Broken Promises - Chapter 5 Status Report #19 (Patreon)

Z | Hey!

Sorry for the delay with this status report, but there was absolutely no way I could write anything yesterday. I can't remember if I've mentioned this here before, but this semester I have classes all three shifts (morning, afternoon, and evening) every Thursday, and yesterday I had a physics test during my evening class. So by the time I got home, I was completely fried... Sorry!

Update: I wrote that first part of the status report and then remembered I had to head to college again, and I was this close to being late. I actually enjoy what I'm studying, but calculus on a Friday night... Damn. Sometimes I feel just like this cat on my way to class.

Anyway, sorry again! Now you'll be reading this on Saturday!

The reason I wanted to take my time writing this is because there's a lot to talk about today, so hopefully this doesn't turn into a massive wall of text.

Identity Changes

Starting today, we're changing our name on Patreon. In fact, you can already check it out!

There are several reasons why we've wanted to make this change, and we've actually been thinking about it for quite a while now. But to spare you the boring explanation: we did it because we wanted to. Simple as that!

We believe this will make things easier for everyone: us, you, and future players of our stories.

Will anything change because of this? Yes! Over the next few days, we'll be releasing a patch for BP to update the links and references to our old Patreon name and URL. There won't be any new content or other changes to the game in that patch, though, so you don't need to worry about updating it right away. You can just do that in a few days when the next update comes out, which is actually pretty close.

Could we have made this change when the new update comes out? Sure! But we didn't want it to cause any unnecessary stress or confusion on release day, so we decided to do it now instead.

We hope you understand and that you like our new identity as much as we do!

Design

Over the past few days, I've mentioned that I got in touch with a professional designer to help us improve a few things in the game. Our main focus has been the in-game phone, which I plan to make a much more recurring part of the story, whether it's to help with the storytelling or simply for entertainment. We've got some really cool things planned for it, and luckily, we have a preview of what's coming to show you today!

This is just a preview. You'll be able to change the wallpaper to whatever you like, and the colors will change accordingly depending on the image you choose! 

I might be a little biased here, but man, I absolutely love this.

Messe, our designer, is such a great guy. We've been getting along really well ever since we started talking, and I couldn't be more excited about the upcoming design improvements to the game. Hopefully I'll be able to show you more soon!

What do you guys think? Please let us know! We'd love to hear your feedback!

Chapter 6

The next chapter is taking shape more and more with each passing day, and while working on it has been quite challenging, it's also been great!

Starting Tuesday, I'll be able to give it my full attention, since I'll be getting my second-to-last test of this first round of the semester out of the way.

I won't say much more about it until you've played Chapter 5, so that's all for now!

Hope you're all doing well!

K | Hello Everyone! Got great news, just finished a scene a few days ago and currently working on second to last and I’ve already made some good progress. I have also been busy and making images assisting the designer for the phone, creating wallpapers etc. So far quite happy with the progress, the new method after a couple of months using it has really boosted my effectiveness. 

Another good news is we've reached 3540 renders, gonna be a lot higher after a week or two. Hopefully by the next status report I have the second to last scene finished, then I have the last scene where it will be a lot quicker (fingers crossed).

That’s however all from me for today, take care everyone <3

Preview:

Have a great weekend!

Midnight Studio