Monday transparency report
Added 2025-09-01 17:44:46 +0000 UTCHey guys! This is not the report I wanted to write tonight, but I need a little more time editing the third and final scene before I can say it’s done.
This week on Discord, Tal (Kerigan) and Ceeve asked for clarification on what exactly “editing” means – if this is just me going through finished text and fixing typos and grammar, why’s it taking so long?
But the kind of editing I’m doing isn’t that “final polishing” kind of stuff – it’s me playing through scenes and punching up parts that aren’t landing, fixing problems with pacing, player experience, characterisation, believability, the heroine’s emotional consistency, NPC chemistry, etc. (I didn’t know this before, but apparently it’s more correctly called “developmental editing” or “structural editing”.)
I know everybody wants me to just call this done and get it out – but I also feel like scenes 1 & 2 are maybe the best writing I’ve ever done. The new nude scenes are fucking hot 🥵 and I think the heroine is cooler and more likeable than ever, she’s not just being bossed around like a doormat by all the NPCs, she has more spying and more tradecraft to punctuate the spicy bits.
Without being pretentious – because I’m really not trying to produce art, just a hot video game to entertain you guys, but I don’t know a better word for this – I feel an artistic urge to make sure scene 3 is just as good as what leads up to it. Scene 3 needs a few more days' work and I have to put them in.
I’m currently working 7-day weeks on this, 9+ hours every day (except yesterday, which was more like 5hrs). I’m gonna go cook a meal now but I’ll get straight back on it tomorrow morning. 🦀❤️🔥
Comments
What was that saying? "Perfection is the enemy of done." or somesuch. So, get something out (anything at this point). You can always fix and polish things later, after user feedback.
HRTC
2025-09-05 15:29:07 +0000 UTCKeep up the good work, really looking forward to the release. Great story so far! Good luck with the final polish. Do you think the release with be this week, next week, or later? Approx? (take the time you need) Three scenes sounds awesome!
3uliusG33zer
2025-09-02 21:02:25 +0000 UTCcan you at least put out scene 1 & 2 then? something? anything? I want to believe you when you say you've been working 9 hour days but I haven't seen a single new thing since I became a patron and the last update was in 2023.
nitsy
2025-09-02 13:21:36 +0000 UTCWill the three scenes feature a young Kate with no prior experience before joining the agency? 😫😴😶🌫️.
PickerPatron
2025-09-02 01:09:26 +0000 UTCGlad to know your almost done, again. Hopefully next week will actually see an update. Maybe even sooner. Anyway Crabman you better get back to work, or I'll send some deep sea trollers after you.
Kerrigan
2025-09-01 20:09:21 +0000 UTC
