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Weekly Update – Lessons Learned from Chapter 2.5

Added 2021-07-26 17:45:03 +0000 UTC

Hi everyone,

I hope you’re enjoying the patron release of Chapter 2.5. I celebrated the release of the latest version by taking a few days off and reflecting on how the last six month have gone.

One of the most obvious lessons I′ve learned was that I have to drastically reduce the size of my updates. I think with the new fourth map being available I have a really large playing field to fill with content as well as interesting mechanics. And with this comfortable playing field I have to remind myself from time to time not to pack too much into a single release.

For some large features or storylines, it’s ok not to finish them within a single update cycle. To give you an example: The image gallery in 2.5 was much more work than I initially anticipated – if I would have stopped with it as soon as I noticed this, the release would have probably been shipped one or two months earlier. And the same goes with a few other features and events.

This means that you can expect smaller, but more regular and consistent updates in the future – at least if I manage to keep to my plan.

I am currently sketching out a rough timeline for the next releases and will keep you updated once I have more to tell you about the contents of Chapter 2.6.

In the meantime: Happy playing.

hw21