It's been little over 4 months since the last update, you guys think we are getting the update by the end of the year? Say, December? Or is that wishful thinking?
Eva was ready to release the Ian-only portion weeks ago before Patreon base voted against it. Sounds like the chapter is well-over halfway complete so I can't imagine it being any later than December. At that point, even I'd start siding with the "Abonedended!" crowd.
"Lasy milking dev isa lazy milking dev milkr wtf eva?!?" - Me in Jan 2023 if at least the pre-alpha chapter 10 isn't released by then.
Nah. In reality, I'd probably just give up and stop checking updates on the game.
Addendum: Even if Chapter 10 does release in December to late Nov of this year, that's still untenable, imo, considering we're less than halfway through the supposed 20 chapters. Unless Eva makes more realistic plans to wrap the game earlier than expected (projecting 14-15 chapters or so), a serious restructuring of production on the game is going to have to take place at some point. If at least Alpha of Chapter 10 isn't out before Thanksgiving, that restructuring is probably going to need to occur before Chapter 11 to ever get this game out of the gate.
Suggestion (that's probably not worth a damn, as I doubt she'd consider): This game, so far, is arguably one of the 2-3 best AVNs ever made. Eva may want to consider shopping to some investors beyond Patreon. Ink out an agreement to retain full creative control, but at a compromise on letting go of the full reigns of production. Emergency plan to be used only if Eva can't rework the production schedule herself to something more feasible. In reality, I think Eva's going to need a skilled & experienced producer to get this game to content-complete (in a sense, hiring and paying her own boss/collaborator to keep the project on-task) while she strictly works on the writing and art direction, investors or not.
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