Keisi
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Dev Diary #115
🕑 Added 2024-12-06 18:34:36 +0000 UTCReleased the first version of LA:M ? Check.
Gave away some subs (Welcomed) on Twitter? Check.
Posted the annual contest (on Twitter)? Check.
Hey, it's me. It hasn't even been a week and I'm already here again? Not bad.
I'm very happy with the reception LA:M has received, and it hasn't even been more than a day yet. But the feedback in general has been pretty positive, and honestly, I'm glad, I didn't know what to expect. When I started the project I didn't know what to expect at all, I went in blindly but with a goal: Work outside LA for a bit and offer something entertaining to those who want to see more of the LA universe.
I had to play a lot with avoiding spoilers and other relevant things coming from the future (LA 2). I think it's worked out well so far.
I don't know if it will be as good from v2 onwards if people decide to make it that way: More girls from the future will appear, albeit briefly. More info on this soon (~January).
On the other hand, I find it very interesting that Patreon has finally added the possibility for both you and me to give away subs. It's something I've been wanting to do for years as part of the contests I do on the anniversary or important dates.
At the moment, I've tested it on Twitter by giving away a month of the basic tier (Welcomed), and I've also prepared a prize for this year's contest: 3 months of Manor Lord tier.
You can see the tweet here, or access the contest here.
Patreon has also added the possibility to apply discounts to tiers for discount campaigns and the like. It's cool, but I'm an idiot and while I was testing I deleted the one I had prepared to be applied to all tiers automatically... It has a week cooldown to enable it again automatically, so if by any chance someone is thinking about joining, I leave the code (any tier, 25% discount): B727B
That said... I'm pretty happy with the reception I'm getting with my return, and I finally feel like I'm back for real and not the disaster that happened in September... It's also true that it's my favourite time of the year, so I'm in a better mood overall. It's also because I'm feeling better and I finally see some light and hope.
Although there are dates of family/personal matters coming up, it's time to work in LA, which was about time. We'll talk about this in detail soon but for the moment I can give you a summary of the next version (v0.22.0):
New levels: Suna (feet), Sara (sex, yeah, no kidding), Mabel (feet).
Main quest: None
Extra content: I have to decide which one.
Bug fixes: Lots of stupid bugs to fix.
Age of sacrifice begins: Disable the weather system.
I'd like to do it before January or in January at the latest... After that, I will play the game from scratch to see where is the unfinished work and consider how to ‘redo the project without redoing it’ because as we will be talking, my idea is to be happy developing again, not to see this as just another job and finish again to feel like I've been feeling the last two years (overly stressed, unhappy with what I do, somewhat depressed, etc.)... If that means I have to redo practically the whole project, I'll do it.
No, I'm not talking about rewriting the story or important factors of it, I'm talking about features and extra content that maybe shouldn't exist now or ever (example: the weather system).
As I said, we will talk about this over the next weeks.
For the time being, next Monday I will start working on LA again.
NOTE: I will work on LA:M after finishing all this LA stuff, I will alternate the work.
See you soon!
