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Hi folks,
This week has been a little weird in that I've gotten lots done, but from a dev update, there is nothing really "sexy" to report on, so apologies for the lacklustre details below.
Overall, I'm happy with this week's progress, . So why am I claiming I don't have anything exciting or sexy to report on, I hear you ask ? (Or if you're not asking, I'm gonna tell you anyway ) 3 reasons:
Skip to the
summary section below if you don't want the long-winded details.
1) My proof-reader spotted a bug from episode 19 (the beach house Katie / Lily / Debbie foursome scene) whereby there was a problem if you were dating Katie AND Lily (but not Debbie) OR dating Katie AND Debbie (but not Lily). This resulted in no way to continue to romance both girls. Originally, I only covered a foursome option (Katie, Lily, Debbie), a threesome option (Lily, Debbie) and an option to maintain a solo romance with each of the 3 girls. A path to romance Katie AND
only one of the other girls (Lily or Debbie) slipped through the net. Considering that we have gotten this far with nobody else flagging this issue means that not many people chose these routes. As expected, the foursome route, threesome route or solo routes cover 99.9% of peoples choices. But on the other hand, I don't want any dead-ends, so I had to fix this issue. Overall, it took about a day to fix (because of the WTHI butterfly effect, I had to make changes in a number of places to accommodate.) Anyway, sorry for the long-winded explanation, just wanted to give you an insight into the nuances of WTHI pathing and the butterfly effect! And I plan on catching up on this "lost" day over the weekend.
2) From a writing perspective on episode 25: This week was all about filling holes / cracks / catching up on all the stuff that I filed away in the "come back later" category. I got a lot of that completed this week, and also found a few dead-end paths or inconsistencies that have now been corrected. So from my perspective, I'm happy with the progress as more scenes get closer to a playable state, and I also fleshed out some scenes. But from a dev update perspective for you folks, there's not a huge amount of progress on scenes that I haven't previously talked about, so I won't bore you with specifics on previously discussed scenes.
3) From an art perspective, there is no new art to report out on, so no teasers this update. Cell took this week off WTHI to work on his own game. He is under pressure to get a release out this month before he goes on a much-deserved vacation at the end of the month. So to accommodate this, we agreed the best approach was for him to take a weeks-break from WTHI and work solely on his own game. No major panic on this one as WTHI art is currently way ahead of writing, plus if I needed any new (or tweaked) artwork this week, I just did the art myself. (It's actually pretty easy - I don't know why Cell complains about it. )
Summary
Good progress this week, but it was mostly patching holes / tweaking existing scenes, rather than starting new scenes. Cell couldn't do any art this week, as he was locked up for molesting his neighbours cat (see the full details above), but he'll be back shortly (based on good behaviour), but we are well ahead on art, so he won't be missed. I actually hope he re-offends, because this week was so peaceful for me.
So, this is more of a "I promise you this was a good week, but I don't have a huge amount to show you to prove it!" update. Next week, there will be teasers.
Plans for May:
As mentioned previously, May is going to be a significant month for WTHI as by the end of this month, I hope to have a huge amount of episode 25 ready in a playable state for the testing team. So based on how THAT goes, I'll know whether my estimates of a full / final release in August / September are still on-track, way ahead or wildly ambitious. But I have a clear schedule this month, with no interruptions / nothing major in the calendar, including weekends, so at the moment, I am still feeling that things are on track.
Let me know of any questions or comments and I'll get back to everyone.
Thanks,
CG
