Estimate release dates of next games

[jack1974]

I'm thinking if to change the format of this thread since the bars weren't working (it's impossible to be even VAGUELY accurate) but also the description can be changed anytime... for example today I had the idea to add another round of pin-up CGs for Cursed Lands, because I felt it needed it
So, if things can change like this, and since I constantly update each game forum as I work on it, I'm thinking what to do about this one.

Anyway, today almost finished the "merchant storyline" for Cursed Lands (also it's not finished by the writer yet) and got more Love Bites scenes. I also commissioned more characters/CGs for Volleyball Heaven, and Fen and I are busy thinking about the poses for those SUPER HOT CG (nothing like you've seen before in my games... ahem ).

[BobTheMob]

I also commissioned more characters/CGs for Volleyball Heaven

I gotta ask, seeing this (and I swear I'm not trying to pester, so please don't take it that way ) : That mean more platonic kinds o' things, no yuri content at all?

'Cause as I've said before and will keep sayin, I really wanna support ya, Brother!

[jack1974]

It's a yuri game, obviously I'm going to have more yuri content
I think honestly for people like you "who want to play a yuri game but without yuri romances" will be a better game Summer In Trigue since it's more "soft" than this one.

[mastro]

Bob, it's nice for you trying to help and support. However, as jack said, if it's a yuri game... people want yuri stuff!
Especially after the "Amber fiasco" (I didn't mind Cosmina story but if it's a yuri route, should be a yuri route only), as yuri fan, I would be quite disappointed to see anything that's not hot yuri stuff!
Doing otherwise wouldn't be good. Especially on Steam, where seems that not having a game with adult content is almost a suicide. Even famous indies like C. Love basically made a porn game

[BobTheMob]

In looking at the first post under the thing for dating sims, there was nothing for SH2... ?:(

Just curious as to why that is.

[jack1974]

Because I don't have anything, I don't think it will be out before the next 6-7 years so makes no sense to mention it again. I don't even know if I'll still be making games in 7 years from now!

[jack1974]

I think I'm going to close this thread, since it's universally accepted that trying to predict when a game is out or making progress bars is totally pointless. Sometimes to do that last 10% takes you 6 months, while other times you make progress at lightning speed unexpectedly (see for example Heirs And Graces last year: writer was keeping me updated rather often, but then there was a sudden change of pace so that in last 4-6 months of development was all written and scripted!).
So I think I will rather replace this thread with "what I'm working on at this moment" (for the games I publicly announced). Something like that is also probably more useful to TRY TO GUESS which games could be out next!

[Troyen]

I think we were more using this to try and guess how our favorite future projects are coming along, not as an actual arbiter of release dates (the title topic was misleading anyway).

[jack1974]

Yes but after the <cursed game> debacle, it's not even a matter of guessing You'd have more chances to win the lottery! lol
I prefer to list each week/month what I'm working on, probably people will get a better idea of what could be next. A game could be stuck at 90% finished for 10 months, or as said another one could get a big boost all of a sudden.

[jack1974]

I've updated the first post with some SUPER VAGUE estimate releases as suggested by Darkwolf, even if when I was writing, I realized that it's totally inaccurate anyway - because in some cases I have several games that are "almost ready" but mainly depends on writers/artists (and in some cases also coder) so I have no clue the order in which they'll come out. Because of this there are a lot of games expected in 2018 which for sure won't come out all together