Hey everyone here's a small update for March and April!
After the release of 0.2.9 in late February I decided to release 0.2.8 as a free demo on itch. After two weeks the game had reached over 10,000 downloads (almost 15,000 now.) This is not something I even considered or imagined and to be honest the amount of feedback can a little overwhelming. Fortunately the comments and ratings are generally very positive but it is a shame when players are encountering some of the older issues of 0.2.8. While that was going on I was busy fixing bugs in 0.2.9 and after that I did get some time to focus on some of the issues with battles. I think 0.2.9.4 is really a step up from previous builds and there is definitely more coming. It may be worthwhile to build and release a new dedicated demo when chapter 3 is further along.
But speaking of chapter 3, I started animating Caspian (shown above) and continued animating the jellyfish surrender scene. The party will meet Caspian in the pirate hideout and I'm planning a special scene for hero and him. I think I'll aim to have the pirate hideout story scenes and the jellyfish surrender as well as any bug fixes and other small changes ready for the first part of chapter 3.
I'll probably continue along the lines of the tavern 'back room' style animation scene with what I have planned for Caspian and hero so I expect it to take some time but it should be worth it considering how popular Cas is on the discord.
And I don't remember if I officially announced this but there is a discord server where I can share more day-to-day development stuff and have discussions about the game. It does require you to connect your discord to patreon if you are interested. If not, I'll continue to post the monthly summaries here and someday soon you'll get to play with Cas yourself.
Thank you for all your support!