Zaggy Norse

August plans & next build

Added 2021-07-22 13:47:50 +0000 UTC

Hello all. Just a short update to mention a few things.

Billing will not happen during August, as previously mentioned on Discord. I will be using the month to do a bunch of admin work around the art (spreadsheets for all the poses and expressions and whatnot) to allow Tanu to work as effectively as possible, as well as some additional plotting for the main characters to round out a few thematic ideas I've had knocking about.

I've had some inconsistencies in the past about when I do or do not bill (mostly during the very early days), but going forward I'll use the folllwing simple and correct approach: if I am not spending the majority of a month adding content to the game, I will not bill for that month. I do not care to bill for admin work or plotting, because while they're certainly important and necessary, it's work that I feel I do best without the nagging feeling of "ADMIN HARDER, YOU'RE GETTING PAID FOR THIS!" Plot is constantly dripping out of me, but now and then I need a solid block of time to sit down and organise all the ideas into a coherent structure. So you can expect me to not bill probably once every 4 months or so, to give me a month to a) relax a bit and b) let the creatives juices flow unimpended.

Build 0.3 is on track for release on 1 August, and I should at minimum hit my target of 75,000 total words (inasmuch as I'm on 69,000 now, should be at 73,000 by the time I start editing, and will almost certainly add 2-3k more words during editing). It's got some fun scenes, and ends on a mountain of sexiness that I think you'll all really enjoy :3

Finally, the old 0.2 build will be hitting Itch during August. I think 0.2 is a really good representation of what to expect from the game, and a big upgrade on the shortness of 0.1 (even without spritework in) so when that point rolls around I'll post again and ask you all to mention it to friends to try out :)

Chat again soon.