Well… it's time for another hot update.
People keep coming and going.
The main goal today is to find a programmer for Unity, since ours has been out for a long time due to a physical injury.
At the moment, there have been several reasons to abandon the project, but only weak and irresponsible people abandon things they have started, so we will continue working. We are ready to allocate at least several months to search for a programmer and possibly new staff. If it doesn't work out, then we will think about what to do next.
On the agenda is a kind of second, if not third wind. In fact, the novel itself is only waiting for the finalization of backgrounds, minor polishing and a programmer. It is kind of… ready, if you consider a bunch of music, pictures, text and so on as something ready. It needs only to be put together.
Abandoning the project, of course, is not relevant, considering how many people worked on it. Most even completed their tasks 100%, like editors.
We have an important issue with 18+ scenes, which we have returned to more than once, but it can wait. Adult scenes are like something cursed. Our scriptwriter wrote the entire script, items, folclore and one bed scene. Then an editor came and edited half the plot and wrote another bed scene. Then a second editor came, edited the entire script again and wrote another bed scene. Then a couple of actors voiced 18+ scenes for the demo version…
In other words, the script is completely edited, the arts for the adult scenes are ready, but out of the necessary 10+ scenes, there is a script for only 3. You can draw your own conclusions.
I would like to add just one more thing. Oddly enough… it looks like we will abandon the Japanese language, given the lack of resources, but at the same time we will return to the idea of voice acting in English (Surprisingly, there are not many programmers among the Americans, however, there are enough voice actors on enthusiasm).
The only problem is that not only has our work completely stopped because of the programmer, but we also need to prepare additional materials for this very voice-over. Just like we did for the Russian-speaking actors.
So, our studio has once again found itself in a rather difficult situation, where it is difficult to find responsible people. But that's okay. This is not the first and not the last time. If we have to postpone the release date for 5 years, we will do it, because we are not used to letting someone else's work go to waste. Today, we are not talking about us as a studio, but about those people who tried to give "Town" their voices, their songs, music, drawings, plot, atmosphere, and so on. It would be terribly selfish of us to close the project due to the loss of personnel.
In general, until a new Unity programmer is found, the work will slow down at least five times.