The bane of every developer is trying to cram too many paths into one game. There are limits to what can be accomplished in a game. I don't mind waiting, as the developers plow through these issues, as long as they are able to provide a satisfying finished project.
I think my worry is that there's nobody that seems to be filling the editor role in this game development. So if the delay is caused by larger and larger update, there might be nobody who would tone it down to reach more reasonable size/time of update instead. This game already has the advantage of having no set limit. Cheeky mentioned 25 episodes, but honestly, it means nothing because each episode can be different size/length (unlike let's say a 30-minute TV show where each episode is a set 22-24 minutes long). So there is no need to cram everything into 25 episodes in this game. It doesn't matter whether it's episode 25 or episode 35 if they finished the production at the same time.
I just use the wheel to scroll back on choices and go with the ones that show positive reactions. It's worked so far...
This also indicated that Elaine may go all Lorena Bobbitt on the MC if he cheats on her.
This is exactly what it means - not the Elaine knew the girl, just that she would've kicked his ass just for cheating on her.
Interesting to see what people think the problem is from an outside perspective.
Well the good news from my pov is that while you guys are right that the game is a freaking bear because of all the branching and choices, we haven't really allowed that to slow down development. It really just makes me and Cheeky work harder with the writing/story development and keeping everything straight. This puts us in something of a league of our own with impactful choices/player interactivity though, which is what we want, but we have both have agreed we probably will cut back on the branching in our next game whenever that happens. As Cheeky has been saying the writing/story is generally on task but we can't deny there were definitely growing pains during EP17 with the new crew, all of us learning new things, updating our models (which is still ongoing), and world events both good and bad. So it came out pretty much exactly how he wanted I figure. About the only director edits he wishes for Ep17 I can think of was the girl choice while waiting for Elaine, as it caused more confusion than he intended. lol We also could have went a bit lighter on the image count here and there, but that was my own personal growing pain. No doubt the apple of his daddy's eye and the bane of his nose when it comes time for changing.
Very reassuring words to someone who doesn't care how long he has to wait for a quality product.Interesting to see what people think the problem is from an outside perspective.
As for editing Cheeky handles the majority of that and it definitely can bog him down, but ironically the Lily scene Cheeky did entirely himself.
EP18 isn't coming along as fast as we'd like (nothing comparable to EP17 so don't panic too much) but as usually if we don't make the progress we set for ourselves, our patreons get to skip a month of payment even though work does carry on.
Now with that dose of meh, there is some great news. There is a little Cheeky Jr. now!
Different chicks for different dicks!
There are several potential combinations that seem to be approaching in this game. Perhaps at some point the MC will have to make a final choice on one girl. But until then I am looking forward to a few MFFs, MFFFs ... MFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFs.
Well for me it's just that the "hot, shy girl coming our of her shell" card has been played too many times now (in almost every game; also movies). I've had a few GFs like Jenna and it just doesn't work for me any more. They have certain charm, but not much thrill in such relationship. Even when you set a foot wrong, they still are too humble to get angry and express their displeasement. Some men like that, but others (me included) prefer girls who can take care of themselves, could do well on their own and have that fire in them. I'm not talking about the needy-obsessive-insecure-psycho chicks of which there are many out there. Talking about those who have exactly the right amount of self-esteem, respect themselves, know what they want and are never afraid to step up for what they believe. These are rare. But even rarer are the brutal bitch-goddesses who don't hold back their language, but not because they're dull as a sap, because they're just above the things. Larger than life attitude. In men it's pretty common but for girl it's super-super-super rare.
Having sex with an evangelist chick has been a turn-on at least since Aimee Semple McPherson.I've probably lost my marbles and Theresa definitely has but I found that meeting very erotic.
Episode 17 has been out. 18 when they get everything perfect to release.
Yeah "funny" ah ah i know. I just expect an answer like... in a month or a few weeks. That is, an approximate date. Not when everything is perfectly ready. Obviously when it is ready it ready. I'm not here to rush. I simply hoped to understand if there was a release date in short.
