Posted August 25, 2020 by FAUSTECH
Howdy!
Sorry for the lack of update when promised! This is the blog post explaining it all, and what to expect going forward!
First, a retrospective from this summer: This has been an INCREDIBLE launch for this game! The amount of support, comments, feedback, and EVERYTHING I've gotten has really blown me away. I've been watching the hypno community for a while as an outsider, and it feels incredible to have a place in it now because of this game! I love to work on it, I want to keep working on it, and I want to keep making more games like this.
The two-week sprint that I said I would have new scripts at the end of, instead consisted of me writing an entirely new dialogue system for the game. The bad news of that is that I didn't really have anything new to present as a result (unless in-line bold/italics are a feature anyone other than me was excited about :P), so I decided to try to keep working on the scripts to try and upload something. Unfortunately, school just started up for me again, so I've been busier than I anticipated with moving, prepping for classes, etc, which has slowed me down a LOT. As a result of this, I think I need to re-evaluate my upload schedule for this game. I still really want to work on it and have as many updates as possible! It's just unfortunate that I have school, and this isn't a full-time job as much as it is a side-side hobby, so time is the most limiting asset of them all.
My solution: A new upload schedule! From now until further notice, updates will be completed and posted on the first Friday of every month. I'll also have a development update (without new content, kinda like this one) every third Friday, just because proof-of-life from game developers is important. Sorry that this means new content will be slowing down, but it's still always coming nonetheless!
And that new content are some things to be excited about... With the new dialogue system I created, it's going to be a LOT easier to implement new scripts and new characters! So, soon (not next update!), I'm finally going to start looking for guest writers and characters that are interested in being in the game! There will be more information about this later, I want to make it as smooth of a pipeline as possible.
And I think that's all! Again, thank you all so much for all the love, feedback, compliments, critique, criticism, and more! I've always wanted to mix hypnosis and game design together, and I'm ecstatic that my first official jump into this idea was as big of a success as it is.
Thank you all, look forward to more!
-Vinyl