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Art update: I'm doing it! I'm doing it!
🕑 Added 2019-05-15 11:37:19 +0000 UTCHeya fellas! The coder gave you a small update a short while ago, but I should give you some signs of life as well.
I have no idea how long it has been since the last art update, but it feels like an eternity. Man, I've really been hitting hermit mode lately. Part of the reason is game related but the other of a more personal nature. My mom discovered a lump in her neck/throat area and went in for a scan. She now has an appointment to have some tissue removed to find out what it is exactly. I wasn't extremely worried or distracted because I thought it was a simple inflammation of a lymph node but a remark from a specialist has me started doubting. So right now I'm more than slightly looking forward to the biopsy and it's result. Unfortunately all of that will still take at least a couple of weeks to wrap up which sucks hard. It can probably be a million things besides you-know-what, but with the whole coder and his mom business awhile ago it's the first place your mind wanders.
Anyway, back to FET stuff. What's the other game related reason? Well... I've been lying to the coder! Sort of. Okay, not really but the result is just about the same. I already told you guys about the proof-of-concept thing I had written for book 4 where you can move your character along in the world like a top down rpg, but after some more thinking I told him we were best off forgetting all about it. Too much risk of stuff breaking down, too much drawing backgrounds etc etc. He was a bit sad about it(me too), but ignoring practicalities is something which will quickly come back to bite you in the ass so we decided on the safer way of doing things.
Anyway, I'm blessed/cursed with the opposite of what the "frozen"-song is all about, so despite what I told the coder I returned working on it with a "this is probably me wasting our time"-mindset.
It turned into a veeeery limited version of the initial idea. No more than a few limited areas would have some of it. In part because working some more on it made it clear the initial idea is just not doable and in part because we're still not sure it won't create more problems than it's worth. Btw. I didn't set out to put up a smoke screen for the coder. I meant what I said when I told him it would be a bad idea, but like I said earlier I couldn't let it go and came back to it working till I knew for certain I had come up with a version which wouldn't be impossible.
In fact I've rewritten big parts of my initial proof of concept! It was a truly horrible unreadable piece of script originally, ready to break down whenever you'd cough too loudly in it's vicinity. Does that mean it's good now? Naaaah not at all!! But it's a lot better. There's still a million things I'd like to add and change which is part of it's deviousness. You put in one thing and you think to yourself...okay now that I've put that in and it's still not breaking down... wouldn't it be nice if I'd also...... and off I go into dangerous territory.
I spent a fraction of the time it took me to rewrite it compared to the first time because I had a better idea of where the pitfalls were, but I'm still super inexperienced at this stuff. Meaning a fraction of the time is still a long time.
I created a tile based system (that sort of jargon feels way too haughty for my messing about, but what else can I call it?) which pretends you're freely walking around. I tried making a free walking system too, but I only got parts of it working, with other parts breaking down again. I probably(maybe) could get it working, but again do I really want to spend time on what's in essence already doing what I want? ...Well YES!! But I'm not gonna because ain't nobody got time for that. In fact you probably won't even see any of this in the first book 4 build because it's highly unlikely the coder can work it in that soon. Yes, even though it's very limited in scope compared to my initial idea. I did do my best to set it up in a way to make it relatively easy to expand upon, but that's more of a pipedream right now.
All of this takes far more time than we'd like and even though we've warned you the start and end of a book breaks our already very shaky mold of a new release a month...I can't help but feel bad when we don't have something new for you each month. I hope we can quickly pick up a more or less normal schedule again once the first build for this book is out. We'll give it our best!
To speed things up(or rather reduce drag)we're also trying a new thing where we're internally developing book 4 as a standalone thing which we can plug into the entirety of FET when it's time to create the real thing. As FET's getting bigger so are the loading times. Not a major disaster when you're just loading the game to play it for some time, but if you're creating it and need to test/change it a lot those 20 seconds or so are quickly starting to stack up and turn the whole proces into a major timesink.
Soooo.. what about art? Yeah, I've been doing that too! But man I'd love to gather all the moments in the past when I was bored(definitely pre-FET) and siphone all of that wasted time into the present. I'd have no problem filling whatever wasted moment in my life with FET related things : )
Since it's the start of a new book, most of the new scenes I'm drawing are still comparatively tame. And damn it, I can't be truly happy when drawing people wearing clothes! Why can't ATLA and TLOK be set in a universe where nudism is the standard? Then again there'd be far less need for a game like this. Still I'd know what I'd prefer.... damn the consequences! Uuh wait, old Katara and Toph would also be.....
Oh well, the clothes "problem" will solve itself over time and I can't wait to show everyone what we've been working on. Clothes or no clothes!
Comments
MOLDRED D MALCONTENT
I'm grinding on book 3. anybody knows where to find more than one of the missing piece to upgrade the village?
