Yule Dev Log

Hi everyone!

Instead of doing a January dev log, here's a Yule dev log in time for the holidays!

Testing Testing Testing...!

Just yesterday I finally managed to finish up the overhaul of all the database functions for the game. Next, everything needs to be tested thoroughly, which thankfully is a much smaller task, but no less important. Since I've had to rewrite all functions for loading, saving, and processing character and item data, among many other things, and a faulty function could lead to the corruption of character or item data, which would be a catastrophe!

Haha! I keep underestimating these tasks, and I cannot help but find it funny not even I understand the sheer size and complexity of the game and all the work I've put into it through the years! But now we're in the last stretch!! I have a few job obligations to take of again coming January. I was really hoping to have it done before, but hopefully I'll be able to finish it up inbetween those instead!

Lemon Tea Games

As part of bringing the game to Steam, the production will be moved into a company for a number of legal reasons, so today I announce to you Lemon Tea Games!

The name is a play on the lemon term used by the fan fiction community to denote explicit content, coupled with tea to give it a bit of a classic flair. There are a number of branding challenges ahead to make the game appear legitimate. Ultimately, the public perception of the game is not about its content but rather its cover, as most people will form an opinion about the game without ever delving deep enough for its content to matter. The only difference between Fifty Shades of Grey and anything you might find in a sex shop is branding, and similarly, we must entice potential players without attracting the ire of people the game wasn't meant for anyway.

I'm proud of the game and the community we have created. I think what we have is precious, and yet, people who work on predatory games that ruin people's economy and lives are revered in the game industry, while we are treated as being somehow inferior. I wish I was able to talk more openly about the game to the development community, and clever branding will be important in achieving this!

I've started formulating a press-friendly pitch for the game, its origin, and its future, which you can read here: https://press.battlemageroyal.com 

I hope you like the pitch and wish you all a wonderful time during the holidays and a happy new year! ❤️

Cheers,

Tinon