Status update (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

I said I'd try to get you a progress update for the weekend so here it is. It's a bit long but tl;dr: going good, have patience.

At the moment we are at 17% of images for Episode 5. The number of images we have done is almost what we usually have in an episode so, once again, Episode 5 is very wide and rich in content:)

To speed up progress we got two more artists working on this besides Tharin. One is a friend who's doing it to return a favor, the other is a hired freelancer (OMG do you know what they charge?! Took me forever to find someone acceptable because at these prices I'm amazed they're not all millionaires :o).

Due to the large number of images it's taking longer for the episode to be finished (of course) but the whole virus situation is also in the mix. It means a harder life, people worrying about their loved ones, losing jobs or working harder not to lose them... Communication is also difficult as people are sometimes offline for a few days so this too has slowed us down.

However I am confident that, barring a major worsening of the situation, we'll pass 50% in April which would mark a significant speed up and then we might have an idea on the release date.

Due to this whole situation with the virus and also other events (for those of you who don't know my city was hit by the biggest earthquake in the last 140 years a week ago) I started thinking about the future a bit more. My job is, like many others, in jeopardy. I am the sole provider for my family so, until the day we have more support on Patreon, that has to be my priority. As a result of all this I decided to work around the clock (with only breaks for sleeping and eating) so that I can work every single day on both my job and Twisting Vines. The reason is simple - I wish to code and finish Twisting Vines as soon as possible so that if the situation worsens the game will be complete code-wise. I'm sure that's welcome news to you all.

Keep healthy, stay safe and watch the WIP images I'll keep on putting out.