Poll 1 of 3 for 0.25EX, content schedule, and the roadmap
Hi everyone!
I hope most of you have already tried the new Witch Hunter build, because we are starting the voting for expanded content right now.
A quick reminder of how this format works: we offer scenes from the most recent release (in this case 0.25) and you pick your favorite. We then expand the winning scene with extra content (new scenes, new dialogue) and release it as an EX build.
After 0.24EX we tweaked the format. There will be 3 polls total, with 6 scenes in each. You have 7 days to cast your vote for each poll. Once the results are in, we launch the next poll. This guarantees 3 different segments in the game, each of which will be expanded by 2 to 4 scenes.
To make it clearer which scenes are on the table, here are the options with a bit more detail:
1. **Cornelia in the fitting room (Cedric behind the curtain).** Expands Cornelia’s mall route.
2. **Will in the fitting room.** Expands Will’s mall route.
3. **Elizabeth shows her gratitude.** Expands Elizabeth’s route from the end of the update (Cornelia comes home a little later).
4. **Lilith’s selfie.** Expands Lilith’s mall route.
5. **Drunk Elizabeth on the couch.** Expands Elizabeth’s route at the moment when she is drunk but not yet asleep.
6. **Miranda in the fitting room.** Expands Miranda’s mall route.
This is also the last EX-content poll open to patrons of any tier. All future polls will be available to patrons at the 3 dollar tier and above.
A few more updates we want to share. We mentioned this in earlier posts, but it is worth repeating here. The latest update ended up with much more content than we originally planned. Between the character reskins and many small additions, we essentially did the amount of work that two updates would have covered a couple of years ago. You can see it in the way the story is structured. In practice, 0.25 could have been split into two parts: the fitting room update (the new mall) and Elizabeth’s arrival in town. In the end it shipped as one big update.
This happened partly because our roadmap was not fully locked in. We will revise it and publish a new version soon. We will not stuff the plan with lots of additional releases, but we will check for any remaining “two in one” segments that make sense.
As we said before, the larger scope affects our release tempo. We want to return to a cadence where major updates come out every 3 to 3.5 months. Do not worry, that does not mean the number of scenes will drop sharply. We will bring back some older practices, such as “content in development” placeholders in certain segments. Ideally, with the EX format, we could deliver Witch Hunter content every 1.5 to 2 months. To do that we need to adjust our plan and workflow. We hope you will support us.
That is all for today. We also wanted to run a poll about whether you liked the new character designs, but we will save it for upcoming posts. Have a great weekend!