Okay everyone. Here it is!
This is the PC version. If you're a serial skipper, I think think that ammounts to about 2-3 hours of content, maybe more if you are willing to do multiple playthroughs.
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Please understand that there will be bugs. I have tried to get as many as I can, but I cannot test every possible outcome and guarantee a bug free experience right off the bat. If you find any bugs, I will patch in the following days. For now I have confirmed that I can complete the game from start to finish. Right now, the most important thing to me was to get this out there.
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The first thing you will notice is I have gone back on the AI art, mostly. More on that below. However, some of the images from the previous patch were lost in an unfortunate copy and paste accident, so several shrine scenes and as well as a few others will need to be re shot at a later date.
What I did do was I did train a model on images I liked from the game and used them to fix renders that I deemed unsatisfactory. I was not comprehensive in this approach, but a keen eye might be able to spot it on some images. I basically used it in the same way I do photoshop.
If there is demand for an all AI-ified version, I am open to making one, but there at this time thousands of images and will take days to complete that process in a satisfactory way.
I will be sending out the copies to previous patrons between June and July. Some people will be happy to know that I slightly expanded the range of dates I will be sending a copy to as my originally specified dates didn't cover enough. In total, 114 people should expect a message with a download link.
***Why it took so long***
Well, shortly after my last post last year, my son was born a month prematurely. That in combination with my office job that usually has me in the office as late as 7PM most nights basically left me unable to even entertain the idea of working on this project. I should have communicated that with everyone but I can only describe my state of mind as frazzled. Sleep depravation and a job that requires you to be switched on at all times left me the most drained I had ever been in my life. My work was further compounded by this being a very difficult game to work on in the presence of family.
I don't expect you to forgive me for the delay, but I feel you are entitled to know why it happened.
Anyway,
I hope you all find something you enjoy in this version of the game and enjoy discovering the things I've hidden around.