Daily update 5/20

Running a tiny bit behind. I worked over 24 hours straight to get the update out today.

TBH its done. Though I need to compress it and upload it. And I am just too fucking tired. Since I need to compress it 3 different times. Each time will take between 1-2 hours. Then I need to compile 3 different versions which will be about 30-40 mins each time. Lastly upload which will also be around 1 and a half hours per site. I upload to 3 sites. + Itch.io. And that is not including uploading the 2 alternate versions the other sites will need. To make it easier to understand. Itch.io Will STILL not allow me to upload files bigger than 1gb. Meaning I need to make a special compressed to all hell version specifically for them. Android will not play any version that is larger than 2gb Meaning I need to make a special version for them. (I could just give mobile players the same itch.io version but as the mobile players are like 40% of the playerbase thats kinda a dick move. When I can make a better quality version that just barely skims that 2gb line. So theres version 2. Last time I only made those 2 versions for upload. This time I want people to see how big this game actually was. I feel like with all of those comments of people saying there was nothing in the game. That was only because they didn't read to truly understand how much there was. I mean hell the default alpha version had over 600 animations which lets be real for a second. That is more than most games have in total after their first YEAR. I busted my ass to make sure the alpha was not just a small test style of alpha I wanted a large release. But since I compressed the holy hell out of it from 7.5GB down to the 300MB and 1.7GB versions a lot of people just assumed without actually trying it. This update is adding another 100 animations and just today alone over 3000 lines of dialogue and code. I don't even want to count all the lines that it has total. It scares me. Like I know this may come off as a joke, but I honestly get a little twinge of fear when someone points out a bug in the code. Because I REALLY dont wanna go through all of it to try to solve a small issue. Just learning how to allow the players to rename themselves again took me 3 hours. Then learning how to make that renaming box work with none "standard"? English? You know the 26 letter alphabet with 26 more for Upper and lowercase because thats all it allowed. What ever you get the idea. That took another 8 FUCKING HOURS. It was so ridiculous. That combined with the bugs that Hagren and nono helped me find while they played through the game is what put me behind in the first place. But also let's be real a better quality product is worth the wait. And we are talking about like 2 days late not weeks to months like AAA companies. Hell I'm no studio. I am one dude learning as I go. I just recently got 2 people willing to help with bugtesting and are also willing to translate the game into Russian so that a big win for everyone. I'm sure anyone who has followed me for even a couple of weeks knows this side of me. When I am too tired I ramble on end. Then don't have a filter and literally type what is coming to mind as it comes to me. Which is generally why there tend to be so many typos when I havent slept because I am not paying attention hell right now I am not even looking at my screen or keyboard. Shit I haven't for the last 2 paragraphs I am kinda scared to see how many squiggly red lines under words there's about to be. But I will not be deleting and retyping any of this. The proof is on the stream if you were here for the 24 stream you know. Well I am tired AF I will catch you all tomorrow. When I can get this update out. So if you were planning on waiting until a release to increase your subscription to grab the update then drop back down, or purchase your subscription for the first time. (Either way no judgement from me. Hell I would probably do the same thing times are hard for everyone.) Well as I was saying tomorrow will be your chance to do that. Well I mean around 6-7 hours after I wake up. Which after being awake as long as I have been who fucking knows when that will be.... Hopefully not too late as I have some driving I need to get done before 3pm EST so I am HOPING my tired ass doesn't crash for that lon.g Oh btw I still haven't looked at the screen how am I doing? Well I will see you all tomorrow after this release I will be going back to Her Fall to get Chapter 9 part 2 done. Also isnt that supposed to be dropping down to the lower tier subs by now? Did I already do that? I think I set up some sort of automatic thing to do that? Maybe I didn't.... If I didn't I apologize that will also be done tomorrow if it isnt done already. Because I am fairly certain as soon as this games update goes live thats supposed to go to the 5$ tier. When this update goes to the 5$ tier that update is supposed to go free. And this update is now 2 days behind. So that should have been lowered 2 days ago right? Fuck math is hard when your tired..... I am going to stop typing now and go to sleep. Laters!