Maids & Masters (& A Release Date For v0.14)

The update isn't entirely done, but it's close enough to done that I'm plenty comfortable fully committing to this Friday, the 19th, being the early access release date for v0.14, which means v0.13 is going public the same day.

Based on the feedback coming in from playtesting, this update does seem to be a lot more bug-free than the last one. Part of that probably has to do with the update being on the shorter side, but I'm taking it as good news. Some less good news is that there may need to be some rewriting done. Even with the segment being as short as it is, it feels like it treads water a little in some places. There's also not a lot of places where the drunkenness mechanic has much of an effect, which I'd like to change. Or maybe it's fine and nothing will change; if it comes down to it, I'm not going to delay the release for rewrites.

I've also got the rest of the actual build to make. Depending on time, there might still be a few minor things missing (like the new Maids not appearing in the love shack invite screen because they don't have any content yet), but before I get to the cult segment, I want to be sure all the follow-up content - like the new Maids actually being in the Estate after completing the new segment - is done ahead of time. It's nothing that will take a ton of time by itself, but these things tend to stack up.

Then I think it'll be time to put a little work into Precious Kouhai. I still need to make a few more assets and get some things set up for the itch page so I can make the preview build properly public. If I can figure it out, I might even keep the preview build as a web version teaser if I can figure out how to do a web version. I do want to focus on v0.15 once v0.14 has gone out, but with the Winter Games Bundle having ended, keeping PK behind the walls it's currently behind doesn't make a ton of sense to me. I haven't even made a proper announcement post for it yet, I just keep tacking it on to posts about MnM. It probably deserves a little attention of its own. Look forward to that before news about v0.15 starts to roll in.