Roadmap / 0.26a Release Date
Added 2023-07-10 22:07:27 +0000 UTCFirst things first; I've gotten enough bug/typo reports that I think I should do a 0.26a. Already got it mostly done, along with a few new additions, but will probably need 1-2 more days to polish and finish it. This WILL include an android release.
Secondly, I haven't tried to do a proper roadmap before, but I promised to give it a shot, so here we are. Going to try to cover my goals for the next few months and what I hope to get done, along with a rough idea of what, when, and where.
Disclaimer: dates and content order may vary.
General overview;
- More commissions. The secondary visual aspects of the game could be upgraded (ex. backgrounds, icons, maybe non-lewd CGs, etc) and I gotta uh figure out how to do that. Otherwise, just the usual stuff; more lewd CGs, occasionally new characters/art, new outfits/expressions for existing girls, etc.
- Wrap up the Deepwoods plot; this means actually having consequences and scenes for all the choices you made along the way, reporting to Selendis, more time with Svyatibor/Selendis/possibly Mara, etc. I also want to add some new characters sprinkled throughout the Deepwoods areas, and Zephyrmancy training, to try to show the forest healing a little.
- Push forward with the main plot, going from Metatron's church scene and its aftermath to the post-badon minor areas. No chance we're hitting Astrologia in 2 months though lol.
- Badon expansion; more dates with the cast, more Olivia, maybe more Charles since everyone seems to love him, and probably at least one scene of Sarah being a degenerate nymphomaniac.
- More camp scenes, fleshing out romances and adding some choices on ally development. I'll probably use Sam as the prototype for the second one and see how that goes over.
- More Rosalyn/Amnelis. These CGs are burning a hole in my soul.
- AI improvements; upgrading to Renpy 8 lets me use more modern Python, so I can actually do that now.
- Fleshing out less exciting schools/elements of magic. Personally I think that Pyromancy, Hydromancy, and Aeromancy are reasonably strong but could use more variety, and in Pyromancy's case, better burn interaction beyond 'just channel Smoulder and Enkindle lmao.'
- UI improvements; ideally a new commissioned UI so the game looks prettier, but also just functional stuff like enemy health bars.
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SO. That's the general overview. Now, let's try to build some kind of roadmap from it...
- 0.26a: by Wednesday, some bugfixes, tweaking Heart difficulty a little, revisiting the wounded hob scene from Expanse, minor updates to cheat menu
- 0.27: late July/early August; probably focused on Aspasia, Sam, and Maya for camp content. Some deepwoods wrapup. Probably not Ina. Likely some Badon dates.
- 0.28: late August/early September; complete Deepwoods plot wrapup and add Ina to the party. Zephyrmancy training. Depending on how the Sam choice stuff goes, maybe another 1-2 characters of that. MAYBE the next combat area and minitaur.
- 0.29: late September/early October; definitely new combat area if I haven't gotten there yet. All deepwoods wrapup completed. New weapon training/unlock. Possibly beta version of one branch of summoning?
Very much open to feedback on the roadmap and plans, or suggestions if there's stuff you want me to focus on.
Comments
Alicia is HOPEFULLY gonna be in .28, I didn't include her in roadmap in case I fucked it up. Definitely more Celica/Sam/etc, they've been getting some as we go. Aspasia will get more, and an alchemy expansion in general (including learnable alchemy and more abilities) but idk exactly when so it's not in the roadmap. Lowkey hoping to do at least some of it this update tho. Ina is WAY too fun to bounce off of Astaroth. I love her. Svyatibor in particular will grill you one way or another, Selendis and Ina will react too. If you spare her, Mara will get some time as well.
Cryswar
2023-07-14 00:54:26 +0000 UTCBadon dates?! Not sure who I would pick first out of my favourites, excited nevertheless. Would also love to see some content focused on the old adventure trio (MC, Sam and Celica). Glad Aspasia is getting some more camp content, she really needs it alongside some more expressions. Perhaps it's also worth looking into potential Healing Flask upgrades or new potions to bring on adventures? Very excited to get more Ina. She's one of my favourites despite not being a party member yet. She may just end up being best girl. Also, I'm very excited to see how the Deepwoods wraps up. Not sure what I expect from Svyatibor and Selendis based on my picked choices, but I know I wouldn't want to get on their bad side. I know she is not on the roadmap, but I would love to see an Alicia appearance in game? Her cute smile and smoking hot body is living rent free in my head.
Nobody
2023-07-13 22:28:52 +0000 UTC