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Major Announcement: Progress Update + Game Release Update
🕑 Added 2018-08-24 16:36:45 +0000 UTC Hey there, buddies! We're back with our promised Major Update at the end of month of August to let everyone know how the final stages of game development are coming!We ask that everyone please take the time to read through this post as it contains a lot of information and answers to the questions that most of you have!
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RELEASE DATE UPDATED
Unfortunately, like we warned in our previous Major Update, we will have to update the release of Camp Buddy in order to completely finish everything. We sincerely apologize for this delay, but we want to assure everyone that we are very near the completion of the game, and will detail what work is left to do below for all of you to see!
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STORY/SCRIPTWRITING
As we've discussed in almost all of our Major Updates, Story/Scriptwriting has been the team's main goal for the entirety of the development, as we wanted to make sure that everything is up to an equal, high standard split between each of the four main character routes.
We are happy to announce that Natsumi's Route, the final route for the initial release of the game, has been fully drafted! Our team is still currently reviewing the route to check any inconsistencies in the story, and to ensure that everything in it matches up to the standards we have set in Hiro, Hunter and Yoichi's route, but once this review is finished we are happy to say that all story for the main game release will be completed!
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PROGRAMMING
As we continue to finalize the review of Natsumi's route, our programmer, Jey, has been following close behind and coding every script we prepare in the same day he's received it! Since our last update, he has managed to completely finish coding Hunter's route, and has already coded half of Natsumi's route! We expect his progress to continue at a steady rate, and to be moving into the Beta Testing phase shortly!
Speaking of Beta Testing, last time we announced our new team member, Corbs, who is assisting Jey with the miscellaneous programming tasks! He has made great progress in finishing both minigames, as well as fully completing an initial Beta Test of Hiro and Yoichi's route! He will begin Beta Testing Hunter's route soon, and Natsumi's will follow shortly after!
To give everyone a little taste, here are some in-game previews Jey has shared on his twitter, including a never-before seen preview!
Hiro Route:
Yoichi Route:
Hunter Route:
Natsumi Route:
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ART
Throughout the story progress, Mikkoukun and Zael have been working hard to draft and line the various new Sprite Costumes, FX Scenes, CG's, Sex scenes, and backgrounds in the game! We can happily announce that all of Hiro, Yoichi and Hunter's CG and Sex scenes, as well as additional sprite costumes and backgrounds have been drafted, and are in the process of being lined and colored! Once our final review of Natsumi's route has been completed, Mikkoukun and Zael will move onto this task full time, and complete the remaining artworks!
In the meantime, here's a look at some of the FX art you'll see in the game - these are the various badges Keitaro and friends will earn!
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ANIMATION
As we continue to push towards the release, our animators have been working around the clock for the 41 Sex Scenes that will receive animation in the full game! They are making great progress , and are expected to reach their goal of completing all animation before the release date!
Here's another little animation snippet, this time featuring Natsumi in the foreplay minigame!
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VOICE ACTING
In order to allow our previous Voice Acting Director, Kiba Walker - voice of Keitaro and Yoshinori - more time to focus on the large amount of lines we've given him, we have re-delegated the position of Voice Acting Manager to our new team member, Mapotofu! Mapotofu has been working hard with our voice actors to ensure that all of the recordings are completed and ready to be implemented into the game, and we are happy to report that all of Hiro Route scenes have been recorded, and both Hunter and Yoichi Route's recording has already begun as well! We expect Natsumi's route to be ready to follow soon, and we can't wait for you to hear the amazing job our voice actors have done!
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ABOUT THE TEAM
BLits is now a team, who work 10-12 hours a day and 6 days a week to make sure the game development always moves forward, and below is the distribution of the workload:
Mikkoukun + Zael (Zamius)
- Storywriting (Plot / Dialogues)
- Scriptwriting for Programmer (Used for Coding)
- Art (CGs, Sprites, Backgrounds)
- Animation Assets
- Interface Design
- Overall Quality Control
Jey
- Coding / Programming and Beta Testing
- Programming Management
- Storywriting (Plot)
- Customer Service
Wade
- Storywriting (Plot / Dialogues)
- Proofreading
- Outsourcing Management
- Customer Service
PooDay
- Sprite and Voice Cue Placement
- Merchandise / Physical Items Production
Corbs
- Coding/Programming and Beta Testing
- Proofreading
Sorashu
- Animation Direction & Animation
Ziel
- Animation
KitHawking
- FX Scene Art
Hailace
- Technical Work (Cue Prepwork)
Mapotofu
- Voice Acting Management
Kenta
- Website Management
Outsource (Commissioned Contributors)
- Voice Acting
- Music
- Sound Effects
- Opening Animation
- Accounting
- Supervision
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WHEN IS THE RELEASE DATE?
