Status update Episode 5 (Patreon)

Ok, it's time for a proper status update to bring you guys up to speed.

Steam news

In one week, Being a DIK: Season 1 launches on Steam. I'm in the middle of preparing the final touches to the public build.

The price of the Steam version will be $13.99. The first week of sale there will be a 10% discount and if you want to pick up Acting Lessons at the same time, there will be a bundle with a 5% discount.

I've worked on making the walkthrough available as DLC content for the game on Steam, as well.

The winners in the Steam key lottery will be picked this Sunday. If you haven't done it already, enter the competition by commenting on the post in this link.

Patreon news

Due to the Steam release, as of today, Being a DIK:Season 1 is moved to the $10 tier, as previously announced.

I'm going to move the game to this tier in ~8 hours, so you get a final chance of grabbing it in the $5 tier.

Future releases of Being a DIK: Season 2 will follow the same schedule as always and the updates will be available to the $5 tier.

Last week, the Patreon Music goal was reached. Even if the patron count has dipped below, I will start adding licensed music to the game.

Please note that I won't replace the existing music and that I will still add CC0 music that fits in the future.

The winners of the cosmetic poll for Cathy and Camila are:

These outfits will appear in episode 5.

Soon, a poll for "Special renders: Side girl" will start.

Development news

This week I have some proper development news. Since the release of episode 4 I have worked on episode 5, as much as possible, between juggling other tasks.

I've written the layout of the episode and a good chunk of dialogue. My PCs have been rendering non-stop and animations have been prioritized.

45 animations are completed and 40 animations are in the queue. From the looks of it, the animation count will be somewhere around what episode 4 had to offer.

I currently estimate that episode 5 will be somwhere between episode 3 and 4 in its size, but this may be subject to change.

All in all, I have my work cut out for me and I will be able to focus 100% on episode 5 development after the Steam release. Due to the Steam release, there won't be a status update next week.

Upcoming Q&A

I'm aware many of you have tried to reach me in DMs and with comments, but there have been too many for me, so I answered the best as I could.

For this reason, I've decided to post a Q&A post where you may submit your questions about game development and my games etc.

The Q&A will be available to all patrons.

Have a nice weekend!

Dr PinkCake