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Next Release Planning: COMPLETE
🕑 Added 2021-05-11 11:25:05 +0000 UTC
Firstly: You'll probably get sick of me saying this, but holy shit, I did not anticipate the number of people who played my game to have played my game in such a short about of time. The fact that I was able to get one person to download it, let alone 6k across various sites in 3 days is both mind-boggling and scary. But the feedback I've received has generally been positive. So that's encouraging!
The idea of me writing smut and drawing boobs full time is sounding less like a funny joke and more like a thing that I might be able to swing, so that's awesome.
Now, since Saturday I've been spending as much time as I humanly could to plan all plot points, characters, decisions and stat changes for the next release. I can't make any promises about when that release will be, but just know, after working my 40hr/week job, this is my #1 priority. I'm working on this typically from 6AM-9AM, and then from 5PM-11PM during the week, and then 6AM-11PM Saturday and Sunday. Is this sustainable? Idk, but I can tell you last year when I wrote a novel while working, I took on a similar schedule and was able to bang out 111k words over the course of a few months.
Writing a novel and writing/coding/drawing for a game are very different, but I just want to give you an idea of the kinda worker I am, so you can feel some comfort in knowing that I care about this, a lot. :)
That all being said, I have completed planning! Here's what I can tell you about my next release: While the demo took place over the course of the day, Chapter 2 will take place over the course of a week. Theres a lot of content to get through, and of course the days in the week will not have as much activity as the demo, but the playtime should be significantly longer, and I wanted to write it with replayability in mind. So while you're waiting for release 3, you can start a new game and try a different track, learn new info/clues, etc.
I might do a post on my current process if theres any interest. But here's a blurred out shot of one tiny portion of planning I do in my Notion board:
My word count for the outline is sitting at 6416, so it'll be a decent sized chapter. Chapter 1 planning was 2785, by comparison.
I've also been tossing around the idea of live-streaming once I am in the artwork phase again, but we'll see.
Thanks so much for following along on this journey! I'm so excited to start coding today and hammering this beast out.
Much love,
PrettyInk
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rubyribbon
Keep it up! I can’t wait for the release
