A (kinda) brief update on chapter 4 (Edit at bottom)

Storm here! Just giving you all an update from my end. Slockie will have details with an update later about renders and animations and such.

The script has hit 64,000 words. Which, obviously, is more than the 62,000 I expected it to hit with the final draft before beta. This is because I'm an idiot and let Slockie make more work for me. That's fine, we'll get there.

My new estimate is going to be 67,000 words, so we're close.

Just a heads up: as soon as the script is 100% complete, I'll be turning on our billing again. This is because we'll be going to beta not long after, and then releasing to our top-tier patrons shortly after.

I know we've been saying "we're close!" for what feels like six months now, but we really are very close. Thank you all for sticking around and supporting us, despite the amount of time this has taken. I genuinely hope you'll think it worth the wait.

I do want to make a promise: If you're a current Bronze+ supporter and have been for 5 or more months, even if you end your support now you'll get to see both chapters 4 and 5 when each chapter releases to our Bronze patrons. This is how we want to thank you for that long-term support.

Chapters 4 and 5 will not have a public release. This is in preparation for our eventual Steam release, because Steam rules don't allow the game to be provided at a pricepoint lower than what the game sells for on their platform.

If you've purchased chapter 3 on Itch.io (at $3 or more) you'll also get the final two chapters free, even if you're only a $1 supporter here. That's to thank you for being one of the very, very few to pay for the game on Itch. (No joke, out of 13,000 downloads, only 65 people have paid.)

We want to do right by those of us who've been long-term supporters and who've stuck it through even when Slockie and I were struggling to create due to one life event or another. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it, and all the kind words over the past 15 months since our initial release. It means a lot to me. It means a lot to both of us.

So thanks again. Next update from me should be with a completed script. I wanted that to be this update, but like I said, Slockie likes making more work for me.

See you all around.

Storm

Edit: I hit the zone tonight with my writing, something that doesn't happen frequently, but I felt the need to take advantage even after posting this update.

So, I sat down and spent the last few hours just hammering out the last couple of things the game needed to be finished. Chapter 4's script is complete now, with the semi-final draft hitting 67,200 words. We'll have to add a small bridging scene somewhere in the script for the sake of game flow, but that'll happen later.

As it stands, the script is pretty much done. Scooter will be looking it over shortly, we'll make the edits, and Slockie will continue rendering and animating the final couple of scenes.

With this in mind, I'll be unpausing subscriptions here shortly. I just wanted to make sure everyone got the heads-up on that before it happened!