Devlog - 06

Hello, Corrupted Souls!

As I said in the end of my previous post, I'm behind schedule. I found myself scratching my head, wondering how the hell did I get here. But there's no point in hiding it.
Obviously, the routes are a major factor of this delay, but there is another reason.
A good one if you ask me!

Announcement

• The ETA for the next release is not yet confirmed, I need your help deciding how to deal with this, see the survey. I'm working on the biggest event I've done so far (New map, new buildings, new... Character!). Bigger than the Gaming night, bigger than the Beach event, a mix of both. And I need to be careful about the routes. Maybe I'm stupid because it makes development MUCH harder, but I really like giving choices.

• I would like to talk about the Stats Panel so you understand what the state of the game is right now and why I need your support on this topic:

  • The next version will allow you to see which routes you are on. This will be the Stats Panel. It took me all of episode 1 to get there, in total we have 7 variations!

    • 5 concern John, of which: 2 are linked to Jane, 2 are linked to Emilie, and the last one is Anna's path.

    • The remaining 2 routes concern Jane and her sexual orientation.

    • You had to make some minor decisions along the way, including whether or not to develop bad habits for both protagonists, the consequences of these decisions will accumulate as the game progresses and will take away some of your choices.

But in short, this freedom of progression comes at a cost! And it's time. Plain and simple.

I've been nothing but honest about what I do, haven't made any promises I couldn't keep, and delivered on everything that was promised, right?
I want to keep this dynamic because your confidence in the project is very important to me.

Introducing a new character

And now, because I'm not crazy enough, I'm going to introduce a new character.

It took me a while to get this one right. I wanted to go for something else and I think I succeeded. But that's only me being proud of myself, Haha. I won't talk about it much! You will see in the game what new choices you will have and what this character will bring!

Gifts for higher tiers

This delay of mine will materialize in the gifts I owe to my dear No hope, Corrupted Souls and Falling Ones.
I will do my best to deliver... Interesting materials before the end of the week!

Survey

I needed to share this because choices mean a lot to me.
Choices are fundamental to the story. 
And I know some of you are here because of the story, but damn, for me the story is everything.

Consequently, I humbly request your help in deciding whether:

• I should still opt for full versions (from V0.4.1 to V0.5.0), which means a longer production time.

• Or cut the content in half (from V0.4.1 to V0.4.5 and then V0.5.0), which might break the dynamic a little, but I could still maintain the current rhythm.

As the author, I would obviously prefer to release a complete version... But the choice is yours!
(If votes are too close, I will go for the full version because... I'm the author, I have the last word!)

Now you have all the information to make your decision :)

Thank you for your support!