1thousand

Dev update #17

Added 2020-03-19 08:14:52 +0000 UTC

Hi everyone! As usual, a warm welcome to all the new Patrons and our veterans as well! I think it's the first time I'm bringing bad news here. Well... Yesterday I lost my job at the factory. You don't need to guess the reason - it had to close down due to the epidemic. It was my only way to pay the bills and all the other stuff and well... it may be difficult to find a new one in the current market... You're wondering what does it mean to the development of the game? Probably nothing. I'm still working on it as much as I can so no need to worry about that. I'm letting you know about all of it because it means I have to slow down with dreams of a second GPU and start saving more when it comes to buying new assets.

Ok. Enough of that...

It seems like Chapter VIII is going to be extremely difficult to render. Lots of nighttime scenes which means longer render times and... more time needed to setup. It's a fine line between creating an atmosphere of danger and... completely ruining it by making the render simply too dark.
As I mentioned Chapter VIII is by far my favorite. When I first started writing the game, I don't know how many months ago, I decided to divide the whole game into three parts... or three stages, rather. Ending of each stage in 'older tv shows terminology' could be called a midseason finale (except we're not even close to being in a midpoint of the game). In short, it's a really important chapter for me and I want it to be done exactly the way I planned it all those months ago.
I may not be able to release it next month - I just want you to know that.

Take care!