Weekly progress (0.6)

Very important progress update! As you can probably tell, Power is no longer on the progress image. And that is because Power will not be included in this next update (0.6). Now, before everyone marches at us with torches and spading forks, we want to be 100% transparent with the progress of MHF. Right now we are in a difficult spot where it is really hard to keep the project alive because we haven't reached our patron's goals. That doesn't mean that the game is going to die or that it is going to be abandoned; on the contrary, we love what we do, and I truly believe that with each update, the game is getting substantially better, not only in the gameplay aspect, fixing bugs and polishing features, but also in the quality of the animations, renders, and script.

Another reason it is taking us a little bit longer to update the game is that each MHF render now takes more time to make because the standards that I (Christof) try to achieve are constantly evolving. You can see the differences between the first renders (the ones from the first week) and the latest renders (0.5). Right now, there is a lot more work and attention to every single update, even if people just try to speedrun to the H-Scenes hahaha. All of that is combined, and the result is longer times for each update. (Or at least that's what we thought.) We want to try to update the game more often, even though we can't quite work on MHF full-time. We know that it is just a matter of keeping working hard and improving the game; everything else will follow that. We don't want to prioritize quantity over quality, so now we will update the game more often but with a little bit less content.

So for example, if past updates were something like 500 renders, 15k words, and 3k lines of code but took 3 months to make, the next updates will be 250 renders, 7k words, and 1.5k lines of code (but they will take almost 1 month to make). So instead of waiting almost 3 months for each update, we will try our best to reduce that to a monthly update. That is why power was cut off in this next update, but you can expect a full route with Mitsuri instead (and as you can see in the progress bars, it is coming very soon!).

This way we can have new content more often, which helps us keep our patrons happy by having new content and not feeling like they are wasting money, and also helps us promote the game more often, which leads to more people being interested in MHF. Thank you so much for being part of our community and believing in MHF! We will make sure to deliver the best results that we can every single time. I love you all! <3 <3 <3