The Interim Domain 0.01.0 update #1

Not one to spend too much time relishing in the completion of one project (not entirely, but more on that below), we're hard at work pulling 0.01.0 of The Interim Domain together. A fair amount of the development for this title was done in the background over the past year, during what little free time we had. Of course, when the big crunch of the last few releases ate up most of our schedule, development work got put on the back-burner.

Much like Now & Then, the base user interface isn't anywhere near final. I figure over the span of the next few updates, some of these items will be replaced with more customized features. The gallery won't even go live until there's a scene worth putting into it. This includes the main splash page, which will be updated as the story progresses. Mostly, at this point, I want to minimize spoiling character reveals just yet.

Story- and content-wise, The Interim Domain 0.01.0 will probably cover the same amount of acreage as the first two episodes of Now & Then (if not a little more). You'll only meet a handful on the final cast, with just enough of the story provided to give you an taste of the setting and your main character's motivations. 

On Now & Then - While 0.26.0 is the final story release, we are working on a clean up of the game for an inevitable Final release. This includes code cleanup, minor rewrites and some reshoots, especially from the early chapters where I'm not entirely happy how certain things looked. As a part of the code redo, we're adding in a Chapter Select option, to start the game later in the story, and an Unlock All button for the gallery. Doing this, though, will probably make most of your old saves unusable. Stuff you've already unlocked in the persistent file? That'll still be there. But, the work to clean up the old code and add the Chapter Select stuff forced our hand on it.

Here is a sneak peek of the content updates you can expect (Chapter Select/Outtakes/Unlock):

About The Interim Domain: The world did not end with biblical brimstone and fire. Or with a bang. Or an asteroid smashing against the Earth. It came with a flash, and when that bright light faded, everything cease to be.

The main character (of your own naming) awakens to find himself in the Interim, a realm which exists between the old world and the new. Before long, he runs across Mira, an Entede--a metaphysical being sent to aid him. From her, he learns that he's there to assist those who've yet to properly move on. As these lingering humans desperately hold onto memories of their former lives, he must help them come to terms with their existence, all the while learning about the reason for his own situation.

Thanks for your support and your interest,

-Kinderfeld