Upcoming Changes

Hello everybody! So, as you know, I pushed out a poll asking you all how you felt about us changing how we do credits.

The results were pretty apathetic, though there was still about 11% total that did not support that change. Thankfully, that reasonably sized minority need not worry, because the poll also lead to an individual reaching out and helping me work out a solution that only required me to purchase a Microsoft Office subscription to work my system better. So a change in that benefit will not be necessary.

I know what you must be thinking, what could Rook mean by upcoming changes then? Well it's rather simple, I want to highlight some upcoming goodness as well as notify you all of a genuine change.

The first change is to the Obsidian Feline Tier. I'm adding a benefit because at the moment all it really offers is Short Stories. (Like the Dan Side-Story I agreed to let Melo write but isn't finished yet because he's been so busy working on everything all at once.) So, I've been pondering what I could offer, and I realized that many people often ask us about our soundtrack. While it won't be much, I realize we could share our songs with you all before they're out, similar to how we occasionally share in-progress images with our Golden Stags. So Obisidan Felines will now occasionally get access to music before it's implementation in the game. They can expect a couple tracks later today in fact. :3

Next, we're hoping to have a running draft of our new UI for you all in this next upcoming update this month. (Only time will tell if it's ready for this month.) So expect it to potentially interfere with saves... however we're ALSO looking to implement a sort of fast-forward mode that will jump you straight to route-selection. (Mostly because we're definitely breaking saves implementing our UI assets, and we'll likely break it a couple more times in the near future, and potentially more in the far future as well.)

I've been putting a lot of work on Melo's shoulders, and I know I want to give him more time, but also myself, and this month ends up being a shorter month with only four Saturdays. Which got me thinking about my "Last Saturday" of the month upload schedule... it's a bit stupid when nobody will be getting charged until the month is over, and we're pushing ourselves hard to get something out when we could do so more comfortably if we actually looked at the five days after as suitable release days. (Although the sooner the better.)

So, I'm implementing a new update schedule in which we'll be uploading whenever a build is finished each month, that way I don't have to make a post every time I fail to meet the last Saturday of the month deadline because something sudden happens. (Like my grandmother going to the ER again and the hard decision of putting her into Hospice Care. Not looking to be a downer right now, so that's the only update on that front.)

With that in mind though, it also means if a build is done ahead of time, we WILL release it early. I don't have anything more to say on the topic of upcoming changes at this time, so I'll leave it at that. (I presume the next time you all will hear from me, it will be with an update for PsyCon.)