I have somehow managed to reach a point where the new content is more or less complete as of writing this. One of the optional Estates still needs to be filled out a bit with the usual slate of hidden items and it's own special events, but that's less than a day's worth of work. That leaves me the rest of tomorrow and one more day to bug hunt and polish. Not nearly as much time as I'd like, but ultimately not all that different from the amount of time I've had in the past.
I've already mentioned this to Patrons and Subscribers, but given the progress I've made, I'm ready to commit to v0.18 releasing this Friday, November 8th. I'm happy I'm able to commit to this for a number of reasons, the first one being that this is a Halloween update and Halloween has come and gone already. I do have a slew of other reasons I want to get this update done and released that have nothing to do with development directly as well, but I don't feel the need to get into that here.
Though as a somewhat important and relevant aside that I want to at least mention, one of those reasons is that I'll be busy with family again for a little over a week. This technically starts before release day, but I'm taking steps to make sure the release can happen with minimal interruptions before I'm out of town and unable to work for a while.
v0.18 is made up of three new segments of the wilds, two new optional Estates, plus the new story segment. I want to leave out the cult segment for the update, because while you'll have to walk yourself to the Ambrose Theater to begin it, the game will go straight from the cult meeting to the Freeze. I feel this might be somewhat unexpected, and I want people to be able to catch up on Haunt-related content before the Freeze update starts. This also comes with the added benefit of me not needing to trap you in your Estate at the start of the Freeze with no new Freeze content to interact with.
Looping back to when I mentioned Patreon and Subscribestar, that's where the updates are going live first, both early access and the free builds. If you want to get your hands on it as soon as possible, give one of those links a click.
And hey, if you think I've earned it, maybe consider becoming a Patron and/or Subscriber. It comes with more benefits than just early access, and I'd really appreciate any amount of support. It is quite literally what keeps me going.
