Posted April 23, 2020 by Parival
Just for context, I made a smaller update a few days ago on the KS page saying I'd be making a bigger text update today, so if you're confused, that's the background LOL.
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As promised, here's a bit of a bigger update for y'all! It's basically just text, no preview this week, I'll go into some reasons why throughout this update. I'm hoping to use this update to kind of clear things up as well as go into what we're currently doing.
As stated in the small update, I will be posting the beta on our Patreon for the patrons who paid $8+ in either January or February. I'll be posting it after my exam, so sometime between Tuesday-Thursday. They will have until the week after my finals are over to let me know if there are any issues with the side game thus far (my finals are from May 4th-May 6th and I'm sure some people also have finals, so good luck!). Afterwards, we will be trying to fix any errors (or most of them) and then we will release it on itch and then steam a few weeks later. We are currently working on fixing some of the sound effects and voice lines for the sex scenes, which is taking some time because I personally don't like when things sound out of place for those types of scenes, so I'm pretty particular about how I want everything to sound together. If everything works out with my coder's schedule, then it shouldn't take more than a week or two to get all of the issues fixed and have the sex scenes fully redone to fit my standards.
However, I will say that I've been planning on releasing the side game in May, but (personal info here so...) a lot has been going on with my mom's job because of COVID-19 and her hours have been cut pretty harshly, so it's going to be getting a bit difficult for us for the next few weeks. She might come to visit me after my finals while things are sorted out with her work, so that is the one thing that would delay releasing the side game. I'm not trying to use this as an excuse or anything, I'm just trying to let you guys know what's been going on. It's out of my control right now. If she isn't able to make it here, then I will still be able to release it at the end of May if no other issues with coding happen.
Other than the side game, the main reason that there is no preview this week is that we are getting back into the meat of the main script and trying to cut out some unnecessary parts. My co-writer was also dealing with some work related issues because of corona, so progress was delayed a little. I'm sure you all can understand as many of you have been dealing with the effects of this virus as well. We are getting back into the swing of things though and will be meeting throughout May to make a game plan to finally finish up the script. I'm trying to wait to give our CG artist any more to do just in case some scenes with a CG get cut out. We do have a lot of CGs finished, but are planning for quite a bit more, so there will be plenty of previews in the future when we finally get the script complete! Background wise, there are only a few left to do!
Regarding KS rewards (IK it's been forever, I apologize, I'm doing my best qq), some companies have been shutting down mail services between countries, so I'm kind of concerned about shipping anything physical just in case something gets stuck in transit. I will be trying to get most digital rewards out this summer (aside from things like the art book and OST, basically stuff that requires the game to be released first), while any other physical rewards might be delayed until I know for sure the status of mail services in the destinations.
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Well, that's all I have for today. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. I wish you all well during these times, it's been a lot more stressful than I ever thought it would be.
For those of who you were Patrons in Jan./Feb., please keep an eye out for the beta next week!