Status update Episode 2 (Patreon)

After one week since the official launch I've received great feedback from patrons and I'm thrilled that you like the game.

Player feedback 

I've been analyzing a lot of comments trying to figure out what I can improve upon. I'm very happy to see so many excited fans for this project!

Every fan has different wishes and thoughts; it is very easy to see that I never can please all of you. So, I will settle with what I believe is best for the game in the long run.

The minigames have been discussed a lot in the feedback.

88% of +$10 Patrons said they will play the game with minigames enabled and that makes me very happy as my survey before the release of BADIK showed that the majority of players don't like minigames in general.

The minigames aren't perfect and there has been some frustration with some of the gameplay elements.

First off, the minigames will be a lot easier to pass as time goes by and you fully upgrade boosters and cheats by buying them from Magnar and Derek.

That said, it shouldn't feel overwhelming at the start of the game. The changes I have decided to implement are the following:

For one, I will increase the English test timer with ~30% and see if that helps, yet remains challenging.

I will also find another way to make the "non-minigame" route receive the special renders you miss out on from not playing minigames.

I don't want minigames to be a chore that you endure just to see some extra pretty pictures. I want them to be something that you enjoy playing and that's why I'm making this change.

So for the minigame players, you will still get renders from playing minigames, but I will limit the number you can get in brawler, so it doesn't get tedious to play it every free roam.

Furthermore, I have fixed a bug with the Shuffle app that caused the board to be unsolvable at times. This fix will be included when Episode 2 is released.

Current Status

Currently, I'm hard at work on Episode 2. My strategy is to render animations early on. This gives me a lot of time to simultaneously write the script.

4 animations are completed thus far, and 14 animations are in the render queue.

 Episode 2 has been given the title "Episode 2: Maggot Brothers". 

I'm aiming to release big updates every time, because it's much more fun to play big releases, right?

This does of course mean that the development time increases per episode, in comparison to Acting Lessons that also was far less complex than Being a DIK, but I hope you all think it's worthwhile. I have a mental aim of 40 animations per Episode, but sometimes it will be more and sometimes perhaps less; it all depends on the story.

Poll winner and future polls

The first poll for Episode 2 just ended; +$10 patrons voted on the animation type to be featured for one of the main girls.

Boobjob won hands down in all polls, so I won't tally the final results. So, look forward to a secret main girl who might treat you with something special in Episode 2.

Today, I will release polls for which side girl who will be featured in the Special renders in Episode 2. Since Riona won for Episode 1, she is not included in the poll for Episode 2.

That means that either Cathy, Jade, Camila or Quinn will be the winner.

There will be a lot of polls, for Episode 2, in the near future. My plan is to continuously release new polls. The order of the polls is determined by my rendering needs.

Have a nice weekend!

Dr PinkCake