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Ufff...

This is a very nervous time.

Yesterday morning, I received a message from Steam informing me that the Chapter 2 review had failed.

The good news is that it appears to be because of a very stupid mistake.

In the content survey, I correctly marked Frequent Nudity and Sexual Acts in the main categories. However, in one of the subcategories, I marked Sexual Acts but forgot to also tick Nudity again.

Steam was not amused.

The problem is that this survey becomes locked after the storefront review is completed.

So I immediately wrote back to the reviewer and started looking for a solution.

The particularly annoying part is that I live in Europe (which is generally quite nice), while the reviewer appears to live approximately 10 time zones away.

Which means:

When he's working, I'm sleeping.

When I'm working, he's sleeping.

It's a very efficient communication system if your goal is to exchange one message per day...

We'll see what happens.

Realistically, the earliest I expect to know anything is Tuesday morning, my time.

Until now, I had been targeting June 19th for the Steam release.

There's still a chance that it will happen.

There's also a chance I will have to move it back by a week.

Right now, I simply don't know.

I'll deal with that problem once I have more information.

Meanwhile, the Patreon release isn't ready either, because I'm still waiting for the final testing results.

Everything is close.

Very close.

How close?

Excellent question.

In the meantime, I've started gently poking at Chapter 3.

Mostly because sitting around nervously staring at my inbox has never increased productivity in human history.

I wish all of you — and myself — a successful week ahead.

Thank you for the support!

Nemiegs

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Circuitarity

You will sort it out, we can only hope it is sooner rather than later.

Dennis

Hope it all goes well. Steam seem to be a bigger pain in the ass than Patreon at times. Hope you did not have compromised your ideas much in order to get their politically correct approval. By the way: I did not get to play your game in some time now. I like to play VNs in bigger chapters so maybe I will restart once chapter 2 is available. Would you say streamlinig the storytelling was successful in ch2 in contrast to some excesses in ch1 (for example the circus, the park, ...)? Wish you all the best for your waiting period.

Nemiegs

Chapter 2 has more changes than Chapter 1 compared with the original game. Maybe 5-10% of the original content remains. Circus and Park are removed entirely. Hotel and Church (new storyline) are moved to week 5 (Chapter 3). Chapter 2 also flows much better than Chapter 1.

Darth Najida

I'm very sorry, the new Steam rules and controls are becoming unbearable 🙄 I hope you'll fix it as soon as possible, even if it's a message a day 😬 In any case, as soon as it comes out on Steam I'll buy it like the first chapter, come on 💪💪💪💥

Darth Najida

Nemiegs, what are the differences between the Patreon and Steam versions? I'm curious, but like Dennis, I only play when I have a good number of events/days to play, although I still buy the versions to support your wonderful game. 🤗

Nemiegs

No differences. At least at the very beginning. Chapter 1 on Steam is a bit more polished. And soon it will have achievements too. Chapter 2 is ready, it will be posted here. If Steam wants me to remove something from the game, I will remove it from the Steam version, but not from the Patreon edition.

Nemiegs

It realy was my mistake. I do not blame Steam.

Geko1711

A bit of clarity from my point of view...Basically, version 2.8 needs to be retired; as Nemiegs said, about 10% of the content and storyline has been retained, and it’s largely followed in broad terms. Some content has either been removed or moved and modified. There used to be an S.R. update roughly every two months, covering one day of the game’s storyline. Now each chapter covers 14 days, or two weeks, containing a lot of content per chapter, and as it has become a VN, the game runs much more smoothly. Consequently, development times have also increased. Nemiegs has the advantage of the material available from v.2.8, but at the same time must adapt or modify it for the new chapters and not create completely new content until the middle of week 7 onwards.

Nemiegs

Yes. It is a new game. The story structure is largely based on v2.8, but that's about it. Also, Steam motivates me to release larger updates on time. Therefore, I think the whole Special Request will be finished roughly after one year, and I will finally move on to the next game.

Jochen Thijs

Fans of the game should put it on their wishlist ,it might help a little bit to ease up steam.

Zargot

That render looks amazing. Honestly you are getting better and better with each update. Can’t wait for the steam release

PickerPatron

It was just a small mistake! They pay attention to every detail 😶‍🌫️😥!

Nemiegs

And I do not see that as a problem in itself. What is an annoying inconvenience is the time any communication or review takes.

Patrick Ellison

I’m looking forward to the release of Chapter 2. Your renders are fantastic.

Darth Najida

Well, I can't wait to play the finished game but I'm sure I'll miss it a lot hehehehe