Monthly Update: Back To Abnormal Edition

Another month passes, which means it's time for another monthly update! This time, some good news! I'm finally back at my place and can work remotely from now on. This means I can start focusing my attention on finishing Offcuts 0.4 and Alice's storyline! I already made a quick post yesterday about some of the new and improved rendering tech that I will be using after 0.4 is out. 0.4 will still use the "old" visual style because most of it is already done and changing it midway would lead to some weird art-shift (and extra work). Of course, the same visual shift will happen in 0.5, but at least it won't change in the "middle" of a story arc, which might make it a bit less noticeable.

And as I mentioned before, I won't take any Patreon payments until 0.4 is out (I'll temporarily suspend my Patreon at the end of each month until then). This gives me some extra time and takes off some pressure so I can hopefully finish things properly. Next month there will also be some small tax changes about how Patreon charges customers. Patreon staff sent this info to all creators (including me) and you should also receive an email and more info about this soon.

Also beginning at some point in the future is the exclusive series (Jane+Helen) for $10 patrons. I plan to use new rendering tech for this so now should be a good time to experiment a bit. I should also be able to start posting more Patreon content now that I have more time in my hands - after a good, long, relaxing weekend. It has been a rough few months but I'm sure I'm not the only one. Again, thanks for everyone for your support and especially patience! Stay healthy! 

The rest of the post is a straight copy and paste from my last update for those who are new or want to be reminded what will be coming next.

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So, what's the roadmap? Before the real 0.4 release, I will publish a beta test release (or two), so I can fix any bugs or other issues related to those features. Once those work and all other possible bugs and typos are fixed, I should be able to make the full release to my patrons and then later to the general public.

So, TL;DR:

* Global pandemic and possible economic meltdown can make things a bit more challenging than usual, let's hope things calm down as fast a possible.

* New tech in 0.4: interactive 3D and pre-rendered movies, at least a few of each. When I get the pipeline (and my skills) working smoothly, next releases should have more.

* Test release planned at some point, the final release in May/June if everything goes well.

* After 0.4 I will try out a bit faster release schedule with partial updates instead of releasing large, complete routes that take ages to finish. We'll see how it goes.

* Steam release at some point after 0.4 is out. Steam has been pretty random with adult games, so who knows what can happen.