The Update Roadmap

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First, $5+ patrons, don't forget to vote in the reward poll that went up earlier!

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Okaaaayy, now we have that out of the way. Moving on...the update schedule for the next 2 months (and farther) is a little odd since we're both coming off a 2-month pause and seeing the injection of a new game into the update pipeline. As a result, I wanted to let everyone know what the update pattern will look like.

The Dungeon of Lewdity

I'm starting with this one, as it's the most problematic. Normally, $3+ patrons should be getting access to updates of the game two-weeks prior to anyone else. However, as it's a new game AND the game that's going to be getting the most frequent updates, I'm reluctant to hold the first build. As such, FOR MARCH ONLY, I'm going to release The Dungeon of Lewdity's first build to all patrons as soon as it's ready. I'm expecting that to be Mid-Month but I can't give an exact date due to the fact that I'm going to be out of town for several days right in that mid-month zone. 

For future releases of this game, the plan is to try for mid-month releases for $3+ tiers, then late-month releases for general patrons. Public releases will be one full build behind the general patron release. Note, this means that I'll be running the $5+ polls for which path to update during the last week or so of the previous month. So, the typical update cycle will look like this(note, dates are only general ideas not hard numbers):

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-7 Days into previous month - $5+ tier poll to decide which path is updated

1st of the Month - Development begins for chosen path

15th of the Month - Current Build Release for $3+ Patrons

30th of the Month - Current Build Release for General Patrons

30th of the Month - Previous Build Release for General Public

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Normally, the update will (hopefully) consist of 4-6 new rooms on the path chosen by patron voting. Though I'm considering making that 4 guaranteed rooms on the main path, with 1-2 additional ones for the other paths, as possible, so there's never any path that gets 0 work done on it.

For the month of March specifically, there will only be 3 news rooms to the main update, one for each path. The reason for this is twofold. One, it's effectively building off the demo which was ALSO done this month, so in combination with the demo it would be a normal sized release. And two, perhaps more importantly, the first full build will be adding additional content in the form of fixing up the currently incomplete Appearance Page, Adding a basic stat system, and adding Safeword Endings.

Notes regarding those last two:

The Stat System: The stat system for the game is going to be brutally simple. Likely no more than 4 stats in total. It's function will be to provide some character development so that, if you chosen the same sort of options repeatedly, your character will grow in specific ways. This won't have much immediate effect in the early dungeon rooms. However, in later rooms, characters with high enough stats will have additional options to solve some puzzles or get clues from their stats as to the solutions of some puzzles.

Safeword Endings: Every room (or the corridors between the rooms in some cases) will have the option to 'safeword out' of the dungeon. Doing so, however, has consequences! Safeword Endings will be various endings that show what happens to your character if you leave the dungeon at any given point... 

 The Cosplay Cafe

I can't give a specific time estimate right now for releases. I'm SHOOTING for one release roughly every 3 months. Shorter would be better but that's where I'm guessing things will fall at my current art creation rate. What I CAN tell you is what the next two releases are going to look like!

The simple truth is that I've spend a lot of time in the last two months on drawing, developing what amounts to an entirely new method of making my characters so that repeat drawings of them actually look like the same character. This was one of my biggest issues in the past and one that I've now got about 95% resolved. Unfortunately, my new drawing style is not compatible with my previous artwork. At this point, I don't think I could actually reproduce the characters I made before. MAYBE Serena but it would take more effort than just replacing things. Unfortunately, this means I'll need, long-term, to replace much of the existent art. That, as you might remember, is actually something I pseudo-planned for, but I expected it to be farther down the road and fairly gradual.

Ultimately, though, it's a good thing it's happened now. What I intend to do, in order to have minimal delays for you lot, is to focus first on the 2 characters that don't have much art. Which means, Alice and Rikka. These two will be the focus of the next two updates...which wasn't originally the plan. 

When choosing between the two of them, to see which order I'd do it in, I considered heavily going with Rikka, since she has only 3 pieces of art to replace instead of Alice's 5. However...3 of Alice's pieces are the worst pieces of art in the entire game. At least, that's my opinion. Specifically, I'm referring to the art involved with peeking on Alice in the shower. Those three pieces were among the first I made...and they were the first Adult drawings I made for the game. Actually, aside from drawing random boobs and penises as a teenager, I think they may actually have been the first nude/adult/hentai art that I'd ever done, period. 

Net result...I'm going to be doing Alice's update next! In point of fact, I'm starting on her first piece of replacement art today! You'll be seeing progress reports on it over the next 3-5 days. 

After Alice's update, there will be an update for Rikka...then a series of mixed updates where I push Alice's and Rikka's content forward while also replacing Serena and Mira's art piecemeal. At least, that's the current plan. 

Short Story Rewards:

There's no change here other than the fact that there will now be one of these every month. Normally, they'll be late-month updates since the poll to decide which gets updated takes the first couple of weeks in any month.