Bound By Night

What's planned for the next update (0.4)?

Added 2021-03-16 02:59:34 +0000 UTC

With Build 0.3 available for patrons, I've begun working on Build 0.4. The first part of this is going to be completely redoing the shots for the prologue (again).

Why? Well, to avoid burying the lead: Build 0.4 will be introducing a new character, this one developed for our antediluvian-tier patron. He's going to be in the background of one image in the Prologue (and since I'm adding him there, I figured I may as well redo all the shots anyway), then have a small scene in a slightly revised Chapter 4, with much more to come. 😅

I'm really excited about getting this guy in your hands -- or Alex in his!! 🌭

As for the entirely new chapters... I don't want to spoil anything, but we ended Chapter 6 on a little bit of a cliffhanger. So, I'm debating whether to begin addressing that in Build 0.4, or let it simmer for awhile. I'm also debating whether to focus more on Nick or Alex. I feel like a lot was hinted at with Nick at the end of the explicit scene in Chapter 6; should that get some light shed on it, or continue to be held back for some mystery?

Update Mar-18: After some feedback and thought, I have the next few chapters plotted out. I'm not going to reveal too much, but I will say this. If your head-canon or preferred path has you make choices that would have blocked off the explicit scene at the end of Chapter 6, Chapter 7 will help make up for that. 😈😋 From a development perspective, these aren't really divergent paths (which I very much want to avoid this early in the game), but more like optional scenes I'm inserting based on player choices. As I've said, my goal is that there is never a bad choice: the choices just open different opportunities. I think Chapter 7 will help deliver on that promise.

Have some thoughts of your own? Let me know what you think in the comments below or on Discord. (No spoilers!)