Devlog #41 - Progress Forward (Patreon)

First and Foremost

I am behind. I did not complete .3part2 on schedule. I thought I could do it but I was wrong. I worked all day, night after night, but it's not going to happen unfortunately. I'm not far off but I want to deliver a good product to you. Not a half baked project. This build is already as large as other builds but not even close to the length and depth I planned. I need a few more days.

I've already outlined in the previous logs the path forward. As I finish up .3part2 I want to give you a detailed vision of the future over the next couple of months. It's important to me as a dev to keep you, the supporter, informed about what you are supporting. Since the last devlogs I've come up with more specific list of things I'm going to be working on and I want you to know about them. If you agree then please continue your support. If you disagree then I understand you withdrawing your support. This path I've chosen will enable me to deliver a lot of content and fixes beyond what I would be able to do continuing the present course.

New Things in .3part2

Beyond the normal storyline progress of banging Olivia finally, there is an option now in the opening of .1 that allows you to select your family relationships prior to the start of the game. This new option is critical since the lack of this option and storyline was a major issue in the dialog of .1 and .2 for certain routes. You will now be able to select it and not try and choose into it which really didn't work.

It didn't work because the novel I wrote which is this game, Apoc, is from. It had scenes in it that aren't present in the game. I've tried to mash up different scenes from the story to make it work. At the time of .1 and .2 I didn't have the resources to make those scenes in a timely manner so they were ignored. The rest of the story marched on though as if those scenes existed. Hence I have dialog issues, pathing issues, etc.

Back to the Future

As many of you understand, we are in the Prologue portion of the story. Where we are playing moments in time that happened before the main story. I now have the resources and means to fix and correct the many issues of the prologue that I never had before. I will continue to push the prologue forward each release. However I need to start fixing the previous content, adding in the missing content, and improving it so that this game is truly what I want and what you want. A very high quality game. So what does that mean?

A Major Missing Character Sequence Missing

In the novel I wrote there was two sequences (it is a choose your own adventure style novel) where you had 'good' parents and 'bad' parents. This will be reintroduced along with a character version we have not seen before. A smaller version of April and the MC that predate the events at the pond. A loving path and a 'not-so-loving' path. The sequences were written but never shown.

Copied Sequences for H-Scenes

When I first started this project. I didn't have a whole lot of firepower when it came to rendering. It was decent but nothing like I have today. Thanks entirely to you, the supporters! Some sequences from the loving path and other paths were borrowed from each other. The same images just with different dialog. The sequences were short and to the point. It was the best I could do at the time. Well that's about to change.

The New Sequences

The Early April sequences will be buffed up and improved.
There will be sequences of a earlier version of April never seen.
The Copied but identical animations will now be different which include.
    Trailer Scene in Pro1.
    All Truck Ride Scenes.
    All scene with Emily dialog wise.
    3some Scene different versions to account for the story.
    4some Scene to account for the story.
New pathing and dedicated storyline based on your choices will be present.

These are some of the basic changes incoming. They will be rolled out to higher tiers to lower tiers of supporters over time throughout March but will not affect .3part2 release. UC will be released to all tiers on the next major release after .3part2 which will release within the next few days.

I apologize for the delay but I'd rather deliver a quality product than a half assed product.

As always I appreciate your support. Your support is what allows me to make this game. Thank you!