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Dev Log - March 11, 2025
🕑 Added 2025-03-12 03:42:07 +0000 UTCI'll cut right to the chase for those who aren't interested in the specifics: Chapter 7 is still a work in progress and will be ready sometime this month. I'm not giving an exact date because we all know how that usually works out, but I can confidently say it will be available this month for sure.
Development Challenges & Updates
The Halloween special and the holiday season significantly delayed production, but I also ran into some major technical issues with coding. I initially reworked all my code to streamline development and make things easier moving forward. Unfortunately, I made some critical mistakes and didn't realize them until I was deep into development. Instead of trying to patch things up and hope it worked, I decided to revert to the old scripts and migrate all the new content back into the legacy code. I'll revisit the new system once I’m ahead, likely by summer. In short, this whole mess wasted several days of work and set me back more than expected.
On top of that, I had a mini disaster when my house’s power system blew out, taking two computer power supplies with it. Luckily, the GPUs were unharmed—those things are worth more than their weight in gold these days! Unfortunately, I was unable to render anything for about three days. Everything is back up and running now, and I’ve also bought two spare power supplies just in case something like this happens again. I even upgraded my battery backup system for both my workstation and render PC, which should help protect against future power issues.
Outside of technical issues, I’ve also had a lot of personal distractions pulling me away from development at inconvenient times. Family responsibilities have been more demanding than usual, and when all these factors combine, it leads to a slow development cycle. I sincerely apologize for the delays. I know you all expect timely updates, and I haven’t delivered on that this time. That said, I’m confident that the next chapter will be completed much faster. The upcoming scenes in the game, combined with my ability to focus entirely on development, should drastically improve turnaround time.
Supporting You, My Supporters
I’ve mentioned this before, but if you subscribed expecting the update to be available within your subscription period and that’s no longer the case due to my delays, please message me. If your intent was to not stay subscribed beyond this cycle, I can work something out and email you the game links once it's ready. I know some people only subscribe around release time, so don't hesitate to contact me. I welcome any of my subscribers to reach out about this or anything else you'd like to discuss.
What’s Next?
Right now, I’m fully focused on getting this update finished at the highest quality possible. I won’t cut corners just to get it out faster—I want to ensure it's the best experience for all of you. I’ll likely share another set of teaser images in the next week before release. Again, no exact date yet, but it will be out this month.
Thanks so much for all your support and patience. I appreciate you all putting up with my setbacks, and I’m working hard to make sure this doesn’t happen again in future updates.
Cheers,
Bobby
Comments
CasualGuy29_2004
I am hyped for the next Update:)
Joshy92
Pat will return? That's awesome because those scenes he was in before are some of my favourites in the game so far.
Bobbyboy Productions
Yes, there’s several scenes coming up for that storyline.
J1GGL3MAST3R
Did you ever plan on going further with Kathryn and Luke's dad
Tritonki
ok thanks !
Joshy92
Thanks, Bobby. This is already a huge update.
Bobbyboy Productions
Over 900 right now.
Joshy92
If you don't mind me asking Bobby, do you have a rough estimate of how many renders this update will have?
Sure, Not
Thanks for the update! No worries. Looking forward to the update when it comes out.
Shaddo
I feel your pain Bobby. I think Azrael hit the nail on the head. You do great work and you've helped me no end in my endeavours and I'm very thankful for that. Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to 7 😊
Bobbyboy Productions
Yeah you’re right lol, I won’t mention that again. I’ve just received a lot of messages from people asking why I made that.
Bobbyboy Productions
You’re absolutely right. I’m going to be more mindful of this from now on and any dates I mention will be an estimation only.
Azrael
If I'm honest, I was expecting the update this week
Azrael
I hope you understand what I wanted to say. English is not my main language :)
Azrael
No problem for me. I know you always deliver the best, even if there are delays and unexpected problems with various things. I think everyone has that sometimes. But I think you need to stop announcing things like, for example, the update will be released in mid-March or that you want to be faster with the updates. That's commendable, and it would be great if everything worked out that way, but so far it hasn't, and it's giving people hope, and then these people are disappointed and write to you, and then you have to explain yourself. I think you should clarify that an update will be released every three months if there are no problems. And if you notice that you can do it faster, you can tell us. I think that would be better for everyone. :) Thank you for your hard work<3
Joshy92
Clem is always trying to tease, isn't she? She might as well be wearing nothing, lol.
Kalmir99
Halloween special :D damn hope we are done with the trilogy of posts about that and can move on. I dont think anyone actually expected anything before the end of the month.
Bobbyboy Productions
It depends on how fast you read, but most people will get around 80 to 90 minutes of content
Tritonki
I'm really looking forward to testing this new update! Good luck with the rest of the development and I was wondering, how much play time will there be for this new chapter?
Arrow
Life happens. We understand!
PinkSpectre
Excited
Rob
Its better to take longer and make sure its how you want it to be than to rush it and mess it up. Glad you are making progress again.
Anon
Can’t wait for the release. Glad it will be sometime this month. Hopefully more teasers of the beach. Can’t wait for the fun there
