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0.14, 0.15, 0.20, 2020 plans Devlog.
🕑 Added 2020-09-02 08:25:06 +0000 UTC
A quick unload of information: (TL;DR)
What was done in August: Coding and releasing of 0.14Beta1 (previously named 0.13.Part2, half of it), with an hour of gameplay, a full path, and extra scenes.
What I'm doing this week: Start Coding 0.15 (needed to prepare the polished Patreon Release of 0.14, that I hope to release probably at the end of the week)
What I'm doing this month: (Try to) Release 0.15 Closed Beta.
Edit: 0.14 Released, Changelog and downloads here.
In depth:
Making sense of changes on version numbers:
Even if I tried to make version numbers stick to the planned complete content/quests, due to the length of some of them and the chaos of version numbering it is better to just stick to simple numbers, even if they don't include complete quests or my full plans. A quarter of 2020 has been plagued by technical problems that had made me postpone and divide releases, so now I'm trying to fix the version numbering problems. . If you want to know in depth my exact reasoning for specific version numbering keep reading, if not, just skip to 0.15/0.20 or 2020 plans part of the devlog.
PS: This image only refers to the Hartlepool mainstory content, as there is other content too, as you know, in the different updates.
PPS: Both 0.14 and 0.15 have Hartlepool mainstory endings, hence the overlap.
About 0.13, 0.14 and 0.15:
-Taking in consideration 0.13.Part 1 was long enough as a proper major update, I'll consider 0.13.Part 1 as 0.13.
-Taking in consideration the length of the first released half part of previously known as 0.13part2, (0.14.Beta1), when I make the final version of 0.14 (Probably this week) I'll release it as 0.14.
But as it only contain One of the major choices of Hartlepool's main quest, I'll not release it to public, but yes for all patrons. (So 0.14 it will be a Patreon Release instead of a public one). (and for testers, yes, it will contain a bit more of content that Beta1)
-Why? I don't feel like is a good idea releasing to the general public just an option when there should be two, cause may be misleading for those who don't read changelog or aren't really into the game, but there is no sense on not letting all the patrons enjoying the new available content ;).
-0.15 Will contain the full planned Hartlepool Main Story Quest content plus all the extras (that I've explained on previous patreon posts), and after the Closed Beta period will be a regular Public Release. And as said in the TL;DR, I'll keep working to release it as soon as possible (but as it will be at least another hour of gameplay, will take around a month of code)
-0.20 will be the next update after 0.15, and as planned; Kaelkirk quests + Gypsy Camp content as polled, with a bit extra Penketh content.
(why the jump in numeration? Because talking in consideration the height of where we are in the game, numbers should try to match the travel to 1.0 complete game.
That means that probably by the end of Chapter 3 we'll be talking about at least 0.40 version.
Final 2020 plans:
Along the rest of updates of the year I'll be implementing:
-The new romance menu. A place when one can track different opportunity paths on special romances on individualized menus (the different paths having to do with Special Choices or Cardinal Stat different choices), giving more importance to the most important romance options, while secondary and tertiary romances will just have minor menus (more alike the current menu)
-The companion system: The companion system will appear at the end of 0.15, or in 0.20. It will track with whom Sir Patrik is travelling with, and will allow interactions with the companions depending on what location they are, and will allow to trigger new scenes in different locations.
-Companion events: Along the next updates after 0.15 I'll be adding here and there events for the companion system. (Hence the system may not be yet in 0.15 if there is no special events yet to show). Those events will be sometimes on the locations I'm working on the update, sometimes for previous locations / previous moments of the game.
Content to be expected to appear on the rest of 2020 updates:
-Akros Manor upgrades events.
-Additional Penketh Content
-Complete Kaelkirk location events and mainstory.
-Leffrin Knights/Irena events
-(Hopefully) Start of Grassmere mainstory.
And finally:
-We are quite on the clock as I wished and expected to be finishing Chapter 2 by the starts of 2021.
-Since there has been a pair of months finally without technical issues and probably I'll have the extra budget to buy a new motherboard/cpu etc(really needed to work better), I'll be expecting regular mid and major updates every two months top, at least until we hit a very big update (like final chapter 2 update).
I'll edit this post if I see I forget something relevant.
Have a nice September!
Personally, the more I get away from the heat, the better :P
PS: I'll be making the extra platform versions (win32,Linux,MAC, and try android again, after the release of 0.15
