Is this game still being developed, I thought about this game recently and was wondering what had happened?
Hi friend. Let me try to explain what happened. First of all, I'm still working on the game and I don't intend to give up, but things have gotten a little slow in recent months. To make a long story short I had some financial problems and I had to focus on other jobs to pay the bills.
Fortunately (or unfortunately) I was offered a regular job, which I had to accept. On the bright side, my financial problems have been solved (partially). On the other hand, my time to work on the game got even shorter. And I confess that my mood hasn't been the same, especially in the last few weeks I've been dropping the code sometimes to do anything else.
However, I am making progress. The first thing that obstructed my work was programming the UI, which I didn't think would be so hard. But I already managed to make it work, now it has to be visually acceptable. I also moved the story a bit further, created a sitcom-style transition for time passages, fixed animation problems, and tweaked the source code to make it easier to extend the game. I even put on paper dozens of characters and short story arcs to accompany the main story arc.
The reason I haven't published a new release is that I don't think it would be very productive right now. I have thought that perhaps it was my mistake to expose my work at such a primitive stage. Although I was able to use the feedback to make some decisions and all the words of encouragement and even people willing to help with the translations, which made me really grateful (you're the best, guys), most people didn't understand that I was starting from scratch, with a new source code and new models that I intended to improve over time (as soon as I learned how to do this).
It didn't bother me so much when I realized that all the few people who signed up for my Patreon just wanted to download the exclusive releases and unsubscribe then, avoiding the payment date. But it bothered me when I saw sites posting my last release still with the thumb and prints of the first release. Anyone who tested my first attempt at making a game might think it will always be that rough.
So I decided not to post again until I really have something relevant to show. It's also not interesting to post about my progress because the feedback is zero and consumes my time. Even writing this long text that few people will read spent time that I could use in the development of the game, but I thought it was worth an explanation because I like this site and the people who comment here.
To those who are still interested in what I intend to create, wish me luck. Any news will be posted on my Patreon and I will keep coming back here from time to time.
Thank you all and see you later!