As we mentioned at the start of this Major Update, we will unfortunately have to move the game from its August 31st release date. Our team would like to apologize once again for this delay, but we hope that everyone can see how close we really are to releasing the game for everyone to enjoy! The game is so close to completion, so we ask that you bear with us a little longer!
Our team has taken the time to examine our levels of productivity during the days, as well as how many tasks are left in the project. This analysis included every aspect of the project, ranging from art, story, programming, voice acting, and all aforementioned departments, which allowed us to set a rigid schedule of deadlines for the remaining work. With that in mind, we have determined that our release will be on October 28th, 2018 at the very latest, but we will provide another Major Announcement to let everyone know when we have begun the Beta Testing Phase. We also want to let everyone know that October 28th is the worst case scenario, and we are trying our hardest to make sure that you will all be playing the game much sooner! We hope everyone will understand, and bear with us on this last push!
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PATREON REWARDS
As you all know, we had temporarily dropped Patreon Rewards down to one single solo set with no background for the past two months, in order to give us time to develop the game. Unfortunately, as much as much as we want to readjust the rewards back to normal next month, we firmly believe that the extra time we will save on rewards will allow us to push into releasing the game on or before its final, projected release date. We will be maintaining the single, solo set reward for the Month of September, and will announce closer to the end of September whether October Rewards will return to normal or not!
In addition, we want to remind everyone that this is the last month for Patrons to be eligible for a free digital copy of the game by accumulated pledges. That means that anyone who achieves a total pledge value of $50 USD over the history of the campaign, from October 2016 - August 2018, is entitled to a free digital copy of the game on the release date! Please check and adjust your pledges accordingly! We will also post on a separate update all the patrons who are qualified for a free copy of the game, once August pledges have been processed!
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CLOSING MESSAGE
Thank you very much for reading through this announcement, buddies. We hope we that we answered any questions you might have had regarding the game in this update.
If you have any other inquiries, please refer to our updated FAQ page, linked below:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/19016502
Once again, thank you so much for all of your constant support and love, and we really appreciate everyone's patience and kind words of support! We are so excited to share Camp Buddy with you all, and we know it will be very soon!
Lots of love <3,
-BLits Team
Comments
DunkelmooN
Which email can i contact blitsblgames? I send my email to blitsblgame@gmail.com and no respond.
This is the best thing ever. I have no idea why YouTube suggested a link of some video of it to me, but I am so happy that it did! $60 patreon now. Thank you for making things like this. <3 <3 <3
That is really great to hear, this game is really gonna shake things up in the BL Yaoi game world. Like omg, talk about a game changer! <3
See my above comment -_-
How much we must pay?
Everyone’s can ask this same question all they want. If you read the announcements, you will discover they have not determined a price yet.
MamaRu
if we didn't make the October 2016 - August 2018 time frame, how much will the full game be?
Jason Ortiz
I had the same problem but made a paypal and it worked
bobgoesw00t
Already perving out over Natsumi's route xD
I pledge $60 in August and when I open Patreon on 1/9 it say that it have problem and make me rewrite my card and now it charge for september ?? Now I can't get the game ?? Can you fix this ?
If you haven’t read the updat it will not be coming for a month or so so maybe in the end of sept or oct
Is it gonna release today or tomorrow? Cause im so excited American time
Ranulf
This update addresses exactly that no it will not release today
Is the game realese today?
Offshore - Adult Games Developer
Awesome news! Keep up!
Mikkoukun
Hello! The game will only be available in English on release. We will look into translations after the release!
Tell me, will the game be translated into Russian, and what other languages will the game support except English?
I can't wait for the game. It's the last week of August already. I hope the game will release soon.
