Between Humanity
Development 0.3 - #14
Hello everyone! :)
Hope you all had a great start to 2025! Mine was quite good. My day job has started back up, so work on the game has slowed down a little. However, I’m down to the last scene, and after that, I’ll be tackling the H-scene animations.
Currently, I’m sitting at the 1k render mark and have already created some internal test builds. That’s why the beta and proofreading progress in the report finally showed its first increase in months!
Animations are quite a task, so I can’t estimate exactly how long they’ll take. Based on the last two chapters, they usually take around 1-2 weeks. The timing will also depend on how satisfied I am with the quality and how detailed I decide to make them. Since I want to improve on the animations from version 0.2, I’m expecting it to take a bit longer to ensure they’re up to my standards.
To share some of my recent thoughts with you: I’ve been considering ways to deliver updates more frequently without compromising quality. One idea is to stick to my current release scope but aim for releases maybe like every ~2 months, labeled something like 0.4a.0 or 0.4.0-Mar whereas the next release would be 0.4b.0 or 0.4.0-May. Essentially, I’d wrap up the available scenes in a build and release it. However, I’m doubtful this approach would work well, as there might be times when I’m unable to dedicate much time to the game, resulting in smaller releases. Nothing is final here, it’s just an idea I’m tossing around. As I mentioned in previous devlogs, my current goal is to move towards smaller updates overall, increasing the version number by 0.1 with each release. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the first approach, though! It might be the worst idea ever, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
Anyway, that’s it for today! I hope you all have an amazing week ahead. Stay healthy and warm! <3
Your Panda
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you mean like [A] month skip two then it's [D] month? Makes sense and hopefully prevents you from burning out on the game. I really enjoy the plot
Glad you enjoy it! :) Still figuring out how exactly I'll do it in the end, future will tell!
I will say that smaller but more consistent upgrades will be better over the long run. It will cause you less fatigue, you would be able to get more feedback, ect.
How often and how much is something you have to decide. There is also the issue of pacing depending on how you decide to do things.
Thank you, I agree! :) The pacing, and how/where to end an update will be the difficult part. I'll check what's possible.
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谢谢！更多会来的！
You can take your time fam at the end of the day we will be waiting for it and it's going to be worth it :D
Thank you, mate <3
Make them whatever size you need, and if you're worried about version numbering there's nothing stopping you from going to double digit 0.XX. You can always get to a point where you can break things up into seasons and go to 2.X, maybe when some plot points get resolved and the story will change direction.
Yes, that's the best approach, I totally agree. Having something like a 0.21.0 sounds weird in my head, but people won't complain as long as it's not getting released before 0.20.0. :D