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ValHallen wrote:

jack1974 wrote: 5) in May/June, either QoT beta could start, or I could release another of the various games in progress (which one, I don't know of course).

Roger Steel!

Whaaaat? Nooooo

Amber's Magic Shop, why? Because it has the cutest protagonist since ....well Season of the Wolf's Althea.
Honestly I -know- that game's probably going to stay on the wait for a few years (like Undead Lily was), but it's an interesting one.
That said? WW has -lots- of interesting (and much wanted) games in production, meaning we have -lots- of great stuff to look forward to.

I see no forthcoming game that I won't pick up (even if some of them are more interesting than others)
Love RPGs, though really really well written VN's are way up there as well.

Different writers, and different artists with different styles does mean I'll prefer some games to others, where I prefer one art style, I can certainly enjoy others as well

Curious about how Queen of Thieves' will turn out, but with the steady rise in quality for most every production WW is involved in, I'm more excited than worried :D.

(PS See what I did there not mentioning cursed projects ? >_> I've learned)

Amber's writing is still behind, so I can say that it's not that game for sure, sorry

Today's update! As you know I released PSCD, so I removed that game from the list and replaced it with the planned PSCD DLC. As of today I have all writing, but I still need to design all battles, new cards, script the text, etc. So at least a couple of months of work, and obviously I'm taking a break from it right now
Other minor updates are for several other games: Queen Of Thieves, C14 Dating, Never Forget Me, Undead Lily.
Most progresses have been made in writing, but in some cases also art (for Undead Lily and Roger Steel in particular).
And soon I might add new projects that will start this year

So the 2016 started well, 1 game released already (well PSCD was already basically done last year though). Next one should be C14 Dating, then we'll see. Reaching 4 releases this year seems possible, not easy, but possible!

jack1974 wrote: Other minor updates are for several other games: Queen Of Thieves, C14 Dating, Never Forget Me, Undead Lily.
Most progresses have been made in writing, but in some cases also art (for Undead Lily and Roger Steel in particular).

Is there some mistake in update? I don't see any changes in % of Queen Of Thieves and Undead Lily, or are those minor updates to minor for it to show in %?

I don't remember right now, but I think I increased QoT coding and UL writing by a few percentage points. It's not like is super accurate anyway

jack1974 wrote:I don't remember right now, but I think I increased QoT coding and UL writing by a few percentage points. It's not like is super accurate anyway

Well I have screenshot of percentage points before this update that I took in order to compare them to next update in order to get a better idea of how is game development progressing and closer/more realistic idea of when could game come out, so no there was no changes.
I realize that those percentage points aren't super accurate but it is still disappointing to come every day to check them out for updates and ones it gets updated there are no updates for the game/s you are looking out for the most .

I know but sometimes is hard to express it with just a number, for example: UL writer made good progresses, but then he said will check the first chapters he wrote because was unhappy. So in this case he's going to spend time to review/rewrite early parts of the story, so progress is being made even if in theory the percentage isn't moving.

Today's update:
Queen Of Thieves - increased both art since all otome CGs are done. We MIGHT add a few more CG, and I already asked artist to add a hooded figure to the story modifying an existing NPC image, etc. So, that's why I didn't put 100%, but we're at the point where we just add things, there's already enough to finish the game. Coding is at very good point too, since this weekend I plan to finish the robbery part, then I have only to code the final battles. Of course being a RPG, during beta there'll be more work... but I cannot predict how much that will be.

Heirs & Graces - the story is almost done! Just a few more scenes/endings. Coding is at zero but since is a dating sim you'll probably see a big jump to 90 or something since is not hard to code. Music is being made too

C14 Dating - Writing is all done. Coding is almost done (coder is doing the minigames now) and as for artwork a few icons are missing but are turning out to be difficult to make since related to archeology stuff but shouldn't be a cause of big delay.

Never Forget Me - past halfway through last romance path, and I'm waiting for Aaron CGs. I might have some more writing or art done but I am not sure yet, might be enough what I'll have once what I planned is done. This game should be done relatively soon too (depends mainly on the theme song).

Just to confirm something, In your blog you stated that QOT could be ready for this summer and I am assuming you are talking about an official release, and that there will be beta earlier then that. Seeing as game is progressing so well and that it is at finishing stage it is hard to believe that we would need to wait half a year till summer for a beta release. So could you just confirm this?

Also do you plan on having beta testers for QOT and what would be required to become one if you do?

Oh and this update for QOT made my day, thanks Jack.

DarkWolf wrote:Just to confirm something, In your blog you stated that QOT could be ready for this summer and I am assuming you are talking about an official release, and that there will be beta earlier then that. Seeing as game is progressing so well and that it is at finishing stage it is hard to believe that we would need to wait half a year till summer for a beta release. So could you just confirm this?

Also do you plan on having beta testers for QOT and what would be required to become one if you do?

Anecdotally, the beta will probably be about 1-3 months in duration. He posts the beta build on the forums, so you download, test it, and post issues on the QoT forum. No sign up required. (Though, to get beyond the demo, you will need to purchase the full game.)

Also, if you haven't betaed a WW game before, be ready for at least two versions that break all your save games and force you to start over.