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This comment may not be appreciated, but I decided to write it anyway since I am in the same boat as those below me. I would appreciate a regular schedule instead of checking up on it every few days.

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Suppose you want to make monthly releases like most other VNs. And you put in 5 hours of work every day for 23 or 24 days a month. You have about 115-120 hrs of work. You can assign categories like writing the VNs text, drawing background/sprite images, and then proof reading and fixing bugs. Then assign the number of hours to each. If you make sure youre always giving 75hrs of text time each month you can assume you will always get the same number of words coded in and ensuring readers have a consistent time reading each build. If you have the final text ready and chapters done you can average out the number of words per chapter and then assign working hours to get it done. If it is a longer chapter that is no big deal. You might be forced into using placeholder sprites and backgrounds but there will come a time to upload a smaller chapter (thats how averaging works) and the time you lost on images before can be made up now. As said, if you are done with the draft of the whole story and know what backgrounds/sprites you will need you can allot your remaining time in the month wisely so it ensures consistency with releases. Maybe you dont have 5 hours to spare every day but I am sure you can figure it out if your schedule is different. GL with it and sorry to assume you arent already very well organized.

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It's free, we can wait

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Yeah and my advice was free too, but I get a lot of downvotes for it.

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That may be because your advice is... what is the word? Oh yes, flawed.

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Free and wanted aren't the same thing.

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The game is free and not a job. We can wait however long it takes, since the developer's real life always takes the priority. And the game is worth the wait.

Your "advice" is free, but not wanted, nor is it accurate. Your assumptions are down right terrible. You should have stopped right when you typed "This comment may not be appreciated".

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You should see what it's over in Far Beyond The World comments, it's horrible.

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Omg, don't even get me started on that pile of garbage, I wish there were another place where I could download the game instead of having to go through that itch.io page, but I guess I can deal with it since the game is definitely worth it

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You're acting as if writing this VN is some sort of job, I'm fairly sure that the reason the writer decided to make this story was for fun. Implementing a schedule for a hobby project is totally unnecessary ESPECIALLY when it takes away from the fun of writing and adds pressure for no good reason.

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Exactly, thank you. Some people literally feel entitled to everything.