Merizmare

Hey guys.
Man, I was so tired of that old picture at the top. It feels like such a relief
to change it, I think I should switch it up more often.

It took me
a long time to write this message. I’ve got a bit of a problem. I feel like I’m
doing something wrong, but I can’t put my finger on exactly what. Lately, I
keep feeling like whatever I do, it’s just not working out. I thought this was
going to be a good update. I won’t go into details, but I really tried and
worked a lot, but the numbers show that it’s just not working.

You’ve
probably noticed that this game still doesn’t have a Discord, and that’s
because I’ve been focusing on delivering as much content as possible and making
it as high quality as I can, and managing a server would take time away from
that. Based on feedback, it seems like people aren’t unhappy with the visuals
or animations, so I think the quality is fine. As for making more content,
honestly, I have no idea what else I could do to produce more. I’m just out of
ideas. The only option would be to lower the image quality, because setting up
the lighting usually takes a lot of time and really affects how good the image
looks, but I absolutely don’t want to do that.

Because of
some mistakes I made, I’m now facing financial issues. I won’t go into too much
detail, but before I started working on the game, I knew there wouldn’t be any
income at first, so I had some savings. But they’ve run out, and right now, the
game is only bringing in $350 a month, and damn, I’m thankful I have it. I live
in a place where things are pretty cheap, but it’s still more than $500. I do
have some savings left, enough to last about three more months if I don’t lose
any subscribers. But lately, I’ve been living pretty modestly and really need
to make some changes. Looking back, I kind of regret buying a new graphics
card, but there’s no changing that now.

For the
last few days, I’ve been trying to figure out the main problem. Is it the
game’s concept? Are people just tired of games like this? Maybe they don’t like
the characters? But I feel like it doesn’t make sense to dwell on that, since
the concept and characters are set. What we can change, though, is the game’s
variety. I think one of my biggest mistakes was stopping playing other visual
novels when I started making this game, just to have more time to work on it.
But that was a mistake. As a developer, I should stay aware of what others are
doing so I can learn from them.

Hey guys, got a quick update for you. Everything’s going well, no unexpected issues or anything like that, things are going exactly as planned. I’m a little tired but really happy with the work.

Most of the work is done, with just a few final touches left. I'm now 100% sure that version 0.8 will be ready on November 5th. Everything should be wrapped up by the evening of the 4th, so you can play 0.8 on the morning of the 5th.

Next post will be with the 0.8, so come back here on November 5th!
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Привет ребят, у мня для вас небольшое сообщение. Работа идёт
отлично никаких непредвиденных трудностей или вроде того не возникло, всё в
точности как и было запланировано, немножко устал, но в то же время очень доволен
проделанной работой.

Практически вся работа завершена, остались только финальные
штрихи, сейчас со 100% уверенностью могу сказать, что смогу выпустить 0.8 - 5
ноября. Думаю, что вся работа будет завершена через 3 дня, то есть 4 числа
вечером, поэтому уже утром 5 ноября вы сможете поиграть в 0.8.

Следующий пост будет с готовой 0.8, приходите сюда 5 ноября!

Hey guys! I spent a while thinking about what picture to show you, and I decided to share another one from the scene with Nelly. Phewwww, it’s been a long week, but the hardest part is over. Just an hour ago, I finished writing, editing, and polishing the game text. There’ll be a total of 3,800 lines of code. Haha, I haven’t written that much since my history lectures in uni. I also spent two days writing and testing the game code, and now it’s all ready. All that’s left is translating the game. Based on the previous updates, where I was able to translate 500-600 lines a day, I’m aiming to finish the translation in 7 days, plus one more day for testing. Most of the game is already tested, but I’ll still need to check for any typos. I’m starting the translation today, so I’m ready to give you a preliminary release date for version 0.8: November 4-5. In a few days, once I’m sure everything is on track, I’ll tell you the exact release date for 0.8

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Привет ребят, долго думал, какую картинку вам показать и
решил показать ещё одну из сцены с Нелли. Ухxxx, это была очень длинная неделя, но самая сложная часть работы
позади. Буквально час назад я закончил работу над написанием, исправлением и
доработкой текста в игре, как ожидалось, всего в игре будет 3800 строк кода. Хаха,
я не писал так много со времён лекций по истории в университете. Так же 2 дня ушло
на написание и тестирование кода, в игре, и сейчас он полностью готов. Осталось
только перевести игру, учитывая, что предыдущие обновления мне удалось
переводить по 500-600 строк кода в день, я надеюсь справиться с переводом за 7
дней, плюс один день на тестирование, на самом деле, игра уже по большей части
протестирована, но всё ещё нужно будет проверить игру на наличие
орфографических ошибок. Сегодня я приступаю к переводу и думаю, что готов сказать
вам предварительную дату релиза 0.8 - это 4-5 ноября. Через несколько дней, когда
я удостоверюсь, что всё идёт согласно плану, я скажу вам точную дату релиза
0.8.

Hey guys! So, I think it's
time to update you on what’s been done over the past month. This is the last
update before the 0.8 release. In September, I managed to create 247 images and
6 animations, bringing the total to 705 new images and 12 animations.

Today marks exactly four
months since the 0.7 release. I’ve been aiming to release updates every four
months, but… I don’t know, maybe perhaps due to inexperience, it is very
difficult to write a script so that its development takes exactly 4 months.
Some things on paper look a little different. After the first two months of
development, when the shape of the new update became clear, I realized I
wouldn't finish in time. So, I dropped almost everything else and dedicated all
my time to the game. The last two months have felt like a speedrun, and even
then, I still didn’t have enough time. Now, I’m confident there are around
80-90 images and one more animation left to do. The main work - rendering
images and animations will be finished in about 10-11 days, and then I’ll start
assembling the game. I’m really frustrated that for the second update in a row,
I haven’t hit the deadline. I hope you’ll forgive me for this, because in the
end, you’ll be getting more content.