longlivetheprincess

Progress Report

Added 2019-03-01 12:32:05 +0000 UTC

Hi patrons!

It's an early progress report this time, mostly because the release of version 0.18 is looming so close and because I've got some information I'd like to share before Patreon charges fully kick in for the majority of you.

I've been busy finalizing renders and writing dialogue since last time. I had writer's block for a few days, but once I finally got started, the words began pouring out of me, making the results funnier than I had expected. Some juicy story nuggets are coming up. I now have to assemble everything so that it appears in the game itself, and that will probably take a few days.

I received an email from Patreon this week, informing me that payment processing is slower than it used to be and recommending that I do not post Patreon rewards within the first few days of a new month. The reason is that people whose payments are still processing will keep access to rewards until the charge either succeeds or fails. As a result, if I post updates too early in the month, people whose payments don't go through will still get the updates, and that's not fair. I'd rather keep the door for exploitation of Patreon's reward system as firmly closed as possible.

For this reason, I'm pushing back releases a few days per month from now on. It won't make much of a difference, to be honest. I've aimed for the 3rd so far. I'm currently aiming for the 5th instead. It's a delay of two days, once. Keep in mind that this is merely the goal. I might not always hit it, though my track record is pretty good.

Anyway, that's all for now. The next time you hear from me should hopefully be when you receive download links for version 0.18.

Until next time!