Dev Update! 11/25/24
Hey, friends! Hope you're all doing well today!
I don't have a whole lot to talk about right now, to be honest. Chapter 10 will be available to $2 subscribers tomorrow, with the public version arriving on the 29th. Between the Alpha and Beta versions I added a small scene with Ashe, and over the next few days I'll be finishing up a few little pieces of hand-drawn art, to complement a few scenes with Nicki and MC/Guy. Those will be in the public/final version.
After the public version drops, I'll be taking a month off from updating my blogs, returning in January. As a result, I'll be suspending billing on all my platforms. But, Boosty doesn't seem to have that functionality, unlike Patreon and SubStar. I'm going to try to create a promotion for December that will just give everyone a free month of access, so nobody gets billed.
** But, if you want to make sure you're not being billed during my break, just switch your subscription to the free tier. **
You're also welcome to give me money even though I'm not working.. But, I'll feel bad about it. :'D
Even though I'll be pausing updates here, I'll still be active over on the Discord. So, feel free to pop over and say hi! We're a friendly group over there, and I'm usually posting some just-for-fun art.
Though I don't intend to update the blog in December, I do plan to continue working on the refined script for Chapter 1. With any luck, I'll even be able to get a jump on Chapter 11. It's my hope that I can build up some scripts, and smooth out the dev process a bit for 2025. A lot of people think that the art end of things is what slows me down, but it's almost always the writing end of things that I get bogged down in. Especially when I make a big ol' Gordian Knot out of the story, and need to align a bunch of disparate story branches.
So.. Yeah! I'm taking a little break, but I'll still be around, and still working. I've still got a little postmortem that I intend to post this weekend, just discussing the past couple years of being an adult game dev, my feelings about Chapter 10, and my plans for the immediate future, as well as 2025. Good things lie ahead!
Until next time, take care of yourselves -- and as always, thank you for your support.