much just pays the artist. I do the rest for free. And so far there have not been any limitations on creativity
So what's the plan for the game's direction now that it's supposedly back on track? I remember the original plans for episode 2 went through some changes based on the situation with the artwork and the Patreon, which of course eventually led to its cancellation. I'm guessing things have reverted to one of the previously mentioned plans, but could you clarifying where we're at right now?
And it might be too early to say, but is there a rough ETA on when we'll be seeing Episode 2? Unfortunately, Subscribestar is hiding all posts from non-subscribers, so I can't even see when the last subscriber-only post was (and if there are supposed to be any free posts, I can't see them either). With the Patreon gone, that just leaves the Discord for dev news, which I'm not so great with (and doesn't easily allow anonymous viewing).
And it might be too early to say, but is there a rough ETA on when we'll be seeing Episode 2? Unfortunately, Subscribestar is hiding all posts from non-subscribers, so I can't even see when the last subscriber-only post was (and if there are supposed to be any free posts, I can't see them either). With the Patreon gone, that just leaves the Discord for dev news, which I'm not so great with (and doesn't easily allow anonymous viewing).
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Having resubscribed due to the news, I can tell you that none of the post have touched on that yet. One tell us that it is back, like the information given here. The other is some sketches, showing the art being back on track.
Eta is mid november, worst case late november for the release of Day 9 of the game as first Day in Episode 2
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So you will still make it episodic even though it is back to the same artist? It probably won't make much of a difference, but I think it would be a bit weird to have an arbitrary split into episodes or chapters, if it serves no purpose.
Not really, especially in a game that gets periodic updates. Games like this always end up getting bloated file sizes which have to be fully redownloaded with every update, so it makes sense to break them up into chapters, and then add an optional "full version" once it's complete. Some of these games ask me to download multiple gigabytes every few weeks, which is kind of ridiculous.
But also, there was a mention earlier that the second episode will have some sandbox elements. A structural shift like that can also be a good reason to separate parts of the game. Of course, I'm not sure if that's still the case with all that's happened behind the scenes so far.
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Not applicable since we are talking about half a gigabyte here. Furthermore the game tracks choices, so it would be a hassle to transfer those over instead of keeping the game as one whole rather than in parts.
The update specified the release of day 9 ie. the first day of episode 2. This very much indicates it keeps the format. Just the more reason not to separate them, since it doesn't deviate and will there seem arbitrary to anyone knowing the behind the scenes issue.
Still thinking on one game vs episodic. Probably both options will appear on different platforms.
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Because sandbox is often pointless. One should only implement it if there is a reason to. Too many games here become bloated with unnecessary clicking through the world with no added value. This is a hand drawn game, what do you think a sandbox would add here? Most likely it would kill the game. Better to have a more tight game with less fluff, so the artist can focus on what is important. The story is also likely to be more coherent and great because of this choice.
The poll is from two years ago anyway, so it's not like voting on it would even do anything. It was put up when the game first started, before it had settled into one thing or another.