Koda

WG1.0 Delay + Miss Claus News

Added 2019-12-05 22:54:29 +0000 UTC

Hi everyone, wanted to give a progress report with some good news and bad news.

Bad news is WG 1.0 is further delayed. I was considering doing a partial release tomorrow but I don't think that will work. I'm hoping it won't take too much longer, but I've removed the countdown to avoid any more false dates.

The good news is one of the reasons for the delay: Bo stepped in to provide some additional CG for the release (Heide, specifically). I think the new arts are fantastic and add a ton to the scenes (honestly, I was worried people wouldn't find Heide worth the wait given how text-heavy her content was prior), but post-production and implementation of the CGs does take time.

I tried quickly plugging a few CG into the scenes as-is, but... the result didn't meet my standards. Hopefully you've noticed that we try to carefully manage the appearance, transition, effects, sfx, etc. of CGs to create an immersive scene. Doing any less at this point would feel to me like a waste of Bo's art (and Heide in general, to an extent).

Hope everyone understands and thanks again for your patience.

In Miss Claus news, Bo has sketched her new scenes and her floor/events have been roughly mapped. Thanks to everyone who shared ideas with us as we definitely drew inspiration from some of them. A release for her around New Years (like last time) is our goal for now.