2/21 Status Update

It nearing the end of February, how is that March release date for Netoria 2 looking? It's almost certainly not going to happen. There's enough undelivered art and unfinished levels and scenes that it seems unlikely that I could get things ready by the end of next month. But there's not that much left, I think April is very likely. I can count the missing assets of each type on one hand.

Let's look at some of the stuff that's in the works:

 This sketch is from a series of illustrations I commissioned fairly recently. I wanted more punch to the interaction between the POV character and their villain at the very end of Act 1. This scene sets up their dynamic in Act 2 so we can get straight to the sexy content. Describing Safa overpowering Azar and having a visual of it happen have pretty different impacts. These are also the last thing the player sees before the end of content point. It goes final Act 1 sex scene, class changes, and then this. Ideally, that will be enough of a hook to leave the player wanting more and eager to see what Act 2 brings.

Speaking of those final Act 1 sex scenes, here's... not one of them. This is one of the penultimate ones on the Vashti nice route. The final ones are still in the sketch phase. But that's not what is likely to be undelivered by the end of March. I'd say character art has a 50/50 shot, and the remaining sprite art will probably lag behind. That's mainly my fault for not finalizing what assets I need soon enough.

But even with the minor delay, we're in the home stretch! In probably just over a month's time, we'll be in a post-Netoria 2 Act 1 release world. Can you imagine what it will be like? Probably pretty similar to before except with now me making Act 2 instead. But that will be a nice change since I'm excited to work on that content. The first act has gotten pretty stale for me at this point, what happens and what's in it has been settled for a long time with the only changes being editing and such. I've intentionally not done a lot drawing out of the specifics of Act 2. Exactly what sex scenes happen when, the shape of the levels each POV has, etc.

When working on a long project like this, I think it's important to leave opportunities for ideation mid project. If after pre-production the whole thing is just execution that can get pretty stagnant and boring. That's partly why I shaped the structure of Netoria 2 the way it is. Now it's not about the relationship drama between Zaman, Shahrazad, and Azar as the main focus, but the struggle against the POV villain. If this was an anime, it'd be a new arc. And also the characters would have even bigger breasts.

That's all for this week. As always, thank you for your continued support.