Sculptor Release Schedule

Hey all, I just wanted to make a post to give everyone an idea of our intent for the release schedule for Sculptor. If you are in the Discord, you probably know most of this, but I wanted to make sure all Patrons know what is going on.

My general intent is to release a version every fortnight, which would have involved 0.4 getting released on Monday the 21st. Unfortunately, I have been ill and that just meant I couldn't get enough done to put out a reasonable release then. The release has been pushed back to the 28th (next Monday) in light of that.

My plan going forward is to try and do fortnightly releases, but to have some flexibility to push back to three weeks, to account for unforeseen problems like being ill, and also to allow bigger releases where it doesn't really make sense to release some content unfinished because it won't fit in the two week window.

With the more flexible schedule, I'm also going to be much more active about communicating with Patrons about development and my intended release dates. I don't want to spam everyone on Patreon, so my plan is to do (at least) weekly status updates on the Discord—I'll make sure to let you know in this way if there is a chance we'll be pushing to three weeks for that release. Obviously, if you want to ask about anything, ping any time and I'll respond ASAP. I think this is a good balance of letting people know what is going on and not having tons of small update posts, but let me know if you want to know about that stuff but Discord isn't good for you, and I'll think about alternative arrangements. I have also updated the roadmap with more time information and will continue to do so.

So going forward, the plan is:

  - Patron releases on Mondays every two weeks, sometimes three.

  - Public releases the following Friday.

  - Patron updates via Discord for normal stuff at least every Monday.

  - Patron updates via Patreon for big news.

On art, as previously mentioned our artist has run into some real life commitments. For now, they are only able to commit time to Sculptor come November, so that is when we will see the antagonist sprites come into the game. Hopefully things will work out—they have assured me this is a temporary issue and after that point we should have regular time committed. 

Obviously, this is all subject to change based on your input, so—as always—please let us know if you have thoughts. Sculptor is still new, and I'm eager to get into a routine and to consistency, so this kind of housekeeping has to be done at some point.

Thanks for backing the game, and the next post on here will be on the 28th for 0.4.0. If you want those smaller updates, please do hop onto the Discord.