Progress Report 2021-05-17

Hi friends,

It’s been a very busy two weeks. Game development is progressing, albeit at a slower rate than I would like. There is ongoing construction behind my apartment building and they are doing controlled blasting in the area until July, which hasn’t been exactly the best thing to have going on in the background while trying to write. I am still hopeful that I can get most of Chapter 1 written by the end of May and then look at a mid or late June launch for the completed Chapter.

Game Updates

In case you missed it:

The Cove investigation was added to the alpha build on May 10th. This includes about 20,000 new words of content and several different paths for how the MC can handle interrogating Lars Drakehand. You can also stop by the same shops you visit on Route A, though the MC’s interactions will be different with the shop owners if they’re low on funds.

I am currently working on the Edgewater investigation and have written about ½ of the content and will likely finish the other half in a few days (it is vastly less complicated than the sections that came before it). I’m not sure if I will code it and add it to the alpha build right away; I may wait until the Deadwood section is done as well and then upload them both together.

As I wrap up the Edgewater stuff, the next stages of Chapter 1 will go as follows:

• Write the Deadwood section
• Code Edgewater and Deadwood and add it to the alpha build
• Write the Failed Investigation sequence (if the MC doesn’t get the right information or guesses incorrectly as to where they need to go to find the chalice)
• Write the Successful Investigation sequence (if the MC gets the right information and goes to find the chalice)
• Code the two sections above and add them to the alpha build
• Write the MC’s Route B interaction with the Count (may borrow some of the fight sequence stuff from Route A, but I’m not sure; integrating the two is really difficult for continuity and because Route B’s events play out differently, there may be a different version of the fight that can occur here, with fewer options)
• Write the Route B interaction with Zenaida (receiving the contract and leaving Rona via ship)
• Code the two sections above and add them to the alpha build
• Revise and polish the codex entries (fix continuity errors, timeline errors, update for lore changes, etc)

Patreon Updates

Thank you to everyone who voted on what content I should release for Wayfarer’s May 17th anniversary. I decided to release the top two options, which were the Aeran short story from February and the March Creator Q & A. Those posts are now publicly available on Patreon.

As I mentioned in my post last week, bonus content is postponed until Chapter 1 is finished. While I do miss doing bonus content, I am optimistic about the amount of time this has freed up and I can fully concentrate on getting new content completed.

Thank you for your support! Have a great week! ❤