Back to work - v0.2.1 Release Date

Just wanted to make a quick update letting everyone know that I'm getting back to work. Like I mentioned before, I had all my wisdom teeth removed at the end of August. They made it sound like by day 3 I'd be totally fine, but that was definitely not the case. It ended up taking way longer than I expected to recover enough to be able to get back to work.

So I just wanted to let people know for sure what's going on now.

Unless I end up with some other complications, Waifu Wonderland v0.2.1 will be releasing to Waifu Early Access Patrons on Sept 14th. Then I'll release like normal to other tiers and to the public at the end of the month. Being a big update, I'll be releasing all of the artwork in 4k and 1080p alongside the v0.2.1 release to their respective tiers.

Since it took a lot longer than I expected to get back to work, I've just decided to push the new starter scenes to the next update, v.02.2. I'm already going to have to crunch a bit to get the game out by the 14th and don't want to have to potentially push release back another week. Since in addition to just having a lot to do, I also got a day job this past week. Which was fun to do post-surgery. It's part time, so it shouldn't cut into the Waifu Wonderland schedule going forward. The biggest thing it may impact is my ability to get ahead of schedule.

After thinking about it, I've also decided to change up the posting schedule a little bit. Right now there's really only one post per month for patrons, outside of early access. Which is the WIP post. Once I realized that, I had to change the schedule. I don't think it's fair for patrons to get fewer posts than the public. So instead, I'll be doing 2 patron exclusive posts a month, and then the 2 free ones. Here's what the schedule will look like -

Week 1 - Monthly Update (free)

Week 2 - WIP (Waifu WIP and above patrons)

Week 3 - Character Intro (free)

Week 4 - Patron Post (All paid patrons)

So basically I'm making one of the posts exclusive to patrons, and I'll be alternating free and paid posts each week. This just seems like a more fair schedule and gives better value to the tiers. Doing it this way also gives me a bit more room to talk about spoilers and give little tips like I did with the bonus post last month. It also gives me a little more flexibility with my work schedule. Since the last post of the month is just a post for patrons, it can be basically anything. If I happen to be working on a lot of scenes, I can show a new scene, if I happen to be working on a lot of new characters, I can talk about a character. If I've only been doing gameplay stuff, I can talk about that. It will make development a lot smoother for me.

I've also decided to do 2 polls again for September! I've just noticed that most of the time people vote in the first week or so, then it just kind of sits for the rest of the time. Sometimes a vote or two will trickle in towards the end, but usually the results are decided in the first week or two. Doing 2 polls also speeds things up a little bit and makes it so that Waifu Wonderland has more player input. So at least for now, I'll be doing 2 polls a month.

Anyway, that's it for this post. Mainly just wanted to let everyone know that I'm getting back to work today and giving a definitive release date. And be sure to vote in the poll if you haven't already! One thing has passed so far, and another is already pretty close. I hope you look forward to the launch of v0.2.1!