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What the F*** happened? Why did v14 take so long???
🕑 Added 2025-05-29 15:03:27 +0000 UTCHi all, here is the detailed post on why it took so long for us to release v14, as promised.
TL;DR
We are a team of 2, and we lost 1 member who went MIA, taking along our Patreon, email, discord, render ... access (I will explain in detail in another post)
I just got access back recently. I have finished the remaining part of v14 by myself, and will not abandon the game and will complete it, no matter how long it is.
As an apology: For v14 release, if you ever supported us (Soul King/Soul General/Supporter) within 2025, you will have early access to the game even without a current sub, just DM me on Patreon.
The full post
We're a team of 2, Hydra and Kelly (me). I'm in charge of the coding, story programming, while Hydra is in charge of the art, render, and PR/management stuffs.
Things were working well for a while. Originally, we planned to release v14 in early January, as 77% of the game was done in December 2024.
But then, Hydra went completely radio silent, I'm unable to contact him via email or Discord. I keep pushing to no avail.
Then, at the end of April, he sent me a message on discord, saying he's "too busy with work", and "have no time for this shit" anymore.
I don't plan on dropping the game, because we're almost at the finish line for the first saga of the story (4-5 releases left). So, I asked him to send over any render assets, using the same email address he had for the itch.io, Patreon, F95, and Discord accounts.
Regarding the render, we're using HS2, which can only run on a Windows laptop.
As I'm using a Mac, so I can't do any rendering, need to borrow my GF's laptop for "work stuff" (well, at least she hasn't noticed anything weird for now.) Afterward, I finished the remaining renders for v14 myself, so if you notice any drop in quality, please spare me that, it should improve, maybe...
So it took me ~1 month to finish the remaining part of v14. I regained access to the Patreon/Itch.io/Discord. (Looking back, I should have requested access to the share account instead of leaving everything to Hydra, well, I learned something...)
I plan to finish the game no matter how long it takes, and we're only 4-5 releases left until the true ending.
As an apology for v14 release, if you ever supported us (Soul King/Soul General/Supporter) from December 2024 to now, please send me a DM on Patreon.
Based on your supported tier, I will give you early access to the game even without a current sub.
Finally, thank you all for being patient with us. βπββοΈ
Please look forward to the release on Saturday, May 31st.