Thomas (PrivateVintage) Huber
A short addition: Having been a coder myself before: It's better to set the dates a bit further back, because it's way better for your customers if "It was supposed to be finished in 40 days, but we managed to complete it in 30." than telling them "It will be done in 20 days", but then was postponed twice to a total days. The general impression left is different.
Thomas (PrivateVintage) Huber
How do I come to the conclusion? Long story short .. I've had a look at the code. And optimization takes time. But tl;dr: Don't rush it. I'd take a polished product with a longer wait time over a rushed release any day.
Apex
Don't work him too hard, the whips aren't exactly necessary (but if they're used, I want pics)
MITY
We should be getting really close now. Unfortunately I can't be any more specific than that since the coder has told be he is in crunchmode. Those normally don't last that long so here's hoping this time won't be any different.
PinnacleOfMediocrity
How do you come to that conclusion? The latest info publicly available is a release at the end of May/beginning of June. So I'd expect something this or next week. So far, I do not see any sign on why MITY should postpone this. Unless, of course, you have some kind of additional insight.
Thomas (PrivateVintage) Huber
Taking a wild guess here.. probably another 40-60 days
bilbobaggins
update on how long till the release?
IdarksoulsI
yes
Kodi Green
what is the most current version I pay $5 and dont see anything after 0.7.8c is that the most current?
PinnacleOfMediocrity
No. Obviously you won't get every benefit for a $1 pledge.
Sergio012_MRCT
Not for $1 tier
PinnacleOfMediocrity
Current version is 0.7.8c.
Sergio012_MRCT
For dome reason I keep downloading updates (I have 0.7.7d) and the game still hasn't changed. I can't even hypno Jin or fight the dude in the palace. Pls help
PinnacleOfMediocrity
It was finished like two months ago.
Sergio012_MRCT
Is book 3 completely finished? Idk but if it isnt then please finish it before adding stuff from book 4
Dongs.exe
Whereโs the pee
is a walkthru for version 0.7.8c available ??
TheMilk
I spect a INTENSE H ECENES WITH A LOT OF DEEP HARD C
Jim Nobody
In direct opposition to that other guy, the non-lewd stuff actually made me keep playing the game, just to see all the crazy shit that would happen. I feel like if you could somehow decouple the porn aspect from the rest of the game, it would still be fun as hell. tl;dr came for the pron, stayed because fun
MITY
Thanks. I get you on the whole none lewd content stuff, but generally I think of it like this: If I want the "wham bam!" immediately there's a lot of stuff out there to fill that particular need, but when there's some valley's to contrast with the mountains, it'll make the mountains look even bigger and the game (hopefully) better. Please give my regards to your inner Azula : ) We still think of you fondly Azuzu!
MITY
Thanks, it would be a very good day when the results come back clean and until I hear differently I'm just going to assume it will(with some small doubt in the back of my mind but still, positivity and all that!)
MITY
We'd become paranoid if there weren't any hiccups! Being scared there's a really big one waiting for us to turn our backs to and jump us suddenly!
MITY
Thanks : ) we'll give it our best.
MITY
Yeah, we certainly hope this whole "slot"- stuff will pay off. It's a risk versus reward thing we're well aware of. Still nothing ventured.. and all that. We will start with the slave route (as tradition dictates : ) and the last thing I heard from the coder is it's probably going to be another one of those close to the end of the month or slightly over it.
MITY
We love idiot guards as much as anyone else so we absolutely will.
MITY
Thanks!
MITY
Will do : )
IdarksoulsI
You spending time on a game mechanic that doesn't seem to add any lewd content to the game is not something I'm very fond of seeing at. Every second of the game without naked Top..., ahem Korra, is making my inner Azula furious and you don't want to see a mad Azula, do you. Azula could forgive you though, if you would give her the chance to let off some steam on some of the unworthy whor..., slave girls, of the main character. Last but definitely not least, all the best to your mom. I hope everything will turn out just fine.
RockandGuts
Can't wait for the game but take your time by all means. Hope you get good news from the doc
Zana
Very nice. Glad it's going well, despite a few hiccups. Looking forward to it!
Kasaix
Keep up the awesome work.
I sure as hell hope your code allows for the modularity you have planned in the latter half of the text - with you guys being able to just slot in the 4th book into the game - if you aren't careful, stuff will start breaking down on either end and this will require lots of initial maintainance in turn. While it sure would be nice to shave off loading times, I just hope you guys aren't creating more problems than it'll resolve. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to you guys getting a version pumped out. I'm not entirely certain on when there's a potential book 4 starter out. But I still have a couple of questions... 1) What route is gonna be the start? Because it appears that you guys are always sticking to the slave route first? 2) What's the current ETA since you guys are always planning on having a 2-ish month release?
Carl
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Carl
More Idiot guards like in book 2 and 3
AdamElJefe
Hang in there! We're all rooting for you! Keep up the great work!
Lord Crusade
Always happy to see a progress update, keep up the good work ๐
