Dev Update 27th June (Patreon)

Hi folks,

Let’s start with the most important part: To remind / confirm that payment is most definitely turned OFF, so there will be no charges for you in July. Payment will not be turned back on until after episode 24 is released.

Steam release / Re-do /early episode upgrades: Still on hold until AFTER episode 24 is released.

Episode 24 status update:

Really difficult to give an estimated release date because it is so hard to predict exactly how much time I will get to work on it. Depending on what’s going on at home or in my real job, my personal weekly input into WTHI can vary from 20 hours to 70 hours. I can no longer throw Cell under the bus (😊) for any delays as almost all of the work that is left is in my corner.  Last week was great (I got about 60 hours in) but this week, I’m guessing it will be less than 20 because I have a work travel/trip to complete that will run into the weekend. So, instead of guessing at estimates, what I will do is give a status update every week (or so) in the same format, so you can track progress. Currently: Here’s where I’m at:

The Good (65%): The first 65% of the scenes were fully complete and ready for testing but then I went in and meddled because there was some pathing stuff that didn’t make sense and I also spiced up one of the existing scenes because I felt it was a little boring. It was an important scene from a decision-making perspective, but it was a dialog only scene and lacked any sexiness or fun, so I went in and added to it. This also means artwork WAS fully done in these scenes, but this new content needed about 50 new images and a new animation ( which are almost done). It makes the scene a LOT better and was worth the extra effort (Hint: The scene involves two sisters!! Disclaimer: It will not breach any Patreon rules.). The plan is to finish this section completely and get it to the QC team when I get back from my work trip (A couple of days work and then this section will be DONE). And it’s also in chronological order which means that I don’t have to splice and dice new stuff into it after the fact, so once it’s done…it’s done.

The (Not so) Bad (20%): For the next 20% of the scenes: All artwork is complete with the exception of 1 animation and a small number of extra images. And a first draft of ALL of the writing is complete. But as with all of my first drafts, it’s a bit of a mess, so needs some work.

The Ugly (15%): For the last 15%, approx. 90% of the artwork is complete, but I still have ALL of the writing to do.

And I can now confirm the full female cast of episode 24 (some of these may only be minor appearances). Here is who we will see:

Jolina, Bella, Elaine, Monica, Zarah, Jenna, Katie, Angel, Wanda, Captain Heart, Debbie, Lily. (Plus two other small cameo appearances).

Let me know if any questions or comments.

Thanks,

CG