Hey there =). Like a lot of people I'm looking forward for the release of Camp Buddy. I love the demo and cannot wait until release day will finally come. I hope there are a lot scenes with Yuri, too. Best woman, ever XD!<3. But I also read in the last update post, that Hiro and Yoichi's voice actor has been recasted to" Shouta Sensei ". It is too much to ask, why did that happened? I loved the voice of Dave Soltura for Hiro and Yoichi. But i still look forward, that Shouta Sensei do a good job as well. Best regards Towb
Great, waiting again..
Sheldon Troy Rembert
I want a demo v3 to hold us over
Sheldon Troy Rembert
I do!
Mikkoukun
Hello! The full game's [price will not be determined until the development has finished! As for where to buy the game, please check our FAQ's for more info: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/19016502">https://www.patreon.com/posts/19016502</a>
JayTeam
I understand, I bet this game would be a blast. And I don't meant a lewd blast
How much will the actual fully released game cost? And where will it be available
Do you upload the campy budy v3.0? Cause i think its gonna release more than a month? So i think we need it
Mikkoukun
Hello! If you pledge now, your pledge will count as an August pledge, making you eligible for the free digital copy of the game! You can also cancel your pledge at any time, but pledges don't process until the first of the following month!
Mikkoukun
Hello! If you pledge now, your pledge will count as an August pledge, making you eligible for the free digital copy of the game! It will be charged on September 1st, but recorded as an August pledge!
You forgot Full Service ;w;
I could've Died just from playing the Demo
If camp buddy doesn't become the next big yaoi vn out there I don't know what will
Jason Ortiz
If i pledge the $60 right now will i get the game and if i don't want to keep getting charged is there a way to cancel renewal monthly pledge? because im gonna use my sisters debit card?
Sheldon Troy Rembert
Maybe A demo v3
Sheldon Troy Rembert
That Hiro's route teaser looks so #adorable
Sheldon Troy Rembert
As upset as I am that I'll have to wait longer (I was literally counting the days... I also have a lot going on right now so I don't know if I'll be able to enjoy this game by the time it comes out), I am equally happy and elated that you guys care so much about your work and making it perfect! Keep it up!
Sheldon Troy Rembert
Why don't you do what they said and check FAQ?
Sheldon Troy Rembert
You should show them your work!
Hi! I was wondering what do u think is the best case scenario date HAHA so i wont think every day that the game will come out💜❤💙💛💚 love the good work i cant wait!!
Thank you so much BLitz... Just take your time, please: we all know we're waiting for a masterpiece!
Would it be possible to get a physical copy of the game?
David Purss
Seeing the other game I’m after is still working out when it will come out but has a 3ed demo (for kickstarter people only) I’m happy for any date. I think I will up my pledge so I don’t have to hunt down where to buy this when it’s out. EDIT: Up my payment to $60. Will be on the edge of my seat waiting for the game now :-P
Nico
With all the posts we're getting on twitter I'm cool with waiting a little longer (I'd love to see some of the bugs on twitter too)
Gavin Lowe
I want to commend you on your hard work and dedication to bringing us a aa++ product...
OtakuboyZay
That’s so great that you guys are making so much progress you guys are such hard workers and are an amazing team and also October 28th woah that’s my birthday lol that’d be really surprising if it did release on my birthday 😂😂 but good luck to you and your team and may this project come out the way you guys want it to
MaruTheFox
Love the image of hunters route lol
Congrats for the hard work 💕
Jacob
The love and care you guys are taking with this game more than makes up for the delays. In fact, being so upfront and honest with us about the process really allays any fears I have about release [rimshot] dates. So thank YOU for being so transparent about your process. I look forward to exploring each of the boys' routes and if the best way for me to help is by paying a bit extra over time then it's still worth it because I believe in this game and its story. Thank you!
WE DON'T MIND THE PUSH BACK!!!!! WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU AND WE WILL LOVE THE GAME WHENEVER IT COMES OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!! aaaaaaah
Mikkoukun
Hello! The game's cost will not be finalized until development is complete. Please check our FAQ's for more details: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/19016502">https://www.patreon.com/posts/19016502</a>
How much will the digital game cost?
