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[Announcement] Delays and Other Complications
🕑 Added 2025-10-26 18:55:22 +0000 UTCHey, everyone. I hope you're all enjoying Spooky Month so far.
I unfortunately have some bad news.
The update is going to take longer to finish than I thought it would. Like, potentially a lot longer. I completely underestimated how much time it would take to make and render all of the visual asset variants (i.e. different belly sizes for Ruby, day/night and different weather versions of the environment, different variants of NPC getting nommed by Ruby on-screen), and I similarly underestimated the amount of code and—more notably—all of the dialogue and flavor text that needs to be written for this update.
To add to that, my mental health has taken a turn for the worse. As much as I hate to admit it, I feel burnt out, and the guilt of constantly having to delay this update is taking its toll on me. It's gotten so bad that I even had a full-blown panic attack the other night. So yeah, it's not good...
I kept telling myself that if I just work hard enough and for longer hours I'd be able to get the update done by the end of this month, but it's becoming increasingly clear that that's simply not possible. And after taking a step back and looking at the work I still need to do and the state of my mental health, I doubt I could finish it by the end of next month either. I think I should be able to have it finished by the end of December, but at this point I don't want to set you all up for disappointment by making any sort of guarantee that it'll be done by then.
I'm really sorry about this, and if anyone wants a refund, feel free to let me know. And if you want to stop supporting me until the update is done, keep an eye on the discord channel or the Aryion thread to see when it's done.
Now, while I'm no longer comfortable making any promise as to when exactly the update will come out, I can promise that I'll keep working on it to the best of my ability until it's done and that if you Ruby, you're going to love this update.
I can also promise that this is going to be the last update that's this big. I wanted Ruby to be the perfect end-game character, but that also made me way too overambitious. I want to go back to making one-month updates, and that's what I'm planning to do once this update is finished.
And don't worry, I'm still planning on adding more characters and making more existing characters into potential roommates, but that's going to be way more simple to implement than Ruby has been.
Again, I'm so sorry about this. I'm sorry that I keep letting you all down. And if you want refunds or don't want to support me anymore, I understand.
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Comments
Spider Jerusalem
Don't feel guilty, dude, think of what you achieved. Take some time off and come back with a fresh mind.
Arnold Lancer
Hey man, mental health is serious. Please prioritize yourself. We all like what you make and most of us are more than willing to wait for it man. You can't rush it. Just take your time. Me and several other Patrons will keep patiently cheering you on from the comments section. I know I don't comment much but your work helps me get through long days. Thank you for that.
Joe Wharton
Your work is always worth waiting for and you’ve always been honest with all of us about it. It could even take another year and it will still be worth the wait. Focus on yourself, even if it means a hiatus or just pausing the game production for a bit, whatever you’re happy with we’ll support you
Nora
It’s totally fine. Your work is high quality I understand that it needs time specially for such a big update. I have one suggestion though, you can pause other weekly photos to be able to only focus on the game. I’m not rushing, but maybe with less load it will be easier to finish the update sooner. If you yourself think it’s a good idea, you can for example make a vote for us to vote whether if we just hang tight and wait for the update or continue with the same routine. I hope everything goes well with your real life 😁
