Unofficial Update - Without Permission
Hi. I'm The Wife. As a person whose bread & butter is professional communication in the software development world, the lack of official correspondence about this game from its developer (who is a wonderful and very handsome husband & father that bears a striking resemblance to the Dread Pirate Roberts of Prince Bride fame) hurts my heart a bit. And since I don't want to work right now anyway, I've decided to be "productive" (read as "procrastinate the things I really should be doing") by writing a tiny unofficial update for all of you.
This was done without the dev's consent or prior knowledge~~ I'll bake him cookies later.
What Is He Working On?
A lot, actually. He's introducing the...
- combat system,
- skills system,
- inventory and equipment system, and
- expansion of the story including the introduction of at least one new sexy-sexy character.
As most of these are brand-new components to the game, and large ones at that, it's taking a while. Oh, and he's teaching himself how to write code for the first time in his life while doing all of this. It's not like he's teaching himself Japanese and single-handedly building one of the internet's top two largest manga scanlation empires that was so well known and respected that it received a cease-and-desist order from Kodansha itself. Pfft. Nah bro. That was kid stuff. This shit? This shit is hard.
Why Is It Taking So Long?
COVID-19 shut down our daycare. He was spending three days a week working on the game while our twins were at daycare, but that's just not a thing anymore. Now he spends 7 days a week taking care of his family, and we love him for it.
Yeah, But, Doesn't Quarantine Just Give Him Lots of Extra Time to do Whatever?
No, no it does not. And fuck you, person who doesn't have itty-bitty kids at home. Go sew a mask for someone and apologize for being hella insensitive about how much it sucks to be a parent of little kids at a time when your entire child-rearing support system has been COMPLETELY CUT OFF from you. No daycare. No visits with Grandparents. No visits with Aunts/Uncles. No trips to the park/playground/anywhere that can actually tire the little fuckers out enough to make them sleep. We're doing our part to shelter-at-home and protect our neighbors and older family members from the spread of the COVID-19 disease. But it's not easy and it has destroyed what little "free time" or "time for self" we had while raising twins.
When Will We See the Next Update?
He's hoping to have v.0.2 available for paying subscribers in 1-2 more weeks. But that timeline is due to change based on our family needs or our community needs.
Thank you all for your patience, understanding, and continued interest. I will try to monitor the comments on Itch.Io to make sure your comments at least get responses in a timely manner. That said, please keep in mind a lady and a mama will be reviewing these comments, so keep it clean, keep it nice.
With Love,
-The Wife