As tends to happen a lot with porn games, for one reason or another, many of them never get finished. I've seen many of my favorite games go dark and never end up with a conclusion, and that always feels like crap when it happens. So, I really would prefer this project not to end like that. And I'll do all that I can (within reason) so that it doesn't.
A few people have sent me DMs asking what will happen in the event the Unity game stops being worked on, and (as I often do) I figured I would share my plans out in the open. So read-on if you want to know what happens if A Way Back Home is abandoned.
First, I want to be clear that I do NOT think this is currently the case. Ferdafs has always been not great at communicating, and recently has been even worse at it. From unkept promises to total silence it has been a bumpy road, but that is nothing new. Lack of communication is one of my biggest annoyances with devs in general. So, while, two months of silence sucks, it isn't unexpected either.
(Side note: It is especially frustrating for me not to know when things are coming. I often turn down other (paying) projects in the time I expect updates to arrive, and have twice now turned away (paid) work so I'd have time to work on this game, only to have the update delayed a month and arrive in the middle of another project)
F95zone tends not to list games as abandoned until no one has heard from the dev in 6 months. So, if we reach that point, then I'll start to panic. Otherwise, I would just constantly be worked up over something I can't control.
But, if it does happen, I do have a plan. As I have said time and again, when the Unity game ends, so will my work on this game, although, not immediately. I will (do my best) to put an ending onto this game, so that it isn't left in limbo. But, tempter your expectations.
The way I would like to do it is in 3 phases: Conclusion, Pregnancy, and Additional. Here is a break down of each
Phase 1: Conclusion
The primary thing to wrap up is the main story itself. This will be Morty reaching his goal, and at least 1 additional scene with Summer, wrapping up Ethan. Yes, I know there are WAY more things beyond that, but most characters are in a passable spot that they don't need whole scenes to complete their story. And again, this is a wrap up, not an add lots more game. Anything that really needs more work will be part of the phase 3 additional content.
Phase 2: Pregnancy
If we haven't gotten Pregnancy in the main game yet, this is when I plan to add it. Yes, I know, after the conclusion instead of part of it. But I expect this to be complex. Once I know the complete game, judging where it enters is much easier.
Phase 3: Additional
This is for anything else I think the game needs and most likely will be several releases, possibly on going as long as I feel like adding new things into the game. I can't say what this content is, because I don't know. But it won't be monthly updates.
Again, I want to stress that I don't think the Unity game has reached it's end yet (at least (as always) I really hope not), but also, I want to be as open as I can about what my plans/intentions are with this project.
