What to expect in 0.7 (Steam release)

Hello everyone!

This is the much awaited post to shed some light into the current status of the development. Now first of all, many long time followers know this but let's recap for the newer crowd.

After pretty much unanimous feedback on that we should release the game on steam as an early access, we had to start making big changes/updates to the game that were originally supposed to be made for the final version (1.0).

The game has had so many shifts within the content and structure with fan feedback over the years that it had become a house of cards. We cannot sell a product like that. So here's a truncated list of things to expect with the next release.

- From now on all old save files (from 0.7 and up) will be compatible with new updates

- All legacy graphics have been revamped to match the same, unified final standard (Animations will follow in the near future)

- All legacy dialogue and quests have been re-written to be cleaner and work better in general

- All buildings have been updated to have a real 3D models with no fake roofs or other parts

- Many maps have had updates that make them more interesting with more things to do and to explore

- Foliage system has been redone to make the world feel prettier without sacrifice in performance

- New dialogue/quests have been added to various different characters (this includes lewds)

- New Weather effects

- Ability to swim and climb ladders

Many of you might feel that we are wasting time again with all this extra mumbo jumbo, but let me remind you that DBA was always and still is a high quality game first, lewds second. This is how we wanted to make the game and we are not making compromises on that.

We are also closing in on the final release and people have pointed out their disappointment in the DBA saga ending. To that all I can say is that it's very important to me to get this project completed as promised many moons ago, but if the game does well on steam, we'll be happy to create additional DLC adventures with new locations and characters for Alex to meet! I don't however, want to leave anything I intended for the main game, to be a DLC.

Obviously all of this is very time consuming but the good news is that we have done so much of this already. After this I don't have to go back to edit any old content and the rest of the few updates we have left will be developed easier and more consistent. And I cannot stress this enough, NO MORE RESTARTING THE GAME each update.

Oh, and we have also had a lot of questions about the Android version. It will be available and sold through itch.io!

Thank you all for the support during these years, making this possible. Now we just need to pay extra attention to make this a home run!

-Oni