v0.21 Release date and a word from Saxxy! (Patreon)

The first part of the CosCon arc will release this Friday (the 3rd)

Hey everyone, hope you all had a good weekend!

Karman and I have been talking a lot lately about how we handle releases, and we've decided to make a change that we think is going to be much better for the game, for us and of course for all of you.

Up until now, we've tried to stick to mostly 30–35 days per version. That worked for a while in the beginning of the game, but as its grown, it has also meant trying to do more and more every version, fit big chunks of content into one larger update each time and drive ourselves constantly into crunch to the detriment of our health. That puts us often in a position where we either have to increase our workload in less time, trim things down, or leave out fun ideas we really wanted to include. We don't want to keep doing that anymore.

So from now on, we've decided we're officially moving to a roughly 15 day release cycle instead.

The updates themselves won't be as long individually as the current monthly versions, but they'll be much more frequent, with the same amount of art and more room for the scenes, setups, and ideas we actually want to include! Over the same overall timeframe, this should mean more content, less stress and crunch, smoother pacing and less need for us to cut things just to fit everything into one big release.

For us, this also means a much healthier and more flexible workflow. Instead of trying to cram an entire arc into one or two huge updates, we can let each part "breathe" properly, build scenes up better, and give you new content more often!

The CosCon arc is a perfect example of this. Originally, we were trying to fit as much as possible into two larger monthly versions, which meant some fun and hot scenes and encounter setup ideas were going to have to be cut. With the new structure, we can split the arc properly and include everything we wanted to do!

However, that does mean we've made a small adjustment to the next release so we can enter the new cycle cleanly.So the first version of the CosCon arc will release this Friday (the 3rd). It now includes extra art and a HScene that wasn't there before, and it will end just before MC, Ammie, and Liv head towards CosCon after the big costume reveal.

Then around 15 days later, the next part will release, which will purely be all CosCon and let us go full throttle with the ideas we've been excited to add and show you all.

And then the one after that the same... 👀

We're genuinely happy about this change, it instantly feels like less stress for us, which means more frequent releases, better pacing, less cutting, happier devs and most importantly, more room to make each arc as fun and sexy as it should always be!

Also, from now on I'll be making update only downloads alongside the main ones, so if you already have the previous version, you'll only need to download what's new instead of downloading the whole game again every time.

Thanks as always for supporting the game, and to end on another positive, my health has improved a lot recently and Karman's poor back is doing a lot better after he was bedridden and recovering the last 2 weeks! 😄

See you all on Friday!

-Saxxy