Maids & Masters (& Progress on the Remaster)

All the data base work is finally done!

Or at least all the "encyclopedia" database work is done. I'm still building out the quest log and implementing that, and I'm sure I've missed at least some of the encyclopedia implementation, but the checklist is done, and I'm taking that win.

More good news - as expected, implementing the quest log, testing it, and reworking dialogue as I go is proving to be a much quicker process. Reworking the floor repair quest to correctly include steps for both the "skipped" version and the full version was pretty time consuming, but I was able to get all of the work for the v0.1 content done over the weekend and the v0.2 content is done today (excepting that it still needs to be tested). Based on that workflow, it should take me another two weeks or so to get the quest log fully implemented and have the entire game tested in the new engine.

Then it'll be on to the new content; all the random events and smaller additions. This is where the delays might set in, because I really don't want to release v0.10 as a "here's the remaster without any new content" just to release v0.10.1 and say "okay, now erase your save and start over again, this version has all the new content that was planned." I'm hoping I'll be able to speed through implementing the quest log faster than I have been and get started on the new content sooner. Cumhaill and the floor repair quest are a lot more event-dense than most of the rest of the game, so there's a non-zero chance that'll happen, but it's definitely too early to set a hard date. I would love to get this release done for the first weekend in April and publish it on the 1st, but the likelihood of that happening feels pretty slim right now. I suppose we'll see.

Between now and then, the final Patron poll goes up this Friday. I feel like I've gotten about as much feedback from the general public as I'm going to get, so if you want the chance to get involved and help me out with the remaster, the time is now. The polls are open to every tier, and access to my invite-only Discord server is permanent, so click here to get to my Patreon page, pick your tier, and let me know your thoughts.