The Future of Lewd by Daylight

Content Drops

Hi there. I'm sure you've noticed in these past few months that I've been uploading image content intended for the month's update but no actual updates for the game itself. I'm here to clarify a few things about it.

Indefinite Hiatus

During the first quarter of this year, I've been going on and off in developing the game and eventually stopped at around April. As much as I love playing DBD itself, I've fallen out of love and have gotten completely burnt out from developing LBD. This is due to its poor code structure, low support, and the overwhelming abundance of started stories but no definitive endings.

Poor Code Structure

I started developing this game as an absolute beginner. If you were here since Day 1, you would remember bugs such as making the game think you've won 23 times by spamming the skip button in battle, the main menu crashing if you change the background image, and Huntress getting stuck in a moaning loop during the milking game. These were all eventually fixed but the core codes they were sitting on were not. This eventually lead to visual diarrhea as I kept stacking code on top of code every time I add new content. This made it extremely difficult for me to fix new bugs as I have to dig up what's causing it unlike if I organized everything neatly when I first started.

Low Support

It usually takes me around 11 days to work on each update. As of writing, I'm only receiving a total of $174/month worth of support. Of course, you don't owe me anything as this all started as a passion project and I'm very thankful for all of the years you've stuck with me. Making a should've been 6-month project to last for more than 2.5 years and on top of that, helped me pay some bills! But due to my other project Sage's Cravings making around 6 times more than LBD, it's simply not worth powering thru the messy code to make a new update when I can just dedicate my time to the more organized and optimized and more supported project.

Overabunance of Characters

The game currently has over 20 character stories but not a single finished one. At the start of the project, I was extremely passionate of the game that I thought I could pull off making stories for each character in Dead by Daylight. But as the years go by, more and more new characters get added to DBD to the point that I can no longer keep up with it. I've learned from this mistake and decided to stick to only 7 characters in Sage's Cravings even if Valorant releases more characters so I can properly make endings for each character.

A Small Glimmer of Hope

I consider LBD in hiatus instead of abandoned because a different programmer has shown interest to it. Francis, a loyal member of the Discord server, have decided to pick up the project files so he can dissect and clean up the codes in his spare time.

One Final Deal

There are multiple HD artworks hand crafted by various artists readily accessible on my page which were uploaded these past few months. I spent hundreds of dollars to commission all of these, but you guys can get it for just $3. These will remain available as long as the page isn't deactivated yet.

Going Forward

I won't be deleting this page but I'll deactivate it on the 28th of October. If Francis successfully tidies up the messy codes, I'll reactivate this page and you can consider that as a signal that LBD is back in action and I'll be on a quest to finishing the 20 character stories that I've started.

For now, I'll be saying goodbye to Lewd by Daylight but you can still keep in touch of what I'm up to in my Discord server. Thank you all so much for all the years of sticking with me.

See you in the fog!