June Goals

Okay, this post is going to be a bit more involved than the last couple of Goals posts have been. Namely, because I need to explain what's going on with The Sexy Cosplay Cafe update :-). 

So. Cosplay Cafe was/is due for an update in June. In point of fact, it always has been, even if I deliberately didn't commit to that in case the timetable slid on me. Unfortunately, what's actually happened isn't the timetable sliding so much as becoming more uncertain. Up until May, I was 100% on target for the June update, having gotten the art done on time each month previously. Even in May, I only fell a bit short, having one more art piece that I need and not having gotten to some programming issues I wanted resolved. 

The thing is, strictly speaking, that I could probably simply leave those out of the update. They aren't critical. Though I'd like to get the art piece in, at least. Unfortunately, I've run up against a somewhat serious issue of TIME. Specifically, I was unexpectedly told in early May that I'd be taking a 9 day trip halfway across the country. Worse, that said 9 day trip would be in the front-half of July...

Why does a July trip affect June's work? Simple, because of The Dungeon of Lewdity -_-. More than half of my current patronage came here because of the new game. I'd like to think they enjoy my other work and want to see Cosplay Cafe updates, but I don't feel like I can half ass my committed-to updates for DoL. Which...happen in the first half of each month.

So...what I'm looking to do in June is to take some of the time I'm usually working on Cosplay Cafe to create 2-3 rooms in advance for JULY'S update, so that I can hit the July DoL update more-or-less on time, by only needing to create 1-2 additional rooms once I'm back from my trip. Unfortunately, this has the predictable result of injecting some serious uncertainty into whether or not I'll actually be able to complete the planned Sexy Cosplay Cafe update in June, as originally intended. I'm still going to try. Since most of what I have to do is programming and writing at this point (bar the one piece of art I'd like to add if I can), I...actually don't know exactly how much time the update will take up. I'm confident I could have gotten it all squeezed into the half-month I usually reserve for working on the game...but with up to 6 days taken out of that to shore up July's DoL update? I honestly just don't know.

As a result, this month's update goals are probably going to be overly optimistic. They'll reflect what I hope to get done in a best case scenario...rather than what may actually happen. The one thing I can say for sure is that the June DoL update will NOT be affected. July's shouldn't be either, though if the trip wipes me out enough, it's possible it will slide a few days later into the month than my usual 15th of the month target. 

Now, onward to a list of the actual goals. Just...keep in mind that I said these were most probably overly optimistic....

May's Goals Review:

Release Build 3 of The Dungeon of Lewdity for $3+ patrons. - 100 % Complete 

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Release Build 3 (DoL) for ALL patrons  - 100 % Complete  

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Release Build 2(DoL) for Public  - 100 % Complete  

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Complete Remaining New Alice Images for The Sexy Cosplay Cafe   - 83% Complete  

5 Pieces of art were completed. However, some unexpected family medical emergencies resulted in be not getting to the sixth piece :-(. 

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New $5+ Novel Part & Update Old Rewards Archive for All Patrons  - 100 % Complete  

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Replace Cosplay Cafe Inventory System Coding   - 0 % Complete  

I simply didn't have time for this. Which sucks since it piles on more coding (which I loathe) into the actual update coding for Alice's update >_<. 

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June's Overly Optimistic Goals!

Release Build 4 of The Dungeon of Lewdity for $3+ patrons. 

Rough Timeline: 15th of the month. 

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Release Build 4 (DoL) for ALL patrons

Rough Timeline: Two weeks after $3+ release

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Release Build 3(DoL) for Public

Rough Timeline: Day of Build 4 release for $3+ patrons

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Update The Sexy Cosplay Cafe to version .3 with all the new Alice Content

Timeline: By End of Month if very lucky - Possibly not until sometime in July. 

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New $5+ Short Story/Novel Part & Move Old Exclusive to Old Rewards Archive for All Patrons

Timeline: By End of Month