It has recently been brought to my attention that Hikaru does not feel able to do game dev work for the time being. Our decision was to postpone development of the demo, but that time period is indefinite.
Hikaru has been faced with the sudden death of his pet. I don't blame him at all for being in a place of distress. Because of that distress, it would be inconsiderate to ask for simply "pushing through" until the end.
While I can't claim to also be mourning a death at the moment, personal life has been less than ideal for me, as well. I sincerely hope that this postponement will allow us both to sort through our issues for the future.
Still, it's worth saying that we both want to make this game, as it's important to us. But our wants are clashing heavily with our abilities, at the moment.
With the postponement of Wintertide Devotion, my game schedule for this month is quite open. I think now is as good of a time as any to discuss my plans for the future.
Of course, these things don't usually go exactly as planned.
I'll do light work on Tangled in Development, releasing it Feburary 2025 if not November 2024. I think I'll work better at the moment without a strict deadline.
I'll also be fiddling with Shèngdàn Reunion and my big project for January.
Some may remember me saying that Shèngdan Reunion won't come out this Christmas, either. Well, I think the more fair thing to say now is that the Shèngdàn Reunion visual novel isn't coming out this Christmas.
I have something different planned, so that this story won't wait years to be seen at all. I hope you look forward to meeting Cedrick and Lixue this December!
Oh, boy.
January 29th, 2025 is the day I announce my major game! I'm gonna spend a lot of time preparing for it until then.
This is when Tangled in Development is most likely to come out! It'll be another 1.5 or so months by then, so it seems promising for being enough time to get what I had left finished.
Ah... I remember Elio.
This is when that one game jam runs every year (NaNoRenO, the one I made Robo Otto for) and it'd be cool to make something for it. But... I have no idea what at the moment, since this is really far off!
So, Wintertide Devotion is getting made later, and I have a few projects to fiddle with in the meantime.
As per usual, I offer my apologies for the inconsistencies. We both need some time before returning to our original ambitions.
I wish Hikaru the best, and I thank you for reading this announcement.
Sincerely,
Lil' Beastman 💖
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