Weekly Update #58 - Scripting is done, moving towards an Early Access build

Hey all,

I wanted to share with you guys some progress as we're approaching the release deadline I settled on earlier, which was aiming for a January release.

As we talked about in the last blogposts, I've made so major rewrites to the whole roleplay arc that will be played in the new app and the good news is that scripting is done for this. It's a meaty sequence, with a lot of dialogue and a lot of branching paths!

In order to fit the schedule and move on to release phase, I've decided to make an early access build first; this supporter-exclusive release will include the new content : new illustrations, new gameplay with the roleplay app but it will have a bunch of missing assets and placeholders as I'm not sure I'll be able to finish all of the additional assets and views needed to polish the new app.

There might also be a couple of bugs and sequencing mishaps as I won't have the time to test as extensively as needed, but that's also what the Early Access is for! There will also likely be limited save possibilities during the new content as it's a lot of changes to the data model to make the savefiles fully compatible with the new app.

There's a LOT of work ahead of me to make this build, but I'm motivated and will try to deliver a playable version as soon as I possibly can, hopefully in time for the next blogpost!

I'm looking forward to wrapping up this whole thing and finally deliver something to you guys, some please bear with me, thank you for the support and stay tuned!