Plan for Releasing v0.13

Hey gang, it's no secret I've been having trouble with this update, so here's the plan. Instead of making you guys wait until I feel like everything is in order, I'm going to release this update in parts. This is actually not a new idea, some patrons may remember a poll a while ago where I suggested an idea like this for releasing story branches. Basically, v0.13.0 will contain some fraction of the update's content, then the rest will be doled out in a number of patches. After all the patches are out, free edition players will receive the update all bundled together as normal a week later.

I'm going to split the update into three parts. I have enough stuff together to release the first part soon--within the week (I will announce a date soon). The first part will contain: all new artwork for player portraits and status images, the cosmetics system and the three new outfits I've already previewed, two new requests, all the combat changes (except a lust indicator), most of the new traits (including two advanced trait lines and the ability to "force" creampies), the new Charlotte activity, and a few other new things I won't bother to enumerate.

The second and third part will both come out sometime in September. The second part will contain new story content (the second anniversary storyline), one more new request, and the debtor's prison system/bounty hunters. The third part will feature upgrades to Rais and Priscilla's romances, some new activities, the ability to move in with Rais, and additional content for the debtor's prison system, another new request, and additional content for various activities. At least, that's the plan for right now, I may move these individual pieces around if it helps me get content out faster. I expect the second part to arrive in mid-September, and the third part in late September or early October.

Breaking this mess of an update down is probably the only way I can stay sane. I feel like I'm torn in a million different directions; a lot is done or mostly done, but a lot also needs to be done, and I feel so unfocused, floating from unfinished thing to unfinished thing.

Finally, it is incredibly tempting to turn payments back on since I'm just about to release the first part, but it just feels wrong to do that before all of v0.13 is out. As such, patrons will not be billed for September, and may not be billed for October either if I don't get all the parts of the update out. Payments will not be re-instated until everything I promised would be in v0.13 is available to patrons.

I'm sorry about how much of a mess this update has been, I hope it hasn't shaken your trust in me as a developer. I hope you are looking forward to seeing the what I will be able to deliver to you in the next few days. Thank you again, as always, for your patience and understanding, and I am so sorry for this failure. I hope the update, when it is finally fully released, proves worth the wait to all of you.