Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 & Update 6/24

Hey y’all!

I’ve been working around the clock on tying up the loose ends! Proud to announce that at the end of the day, v4 is clocking in at 88,395 words of dialogue. The proofreading/editing stage showed me a lot more had to be added, fleshed out more, or better explained. 

Characterization was a big part of that process, so I was constantly checking “Would this character really say something like that under these circumstances?” “What needs to change about MC?” “What needs to change about the character or the scenario itself?” took some time. This resulted in some scenes being scrapped, others being added, and little vignettes sprinkled throughout.

The more I read and re-read, the more I felt additional CGs were required. They’re all done and coded now so I’m happy to be done-done with art. I haven’t found an artist quite yet, but I’m waiting on an art test today, and will evaluate at that point. 

We’ve got 10,744 lines of code in the main v4 file, not including the separate files that include all the great new GUI improvements, censorship toggles and gallery.That’s all to say, I’M DONE and shipped it out to the testers today! 

Thanks to those who applied btw, if you weren’t chosen this time around, I will keep your submission on file for the next round!

Von Necros posted a teaser on his Tiktok of his voice acting for the game. Be on the lookout for more of those as we approach the release date! and also just follow him (@vonnecros) in general. He’s got a great voice and tons of content on all his platforms.

As I mentioned, the current build has been sent out to testers today, and I’ll be receiving bug fixes on a rolling basis for the next week. I’m hoping to keep up with the fixes as I get them, so that debugging doesn’t take longer than a week, but it just depends on how broken/not broken the build is in their hands (I speed ran it a few times and squashed the bugs I encountered, so we’ll see). 

Also, I’ll be working on outreach, hoping to get in contact with streamers and other folks who might wanna show off the fancy new streamer mode for the game. If you have any folks in mind who might be interested (large and small) please comment below!

So…the question you all want the answer to. The release date. THIS IS TENTATIVE (and I mean HELLA TENTATIVE if there are no catastrophic bugs!) BUT RELEASE DATE IS JULY 5TH  FOR ALUMNI AND DROPOUTS!

Stay tuned for an official release post next week with details and confirmation. Patrons can also look forward to a few sneak peek CGs soon as well ;)

I’m excited to hear all the hottakes you’ll have and see who goes up or down your tier list based on the new content!

xoxo,

PrettyInk